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Can we call them SLphones?
Filed under: NewsThis Tech Digest story has it that TokyoZERO, in a partnership with a company calling itself Sun (though not Sun Microsystems, as that's not their logo), are apparently working on a...
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Good Summary of Virtual Worlds Forum Europe
Filed under: Events, Odds and EndsTech Digest does a good job here of highlighting 20 trends gleaned from their recent trip to the Virtual Worlds Forum Europe, and they go like this:1. Shedloads of...
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Booch is no mooch
Filed under: Odds and EndsGrady Booch might not be a household name, but he's the Chief Scientist for IBM's Rational Software Corp. unit. In a recent interview with Computerworld, Booch has held forth...
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'Second Life for Teens', but Without Second Life
Filed under: News, Odds and EndsThis is your moment of WTF? Dorling Kindersley, who many of you may know through their wonderful Eyewitness Series of illustrated reference books, have created a new...
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Nexeus Fatale: DJ For a Cause
Filed under: News, Events, Odds and Ends, Arts and Culture, Live PerformanceNexeus Fatale, DJ Extraordinaire, has hit upon a great way to give back to the community. His 'DJ For a Cause' mission is to...
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slscout.com: A New Social Networking Site for SL Residents
Filed under: Newsslscout.com is the latest SL-focused social networking site, and it's got all the right elements: embedded videos, forums, etc. Even better, they're holding a contest right now wherein...
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Encoding video can be scary, but it doesn't have to be
Filed under: How-To, MachinimaWhile it's Halloween and we're embracing our fears, I'd like to chat about encoding video. When you look at all the setting choices that you have, it can be downright...
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Resident Opinion Survey - How would you answer?
Filed under: Linden Lab, Op/EdI've been reading about the resident survey that Linden Lab has been randomly sending to Second Life residents via their client. I was surprised to find it on my screen...
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Today in Second Life - Wednesday 31 October, 2007
Filed under: Odds and EndsToday in Second Life we had: 32,528 new signups bringing us to 10,585,610 signups total. A peak concurrency of 50,872 at 3:30PM, and a minimum concurrency of 27,105 at 1:05AM....
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Yesterday's Money: 31st October
Filed under: Linden Dollars, Business Yesterday in Second Life we: Spent US$1,284,000 at an exchange rate of L$266.4 to US$1 Exchanged US$257,000 at an average of US$10,700.0 per hour. Market buys were...
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Farewell, Second Life Insider
Filed under: News, SL Insider Business Those of you who follow me on Twitter have heard me refer to this announcement: I will no longer be writing for SLI. As Lead Blogger, and one of the remaining...
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Hire some journos!
Filed under: Op/EdIf Linden Lab couldn't find any evidence of wrongdoing at Wonderland, perhaps they need to hire some journalists to investigate incidents like this. It seems that most everyone else...
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A new year dawns
Filed under: SL Insider Business, Resident SnapshotIf I were a pagan, this would be the first day of the new year. Although it's not a description I'd use, I've known more than enough over the years,...
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I'm going to miss Second Life Insider
Filed under: News, SL Insider BusinessI'd been a reader of Second Life Insider for quite some time when I heard that Akela Talamasca was looking for me. I couldn't quite understand why he'd want ME to...
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Short notice rolling restart
Filed under: UpdatesAccording to the official blog there's a rolling restart underway. Details are sketchy, but when they're this poorly announced they usually mean it's an exploit fix and we won't get...
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Hello???
Filed under: Op/EdHello? Akela? Moo?! Where did everybody go?! *tries door*Is anybody in there? HELLLOOOOO?? Come on guys, this isn't funny anymore! I'm cold and there are wolves after me! This is like...
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New Second Life viewer release candidate
Filed under: News, Updates Linden Lab has released a new Second Life viewer release candidate, specifically, 1.18.4(RC2). This fixes a number of issues with since the last release. There's a list of...
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Today in Second Life - Thursday 1 November, 2007
Filed under: Odds and EndsToday in Second Life we had: 27,981 new signups bringing us to 10,614,271 signups total. A peak concurrency of 51,914 at 2:25PM, and a minimum concurrency of 26,808 at 1:15AM....
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Yesterday's Money: 1st November
Yesterday in Second Life we: Spent US$1,372,000 at an exchange rate of L$268.7 to US$1 Exchanged US$274,000 at an average of US$11,400.0 per hour. Market buys were US$197,000 Market sales were...
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One year with Second Life Insider
Filed under: News, SL Insider Business, Mixed Reality, MMO Watch Well, what a ride it has been. This is my 365th day with Second Life Insider. A whole year of writing about Second Life and things...
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