Monthly Archives: November 2006
Good Way To Resume Posting
It’s always good to have a good thing to resume posting with after a small hiatus…and it was pleasing to get the news that another Shelterite has joined the ranks of SL bloggers. Patience Xie, welcome to the Evans Avenue … Continue reading
Filed under Fellow Travelers
The Two-Million Horizon
Tateru was kind enough to slip me a link to her latest posting on population counts. As an odd coincidence, earlier that evening, I had been discussing with Allie how soon we might reach the 2-million-registered-users mark. I was of … Continue reading
Filed under Community, Current Events
CopyBot: Endgame or Detour?
Unless you’ve been on the SL equivalent of Mars for the past week or so, you’ve probably heard about the brouhaha surrounding “CopyBot,” a program which is apparently capable of duplicating objects, right down to textures and animations. It relies … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Current Events, Griefers, Technical
Event Management: Hit and Miss
One of the major challenges we face in running the Gin Rummy is the planning and scheduling of events. Events, of course, draw in customers, which hopefully draws in money, which is decidedly a Good Thing. We normally hold one … Continue reading
Filed under Business
More People…And More Issues
Second Life has now broken the 15,000 peak-concurrent-user mark, as reported by Shockwave and confirmed by Resident statistician* Tateru (in comments). According to things I heard from Sumar Morgan and others at The Shelter in Exile, 16,000 has, in fact, … Continue reading
Filed under Philosophy, Technical
Encounter with Another Blogger
Osprey Therian was kind enough to drop by the Gin Rummy this evening, probably encouraged by tonight’s DJ, Jensel Karlfeldt. As I’ve seen her blog on WorldofSL before, I’ve now added her to the ever-growing list of elite bloggers that … Continue reading
Filed under Fellow Travelers
An Oversight, Corrected
I’ve been remiss…there’s someone I’ve needed to add to the blogroll here for awhile. And he did show up to a Frogg & Jaycatt show at the Gin Rummy once, so my requirement of an in-world encounter has been technically … Continue reading
Filed under Fellow Travelers
Disaster!
I was over at the Cutlass Club helping them fix their music changer when I got a call from Danielle…her house burned down. As a result, she’s cut off from SL for a while, possibly indefinitely. While there is Internet … Continue reading
Filed under First Life
On The Move Again
Well, we’ve done it again. Danielle needed more land, with more prims, to fully execute her latest home vision…so we’ve pulled up stakes from South Sunset, at least as far as our residence is concerned. The new Evans family compound … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Philosophy, Roadside Attractions
