Syndicating the Second Life blogosphere
None can resist... the shadows will consume all.

by ARIADNE KORDA (noreply@blogger.com) at July 30, 2010 06:33 AM
Starting tomorrow night, I will be travelling to Sweden to participate in the Herrang International Swing Dance Camp, sort of the mecca for lindy hoppers. Every year, a thousand or so swing dancers from all over the world make the pilgrimage to Herrang for a five-week celebration of dance, featuring workshops, dance parties, shows, and lots of fun socializing.
This is my second time in Herrang, which unfortunately will be for only one week. Last time I had an absolute blast, and returned newly energized about this wonderful dance and the community that surrounds it. There's really nothing else like it on earth.
I don't know what my internet situation is going to be like. So forgive me if this blog is pretty quiet during the next week. If you don't hear from me, assume that I'm dancing!
A pair of rogue domain name servers have been stripped of their authoritative status and permanently banished from the Herald DNS registration after putting the alphavilleherald.com site through a nightmarish ordeal of DNS lies and deception that rendered the newspaper inaccessible to growing numbers of readers as the misinformation spread across the entire interwebs.
With both the Herald editrix and technical staff in transit to the Metaverse Meetup, the crazed DNS servers’ sneak attack could not have come at a more unfortunate time.
Distraught readers wailed in frustration at being denied access to the most authoritative, incisive, vital and virtual newspaper in the metaverse. Some wondered how they would wrap their pixelated fish. Fears mounted as widespread reports circulated that virtual bird cages were being left unlined. Others noted that several puppies are still not totally housebroken – all due to the shocking silence by a pair of formerly well-behaved DNS servers.
Could this have been part of a bizzare Second Life Gorean cult’s BDSM-inspired DNS dominance game? Did Linden Lab finally decide enough is enough on the eve of Philip Linden’s faux town hall meeting? Or is a shadowy conspiracy of anti-technocomunists, black hats, 4chan, and the illuminati to blame? Perhaps Audrey from typesetting has been moonlighting and ‘cleaning up’ certain zone files?
We may never know the whole truth, but this query result may provide a clue
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QUESTIONS:
alphavilleherald.com, type = A, class = IN
ANSWERS:
AUTHORITY RECORDS:
ADDITIONAL RECORDS:
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** server can’t find alphavilleherald.com: SERVFAIL
Once alerted to the problem, the Herald’s Mysterio Sinister said, "I’ll show you a SERVFAIL, sucker" and immediately updated the Herald’s DNS name registration to use more reliable servers — a heroic rescue of the paper from a horrific ordeal.
Above all, because we are still strong enough to try again to amend our Constitution perhaps, but we have yet sufficient authority to secure the construction of a new law on telecommunications or broadcasting are really instruments of power, the ability of future accurate .- In international law the most important agreements are the ones who sign up before and after approvals, informal but certain that the political powers granted, and these agreements are made taking into account the challenges and how to save, among which are several great doctrines and case law, including the "running of the veil" call and brought in analogy with respect to the bonds that companies or ventures promoted for controlling corporations remain as such in accordance with their peers. Then and only then, can be verified with reasonable certainty made explicit in public, for the tranquility of the shareholders and the opponent .- I have noticed that, vetoes or closures with respect to the acquisition of rights with respect to a controlling or a controlling company that controls another, not only should be taken into account with respect the figure of monopoly not permitted by law but also about a central theme, such as the "accumulation of radio spectrum", is it to acquire power over others that are struggling in the market in such benefits, since it is possible a controlled and in turn controlling a third provider agreed policies in this aspect so that it arrives in partnership with unintended consequences, but the controlling of the two sides do not agree .- This is possible because the financial law it provides elements that allow the corrections that lead to such "cumulation" which is claimed is not exercised in enforcing fair competition and the exercise of government of countries and, in my opinion, ultimately has the real control who can concur to discuss how to be designed in time and space the business plan of the corporation concerned .- This business plan is a matrix combining resources with the purposes allowed to show the feasibility of the business and that it can be constructed information is needed and that information must be structured so as to contain the announcement of what is to come, in terms of obstacles and opportunities in that activity in the business world is also called "strategic intelligence" and this allows the future exercise of a contractual nature, that of the transfer of rights, which is basically the same institute that is used when reporting has been "sold to Manchester United footballer given .- Then, resigned reader, we see that the government the Kingdom of Spain has exercised the discipline of strategic intelligence for involvement anywhere in the world where communications services and to bid against it would prejudice here if we should have gone to such multidisciplinary discipline that has not been carried out .- "Even in the limited circumstances in which appropriate application of the doctrine of" Disregard of legal entity "is not possible to directly condemn," read in one article, and this is because the instrument is not truth or reality, what is the picture of situations we face and, I have read some opinion of the Attorney where for years it has been argued that if the controlling "change" and do not change local partners there would be no problems.
Every maam wants to believe her child is special — even the most special in the world, unless she has multiples. Then, they all became that. No maam wants to hear her precocious two-year-old babble, "Imma gonna grow up to be a worser terror than Oring Ame (that serial killer) we saws on the news last nite!", or "I'm not as special as you think I am!", or even "If you can't accept me for who I am, I'll become what you'll never wanted me to be."
Stills, somewhere along the way, I accepted that what mamma really wanted, she couldn't understand. I saws her, as many aging people without a fire do, began to live life in a loop. After paap walked out in the cold and never came back to the perceived warmth of our family home, it's like maam went into "say useless abstractions" mode for the worse. I loathe another "I did the best I could as a parent," it's eminently untestable. No one knows for sure, and those who lie about it are the most unsure of all. She started believing in dumb-quackery, her eyes would spin 'round in her sockets. She never did have the alcohols but I wish she did for the sake of put-out-ness.
I described worlds to her that made no sense (to her). She'd tell me stories of people in the past I couldn't feel, had no relation for — what has they done for me? They's no kin. So I turns my back on that and do the HUM… hold the globe with a pocket universe in it, palm tree resort. Shake it up and be there. Among what I sees, maybe with these daisies in my clenched left fist, lucidity stands by myside:
It can't be everyday I want to travel. But those phases, they come, and the rest of life must stop for them. Even if maam dain't understand.
From the Dream Journal.
First off, Linden Lab doesn't appear to know what its core business is. Hint: it's server hosting. Second Life is, essentially, a protocol. Everything content-related - game-y things, world-y things, people-with-cat-heads-meowing-things-you-really-don't-want-to-hear things - all of them come from the users themselves. Linden Lab just puts up the servers, and people pay Linden money to run them. They then presumably make that money back from other users, or run them as an odd hobby, or whatever. Linden doesn't care - and Linden shouldn't care. Their business is as Pakleds. They make things. That make us go. Second, after the server hosting is there and done, the second neglected feature that is killing Second Life - customer service. Or rather, the lack thereof. I'm sure it will surprise few MMO watchers that much of Linden Lab's recent bloodletting was in customer service. After all, CS doesn't make you money. You just pay for CS agents and they sit there and talk to users and don't make any money and what the hell, we got new Facebook clients to write!Read the rest.
Poses from I Love Olive
posted by Gidge Uriza
Elusyve said I had to go to the Albero Gatcha Festival -and since she’s a fucking giant who might squashe me, I went.
She also said I had to wear everything I got immediately, which meant I was walking around wearing many boxes. I think this might’ve been some mean elf trick on her part.
But since I had never been to nor patronized any sort of gatcha, you know, like Ron Burgundy would say – WHEN IN ROME.
I can’t actually wear everything I got at once.
That just means there will be another post.
You lucky suckers………
Style Notes:
All obtained at the Albero Gatcha Festivale
And I has an other post to do eeeee! This was fun!
Tagged: alberfo, Boom, gatcha, KatatOnik, loulou and co, showfunky, Sysy’s, teefy

There is the reality of the physical world, and the reality of what we do online, or so people usually think. In fact, I’m more and more convinced that it makes no sense at all to make a distinction between those two dimensions. Just have a look at one of the latest ventures in the security services sector.
Google Ventures is financing, together with the investment entity of the US security services, In-Q-Tel, a company called Recorded Future, so I read on Wired.
Recorded Future analyzes web data. The company claims to structure the chatter on social networks, blogs and sites into information which helps to predict future events:
Recorded Future is not operating in secret, far from it. The company runs a interesting blog. The technology is not only applied to analyze security issues, but can also be used for quantitative trading.
The blogposts of Recorded Future are also exercises in visualizing data – the movements of the Chinese president, for instance, and what it learns us about the priorities of China.
All this reminds me of the fact that 3D-environments can be very useful in visualizing, analyzing and discussing complex data. I guess the guys at Recorded Future know about that.
Today Metaversum presented me with the opportunity to visit their virtual rendering of Miami Beach in Twinity, in advance of tomorrow's official opening. Of course I accepted, and I must say I'm pretty impressed with what they've achieved. More on my visit to Miami Beach is at the Koinup blog, where I am the resident Twinity blogger. Of course I have a lot of screenshots, also to be found @ Koinup!by Sered Woollahra (noreply@blogger.com) at July 29, 2010 09:03 PM
A vast improvement in the usability of Events search has been unveiled by Sea Linden, in this blog post. Events can now be browsed once more, there's some nonsense added, there are now featured events, I have no idea why Linden Lab are featuring certain events, I really don't see why they think this is a good idea, unless they're looking to charge for a featured event listing at some point.
However, being able to browse events once more is a positive step forward, it's long overdue and should never have been like this in the first place, but progress has been made, so three cheers, hip hip hooray, hip hip ....oh wait!
Hold those cheers because the maturity ratings bug, doesn't get a mention in this blog post, you know, that annoying bug where your parcel may or may not be found at a certain time of the day depending upon which maturity ratings are ticked, the one that shows parcels on page one in places but doesn't list them at all in search all, so now we get to boo ...but wait!
Yes, another reason to be cheerful, the mixing of the web blurb with inworld resuts, as reported on Jira WEB-2378, is being addressed. This bug makes searching for terms such as "Land Security", "Commercial Land", "Furry Avatars" and "Maps" pretty useless as these terms appear in the blurb of all listings due to system requirements and World Map being blurb from the website, which then corrupts the results, so three cheers....oh wait...you get the drill.
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Work in progress skin, from Pink Fuel.
I think that lots of girls will be happy with this release, especially if you’re already a fan of the cute young faces from Pink Fuel. I know I am, but I have always favored the ‘youngish’ look in SL rather than the mature glam look. I’m not glam… I don’t really even like to wear shoes most of the time when I’m floating around in-world from sim to sim.
Are you looking forward to the final version of this skin as much as I am?
I hope the final is something like this, because I think it’s perfect already.

The new Picnic Dress from Haven Designs is a fun and cheery summer sundress that had me heading out for the outdoors. I love the field of daisies that begins lightly on the bodice and gets more intense as it goes down the skirt. The dress comes in seven summer colors with an additional blue limited edition for the Stumblebum Brigade.
I headed out to Third World to check out another corner for this shoot. Seriously, this sim is full of what you could call little set pieces or tableau that are perfect for photos while all working together cohesively.
The sundress demands summery accessories and what could be better than the espadrilles and floppy hat from Gos. They coordinate with each other and as you add color packs to the shoes, you get additional flexibility. For example, these are the yellow espadrilles but the lace and the seam are green from the Meadow color pack – and Meadow is the color of the sash on the hat.
Here’s another slightly skewed shot at the full look – I mentioned using ctl-8 to shift perspective yesterday. The shift is sometimes more obvious when you focus on an avatar, though you (Read more...)
"Seen the referral stats?"
"Yeah."
"You're getting bashed by the crazy bitch again."
(pause)
"I said you're-"
"And?"
"Well, I thought you'd want to know."
"Like I give a shit?"
"It's really pathetic this time."
"And this is a surprise how exactly?"
"Well, I thought you'd want to kn-"
"I don't."
(pause)
"You should say something."
(pause)
"Do not feed the crazy."

Saturday AM Keynote Speaker: Philip Rosedale (SL: Philip Linden)
Saturday, 8/14 from 8AM to 9AM EST
Philip recently returned as interim CEO after Mark Kingdon stepped down in July, and we expect that he’ll address the company’s future direction and Linden Lab’s “return to the basics” of improving the core Second Life experience. In a recent post on the Second Life blogs, Philip talked frankly about addressing Resident’s concerns. “We need to get back to being the first to invent and deliver the solutions that evolve virtual worlds,” said Rosedale, “We are still at the beginning of a huge market.” Rosedale’s speech will be delivered in world and simultaneously webcast to attendees of the Second Life Community Convention in Boston on Saturday morning.
“Rezzing Prims and Painting the Future” Doug Thompson (SL: Dusan Writer)
Saturday, 8/14 from 1PM to 2PM EST
Second Life gets one thing absolutely right: its ability to paint a picture of the future. Through Second Life, we begin to understand how our lives will evolve and change because of technology; the promise and peril of increased virtuality; and the larger implications of an individual’s ability to rez a prim. Drawing from lessons and discussions with leading thinkers, this presentation will take a rapid tour through how Second Life is informed by (and informs) disciplines as diverse as game design and theory, architecture, organizational development, innovation, spirituality, content creation, commerce, governance and branding. As the pace of technology continues to accelerate, how can Second Life continue to be a source of rich value, connections and insights and is there a continued role in this changing landscape for the act of rezzing a prim?
“Pioneers in Virtual Worlds: Your Time Is Always Now” John Lester (SL: Pathfinder Linden)
Sunday, 8/15 from 8AM to 9AM EST
Platforms for creativity and community will always arise, grow and change over time. Regardless of the nature of any specific platform, it’s the users of those platforms, specifically people with pioneering spirits and creative ideas, who drive innovation within the platform as well as the inevitable development of new platforms. In this keynote, John will talk about pioneers in Virtual Worlds, exploring their role in a constellation of available tools for creative expression and communication. He will discuss why community building is critical to the evolution of any creative platform and why cultural understanding is the most important factor for success that needs to be cultivated by both platform creators and users. New challenges always create new opportunities, and John’s keynote will highlight why the time of pioneers in Virtual Worlds is…and always will be…*now.*

“The Second Life Viewer: What’s Next?”
Kent Quirk (SL: Q Linden), Scott Lawrence (SL: Oz Linden), and Sarah Hutchinson (SL: Esbee Linden)
Sunday, 8/15 from 1PM to 2PM EST
Linden Lab spent the better part of the last two years working heads down on Viewer 2. The focus was on creating a Viewer that would be easier for new users to adopt. It has become [...]
I've been pondering the StreamJam applet for the past few days, now that SL-ers are helping beta-test it for the Electric Sheep/Sibley Crew.
Using UStream and the video, there's less lag between the performer and audience, but the reaction/reflexes aren't quite there yet.
And the banter among audience memebers isn't quite at a Graceoclock or Meatspace level yet, despite the inherent socialnetworking/buzz among cliques in Facebook.
But I think it has the potential for that kind of connection/banter/reaction.
(The true power of every experience is between the people, not the pixels.)
My fave comment about this painting over on SCmkII:
The current rules mean that to purchase more land places me in a much higher tier group, which means I will end up paying for land I don't own !! can the Tiers not be charged relevant to the amount of land owned? this way I will be able to cover tiers and continue to grow within the constraints of money available, who knows one day I might even have a sim ? before all the others jump in and say about buying a sim or just taking more land like they have done, fine on them, BUT not everybody has a lot of money to spend and unless I am able to pay my way then it is just not going to happen, and I know I am not the only one in this position, many businesses do not expand purely for the sole reason that they cannot afford to, so how about it Philip ?? a little help goes a long way and it would help a lot of people in business to expand and of course at the same time continue to help Linden to grow too."
…..because she made me cry with laughter on the post Why Amateurs Should Never Explain the Gorean Way – Especially to a Feminist.
Oh Christ I’m still laughing.
Q:”Why is that girl being dragged on a chain?”
A:”She must be really slow and need remedial obedience classes…..”
“Don’t worry – she LETS him own her……” OMG I LOVE THIS POST……
Oh BLISS you have slain me on a day when I had to get out of bed and face the dragon. I am absolutely in tears considering exactly how this conversation went.
I also love that she mentions that people shouldn’t be allowed to mix metaphors in their role play. That’s brilliant.
THIS post was fucking fabulous.
Bliss rocked my socks this morning, and thus – gets a FABBIE.
OH and The Goreans getting offended in the comments? Seriously. That’s almost as good.
PS – I don’t mind Goreans. But those leaving ugly comments here will not only get published, but a good laugh. Have at it.
Tagged: Fabbie



Today, technology has pushed the boundaries of imagination, the power to identify a person by just putting your finger on a device, or for photography, has allowed the development of various applications to ensure that the person is who claims to be. The technologies that identify individuals are grouped into the concept of biometrics, but what is biometrics? Then consider a definition that explanation: "Biometrics includes all the technological solutions of identifying individuals based on the unique properties, immovable and nontransferable for each person. The fingerprints, retina, iris, facial patterns of veins of the hand or the geometry of the palm, are examples of physical characteristics (static), while the examples of behavioral characteristics include signature, and click step (dynamic). The voice is considered a mixture of physical and behavioral characteristics, but all biometric traits share physical and behavioral aspects. "The great advantage of biometrics is that enables secure authentication, unlike the use of passwords or cards, as these can be stolen or used by people who do not correspond to individual that it identifies. We could say that human beings have ID cards integrated easily accessible: for example fingerprints, which are virtually unique designs.
A failure to transfer is added comfort for the user, who has not to carry identification or memorize anything. Each of these techniques should be applied, depending on the environment, to ensure their effectiveness. This time we will analyze which technique applied to the rural sector for a presence control on flower and agro-export companies. The rural sector Many employers are concerned about the control of their personal assistance, especially in areas where production of inputs such as flowers, broccoli, peppers, etc., depends on the timeliness of staff. Apply biometrics in this sector will depend on factors such as: cost of the solution, ease in handling the device, measuring effectiveness and speed of care. Therefore, using the hand geometry, fingerprint and facial recognition lately have been the most widely used.
The rural sector is perhaps the biggest problem environment to implement using biometric fingerprint. Because the tasks that each person plays in their daily tasks: flower business, agro-export, agriculture in general. This problem is resolved by using standards and methodologies which help the smooth functioning of the system itself. The hand geometry requires a password for verification, this may cause a problem because when people register their attendance by typing your password immediately and place the hand. The face recognition need not only the individual key puts your face in front of the camera and record their attendance. There face problems of location and brightness, but are resolved using appropriate mechanisms. In terms of cost, is higher than the trace and the palm of the hand, but in terms of speed of registration, especially for people with hard fingers, is the best option. The use of other mechanisms, such as reading the iris, retina, like the face does not need keys, however the installation of this equipment is expensive in relation to the fingerprint, hand and face. As conclusion the road, hands or face are effective measures that meet the expectations of ensuring the identification of the individual, but these depend on economic factors, speed of attention, and ease of management for optimum results in schedule control.
Tonight I got to see a sneak preview of "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" at the BAM Rose Theater in Brooklyn with a couple hundred other excited fans. I won't get all spoiler-y, but suffice to say it is worthy of the tagline: "An Epic of Epic Epicness."
Why should you see this film?
Can't wait to see it again!
Thanks to the nice folks at Bergen Street Comics for the passes to the advance screening. You guys rock!
IOS4 on the iPhone brought about the much needed functionality for apps like Skype and Pandora to run in the background. Since the new Skype release a week or so ago, it has been nice to Skype chat on the go and not have to use wonky 3rd party relays to chat via notifications.
Background apps and notifications are hopefully just the start. Apple needs to release functionality that allows apps like Instapaper, iBooks, iTunes, Pulse News, Evernote, magazines, newspapers and others to receive data in the background while the device is idling.
I continually find myself in a subway station or on less than adequate 3G service for downloading large amounts of data (usually media) wishing I had loaded each of the apps listed above one by one to sync up before leaving my home or office. I am sure this would eliminate a nontrivial amount of 3G traffic for ATT and would make for a most superior user experience.
Users should be able to select which apps and under what conditions there may be communication with their servers, such as data connection speed and power/battery condition. Android does not have an elegant solution for this either and probably cant achieve the same efficiencies due to the way the platforms are architected.
Sure, Android has widgets with limited dashboard data and background syncing, but the number of apps that support it seem limited to Facebook, Flickr and things owned by Google. Not to mention that it brings the device to its knees and chooses the least opportune time to run background processes.
For a device that can already push notifications, email, and broadcast location data in the background it seems like only a matter of time for this functionality to come to other forms of data on the iPhone. Some day we will look back at iOS 4 and think it was funny that it couldnt think ahead to grab the 10 day forecast before we clicked the Weather Channel icon.

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crossposted to nicki_claryThis is your chance to submit news for Prim Perfect’s Summer issue which will be out on August 2nd – and at the moment we are looking for news stories to feature in our popular News from the Grid feature.
If you have a news story to share about your store or your sim, you can use the special Prim Perfect news service, to submit your news story directly to the magazine.
All you have to do is to go to www.primperfect.net/news_form.html and complete the simple form. If you want an image included, send it to primperfect@gmail.com.
To appear in our next edition, we must receive your news story by 12 noon SLT, Friday 30th August, 2010.
The news story might also appear on this blog, especially if the story concerns, for example, the kind of time-defined event we like to cover – a special store promotion, or a charity concert.
So what are you waiting for? Send your news to us – and see it in print very soon!

When I saw the delicate tones of the new Baiastice skins in the Porcelain tone coupled with the delicacy of the lace jacket for this DCNY outfit, I knew exactly where I wanted to shoot – in China. Not the China of hustle, bustle and the Great Wall, but the watercolor China that you can find in the magnificent China sim.
This shot gives you just a small idea of the wonderful photographic opportunities you can find in China. I also played a little bit with perspective, using the CTL-8 lens change to the max to give it a shift in perspective.
The dress from DCNY can be worn with or without the lace jacket – but I really think the jacket is what makes the dress stand out. I added Pin-Up Pumps from N-Core. I am in love the with new N-Core Hud. It took me mere seconds to tint the foot for a flawless match.
I added the Fishnet gloves from Adore & Abhor for a bit of extra glam. The jewelry is from HaysUriza/
Here’s a closer look at the stunning Baiastice Pulchra skin in Porcelaine – a happy new addition to Baiastice’s line of excellent (Read more...)
Truth – Vera | Marissa | Keeley
I’m loving this week’s Truth hair releases cos the hairstyles frames the face so well and there are no bangs covering the face. These styles will be perfect for blogging skins, which I haven’t done too much of lately but I’m hoping to do them more frequently soon cos some of my favorite designers are releasing new faces.
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Also, if you have not made the switch to SL 2.1 (or another SL viewer with layers capabilities) you’re really missing out on some excellent customizations. I am wearing Laqroki Pearl skin with Dark Brows on the tattoo layer, plus Lelutka Lola lipstick. The fit is not perfect on the lipstick, but from afar you can’t even tell! I wanted to wear a more matted lipstick, even though I normally love the shiny lipgloss on Laq skins.
<– see the lips corners peeking out beneath my lipstick tattoo? You probably won’t get a perfect match with lipsticks unless it is created by the same creator for that specific skin. So I’m still crossing my fingers that Laqroki will be releasing some lipsticks on a tattoo layer soon! *crosses fingers*

Disney buys the social gaming start-up Playdom for $563.2 million in cash, plus up to $200 million based on performance. Disney previously invested in MMOs such as Club Penguin but social media, including MMOs, remain a very small part of total revenues. The acquisition follows closely on the take-over of the iPhone gaming start-up Tapulous.
It seems that Playdom also talked to Google, just as PlayFish (Electronic Arts) and “connecting the world through games” Zynga.
In the background looms a war between two very major platforms: Facebook and Google. The Wall Street Journal has a story about Google developing a Facebook rival and doing so it can use social games.
I’m fascinated by those developers of social and mobile games. Individuals and small companies seem to do very well in that fledgling industry and now it seems that bigger start-ups are being acquired for lots of money by the very big players.
However, it seems that being acquired is the destiny of those companies. They depend on the major platforms: Facebook, Apple, the Android ecosystem, and maybe a new Google network. They use Facebook for instance to reach a huge audience, and they can use the payment systems of the platform – typically 30 percent of those payments go to Facebook. Companies such as Zynga actively try to talk to more platforms so as to lessen the dependency. Ultimately however the platforms have by far the deepest pockets.
Let’s look at Second Life now. The virtual world boasts a tremendous content production by the users, many of them not very specialized amateurs, but some are professional content providers. They too try to look beyond Linden Lab’s Second Life to lessen their dependency, but Second Life is in its category the major platform.
I remember that at a certain moment their was speculation about an IPO for Linden Lab, in the meantime it seems the company has other things to do, such a reorganizing and getting its priorities right. Please correct me if I’m wrong, but there never was any content creator who was even vaguely rumoured to consider an IPO.
So, for a regular individual stock market investor, the question where to put her money, in platforms or in content providers, is rather rhetorical: there are no listed MMOs or social games companies (please correct if this is wrong), they are either privately financed or part of bigger groups (typically engaged in lots of other activities).
Does this mean that ultimately the winners are the platforms? The barriers of entry seem higher there compared to the social games and MMO companies. Gathering some smart developers and developing cool games en applications is not terribly hard, creating the next Facebook or mobile ecosystem is a different matter.
Roland Legrand
OH MY GOD! A NEGATIVE ENERGY PLANE CREATURE HAS BROKEN THROUGH TO OUR DIMENSION!
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!
DAMN YOU, YOKO! DAMN YOU!
Instead...
Who needs Kristen's Viewer for shadows, right?

by Journey Yellowlist, Herald Legal Desk

Today Second Life held its breath, and stood well upwind, as the SL District Court heard opening arguments in the case against Pappy and Jezz Enoch. The fake hillbillies are on trial for multiple crimes, including embezzlement of fake currency, assault on a tiny, vehicular mayhem, and vandalism of priceless artwork. Charges have been brought by a class of plaintiffs including Miss Petunia Courtney Amaryllis Taliaferro, President for Life of the Second Life League of Decency.
It was Miss Taliaferro’s home, Doilywood, that had been vandalized shortly before the Enochs were arrested. Unmatched works of art were slashed to ribbons or hauled away, causing untold psychological harm to Miss Taliaferro in particular and the community of SL artistes in general.
Miss Taliaferro had hired Tertullian Blatherskate, Esq., of Blatherskate, Snopes, Gantry, and Blatherskate. The day before the trial began, however, Mr. Blatherskate was badly injured when the brakes mysteriously failed on his 1959 Cadillac. He’s in the critical-care unit at St. Lazarus of Many Sores.

Foul play is suspected, given evidence found in the wreckage, including packaging from Moon Pies, Day’s Work chewing tobacco, and Uncle Porky Pork Rinds, all indicating that someone had taken hours to sabotage the vehicle while gorging on junk food and “chaw.”
Miss Taliaferro was able to secure the services of Septimus Severus Legume, noted metaverse poet, who once took a prelaw course at Yoknapatawpha State.
This reporter was present as Judge I.R. Shirley DeBoss, imported into Second Life from Enoch Holler, VA, called the proceedings to order. Defense attorney Slewfoot Hadisson, plus two-headed prim baby and legal consultant Ulysses-Diomedes Enoch, entered the courtroom with the Enochs and their phalanx of prison guards.
Judge: Will this-here defendant known as Pappy Enoch please rise.
Pappy: Whee-doggy I done that already (looking at shapely court typist)
Judge: I mean get yo’ butt out o’ that seat, sir!
Pappy: Oh, why didn’t you say so, your horror?
Ulysses: Pap, that’s "yo’ honor," you dang idiot!
Pappy: Okay, I’ll answer to him too (standing).
Judge: So the court am lead to believe that you goes by multiple names, sir.

Slewfoot: Objection! Where is a jury of their peers, like the law requires?
Judge: "Peers?" Pull my other leg, you stupid beanpole walkin’ like a man.
Jezz: Well then, I demands me a well hung jury!
Judge (pulling out shotgun): Y’all shut the hell up o’ I’ll ventilate yo’ objectionabalist butts.
Slewfoot: Objection withdrawn! Go ahead and corntinue, Pap.
Pappy: Well, most folks calls me Pappy, tho a few calls me [...]


by noreply@blogger.com (Mhaze Magic) at July 28, 2010 10:37 AM

crossposted to Fran OPMLWPblogby Zoe Connolly (zoeconnolly@gmail.com) at July 28, 2010 08:00 AM
Episode six "the Duet" and seven "The Dark Doctor Deal" of the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers came out tonight. One was very strong and different in tone from the previous episodes; the other was a bit of fluff but still entertaining.
"The Duet" features a very creative use of split screen to highlight two contemporary dancers dancing together while apart. I'm happy that John Chu the director is including other genres besides hip-hop dance in his series. And I really loved the music in this piece, which matched their movement perfectly. And when they finally meet it's some cool movie magic.
"The Dark Doctor Deal" is a bit of popping fluff. I like that it featured a female popper, but it felt pretty contrived to me. That whole puppetry bit can only hold me for so long.
It's very late here, so can't say much more. Check it out and tell me what you thought about these two episodes.
Here in the Northern Hemisphere we’re in the height of summer. June is gone and July is almost finished. August will bleed into September and the cool nights will be upon us again. It’s been a LONG summer. Heatwaves, Severe Storms, and an earthquake for the D.C. area.
Several records were broken this summer but it didn’t phase me much. My work schedule kept me inside or asleep during the peak heat of the day. Work has gone well but the hours and the nature of my work is really wearing me down. There are some things I wish I could un-see. ((sigh)) Humanity is so awful to one another.
A very strong storm with high winds plowed through the Mid-Atlantic Sunday felling trees and cutting power to thousands. When I got home from work late Sunday night I was greeted by the sight of a downed tree in my front yard. The same tree that provided shade onto my dining room
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Fortunately the garden wasn’t hurt much. A few plants were bent over, but not broken. The squash and jalapeno peppers are coming to fruition. The tomatoes will be ready to pick by August.
On the 16th wed had a nice little earthquake that shook things up a little bit. I was at work that night and remember the floor vibrating a bit and it was followed by a long, low roaring sound that went on for like 20 seconds. We all looked at each other and I finally said, ” an earthquake?”. Sure enough it was.
My SL has been kinda blah. Just not a lot going on. As the summer goes by SL is feeling less and less like a world. It’s hard to explain but suffice to say that a lot of the magic is gone. It is just not the escape it used to be. I still love my friends but the place is just, well, onerous. Perhaps in the fall I’ll feel different.
You may try to reduce your personal and family bills this year. But when it comes to reducing your mobile phone bills, appears to be no easy task. Everyone is trying to reduce spending now, from everyday expenses, like buying food and utility bills, to the activities and luxury goods, such as holidays or waste in retail stores. However, many people feel that no matter how hard you try, always receive a high mobile phone bill this month. yEs may have misinterpreted the contract when buying a mobile phone? I perhaps will exceed the allotted minutes, and generates invoices that are much higher than those originally anticipated? Since the latter is the most likely, no need to sacrifice your social life or the comfort of having a mobile phone due to excessive spending on mobile phone service. There are some things you can do to reduce your monthly phone bills mobile.
To begin, it is worth asking yourself the following truism: keep a record of the number of minutes you use to talk on the phone throughout the month or let you use your mobile phone without limit, regardless of how many minutes you have to you receive your expensive bill? Many people do not realize how often they use their phones until they receive the bill. But the reality is that those minutes add up, so it's worth carefully monitor your consumption. Also a good idea to reconsider how many minutes a gratisa allows your contract and where you can make adjustments to your intake to get closer to that amount. also text messages or pictures through your phone? This can add up on your phone bill, so it's something important to consider. Another question you should ask yourself is if your telephone service provider can offer some free text messages.
Service providers usually have a lot of offers all times, so it is unlikely to advertise them all to each client. However, if you request and the offer is available, you surely offer it. Another option to reduce your telephone bills is to buy credit to make calls or a plan through a software application on the Internet. These applications provide minutes at an affordable price and default, which allows you to destinations throughout the world. Also, buy credit before making your calls means that you will be more conscious consumption of your phone, and this can help you reduce your phone bills significantly. So it's worth doing some adjustments in your consumption. That way, you'll enjoy all the benefits of having a mobile phone for less money.
As mentioned on this blog before, I am currently an alliance diplomat for the MPA alliance in Eve Online. When we were offered a chance to travel to nullsec - the dangerous, lawless, but most rewarding space in Eve Online's New Eden universe - some of our corporation took it with both hands. Most of our corporation and alliance members reside in the more safe highsec areas; some live in wormhole space, but we rarely venture into nullsec. Yet for many of New Eden's pilots, nullsec is the place to be. This is where the big space holding alliances reign, where epic battles involving hundreds or even thousands of players are being fought, where campaigns lasting weeks or months are being executed. It's also the place where each and every move is potentially dangerous: there is no safety in nullsec. Theoretically the same goes for highsec and lowsec (empire space) but still, nullsec is a different story.by Sered Woollahra (noreply@blogger.com) at July 28, 2010 02:29 AM






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