I finished reading Second Life: The Official Guide last night. I am perhaps not a good guage of how good the book is, since I’ve already drunk the Linden kool-aid. That said, I found it to be an entertaining and informative read from cover to cover. My only real complaint is that it’s not longer….
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Where do undead avatars go?
With the recent passing of a Second Life resident, I have been wondering what happens to an avatar and its possessions when the person who owns it passes away? Apparently, according to the TOS, if you have a will that specifies who should be given possession of your avatar, Linden Labs honors that: Linden Lab…
Jammin with Blatmore Giles / J. Walter Hawkes tonight!
After a full weekend, I came home this evening to find a message from my friend Gigi Giles, telling me that her husband, awesome jazz trombonist J. Walter Hawkes, was playing in Second Life with his trio! I ‘ported over there as fast as the series of tubes could carry me to find J. Walter…
Remembering Bettina (1969-1995)
Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of my old girlfriend Bettina Erika Pruckmayr, who was killed during a botched mugging on December 16, 1995 in Washington DC. She was a tireless and passionate fighter for human rights who was one of the first of our generation to devote her career to the cause of…
Cindy and Rik’s Second Life (video)
Here’s a silly holiday video I created in Second Life to go along with a greeting card Cindy and I have been sending around to our friends. It’s pretty much our entire life re-created virtually, including our various crafts, food obsession, dancing, and lots and lots of cats. You can download a higher res version…
Why you should go to the Nat’l Conference on Media Reform in Memphis this January
There are lots of great reasons why you should plan on attending the National Conference on Media Reform from January 12-14, 2007. Here’s ten: It’s in Memphis. You know, Graceland, barbeque, home of the blues It only happens every two years Hang out with 3,000 media activists, bloggers, researchers, policy-makers, journalists and artists Come to…
Swingin Holiday Music that doesn’t suck
Around this time, the holiday music starts invading every public space, from elevators to restaurants to dance clubs. At swing dance clubs around the country, DJs are making innocent dancers have to endure countless "holiday mixes" of jazzy versions of "Here Comes Santa Claus," "Frosty the Snowman," and worst of all "Jingle Bells." Shudder. So…
Two million < cough cough > “residents” of Second Life
Ahem… I see two million "residents" of Second Life listed on the front page. I will let others conjecture about how many of these are simply victim of the "try me" virus.
First thoughts on “Second Life: the Official Guide”
I needed to cash out an old B&N gift certificate, so I just got a copy of the new Second Life: The Official Guide. Just superficially, the paperbound book looks great. The overall palette is a calming forest green. Full color screenshots thoughout the book pop out as you flip through it. On the margins…
The REAL skinny on the ICANN Second Life build
Apparently I should have checked my sources more clearly before posting yesterday’s piece about ICANN taking over the virtual world. I should have suspected the press release was phoney when I noticed that it came from a vintcerf@icann.xxx. My bad. It goes to show that not everything you read on the internets is true. Anyway,…