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2Cast 2 Go Live In 2Life 2Nite
That’s right, Johnny Ming and the SecondCast crew will be coming to you live from Second Life this evening, taping an episode with our special guest, The Writer Formerly Known As Hamlet Linden. Now going by the name Wagner James Au (though still a Hamlet in-world), Au recently took his New World Notes independent, and [...]
Full StorySecondChic: A Hair [af]Fair
SecondChic, the SecondLife fashion podcast recenty begun by Herald fashion editor Matthias Zander, released its second episode last night, which can be found on SecondChic’s website. This episode featured hair designers Raylin Portocarrero of X’clusive, HoseQueen McLean and Zyrra falcone of Panache, and Torrid Midnight of TorridWear. The episode is quite a bit longer than [...]
Full StoryPicking the Picks People Pick: Does Dwell’s End Mean A New Face For Popular Places?
by Prokofy Neva The impending end of dwell by June 13 has left the SL business and entertainment community wondering how the virtual world’s most popular destinations will fare. Though traffic payments were often gamed, they had become a reliable source of income for many virtual proprietors. Will there be a way to draw attention [...]
Full StorySL Econ Data on it Way
The Herald had the chance to speak briefly with SL headmaster Philip Linden this morning, who tells us that Linden Lab will soon start regular releases of economic data. A first look at some select figures is due for today. (More information at Herald affiliate 3pointD.com.) This couldn’t be better news for content creators, as [...]
Full StoryAustralian Tabloid Discovers Second Life
In his continuing campaign to suck up to the Herald, wannabe media mogul Rupert Murdoch has directed his Australian tabloid, the Courier Mail, to do a long feature about Second Life. Former Herald correspondent Neal Stewart warns SLers to “duck and cover if they hope to weather the thunder from Down Under” as thousands of [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab Kills Dwell Payments
It wasn’t much of a surprise, since the idea has been bandied about by the Lindens quite a bit in recent weeks, but Philip Linden, benevolent despot of Second Life, announced yesterday on the SL forums that LL will discontinue traffic payments to SL residents. Down wiht camping chairs! Full text of King Philip’s announcement [...]
Full StoryCalling All Fashionistas: SecondChic Now on the Air
The Herald is proud to report that one of its own has now gone audio. Herald Fashion Editor Matthias Zander is launching the SecondChic podcast on all things fashionable in Second Life. Rather than the reviews Matthias does so well for the Herald, however, SecondChic will feature information on new products and interviews with designers [...]
Full StoryAttack of the Red Helix: Not So Good for the Jew
Photo by SuzanneC Baskerville, borrowed from SnapZilla The world hiccuped, shuddered and blinked again tonight as Second Life’s Grid was attacked by a new round of object spam, which Grid-griefers seem to have settled on as the most effective way of disrupting the virtual world. This time, it was wave after wave of self-replicating red [...]
Full StoryUndercover SL Pregnancy Hits Slashdot
Thanks to Slashdot, the blogosphere is abuzz with news of this report from SF Weekly in which a male reporter finds out what it’s like to get pregnant and carry a child in Second Life. In episode one, a fairly asexual conception: “Your Tummy whispers: Connecting to baby.” Two more episodes to come.
Full StoryProkofyCast on the Air
The SecondCast cast had a nice chat with Prokofy Neva the other night, which is now available for your listening. The episode covers some pretty interesting and thoughtful ground — including the trials and tribulations of landlording in SL — though it did get more lively at a couple of moments than most of our [...]
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