Archive for October, 2008

Celebrate 5 Years of the Herald!

Metaverse to be fairly unbalanced October 26, 2008 by Idoru Wellman, staff writer You still love it, hate it, and wrap your virtual fish in it — there’s just no avoiding the Second Life Herald. Is it any surprise that once again, the SLebrity event of the season is the Herald birthday celebration? As is [...]

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Zito Corleone Resurrection! Mafia Don Lives!!!

Mafioso boss is back. Capisce?Zito’s associate threatens Herald with legal action by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Zito Corleone – still damp from swimming with the fishes in cement overshoes Expect the Nicholas-Corleone gang war to heat up again, now that Mr. Zito Corleone has miraculously been resurrected from an apparently fatal Linden ban. The [...]

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Lab Promotes Reuters Abandoned SL Offices as Hot Spot

Nothing more interesting in Second Life than dead corporate islands by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk no room to showcase residents’ work — Reuters ghost town is featured Linden Lab apparently feels its business interests are best served by highlighting the abandoned “Thomson Reuters” virtual news island as a “Hot Spot” — despite nearly non-existent [...]

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Takuya Kawashima — Post 6 Guy

[While I was shopping for new ears and a tail at Hybrid more than one year ago, I ran into a noob who seemed pretty lost. He asked me a thousand questions about SL in general and the habit of people wearing cat parts in particular. I took him on an excessive shopping tour and [...]

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Gossip, Rumors, and Cooking School

by Idoru Wellman, staff writer and professional cooking student rumors and gossip gathered from generally reliable alt accounts Pixeleen dashed out of the Herald offices saying something about secret preparations for the SL Herald 5th year anniversary party later this month — and could I deal with the tips and gossip column? I didn’t mind [...]

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Yasha Shirakawa — Post 6 Grrrl

[The first time I saw Yasha I immediately had the perfect location for our photo shoot in mind – Silk Waters Mountain in Orelle, one of the few Japanese sims not mutilated by flickering ads and thus the perfect setting for some anime-style pictures. During the whole photo shoot Yasha kept me entertained by joking [...]

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Trade Unions International Day of Action in SL

by Sigmund Leominster October 7th, 2008, has been designated as a day of action by international trade union organizations. The World Day for Decent Work is billed as “a broad global mobilisation involving a large number of people and a wide range of activities.” The concept of “decent work” was defined by the International Labour [...]

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Sovereign Regime Invades Seduction and Sin

The Vanguard Armed Forces, Stavka Coalition and Chthonic Syndicate attack Adeptus Minor, but encounter an entirely different defender.by Caine Constantine The forces of the Sovereign Regime military alliance invaded last week the home of Adeptus Minor, Seduction and Sin, and after setting for themselves a time limit of a one-hour attack, the fight soon began. [...]

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Op/Ed: Sarah Palin: The View From Gor

Gorean slave masters expected to vote for Palin by Jessica Holyoke Now that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is running for Vice President on the Republican ticket, many groups are asking what will this mean for them: the liberals, the feminists, the inside the beltway crowd, and the business as usual oil fat cat crowd.  But [...]

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