The Fashionista’s Guide to IP Anonymizers

Fashionista drama means everyone can take hints from the goons and griefers by Tenshi Vielle When one is browsing the web and doing nefarious things, wouldn’t you just hate to leave a trail of IP address footprints that will show up if, say, you were dumb enough to post on a website as both your [...]

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One Year In SL – Why the Wild West is Failing

by Soul4sale Ferraris I turned one year old this weekend. I first rezzed into SL on March 15, 2007 for the same reason most everyone else has in the last year – I was bored, and it was free. After a year of traipsing around its digital landscape, I’ve formed several hard opinions, and they [...]

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Op/Ed: d3adlyc0d3c for CEO of Linden Labs

A perma-banned griefer’s perspective on Labs leadership changes by d3adlyc0d3c, ex-griefer As many of you are aware CEO Philip Rosedale has just announced his intention to step down as CEO of Linden Lab. This is big news for all of us. Admittedly, upon hearing the news I expected to see widespread panic and predictions of [...]

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The Flying Dutchman

by Kris Dibou, warrior poet/pirate A captainless ship flew past my watch,A sign of things to be;Where once the ship sailed straight and true,Where once she sailed free; She wanders lost on ragged seasAnd seems to lose her way;And she never sinks beneath the wavesNo harbor found, nor quay. That she floats, is it enough?Can [...]

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Op/Ed: Linden Empire in Jeopardy???

by Barbie Starr, SL and RL Dominatrix Build an empire. They will follow. Lead the lost souls to the light. A Master’s dream to have his harem at his feet doing his bidding.The goals, the dreams, the future. Then – LIGHTS OUT – The Master is gone! Philip Linden, the King of Linden Lab, a [...]

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Glamis Decosta — Post 6 Guy

[Note from Justine: I decided it was time to take a break from the Post 6 list for a couple of weeks and get a little variety in the mix. As soon as I thought we should feature a Post 6 Guy, I spotted Glamis Decosta and was very happy he said he'd pose]. When [...]

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So Long Phillip Linden

by Jessica Holyoke I was planning to write an article about the dying art of immersion outside of roleplay when this came across the wire.  Reuters http://secondlife.reuters.com/stories/2008/03/14/exclusive-rosedale-to-step-down-as-linden-lab-ceo/ has the exclusive report of Phillip Rosedale being replaced as CEO of Linden Lab.  While he plans to stay on as Chairman of the Board, Rosedale will continue [...]

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LL’s Super-Secret Corporate Facebook Network

Facebook might not be totally secure from SL residents by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Philip Linden’s page in the secret Lab Facebook network After a time in the virtual news business a reporter starts accumulating stories that might be better left untold – and in the name of maintaining a generally civil society these [...]

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Tier Nation: The 26th Group

Linden game gods violate laws of nature to party By Prokofy Neva, Kremlindenologist today 26 groups – tomorrow – 513? Our game-gods imposed a curious kind of metaversal democracy on us yesterday, in their accidental wisdom, creating a ginormous entity called “Concierge Party Group” inworld with 6,926 members. Wait. Make that 6,727. Because the chat [...]

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Kissing a Pony Naga – Amber Linden’s Shame!

Not invited to the March 15 Linden Lab party? Blame it on the Valentines Day party. Half pony, half snake Kayi Laa prepares to kiss Amber Linden on Valentines day While some believe the Lab is limiting saturday’s party to concierge-level residents because the Lindens love virtual land high rollers, the motivations behind the Linden’s [...]

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