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IBM’s Islands – Circuit City Partnership?
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk IBM Circuit City prototype IBM is expected to open it’s 12 island mini-continent in Second Life to the public in the next few days, apparently as part of the computer services giant’s initiatives in the 3D metaverse. The Herald managed to slip quietly onto the islands for a quick [...]
Full StoryJack Linden in Drag – Girls’ Night Out
Jack Linden joins the girls for a shopping spree by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk These sort of things always sounds promising in the beginning – and how could I resist? An e-mail delivered to the Herald offices said, “iVillage, the leading online destination for women, cordially invites you to join us at our new [...]
Full StoryRik Riel Trolls – Unwary New Media Expert Bites
Viral marketing experts may not be immune to viral blogging by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk When Rik Riel cast a bogus blog entry into the metaverse blog-o-sphere last night claiming the Internet naming authority ICANN would be regulating names and addresses within virtual worlds – was he hoping to catch a marketing/new media expert? [...]
Full StoryConan O’Brien Sunburned in Second Life
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Second Life avatar caricature artist Christophe Hugo contacted the Herald to warn us that he will continue to humiliate a virtual Conan O’Brien in the metaverse until the real life talk show host pays a visit to Second Life to rescue his alter ego from Mr. Hugo. This is [...]
Full StoryZee Linden Statistics Spinning Revealed
By Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Today, Zee Linden released a set of eagerly awaited statistics on the Second Life economy that paint a cheerful picture of premium account growth with month-on-month growth running around 8 – 10% and showing a 15-30% growth rate in the last three months. However, Zee Linden only calculated the [...]
Full StoryIs First Land for First Time Buyers?
by Seola Sassoon In recent weeks, first land has been extremely scarce and I wanted to find out why so many new residents couldn’t get first land. I spent 3 weeks, daily, searching for first land, to no avail. My first encounter was what drummed me to this issue. I saw a single parcel for [...]
Full StoryStroker Serpentine – Post 6 Man
[Editor’s note: This week we have a special treat - our Post 6 Man is Stroker Serpentine - a legendary and historic figure in Second Life, as photographed by another legend - Marilyn Murphy - the photographer/visionary behind Players, SL’s in-world erotica magazine.] I came to Second Life kicking and screaming. I really enjoyed my [...]
Full StoryMissing Inventory Blog Post Not Found Thursday
Lindens caught correcting their less-than-positive blog entries by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs deskLindens never say missing A few residents were bemused thursday when they found the RSS headline from an official Linden blog entry on the metaverse’s database woes led to a missing web page. On the other hand, if your in-world inventory is returning [...]
Full StoryNo Criticism Please, We’re Lindens
Prokofy Neva banned from official Linden blogby Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Thursday, Torley Linden banned Prokofy Neva from commenting in the official Linden blog, for “trolling”. Of course, trolling is in the eye of the beholder, and recent shortcomings in Linden Lab’s software may have led to short tempers for those in the Lab [...]
Full StorySL Art World Notes
by Budka Groshomme, raving reporterGolam’s gallery The SL art world was abuzz with talk when Tayzia Abattoir bought four of Golam Amadeus’ paintings – two of which grace the walls of her Crescent museum in Tabor (233,77,23). Tayzia is well known as an avid collector as much as for her discerning taste for fine SL [...]
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