Global Voices Online highlighted today a fascinating controversy in China that arose out of the image of a rising sun appearing in the Chinese multi-player online game “The Fantasy of the Journey West”. Appearing in the Blog East South North West, the blogger reports that there was a mob scene of cursing players at the…
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Linden Lab announces first virtual DMV
With the introduction last month of the depressingly dystopian Suffugium sim, residents have been asking what other unpleasant experiences can be rezzed into Second Life. Linden Lab CEO Philip Linden and US Department of Transportation secretary Norman Mineta issued a joint press release today announcing the launch of the first Second Life branch of the…
Why I blog: thoughts on my birthday
Today I turned 37 years old. It’s a number that has almost no significance to me whatsoever. As chance would have it, my girl Cindy is away in Italy, my family is in Cali, and most of my friends are on holiday away from the city. Not that I mind: for me birthdays are a…
SL residents protest new reg policies – film at 11
Not a great showing for Second Life on their 3rd anniversary today — what with Snapzilla being closed, “database problems” causing people to not be able to log-in or getting knocked off repeatedly, and in-world protestors complaining about the new registration policies. 3pointD.com pointed me to a cool video done by SL machinima filmmaker Pierce…
Snapzilla protests SL reg policies
My man Hamlet served up some juicy political drama this morning on New World Notes. Cristiano Midnight, the owner of the Second Life photo hosting service "Snapzilla" as well as its parent site SL Universe, has just taken down his websites in protest of Linden Lab‘s new registration procedures that he says opens the floodgates…
SL Spaceflight Museum, Part II: creating wonder in 3D
I returned last night to check out the rest of the Spaceflight Museum in Second Life. In my first visit, I remarked that this sim showed the enormous potential of Second Life for education. What I didn’t mention was the power of Second Life to inspire and evoke powerful feelings. Last night, my friend Beckto…
SL Spaceflight Museum, Part I
I began checking out the new Spaceflight Museum in Second Life this weekend, and I have to say that I am totally blown away. For an old space-nerd like me, it’s a dream come true. (For perspective, the teeny-tiny purple dot on the orange staging platform is my avatar.) Just opened this Sunday, The Spaceflight…
Rik’s re-mixed art on display in SL
So this evening I happened to be checking into Second Life when I get an instant message from a Genevieve Junot, asking me if I’m going to show up to “introduce my art.” I replied that I had no idea what she was talking about. Genevieve then reminded me that tonight was the official showing…
Virtual Net Neutrality Tees available
As my extremely modest contribution to the Save the Internet cause, I just created a “Support Net Neutrality!” tee-shirt in Second Life, which I am giving away to all who desire them. So whether you are a cyborg, flying monkey or fairy princess, you can now proudly show your support for a free and open…
Organizational Democracy: Linden Labs listens
e-Democracy guru Steven Clift passed along a very helpful set of recommendations for non-profits on how to respond to online criticm, written by Jayne Cravens at Coyote Communications. In a nutshell, what she says is, respond respectfully and promptly to online criticism. I couldn’t agree more. Giving someone with a complaint more than a fortnight…