Meta Linden Talks Land Statistics

by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk As Mitch Wagner and Cybergrrl Oh regaled the audience at today’s Copper Robot gabfest with tales of social network marketing from the frozen tundra of Alaska, it dawned on me that I was standing next to the spider that creates the land and economic statistics for Second Life – [...]

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Orphaned Raw Statistics Page Found!

Land statistics “temporarily unpublished” by Linden Lab Two other statistics page still missing – presumed dead by Pixeleen Mistral – National Affairs desk Authorities at the IETF Missing Web Pages bureau were relieved to see the orphaned “Economic Statistics (Raw Data Files)” page had been reunited with the rest of the Second Life web site [...]

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Private Eyes For Hire in SL

by Alessandra Narayan It all started due to a gap in SL’s service industry – and some resident's need to monitor other avatar's actions – but ended up becoming a profitable business. Now anyone can hire private detective to watch other avatar's moves, following them and filing elaborate. precise reports – a definite benefit for [...]

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Free Happiness Therapy – For You!

by Alessandra Narayan Have you ever heard of Sunshine Therapy Gardens? This is a place where you can listen to birds, nature sounds – and talk through your problems – relaxing and finding the answers you need, under the guidance of RJ Muni, a Netherlander licensed psycho/hypnotherapist decided to help people live better lives, especially [...]

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ADV: Get L$250 for Completing a 5-Minute Survey

RTI International (www.rti.org),a not-for-profit research organization with presences in RL and SL, isconducting a 5-minute survey on RL personality and demographic information andis in need of volunteers.  Upon completion of the survey, you will receive L$250. If you would like to participate, go to the RTI Facility in SL at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Labro/126/175/41

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Meet Tommy “The Patron” Parrot

A man dedicated to elevate SL art and cultureby Alessandra Narayan Do you remember studying “la renaissance”? In the XIV century, a bit all across Europe, but mostly in beautiful Italy – land of artists as Michael Angelo or Leonardo da Vinci – wealthy men with a taste for art helped sculptors, painters and others [...]

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Immersion

To sleep, perchance to dream… by Kris Dibou The problem with total immersion is that you must come up for air or you will suffocate… I suppose it is like a sailor being lured into the sea by a beautiful mermaid; he is so enamored with her that he does not realize he is drowning; [...]

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SHOCK!!! Robin Linden Forced Out Of Lab!!!!!

Was Robin Linden – a resident since 2002 – forced to disclose her super-secret alt as part of M Linden’s public humiliation of the old regime? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Robin Linden (file photo) Immediately after attending today’s Metanomics event, Robin Linden announced that her game god days are over as of February [...]

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Op/Ed: Linden Lab – Play Fair and Stop Spamming Us!

by Sitearm Madonna The spam ads sent to the secondLife@email.secondlife.com Email List are an outrage. Linden Lab just sold its avatar accounts confidential email list to a commercial retail sales organization without asking our permission or giving us an option to Opt Out. The fact that the commercial retail sales organization is NOW owned by [...]

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Will Land-Cutting Ban Redeem Jack Linden?

by Curious Rousselot Jack Linden, the Linden in charge ofmaking the mainland more beautiful, has posted an entry on theofficial Linden Blog informing us that the much hated practice of land cuttingmay soon be at an end. In the blog Jack fairly clearly discusses thedefinition of land cutting, "Whenever you see land that has a [...]

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