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Evolution
by Kris Dibou, warrior poet/pirate I sleep by the luminous lightOf my laptop, left on all night;As closer I drift towards the placeOf digital time, life and space. Evolution’s next step for man?The digital body’s at hand!When at last we move without keys;No sickness, death nor disease. Are not our streets paved with goldLike in [...]
Full StoryAs the Hype Cycle Turns
Does “The Slope of Enlightenment” mean “I Went to Webkinz?” by Urizenus Sklar, at the Hypewatch Desk Google trends shows that the SL Hype bubble continues to deflate while Webkinz pwns. Theoretically, the Gartner hype cycle is supposed to go like this: 1. “Technology Trigger” — The first phase of a hype cycle is the [...]
Full StoryA Bad Day for Fanboys
Positive spins becomes more difficult by Pixeleen Mistral, new media critic US$ (in millions) spent by resident fall – where is the bottom? An illuminating view of the state of Second Life is available to readers of Infoworld InformationWeek columnist Mitch Wagner’s December 18th coverage of the Electric Sheep Company’s sudden downsizing. Our pal Mitch [...]
Full StoryScrooge McSheep Cans 22 ESC Employees One Week Before Christmas
Tiny Tim despondent – lumps of coal and company restructuring for the holidays by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Jeremy Vaught reports on the Second Life Podcast blog that 22 employees of the Electric Sheep Company will have a permanent holiday this Christmas – leaving them plenty of time to select and wrap presents and [...]
Full StoryRemembering Cory
by Urizenus Sklar, from the Missing Linden Desk Cory sipping tequila in the Herald Hospitality Suite at the Tribeca Grand Hotel As I write this I am drinking bourbon from a paper cup, listening to country music, and waiting by the phone in the vain hopes that Cory Linden Ondrejka will call and agree to [...]
Full StoryDesigners Running AttackAlts? – Fashionista Shock!!!
Why the Brutal Honesty blog cannot keep their mains clean Ana Boogiewoogie sez: Amelia Abernathy = Tina Travanti & Elexor Matador = Lothian Utorid by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk I’ve been having a hard time writing this story – probably because it bothers me to see SL society descend to a level of nastiness [...]
Full StoryMore Evil than Tinies, More Sinister than Furries, More Preverted than Elves: A New Race Arrives in SL
Purrsnicketys Prove there is no Bottom to Cute By Urizenus Sklar, at the post-tiny life form desk Yesterday Second Life witnessed the birth of a new race of virtual critters – Purrsnicketys. Their basic design is due to Phoenixxx Dragonash, who in RL is Ashley Speranzella-Evans, a free-lance fantasy artist. They are built and scripted [...]
Full StoryThe Sky Pirates of Antiquity
by Kris Dibou, warrior poet/pirate Across the sea in AntiquityWhere steam punk engines churn;The royal navy set aboutThe task that we shall learn. To protect the merchants and their shipsAnd the casual sailor, too;They searched the sea of AntiquityFor pirates, mighty who Attack and burn without a wordOr warning cannon shot;And vanish soon without a [...]
Full StorySecond Life On Mars
tune by, and apologies to, David Bowie by Faerie Hax It’s a God awful small affairTo the girl with the purple hair,But everyone is yelling, “No!”And her friend has told her to go,But her friend is no where to be seen. Now she walks through her sunken dreamTo the seats with the clearest viewAnd she’s [...]
Full StoryA Fist Full of L$s
by Kris Dibou, warrior poet/pirate For a fist full of lindensI invested in a bank;I watched my portfolioAs its value tanked. For a few lindens moreMy nest egg I had nesting;Gambling’s not illegalIf you call it all ‘investing’. Good, bad and ugly,The levels jumped aroundUntil the virtual lineHit the virtual ground. I climbed a virtual [...]
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