Saved by Angels: Residents raise $3000+ for child’s life-saving operationBarbie Starr and T180Kay Smalls Last Friday, I mentioned a charity ball fundraiser to cover the $3000 co-pay for an operation to save RJ, a Resident’s little nephew who recently sustained a life-threatening head injury. According to Barbie Starr, who…SLHamlet
Uncanny Valley Expo, 2nd Place: Haver ColeThis Uncanny Valley Expo entry from Haver Cole was chosen 2nd in a vote of nearly 400 readers, and features a pose by Luth Brodie ("Fashion 5") and a skin by D-skin. My personal title for it? "Cameron Diaz Goes…SLHamlet
SecondCast #60 - Virtual Thirst Can avatars get thirsty? They may not thirst for real life beverages, but certainly they seek exciting virtual experiences. C.C. Chapman (SL: Cleon Goff) and Steve Coulson (SL: Gideon Television) of Crayon join the podcast to discuss Coca-Cola’s Virtual Thirst contest.The contest, which […]
a video for the nightIt was posted to the Machinima mailing list and I think it’s a great one so I share it with you (ok, music is not totally my thing but the video is ):It was created by Orpheus Kurosawa, which is probably a Second Life name. You can find more version […]
I’m going to miss Second Life Insider
Filed under: News, SL Insider Business
I’d been a reader of Second Life Insider for quite some time when I heard that Akela Talamasca was looking for me. I couldn’t quite understand why he’d want ME to write for this blog. I’m still not sure what he saw in me, […]
NWN’s True Community Search: The Steampunk Empire Caledon, and last week’s Top 20Martini Discovolante, Khep777 Enoch, EllisDee Welinder, and LilyDay Darkstone enjoy a late-night round of Ouija in Caledon On the vast continent of Caledon, the 19th century of the imagination lives on, as presided over by benevolent hegemon and "the guvnah",…Tateru Nino
Network Learning PracticeObviously, I’ve been taking a bit of a blogging break of late. And while I’m not feeling like I’m totally back at it yet, I have found myself doing some reading, getting back into Twitter, and connecting some dots in my brain. Without question, these last six weeks have been mind-numbing…way too many […]
Just purchased two lots for investment/project purposes in the Kasba sim. Nice rocky hillsidesposted by Kidd Newchurch on Kasba using a blogHUD : [blogHUD permalink]
Short notice rolling restart
Filed under: Updates
According to the official blog there’s a rolling restart underway. Details are sketchy, but when they’re this poorly announced they usually mean it’s an exploit fix and we won’t get a lot of additional details, although it is also setting up for the new search, fixing sale auction IDs and […]
The?So Unexpected?PresentI forget what pointed me to this incredibly thought provoking speech by Mark Pesce about the potential of networks, but man…talk about a mind bender. How can you not read something that starts withThe world has changed. The world is changing. The world will change a whole lot more. We lucky few, we band […]