Archive for February, 2008

Downhome Junk Yard Blues

by Kaos Usbourne, virtual world traveler Richardina Petty and Kiff Clutterbuck relax on the docks It was a good day. The fickle SL winds were blowing, yet I found myself drifting among coastal swells. I was bored – so I pulled out the charts (world map) and located a red circle that seemed to promise [...]

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Ex-Superhero on Woodbury, Griefing & JLU drama

Pierce Kronos reveals he “left the JLU in disgust” in exclusive interview by Proper Prim, staff writer A great deal of controversy has been circulating around the Justice League Unlimited of late raising questions about how much is real and how much has been manufactured – is someone is trying to troll and defame the [...]

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Welcome To Crunk Camden

by Pixeleen Mistral, photojournalist In the past, visits to Baku sim were always thought provoking, as the W-Hat goons pursue their artistic vision with a series of themed builds. However, since the W-Hats purchased an island – named What – Baku tends to be rather quiet. Saturday evening I stopped by the What sim to [...]

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Adv: Strokerz Toyz launches Affiliate Program

In response to the myriad of requests that Strokerz Toyz receives almost daily for a presence in retail spaces, Stroker Serpentine has formulated an Affiliate Program. The program takes advantage of the HippoVend v1.5 Catalog Vendor System. Each Affiliate receives, free of charge: a vendor, signs, textures as well as associated manuals to develop a [...]

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IBM Jilts SL – Now Dating ActiveWorlds!?

by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Activeworlds, conference calls, and interactive web pages – but no SL It is hard to know exactly what to make of this, but a reliable source pointed us to the Kauffman foundation’s web site where this page http://www.kauffman.org/3D announces a “3-D Internet for Learning Summit” hosted not on Second [...]

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Furry/PN Drama in Ryder Sim — Continued

SHOCK! – Herald reporter’s in-depth investigations leads to retraction – and two new friendsPN statue and pool declared a historical landmark by d3adlyc0d3c, ex-griefer an historical landmark in Ryder sim The other day I created an alt and went inworld to meet with Fartgina Emert and Equino Faulkland to followup on an story I wrote [...]

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Fortunate Szondi — Post 6 Grrrl

[Note from Justine- One doesn't have to visit many SL fashion shows before seeing Fortunate Szondi in the audience. She and I struck up a conversation at one show ages ago and she got herself on the Post 6 list. I'm pleased to present Fortunate Szondi, and as always I hope my pictures do her [...]

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Mony Mayfly: A Story of Addiction

by Sigmund Leominster This night I learned a bitter-sweet lesson. I learned that five hugs equal one kiss. And one kiss equals goodbye. But this is not a story about me. It’s a story about an addict and, to some extent, about every one of you reading. You’ll recognize aspects of yourself in this narrative [...]

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Second Inventory – Scam, Backup, or Copybot Revisited?

Can the in-world economy survive local backups of user-created content? by d3adlyc0d3c, ex griefer Use this power for good, never for evil Surfing the internet the other day, I stumbled upon a discussion thread on slexchange.com about a product called Second Inventory – a new intellectual property theft tool – or is it a legitimate [...]

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Op/Ed: Exposed & Shamed, SL Banking Silently Slinks Away

by Victoria Wheeler invest make believe money in make believe hot companies? Without much fanfare, Linden Labs announced on January 8, 2008 that any Second Life banking and investment business which might, “offer interest or any direct return on an investment” in ANY currency, would be prohibited from doing so as of January 22, unless [...]

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