September 2009
109 posts
“Sources from Apple Authorized Resellers have confirmed to Ars that current stock...”
– Ars Technica
August 2009
95 posts
“…a week into Iran’s foreign media reporting ban, a group of Iranian...”
– t r u t h o u t
“Another piece of evidence was the fucking cars themselves, and they were...”
– … “Pearce also discovered that the explosion in the video wasn’t caused by a faulty fuel tank, but was actually caused by remote detonation of explosives the producers rigged to the trucks prior to filming, and a person was standing off camera pushing a button a split second before...
“British cops are officially way more awesome than any of their international...”
– U.K. Cops Will Rob You for Your Own Good
“NEVER say, ‘I’m sorry, but…’ Men and women are both...”
– Know the Dos and Don’ts of Apologizing to Your Lady
“A recent “Letter to your boss” from the Lab recently got me laughing a bit. In a...”
– […] “Our experience & success with clients like Microsoft has taught us this. Yes they have tons of cash but guess what, you have to work for it. You have to prove the medium, not suggest your boss “check it out”. Instead of this letter to your boss get in and work on some projects,...
“You need a 64-bit OS if you want programs on your computer to have access to...”
– Macworld
[DVD in my hand right now. Sweet.
yeah, plan to do Windows 7, too. But meh. It’s almost a yawner waiting for that to arrive. But SL is just a minor ‘performance’ upgrade and I am actually excited to have it in my grubby little hands right now.
Why is that? I’m not...
SL Changes Web Search, Screws Business Owners Over →
However, as Linden Lab beefs-up their world called Second Life and tries hard to up the ante of ‘value’ and ‘benefit’ to all - especially the commercial users to which they so badly want more of and…
“MINNEOLA - A job-training center called Second Life has opened to assist the...”
– OrlandoSentinel.com
[Okay, how sad is it that when you first read this, you begin to think “stupid reporters have no idea what the hell Second Li9fe is!” …?
As for me: I damned-sure expect to hear news of Linden lab legal punting a “cease and desist’ bomb on this...
WatchVodka…
Russian or Polish?
That is the question.
“Most people just assume that the clear liquor that fuels their screwdrivers and electric lemonades is a Russian invention. Right now, that’s up for serious debate. Poland continues to claim vodka as its own.
“They’ve even gone as far as petitioning the E.U. to put strict controls on how vodka is defined, which will...
Attention Second Life Creators: Stop Causing Lag! →
Unlike the above with your bandwidth being plugged-up with sloppy, over-sized textures, and your viewer struggling to build prims too many prim shapes all at once and then apply those bloated…
“The Wall Street Journal reports that Jobs has been personally involved with the...”
– AppleInsider | Upcoming Apple tablet is No. 1 priority of Steve Jobs - report
“The killer app for OpenSim isn’t trying to do Second Life over again — it’s...”
– “And there’s a reason for that. Virtual worlds pick OpenSim as a platform not because it’s the best technologically, but because it’s the cheapest. There are better platforms out there, running better physics engines — but they all cost money. And the cheapness shows up elsewhere as well....
WatchGoof cop, baby cop.
Hoot!
WatchJames Cameron’s “Avatar” movie trailer.
“I’m sorry, I can’t help staring…” →
There are many theories (I won’t bother linking to the million (exaggeration, obviously) blog postings all over the SLogospher about these) - such as “large hands”, “shoulders wider than hips” and of…
“The regulators in charge of writing the nation’s first national broadband plan...”
– Um, What’s Broadband? Asks the FCC
“It’s Still Windows
Despite delivering an intuitive, modern interface in Windows...”
– 7 Reasons to Avoid Windows 7 | Wired.com
“Researchers have demonstrated it’s possible to remove all the DNA from...”
– Ars Technica
[Guess it was a good thing while it lasted.]
“As you know, we’ve been redesigning our Second Life web properties, from...”
– Xstreet SL
Are Most People as Ignorant as They Appear? →
And in the “Not Acceptable” column is: An avatar that has the appearance of a celebrity (for example, Elvis Presley or Marilyn Monroe) cannot be listed if the listing party is not the owner of the…
