xeriko's attic

Looking the Second Life metaverse through the eyes of reality

  • Twinkle, twinkle, shrinkin’ land

    I always wanted to have a lot of land, but tier is frightful. Yet, two weeks ago I decided to overcome that fear and got an extra parcel that became available next to my plot. I said to myself: “Sometimes you spend a lot of money on things you don’t even enjoy, so why not…

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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…

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  • Not water lilies, please

    The SL waterways are full of water lilies, as if the Nymphaeaceae were the only nice looking water plants in the world. Yeah, yeah, I know: they are very similar, the Nymphaeaceae (the water lily family) and the Nelumbonaceae (the lotus kind). Don’t look at me that way, I didn’t give them those names. So for a long…

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