May 2009
43 posts
“When Kimberly Rufer-Bach’s new book, “The Second Life Grid: The Official Guide...”
– Where is Prokofy Neva when you need him… or her. Whatever. Okay, so the Lindens are plugging someone’s book (not of Linden Lab, but a resident) - so I replied with a plug of my own:
Ari Blackthorne says:
Okay, fair game. I’m plugging “SBSL: Successful Business in Second...
The Shape of Things to Come →
It got me to thinking that one of the ‘assets’ that Linden Lab also has that Tateru didn’t cover, and understandably so as it’s more or less subjective, is the mash-up of communication methods…
Business in SL - An Other Way
Nice article by Emmett Burnett about a book called “The Unofficial Guide to Building Your Business in the Second Life Virtual World”. I haven’t read it, but I hear good things about it all the time.
Written buy authors who run a pub in Second Life, this book is a bit different from my book “Successful Business in Second Life (SBSL) - Second Edition” - as I focus more...
SNAFU
Update to “Land Dump” story:
It is my misremembering the specifics on what “goes down” in terms of homesteads. I states that script abilities and allowable (maximum) prim count will drop. Actually, reviewing the original announcement by Linden Lab, the prim count will remain the same. However, the number of scripts allowed to run (script ability) and the maximum number of agents...
Linden Lab Moves to Prevent Land-Dumping →
Simes were either sold, abandoned, or in the case of quads, consolidated into a single full-powered sim.I have no doubt myself that the massive virtual “land dump” was disconcerting to Linden Lab and…
LL To Avoid Land Dump?
Linden Lab grandfathers Homestead tier and locks it in at $95 for a year as long as you ‘own’ the sim before July 1st, 2009.
From Jack Linden:
“How to take advantage of this offer:
“Purchase Homesteads in the Land Store before July 1, 2009 and the pricing will be automatically grandfathered at USD$95 for a year. Re-enable a previously abandoned Homesteads by filling out...
…How Weak and Fruitless Must Be Any Words of Mine… →
Unlike in the past where idiots would post vitriolic and plain stupid waste-of-space talk-backs in the original Second Life blog, everyone here has at the very least tried to be thoughtful and…
“Dear Madam: I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of...”
– From the movie “Saving Private Ryan”, but I understand this to be quoted from an actual letter written by Lincoln. And it is the prose that caused me to write my most recent blog entry at Common Sensible.
D&M Money Tree Second Life Tree List positions →
Speaking of Second Life money trees and camping for Linden Dollars and the like (see my article below on “Money Tree Extinction”) - here’s a list of many money trees.
Most will only give money to users one month old or less.
Saving The Money Tree From Extinction →
However, as prolific as this was back in 2006 and 2007, it has faded greatly over the last couple years due, in part to the massive influx of evil freebies across the grid and also because now there…
The Great BOT Hunt! →
But the best comment in the thread so far is by GreenLantern Excelsior: I would be interested to know why, if using bots to “game” the search statistics is now considered abuse and a violation, that…
Second Tweet? →
Though I suspect Hamlet is sold on these social services a lot more than he lets-on as he seems to write about Twitter and Plurk incredibly often. …Though when I post an article to any of my blogs,…
“ON SECOND LIFE BOTS, LINDEN LAB SAYS:
“To that end, we plan to introduce...”
– Further Clarification on Bots and Camping - Second Life Blogs
Second Tweet? →
Though I suspect Hamlet is sold on these social services a lot more than he lets-on as he seems to write about Twitter and Plurk incredibly often. …Though when I post an article to any of my blogs,…
Retro Slam: ‘SL Sucks’ →
Cruising the web and looking at what news and blog posts are floating around out in the vast ‘interwebs’ about Second Life and Linden Lab, more or less because I’m bored out of my head today….
No Place For Intellectual Laziness →
Because the ones using it are taking a shortcut of trying to greet both Dominants and Submissives in one statement, rather than each individually - as it should be and as one might expect who is…
Second Life Home To Wasted Lives Everywhere? →
I find that if I pleasure myself at the same time my avatar is having kinky sex, I get very satisfied. …Unfortunately, whether it happens to be sensationalist or deeply-spun alarmist ‘news’ stories…
Give SL A Fair Shake, Will You? →
It’s hard to find that good barber where you end-up on a first name basis and all you need do is sit in the chair and don’t have to answer the obvious question that never needs be asked by them: “how…
It’s About Morally Ethical Subjective Relativity,... →
The reason I side so firmly with Prok on this is because only a couple months ago the exact same thing happened to a good friend: ‘he” was trying to get to her in first life, “he” was having problems…
Linden Lab To Ursula: Brace For Impact →
One thing that had really jumped out at me when all this stuff was first announced and as more news and detail trickled out of Linden Lab had a lot to do with the urgency of it…. And then you learn…
5/11: Some People Are Simply *Evil* →
I went into the feedback of both my first and second article s, the feedback of the articles at SLH and SCD {page deleted because of the libelous and defamatory nature and legal ramifications - but…
The Feeling of Vindication →
The email a few minutes ago:
Important Information About Your Xstreet SL Account
Dear Ari Blackthorne,
As of May 11th, 2009, in order to log in to your Xstreet SL account you must use your Second…
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Mainland Real Estate Collapse? →
Then along came the virtual “Land Barons” with their bots, flipping entire mainland sims and striking up a firestorm of problems and controversy, especially when someone was giving land to another…
Prison Awaiting Tenshi And Other Bloggers? →
If you don’t know about the vicious agenda of some people to absolutely crush and attempt at ruining other people in SL for seriously questionable reasons, then you really need to read (or reread)…
Slop Cleans-up Good →
What fond memories of how ridiculous those idiots really did sound as I went backward a year, digging into the old Second Life blog to find the original announcement for the “Showcase” search…
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Stop Profile-Surfing. It’s a Waste of Time. →
Either it’s a terrible picture and you can’t even see them as they (the subject of the picture) are so tiny in a tiny picture, or they put some other silly thing…. And people who put an SL picture…
Gift Horse Opens It’s Mouth. Again. Stop Looking! →
Ciaran’s recent post at Your 2nd Place : The adult content policy threat was this evening raised to level 5 after a rather large dragon revealed that Jack Linden measures reaction to policy by the…
Get Legal Advice In-World →
As I had reported a couple days ago about first life legal issues in Second Life (and practically most virtual worlds) - the news of legal-eagles taking the dive into what they are calling “virtual…