Archive for the year 2007
Sim Rollbacks Too Dangerous – Dreamland
Cure worse than disease — months of disappearing object bugs by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Today, Second Life’s largest landlord notified residents that sim rollbacks are too dangerous to attempt until “Linden Labs fixes the many bugs associated with sim activity”. This news may alarm residents who spend significant time creating elaborate structures and [...]
Full StorySégolène Royal: Second Life OK for French Socialists
SL not just for French fascists – Socialists can play too! by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Joyous news sure to warm the hearts of French socialists everywhere in Second Life arrived on the mojo wire this morning. Supporters of Ségolène Royal have formed a group, purchased land, and constructed offices to support their candidate [...]
Full StoryFall Real-Life Typist Convention in Chicago – SLCC 2007
truck stops deserted, basements left empty as SL typists convene by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Chicago city official brace for a possible influx of pale squinting kids leaving mom’s basement for the first time in years, obtuse academics, hep cat PR professionals, and swaggering metaverse consultants – some of the typists behind the avatars [...]
Full StoryMeez Too
By Prokofy Neva, Dept. of Spaces, Worlds, Planets, Universes, Metaverses, and Wannabee Virtualities.I noticed the kids are using Meez more because they’re bored with MySpace, which they’ve pronounced contemptuously as “gay” or “retarded,” while still declaring TSL as “fun” but “hippy”. They claim they don’t care about Meez very much (not having just scored a [...]
Full StoryCambot Races, Doo-Da, Doo-Da
By Prokofy Neva, Dept. of Bot-Watchers and Alien Look-outs Bots treading Linden water outside of Emerald Falls Casino, which has been forced to ban unverifieds. With apologies to Stephen Foster. Campbot zombies sing this songDoo-da, doo-daLibsl can do no wrongOh, de doo-da day Gwine to run all nightGwine to run all dayBet my money on [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Virtual Paradise – But Never on Sunday
Take evenings and weekends off, OK? by Inigo Chamerberlin Trying to accompany a friend on a shopping trip Sunday led to me arriving half naked in, of all places, an InfoHub, or whatever they call those things where newly minted noobs are thrown in at the deep end these days, in Mauve. I logged out, [...]
Full StorySecond Lag
A typical sunday in Second Life by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk /me sighs not again! oh come on…
Full StoryFear and Loathing in Second Life, Part 5: Helping You to Lead the Way
by Gideon Television I guess it was an innocent enough comment, right here on YesButNoButYes: “Is there any sort of drug scene in Second Life for Gideon to explore?” I’d been clean six months, but as soon as I read the words, the roof of my mouth went dry, and I got that weird itching [...]
Full StoryHerald Paparazzi Camp Plastic Duck
Herald Paparazzi get a rare shot of Plastic Duck. Note how evil and gollumesque his hand is! by Pat the Rat You may live outside of the USA, safely hidden away in a big forbidding city, but it won’t stop the Herald paparazzi from tracking you down and camping you until they get that rare [...]
Full StoryHow Does Deadbeat Downbeat Dell Pay Land Tier?
Dell corporate island owner has no billing info on file by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk UPDATE – Today the Herald was able to contact Pyrrha Dell who assured us via e-mail that Dell is a good citizen – although the financial arrangements with Linden Lab are confidential. To try to entice Pyrhha to upgrade [...]
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