Is the recession reaching the metaverse? For many talented individuals at Linden Lab, that would be a certainty. Today Linden Lab announced that it is “reorganizing”, which results in thirty percent of Lindens losing their jobs.
In human terms, this means somewhere around a hundred bright and talented people suddenly unemployed in a time when finding [...]
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One week from today, on Saturday, May 15, the latest creation from the labs of Cubey Terra (hey, that’s me) and Reitsuki Kojima will finally take to the skies. This project is the culmination of many months of design, planning, and long hours in the workshop.
Specifications, locations, and pricing to be posted at a later [...]
Second Life on CBC’s science show, Quirks and Quarks
Posted: 20th March 2010 by Cubey Terra in News, SLToday’s episode of CBC radio’s science show, Quirks and Quarks, looks into how Second Life can be beneficial to health professionals and support groups. Click here for the MP3 podcast.
Canada, 3-2! Wooooooo!
Oh, and we also handed out the trophies at Abbotts Aerodrome for our big Orbiter Design Competition. All of the entries were great, and the judges were faced with some tough decisions. But in the end, we came down to these winning contestants…
Abbotts Aerodrome is now home to several concepts for Earth-orbit vehicles.
Drop by today and tomorrow to see the entries from these contestants:
Darsh Lucero
Differ Darwin
Farrah Foss
Flux Aldrin
Phoneix Dreamscape
Rocket Sellers
Sunman Loring
Tank Kwaszes
THOR Baran
Click here to visit Abbotts Aerodrome now.
The three trophies for the 2010 design contest at Abbotts Aerodrome are now on display next to the runway.
Display pads for contestants are available starting tomorrow. Deadline for entries is noon, Saturday, SL time (Pacific).
Abbotts Aerodrome 6th Anniversary Design Contest
Posted: 16th January 2010 by Cubey Terra in News, SLSix years ago, two aircraft enthusiasts by the names of Cubey Terra and Apotheus Silverman set the foundations for a futuristic airport known as Abbotts Aerodrome. Over subsequent years, the aerodrome grew and so did the group of volunteers, builders, designers and sellers. The goal: to have fun in the sky and promote flight and [...]
Visitors to Abbotts Aerodrome will notice some dramatic changes to the tower’s Level 3. Since the tower’s construction, that level has been for offices (in other words, completely useless). Starting today, we are tearing out walls, installing crash barriers, and constructing a shiny new indoor air-race course.
What?? Air races… indoors?? That’s right! Tiny airplanes, each [...]
Yesterday the residents of the Fruit Islands estate in Second Life celebrated the re-opening of their sim, “Mango“, by launching an enormous balloon rally. Flying mostly the (truly awesome) Cirrus balloons, pilots led their airborne flotilla around dozens of fruit-named tropical islands.
But even private estates have problems with private security, apparently. At one point, a [...]
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It’s official. Today the Terra Stingray enters final beta testing, in which a crack team of testers puts the plane through its paces and uncovers those little bugs that I missed in development. Since I last blogged about the Stingray, I added five more paint schemes, a selection of tail decals, a passenger seat, a [...]