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Archive for January, 2008

23 Jan

Anatomy of a Griefer

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 [...]

23 Jan

“Boudoir Rouge” — by Codebastard Redgrave

“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 [...]

16 Jan

Hitler Explains Second Life

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.

11 Jan

To Boldly Go To Where No Avatar Has Gone Before

“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 [...]

10 Jan

No More Banking!

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 [...]

01 Jan

A Tale of Two Companies

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 [...]

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