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Do Something Good for Once!
OK all you SL script kiddies, hackers, builders, goons, and event managers, now is your chance to do something good with your skillz. Jennifer Schlegel with TechSoup.org passed along this announcement to us — a call for projects on using tech for social good. There are already a few SL projects in the mix. Note [...]
Full StoryGiuliani Campaign Dances Into Second Life (Sort of)
[Editor's Note: The following is an unpaid political announcement received this evening at the Herald offices from virtual political operative and Second Life resident GenJCChristian Homewood. Had I not been going about my usual duties of picking up Pixeleen's cigarette butts planning tomorrow's coverage, I might have missed it. Fortunately, we are able to bring [...]
Full StoryHere Come the Kossacks!
Hijinks and Revelry at the YearlyKos Convention, Now Coming to an SL Island Near You! If you are at all involved in progressive politics you will know about the Daily Kos website. Employing an interesting AJAX powered social media software in which diary entries can be promoted to the main thread and in which comments [...]
Full StoryLog In Today For An Auction to Benefit Oxfam
Today at noon SL time (3:00pm Eastern), Second Life residents have the chance to donate to charity organization Oxfam in the UK via a charity auction to be held in »the Platon region« of SL. From 12 till 6, the auction will offer dates with desirable male and female residents of SL. According to a [...]
Full Story[Now With Pictures!] Second Death? Design-Your-Own-Coffin Contest Kicks Off Today
Ghaniain coffins — Can you do as well in Second Life? Dutch funeral company Uitvaart and coffin-makerer Bogra are so excited about Second Life that they’re already thinking about virtual death. And they want your help. The burial-meisters are kicking off a design-your-own-coffin contest today, according to a press release. Pick up your free modifiable [...]
Full StoryLock and Load: SL Combat Expo Gets All Fired Up
What sounds like a truly ambitious combat expo is coming to Second Life, March 24 to April 2 in the »Armory Island« sim. The first three days will include workshops and roundtable discussions on combat-related issues within Second Life, according to a press release from Apollo Case, who’s running the show. Weapons vendors will also [...]
Full StoryGoon Public Service Announcements
Philip Linden and Plastic Duck – as seen by Something Awful goons by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Recently, Decomposing Monstre dropped by with a series of public service announcements to share with Herald readers – but these presented a serious publishing problem — how to create a real multiverse media mashup on the web [...]
Full StorySecond Convention Hits Second Life, March 1-3
SL resident ZATZAi Asturias has announced the first Second Convention, to he held in Second Life, March 1-3. No word yet on how or whether you need to register in advance, but if avatars don’t choke Artificial Isle to a crawl, it could be a fun few days of sailing, speechifying, fun-poking, partying and hawking [...]
Full StoryFall Real-Life Typist Convention in Chicago – SLCC 2007
truck stops deserted, basements left empty as SL typists convene by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Chicago city official brace for a possible influx of pale squinting kids leaving mom’s basement for the first time in years, obtuse academics, hep cat PR professionals, and swaggering metaverse consultants – some of the typists behind the avatars [...]
Full StoryUri’s Predictions for 2007
Well, you’ve survived the warmup acts. For weeks now you’ve been exercising your fake smile muscles as you read the predictions that tell us about the MSM being duped by the Herald and dead hookers in Philip Linden’s car, but all along you wondered: When will Uri finally give us *his* predictions? And I understand [...]
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