SL Herald on a Prim

Pr0n on a prim coming soon? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Suitable for wrapping fish – the Herald on a prim Jeffronius Batra told me he planned to start selling HTML-on-a-prim once he “figures out the mechanics of selling things in SL” when I called him from Joe’s Bar in Athabasca. Athabasca is a [...]

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Linden Lab Locates Lost Helicopter

Missing inventory given permission to return to Lost & Found by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affiars desk A mis-feature in teh metaverse was apparently corrected last night when LL staff found a magical incantation to re-unite anxious owners and inventory that poofed on purchase. Expect spontaneous joyful celebrations over the next week as residents who purchased [...]

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W-Hats Visit Reuters

Goons with talking hand puppets by Fiend Ludwig Plastic Duck returns – as a hand-puppet? Prokofy Neva is not making up his accounts of relentless harassment, as related in his comments to the Herald here and on his Second Thoughts blog. This morning I witnessed just such a confrontation on the Reuters sim – with [...]

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Letters to the Editor at LL

Ordinal Malaprop’s explosive text engine By Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Ordinal Malaprop helps SL letter writers put pen to paper Do Linden Lab five hour betaverse grid lockouts inspire you to write – but then do your lost purchases and inventory leave you at a loss for words? The Herald suggests you make use [...]

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Borked Inventory Poofs Purchases

Inventory bug – use it or lose it after purchase by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs deskInventory loss demonstrations now available throughout SL “PURCHASED CONTENT IS BEING LOST!” said Shep Korvin in the Linden Answers forum early sunday morning. Buying goods that disappear is not good for anyone’s business and Mr. Korvin pointed out, “in-world content [...]

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LL “Fixes” Nerfed Clothing Controls?

Second Life feature removal show garners glowing reviewsBig Rip jeans still frayed by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk After a 5 hour complete Second Life metaverse shutdown Saturday, Doug Linden unlocked the doors to the Linden Lab theater for a special very limited-engagement screening of everyone’s favorite show – “Grid is Up!”. A crowd of [...]

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SHOCK: Reuters Joins SL Press Corps

Embedded Reuters correspondent Adam Reuters leaves Orientation Island soon by Pixeleen Mistral, Herald National Affairs desk Reuters sends help to mop up Second Life PR event overflow I was swimming laps in the pool at the Aloft hotel friday afternoon, when Denise Levertov – one of the Herald interns – IM’ed me with an urgent [...]

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Shoulder Surfing Security Flaw In Vivox SL Phones

No pretext needed – call record visible to bystanders by Pixeleen Mistral, Herald National Affairs desk Roving cameras can reveal private phone numbers Herald investigations confirm a serious privacy problem with Vivox phone booths in Second Life. A reliable source recently informed the Herald that shoulder surfing in SL makes it easy to observe the [...]

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Herald Announces New Editorial Board

It is with great pleasure that the Herald announces its new editorial board, designed to keep the paper just as readable as before and in addition to make it more editor-friendly. Specifically, Herald Founding Editor Urizenus Sklar will now have even more time to chill on the Herald yacht, and Herald Editor in Chief Walker [...]

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Philip Linden Griefs SUN News Conference

LL might overlook abuse report on first-time offender by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk grey goo jumpsuit – new pants for Philip Linden? Tuesday, Philip Linden was abuse reported at a snooze-fest much hyped SUN press conference when the would-be goon was caught griefing a video of SUN’s Chief Gaming Officer, Chris Melissinos. Showing that [...]

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