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Bad Poetry of Second Life, Part 3

Welcome to PAIN. Muahahaha! This, of course, is part three of a too-many-part series of actual stinky poetry written by Second Lifers (see part 1 and part 2). Back in late 2003 and early 2004, I hosted several poetry contests. … Continue reading

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Bad Poetry of Second Life, Part 2

As I mentioned in my previous post, in late 2003 and early 2004, I hosted a series of poetry contests in Second Life. The challenge: to write the absolute worst poem possible in fifteen minutes, while incorporating eight randomly-chosen words. … Continue reading

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Bad Poetry of Second Life, Part 1

In late 2003 and early 2004, I hosted a series of poetry contests in Second Life. The challenge: to write the absolute worst poem possible in fifteen minutes, while incorporating eight randomly-chosen words. The virtual poets rose to the challenge, … Continue reading

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Seven years in Tibet. I mean SL.

Maybe this is a little early, I don’t know, but each year around the start of September, I like to mark the anniversary of my initiation into Second Life with a little retrospective of my years in the metaverse. Sometime … Continue reading

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Rocketeer packs are now FREE

Just like in that fantasy land called “real life” and “outside”, it’s a lovely a sunny day in Second Life. In fact, I would say that it’s absolutely a perfect day to tear through the clouds with a rocket motor … Continue reading

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The truth behind the SL viewer 2 UI

Another moment of Second Life Viewer 2 confusion: I could have sworn that uploading files was in a menu on the top of the Inventory window. I mean tab. Nope, now it’s in a popup menu from a little button … Continue reading

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ZOMG! Cubey just slashed most prices in half!

That’s right… just like the title says, I went ahead and slashed all my prices. Why do stores always say prices are “slashed”? That sounds so unnecessarily violent. How about squished, deflated, dwindled, or just reduced? Prices depressed! Anyway, with … Continue reading

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Sunrise flight

Flying at sunrise near the lighthouse in Rosedale, just north of Abbotts Aerodrome.

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Canard progress, nth iteration

As always, my aircraft designs through what seems like endless iterative loops in which I sculpt, refine, and sometimes scrap entire features. The other day I posted an image of my new canard, and at the time I thought it … Continue reading

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Is the recession reaching the metaverse?

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 … Continue reading

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