Archive for 'Featured'

Freespirit Crumb — Post 6 Grrrrl

Freespirit Crumb was recommended to me by a friend of mine who said “[She] is probably the hottest hobo on the grid.” As I’ve seen quite a number of SL Hobos, all of them interesting avatars, I was especially interested in meeting a hot one. I was not disappointed, and she goes a lot beyond [...]

Full Story

Squatting Second Life

A world being abandoned so fast the Lab can’t keep up with the foreclosures by Debbie two sisters live free in Second Life On April 13, 2010 the Alphaville Herald posted a story about how to squat on virtual land, written by my genius hero, Pappy Enoch. The next day I went soaring over the [...]

Full Story

SHOCK!!! Rez-Anywhere Exploit P0wns No-Rez Land!!!

For at least the last two months, a permission system exploit has allowed anyone – even those unauthorized by Second Life landowners – to create objects on “no-rez” or restricted land. This surprising news suggests players wishing to limit use of their virtual cyber-paradise may need to set aside  time to patrol their holdings, or [...]

Full Story

Anonymous to Launch HackerLeaks

Not too long ago Peter Ludlow noted that the recent prominence of Internet activist groups such as Wikileaks is symptomatic of a new generation of hacktivist culture that is quickly transforming from a small underground subculture into mainstream culture for a younger generation. Calling this new generation of hacktivists “Generation W,” Peter Ludlow observed that [...]

Full Story

Randy Filmmaker Reveals Cyber-secrets!

Sunday screening of “My Avatar and Me” proves arrow button key to Second Life bliss!!! Actor/director Mikkel Stolt will host an online presentation of the “documentary fiction” My Avatar and Me Sunday on constelation.tv. The film is billed as a journey into cyberspace which becomes a magic learning experience. Based on the trailer, the story seems to revolve around [...]

Full Story

Fascination — Post 6 Grrrrl

[When I met this week’s Post 6, I was the one with the deer-in-the-headlights look, because as you can see, she is an avatar that can literally stop traffic. I was thrilled when Fascination agreed to pose for us, and even more happy to learn that she is as nice a person as she is [...]

Full Story

Of Visionary Art and Unpaid Tier: Ina Centaur vs Linden Lab

by Lora Constantine Two years and L$15 million fundraised later for an arts nonprofit based completely in Second Life, Ina Centaur gives up the warcry that galvanized hundreds of thousands to donate. “The arts vs. tier” was Ina Centaur’s call – a call that united the residents of Second Life to support the once-heretical cause [...]

Full Story

Winston Omega Storm — Post 6 Grrrrl

 [I had no idea that last week's post was #100 and I want to sincerely thank Senban for her research! For the 101st of Post of my Post 6 career, I thought I might hit a furry sim as we haven't featured a fur in a while. Like a noob, I was standing and gawking [...]

Full Story

Timothy Morpork — Post 6 Retrospective

This week marks my two year anniversary as the Post 6 Photographer. I am celebrating by taking a couple of weeks off and running pictures of past models that have not been previously published here. Before I do that, though, I want to run this picture, of my beautiful wife Carol and I doing out [...]

Full Story

Black Cloud: “Brutal and Long Lasting” Mafia Wars Coming

I had just stepped off the plane on my way back to the Herald offices in Jessie sim after several weeks of intensive training on “The Bonnie Situation” – the newest Herald racing yacht – when my iMojowire 4 started buzzing. There was breaking news from a mysterious source who calls himself  “The Black Cloud”. [...]

Full Story