Some of us have been privileged to listen “live” (or through the many repeaters) what Philip Linden told SL’s population at large about his visions and the questions he answered for the residents, at the last Town Hall meeting on October, 1st. You can read the official transcript to give […]
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Several very observing residents have noticed the “real estate market crash” – since the Lindens have added much more land, prices have fallen down dramatically. With the GOM crash last week, this also means that suddenly we didn’t have any way to bring “fresh” money inworld. Some analysts predict that […]
Second Life is ruled by a benign demitheocracy. What this means is that the Lindens are the rulers – they care for our avatars, they keep the grid running and are further developing it, and they interfere to provide for justice in case of conflict. And they help the residents […]
So you have lots of experience with online conversations, for years and years, have been accused of starting flame wars and managed to escape without getting burned, and you’re the nicest person in the world, so there is no way you’ll get misinterpreted in Second Life, isn’t it? Think again. […]
So you have a new girl-/boyfriend in Second Life and you have been having a marvelous time with her/him? She/he is intelligent, witty, easy-going, loves parties, enjoys herself and pleases you, and she/he even has lots of interesting friends. Sounds great, right? But is she/he actually like that in RL? […]
Scripters (or scriptors) are the Second Life programmers. They usually have some background in Real Life programming and have just discovered the joys and wonders of dealing with an awkward event-driven state machine with inconsistent library functions. If this paragraph sounds like gobbledigook to you, STOP READING! You won’t find […]
For those who wanted to attend but weren’t unable to do so, here goes a resumed version of the event. Attendants were informed that I would post this information online and edit it; everyone who attended is welcome to email me and ask for corrections if they feel I have […]
Well, when I started updating this site, I was thinking more of writing a few tips and tricks and things I’ve been discovering in Second Life that would benefit more new users. As time goes on, however, it seems that I’m more into thinking about what Second Life is really […]
Sometimes the forums are down, so here is a short list of my own views on the (eventual) future government of SL: – Linden Government as “permanent” benevolent demitheocracy as the Executive Branch (eventually with Linden staff rotating posts) – a Second Life Parliament with representatives of all SL citizens […]
When do I know that I need therapy for stopping to play Second Life? 1) When you spend more time online playing the game than working for your boss.2) When a 20-hour day just feels “natural” to you.3) When every hour spent “off-line” is spent reading programming manuals, looking for […]
Wow. I thought this would be easy. LSL (Linden Scripting Language) looks like C++, Java or Javascript, so I thought I would give a go at it. Actually, just like Java, it’s an interpreted language, but it gets precompiled before it goes into the magic stores at Linden’s. The hard […]
A very naive Gwyn wrote the following nice lines in late July, 2004: Hi there! If you’re seeing this page, I guess you’ve looked me up somewhere in Second Life – either in the game itself or in th forums. My name (in Second Life at least) is Gwyneth Llewelyn […]