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23 Jan
Like it or not, you cannot be impassive to it:Julian Dibbell’s Wired article on griefing, specifically what we’re experiencing in Second Life — organised griefing — may very well become the ultimate reference essay on description and motivation in the mind of the griefer.
Dibbell claims that ultimately griefers want to have fun and laugh at [...]
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23 Jan
“And now for something completely different”, as the Monty Python would say.
CodeBastard Redgrave, scripter extraordinaire, blogger supreme (her blog is #2 according to SocialStatus), recent winner of the “AvaStar of the Year 2007″ award, having her picture hang up at Linden Lab’s HQ and definitely an excellent photographer & Photoshopper, is now fast becoming one [...]
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16 Jan
It’s more fun if you don’t speak German, and you have a sense of humour
Definitely great stuff from the creative people from magrathean.ca, one of the many Metaverse Development Companies for Second Life.
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11 Jan
“Gwyneth,” Commander Au said to me, twirling his moustache behind the floating desk at HQ. “We have, uh… an issue.”
I dropped the pad on my lap and looked up to him. His mischievous smile was getting on my nerves. Sighing, I scratched my head, and mumbled: “What issue?”
“Well, the guys at the old asteroid mining [...]
Posted in Homepage, SL Economy by: Gwyneth Llewelyn
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10 Jan
If you haven’t heard the big announcement by Linden Lab that they’re finally closing down “illegitimate virtual bankers” in Second Life, you’ve been missing all the fun
The announcement on their Official Blog states:
As of January 22, 2008, it will be prohibited to offer interest or any direct return on an investment (whether in [...]
Posted in Homepage, SL Technology by: Gwyneth Llewelyn
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01 Jan
In this new year (*waves*!), the first thing I did was upgrading my Wordpress installation, and, while waiting, I thought it would be nice to read through DreamHost’s blog for some news.
DreamHost is my hosting provider. Any blog post I might make here talking about why I still use them for about a hundred sites [...]