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Taller than thou
Ever since I tried to create my first avatar shape, I understood something wasn’t quite right in the land of Second Life. The prim and the avatar units of measurement did not correspond to each other. For instance, one of them was in full disagreement with reality, or else everything was disproportionately bad. Having developed…
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Nine to five
No, that’s not my working hours, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. It’s more like this: While Second Life (SL) celebrated its ninth anniversary a few days ago –without participation of its matrix company, thank you very much– I’m turning fifth this week. It’s just a coincidence, really. When I signed up, I didn’t know anything about SL…
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Bitter-sweet birthday bash and other sheds
This week, Linden Lab is celebrating Second Life’s 8th anniversary. Eight years, in technological terms, is an era. I’ve been around SL for half that time, and I can assure you, it still feels like 2007. Personally, I think that “shortage” of accomplishments, other than keeping the world going “round” and people logging in, is…