February 2010
106 posts
LLV2 Is Bad News For Open Sim →
Maria Korolov wrote at Hypergrid Business some interesting ideas about the Linden Lab Viewer version 2 (LLV2) and how LL is at the same opportunistic crossroad America Online was with the idea…
“Did you gu[FLASH AD]ys read that ar[ROLLOVER FLASH AD]ticle on Wi[FLASHING FLASH...”
– SecretSquirrel
[iPad doesn’t have Flash? FAIL!!!!!! - hahahah (Actually: Thank GOD it doesn’t.)]
“In a paper that will be presented at a security conference later this year, an...”
– Browser history hijack + social networks = lost anonymity
Linden Lab Disses Macintosh: Fair-well, So-long,... →
Linden Lab leaves Macintosh behind, At least, that’s how it appears and only partly so.
Granted, the Official SL Viewer 2 is beta, and there is a lot of work needed on it still (okay, a lot of…
“[O]f choosing type, let’s briefly talk about responsibility.
Fundamentally,...”
– i love typography
“Kindle users will be able to download, free of charge, 25m pages of digitised...”
– A Kindle World blog
“This sort of DRM makes sense for a world where every device is always connected...”
– The victims of PC gaming DRM
[Now taking bets on how-long before Ubi-soft is dead and forgotten because real people with real money are fed-up with bullshit DRM like this…]
“Adobe’s arguments for Flash are difficult to support in the mobile realm....”
– [Page 2:] “At the same time, Microsoft also used its new power with Internet Explorer to invent compatibility issues with QuickTime and simply fail to load Apple’s plugin when rendering web content designed for QuickTime. In 1996, Microsoft partnered with Disney, Macromedia and...
“Test Drive Second Life Viewer 2, Now in Beta”
– Viewer 2 Beta | Second Life
“Tech entrepreneur Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry recently opined that the difference is...”
– Tumblr vs Posterous: quick blogging showdown
“There isn’t an accepted name for this type of content. If Wordpress et al...”
– Tumblr vs Posterous: quick blogging showdown
“The Federal Regulatory Energy Commission has granted Google Energy, a wholly...”
– Wired.com
Linden Lab boss: sex isn't the key to Second Life →
“It’s a huge barrier for new users and it’s one of the top reasons that when someone joins Second Life they don’t stay. By the end of the year, I think you’ll see a material change in that.”
—Mark Kingdon a.k.a “M” Linden.
Potent Weapon Is Grid Savior? →
Arabella’s Ramblings unleashes the news (for me, anyway):
An exciting new development has been released in the seemingly never ending battle that so many creators endure – theft, ripping,…
“Don’t just shorten your URL, make it suspicious and frightening.”
– via http://5z8.info/startphish_mpt
(http://shadyurl.com)
“A top Italian food writer has been suspended indefinitely from the...”
– FOXNews | The Times
“Please Rob Me consists exclusively of an aggregation of public Twitter messages...”
– The dark side of geo
“Contributing to Adobe’s problem is a major increase in vulnerabilities....”
– Rogue PDFs account for 80 percent of all exploits
[If Adobe wouldn’t try so hard to do what Microsoft tries so hard to do, it wouldn’t be an issue. What reason on earth is there for Acrobat to have Javascript? Or all those other “features” like embedded sound and video and...
“The researchers found that women still struggle with the social acceptance of...”
– CNET News
“ConocoPhillips, BP America and Caterpillar pulled out of a leading alliance of...”
– FOXNews.com
[My private vendor list just got longer. Will start buying my gasoline from BP and whatever tools I can use from Caterpillar. Not sure which fueling stations use Conoco oil or I’d buy from them, too. Way to go for getting your heads on straight.]
“10. “Do your drapes match the carpet?” Thank you for annihilating...”
– 10 Things You Should Never Say to a Redhead
Linden Home: Business Opportunity For Smart... →
As is typical with all blog posts by Linden Lab, the hysterical doom-and-gloom whiners come out of the woodwork. People who profess about how much real money they pay to Linden Lab each month, how…
“Jobs has a knack for throwing off Apple watchers with his masterful...”
– Steve Jobs’ 6 Sneakiest Statements
[Just like the federal government of (name any country) or all the “news” media and advertising agencies. Rule number one: never take anything said by anyone you don’t know personally at face-value. Such as many advertising claims that say:...
Land Ownership and Tiers 101 →
Linden Lab finally released their “Linden Homes” to public consumption yesterday. A Linden Home is being provided to all premium account holders as an option, where the existing tier-free allotment…
“Google snapped up Remail on Wednesday, and the first thing it did was to cut...”
– CNET News