Archive for October, 2009
A Techno-Communist Manifesto
Autonomous chicken-collective lags Linden lackey Neva by Pappy Enoch, Techno-Revolutionist I salute all working avatars of the fake worlds! A specter is haunting Second Life – the specter of Prokofy Neva. Yes, I mean the same avatar who claims to defy the cabal of Linden plutocrats by being an anti-collectivist “free-market capitalist.” I laugh in [...]
Full StoryLindens Turn To Cheaper Lawyers in Class Action Complaint?
Lab’s insurance won’t cover Michael Rhodes $800/hour fees by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk According to a story in LAW.COM, the Lindens can’t afford their first choice in legal representation – Michael Rhodes of San Diego law firm Cooley Godward Kronish. At issue is the Eros LLC/Nomine vs. Linden Research class-action trademark and copyright complaint [...]
Full StoryDavida Tolsen — Post 6 Grrrl
[I met Davida Tolsen when I was freshly hired on as the Post 6 photographer, but because SL played hide and seek with her bio, she has been patiently waiting in the wings all this time, and ironically, making these both the latest and the earliest of my Post 6 pictures. Davida is charming and [...]
Full StoryMetaverse Glitterati, Community Leaders Swarm Post 6 Party
Whacha gon' do? Let's get small!!! by Chatterbox Telltale, society reporter The Greenies' mega-sized kitchen table may never be the same after yesterday's Post 6 Grrrls, Guys, Furries and Robots party set a new standard for how the most beautiful people in the new media metaverse can be movin' and groovin' gettin' small all across [...]
Full StoryResidents Displaced as AzureIslands Takes a 5% Haircut
Sim closures blamed on Linden Lab price increases, bad economy by Pixeleen Mistral, National affairs desk Evidence that the virtual land market is not immune to real life economic woes appeared this weekend when a number of residents were informed that their parts of the metaverse will be closed by the end of the month. [...]
Full StorySaving Time in a Virtual Bottle
How is your time in Second Life best spent? by FoxM Ember What is time? “Time,” measured in minutes and hours, days and weeks – even here in SL. Is it simply an awareness of events and occurrences sorted in our minds in such a way, as to allow us to perceive them in an [...]
Full StoryParty With the Post 6 Grrrls, Guys, Furries, and Robots
by Chatterbox Telltale, society reporter The metaverse glitterati will be out in force – and at a euro-friendly time – during the second open-to-the-public Post 6 reunion bash – so brace yourselves for the party this Saturday, October10, from 11am to 3pm SLT. Post 6 alum SammyBarrett will DJ and the festivities will be held [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab’s Baitbox Nabs 50 Copyright Infringers?
Have the banned residents already returned to the grid? by Jessica Holyoke The SL community is safe again as reports that due to the heroic efforts of Soft Linden, and the alleged infringers themselves, 50 residents were banned from Second Life. The residents were all users of the Neil Life viewer. This viewer – which [...]
Full StoryKatt Rickena — Post 6 Grrrrl
[I met Katt Rickena at a club andthought the feline avatar she was wearing was awesome. Then, when I mether a week or so later to talk about her Post 6 shoot, she pulled out astunning collection of avatars, each different and gorgeous. It washard to pick just one, but in the end, we went [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: What Does Winning Look Like for Eros?
The real point of the class-action complaint against Linden Research by Jessica Holyoke Linden Research is due shortly to file something in response to Eros, LLC v. Linden Research. It could be an answer where the Lab states their response to the claims made by Stroker as a class representative or it could be preliminary [...]
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