Archive for the year 2008
Frankenschnail chapter II
by Happy Trails The lab was a wreck. Someone or something had smashed anything breakable and a few things that weren’t. This was quite an interesting laboratory Oozeff had built. I had never been down here before, and the first thing I noticed was the large gurney in the middle of the room. There were [...]
Full StorySpaceJunky Virtual Stage Manager Tommy Parrott
mega prims, WalMart syndrome for content creators, and hot chicks by JayR Cela Recently I had the opportunity to meet with the Virtual World band SpaceJunky stage manager;Tommy Parrott. He is a SLDeveloper an accomplished artist. The band has been taking SL and RL by storm, featured in Time Magazine and other publications. There seems [...]
Full StoryESC to IRS: We Want Beef!!!
Giff Constable and Michael Morton refuse to repay workers for taxes the IRS says the Sheep should pay by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk After acknowledging an IRS ruling stating Second Life in-world greeters the Electric Sheep Company employed to help visitors to the CSI:NY metaverse/television cross promotional event are ESC employees rather than contractors, [...]
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Chapter I- Dr. Frankenschnail by Happy Trails I’ve had a lot of cases in the big sim, but there is still one that makes me wake in the night in a cold sweat. It’s time I told the story, for my own sanity. We snails have our own med school here in town; a good [...]
Full StoryAuntie M’s Secret Linden Diary
by Auntie M Linden, noobie metaverse CEO Greetings secret friends of Linden Lab! Auntie M Linden here. I am starting my second week on the job as CEO of the metaverse and I thought I’d keep a secret diary – this is my very first entry! Today I’m covering the time from the very moment [...]
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By Kris Dibou, Poet I sit inside my pixeled house made of tortured prims; With headphones off I stare and hear the silence of the sims. I think about the path I took when I was new and green; The lives I’ve touched as carelessly as if I’d never been. Would the joy we felt [...]
Full StoryRevenge of the Snail
by Happy Trails, slick private eye As a snail, I get stepped on a lot. Usually it’s some noob who doesn’t look where they’re going. And yes, I’ve been in a lot of sticky situations. Escagot is quite a dame, though. She stands by me no matter what and doesn’t criticize me for all my [...]
Full StoryRed Light Center Exposed — Part 4: Bringing It Home
Red Light Center neko confused by SL interface, pay-as-you-go and lag a concern for GoreansThe Herald explores worlds beyond Second Life by Jessica Holyoke, virtual world explorer I’m standing in a virtual world, populated by people who like virtual sex or at least virtual relationships. The question in my mind is, why aren’t they in [...]
Full StoryIntellectual Property: A Tiny Affair
Who owns the rights to pictures of Tiny avatars? by Kris Dibou an example of the disputed illustrations As I was working on a story for the Herald (regarding a fellow who was writing a children’s book on heart health) including illustrations make from screenshots of Tiny avatars in Second Life, I received this note [...]
Full StorySL and POS Laptops from the Recyling Bin
Cheapskates cheer happy news from Linden Lab by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk According to an e-mail forwarded by an anonymous tipster to the Second Life Herald offices today, Linden staffer Dave Parks has mixed news for the Second Life development community, refusing to support new features on older graphics cards but also saying “cheapskates [...]
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