On my last post, I’ve covered the amazing possibilities of dynamic shadows and the new lighting system, even on under-powered graphics cards and low-end, old computers, thanks to KirstenLee Cinquetti.
This time, I’ll be showing you a video comparing the standard SL viewer (1.23.4) with Snowglobe (1.0.2), LL’s open-source-driven-and-contributed “separate” branch of their main viewer. The [...]

I do really have a lot to talk about — the past two weeks in Second Life® have brought so much change that I’ve simply been unable to write anything much about it … and, well, unfortunately my colleagues and clients hate when I blog instead of a) sleeping; b) doing some work [...]

Thunderclap Morgridge has contributed to the Second Life® Wiki by creating a list of “known” trademarks that have or had a presence in Second Life. It is by no means complete, but feel free to add to it if you’re aware of more (specially outside the US).
While we’re hoping that Linden Lab starts to [...]

My friend Ana Lutetia has invited me to write something about lag on her blog. Since lag was what we mostly got this weekend, I hope you’ll appreciate an update on what I had written about the subject over a year ago.

Yes, it’s that time of the year to jump over to Hair Fair, 2009 edition, and shop until you drop… it has just opened a couple of hours ago for the private party, and the styles are just wet from the hairdressers’… well, almost!
The theme for this year is “Candy Land”, and, as usual, it’s [...]

Almost a year in planning — but built in less than two weeks! — the Presidency of the Portuguese Republic officially launched on June 9, 2009, their first virtual presence in Second Life®. Commemorating the National Holiday of June 10 — Day of Portugal and of the Portuguese Communities, also celebrating the death of Portugal’s greatest [...]

No, it’s not about Google Wave — but you still might find it entertaining reading! — Gwyn
“Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place”
- Lewis Carrol.
INTRODUCTION
This essay, which is all about the evolution of search engines, begins (peculiarly enough) with the extraordinarily toxic rough-skinned newt, [...]

Congratulations to Google — after the announcement of Google Wave, we can finally close the chapter on Web 2.0, or, rather, Web 2.0 Release Candidate. We’ve finally left 2.0 behind to enter the dramatic new age of Web 2.1.

You might say to yourself, “oh no, this is just another Facebook clone, why should we share [...]

Creative residents protest against the way Linden Lab set up the test sims for Adult verification. Although some might have found it funny, most are a bit put off by the electric fences and special effects, reminiscent of a Nazi concentration camp.

I personally found it funny, but I can imagine the protesters who set up the [...]

A few of us who are in Second Life® mostly for business have long ago complained to Linden Lab, in the years of 2005 and 2006 mostly, how little they cared about businesses in SL, and how little effort they put in expanding and opening the virtual world to healthy business from the real world.
In [...]