Archive for June, 2007
Op/Ed: Seven Days in Second Life
by Inigo Chamerberlin It’s not just me, is it? I mean, being a whinger or whatever is one thing. But noticing the current state of affairs at Linden Lab is another. And unavoidable lately. Just this last week is absolutely mind boggling. Last Sunday I got an Email telling me I had no payment information [...]
Full StorySecond Convention Saturday Fashion Show
by Tenshi Vielle, Fabulous Fashionista Despite my mistake the other day, I attended the Second Convention fashion show on Saturday, and “WOW”, what a knockout. I’m not ashamed to admit it – I’m hooked on fashion shows, and this was the show I was hoping for. Nineteen designers showed as scheduled, on the usualy three-stage [...]
Full StoryDark Life 2 Arrives
Monsters and killers level up in SL Heartun Breaker, Monster Killing Correspondent Dark Life 2 is finally here, sort of. The much anticipated upgrade to Second Life’s longest running adventure role playing game is up and running in Istaria Prime while the game’s home sim, Navora, is being renovated to bring in new monsters and [...]
Full StoryRumored Bug Puts SL Scripts in Jeopardy — Should Lindens Close Grid?
By Prokofy Neva, Fashionable Tech Dept. for Dummies A scripter by the name of Ethan Schuman claims that the Lindens were squashing a scripting bug today that would have enabled anyone in SL to view — and therefore copy — scripts inside objects in Second Life. Linden Lab has not yet published any announcement about [...]
Full StoryHow Will SL Look in 5 Years?
By Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs Desk Pompo Bombacci pointed out this You Tube video of what appears to be a preview of a new Second Life client. Studying the video carefully, it is clear this is what we can expect the Second Life experience to be in the future. Yes, the future looks bright – [...]
Full StoryThe L$100,000 Scripting Lesson
Slot machine machine maker enrolled in school of hard knocks by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Bob Perry got a metaverse schooling in secure scripting The notecards and complaints arrived together in the Herald offices early one Sunday. An angry Bob Perry claimed that sly old Frosty Fox must have used an exploit in the [...]
Full StoryPost 6 Neko – Jorus Xi
[Our post 6 Neko series continue with a lithe and lively tom cat of a kitty - Jorus Xi. As always, the best avatar portraits in the metaverse come to us courtesy of Marilyn Murphy - photographer, visionary, and publisher of Players, SL’s in-world erotica magazine. Enjoy! -- the Editrix] A lot of people, mainly [...]
Full StoryVariations “Fashion Show”
by Tenshi Vielle, Fabulous Fashionista [UPDATE from Tenshi: Mistake on my end. Damn. If you can, please update my article to say not the Second Citizen show (whoopsssssssssss) but the "Variations Fashion Show" at the Second Convention Pavillion. Also, in case people want to know, the names of the designers and those involved:Clothing Designs by [...]
Full Story“Information Wants to Be Free”
iDubrovnik and ibackofCoryLinden’sneck. By Prokofy Neva, Wender of the Way Through the Tekkie-Wiki Woo So I drop in on the iCommons Dubrovnik summit — virtual version — on the Annenberg Island (still more tomorrow), and Judy Collins is drooning on the sound track. Granola crunches under my feet and what’s that — patchouli scent on [...]
Full StoryFriend WaldOh Kidnapped!!!
Desperate residents scramble to find ransom money and “black liquorice jelly beans” by Yo Brewster, concerned citizen Last Saturday, Friends Fighting Cancer organized a Relay For Life Date Auction which was an amazing success (L$217,316). Unfortunately this amazing event was overshadowed by a dramatic event. At the end of the RFL Date Auction, it was [...]
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