Category Archives: SL

Topics relating to Second Life

Eight years in Second Life… and counting…

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Steve 'Cubey' Cavers

Eight years ago, I logged in as Cubey Terra for the first time. It was my second time around. My first account, Tillman Terra, lasted only a few days before I deleted it out of fear that I was spending … Continue reading →

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All good things…

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Steve 'Cubey' Cavers

Abbotts Aerodrome closes on September 1, 2011. Update (Aug 11, 2011): Although Abbotts Aerodrome is closing and I’m moving on, a buyer has stepped up who will repurpose the Abbotts build  (the tower, runway, etc.) as a new facility. See … Continue reading →

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TerraVend system is offline

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Steve 'Cubey' Cavers

If you own and operate a TerraVend vendor, you may have noticed that it’s switched itself off. This is because there is a communication problem between the system’s in-world server and the web server side of things. In short: It’s … Continue reading →

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Gridquakes and new coastline

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Steve 'Cubey' Cavers

As many of you have noticed, this week’s “gridquakes” have brought with them some extraordinary changes to the geography west of Abbotts. The Linden-owned sandboxes, which have been a fixture since 2004, slid west to unite with Sandbox Island. In … Continue reading →

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First Terra aircraft in OpenSim

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Steve 'Cubey' Cavers

Well, I’ve done it. In fact, it was absurdly easy to do. I brought my first Terra aircraft into OpenSim. The Imprudence viewer exported the biplane model as XML, minus any textures I didn’t actually own (I’m not sure which … Continue reading →

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Sim-on-a-Stick: Everything is better on a stick!

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Steve 'Cubey' Cavers

Do you like sausages? How about pancakes? Sure you do, they’re awesome — especially when you have them together. And through the magic of modern food processing machinery, these two brillant foods come together and are made better when they’re attached … Continue reading →

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Now FREE: Seven classic Terra airplanes

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Steve 'Cubey' Cavers

In a move that is sure to shock the aircraft world and make people doubt my sanity, I am making seven of my classic Terra airplanes totally free! That’s a discount of roughly 100%. Drop by the runway at Abbotts … Continue reading →

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Will Kitely fly?

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Steve 'Cubey' Cavers

Having noticed a bit of Twitter buzz about Kitely, the latest Second Life spin-off, I decided to investigate. Unlike the other spin-off worlds, Kitely targets Facebook users by letting anyone with a Facebook account create a single-region, SL-based virtual world. … Continue reading →

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Not a Gamer

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Steve 'Cubey' Cavers

As I’ve mentioned before, I have wasted — I mean “spent” — a lot of time in Second Life, so it’s probably natural for the average person to assume that I’m a hard-core computer gamer. I’m not. Really, I’m not, … Continue reading →

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Where’s the action in SL?

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Steve 'Cubey' Cavers

I logged into Second Life a couple of times recently with the idea of exploring and engaging in things I don’t usually. So I started with the Search window. It’s so amazingly hard to find a link to anything good, … Continue reading →

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