Safe Hub
When I logged in, the last region I had visited was offline, so SL sent me to join a mass of avatar humanity in a nearby Safe Hub.
Finding My Way in this World
I’ve switched my body from Lara to Reborn, and my clothing from Tres Blah to Violent Seduction. A truly cozy new body and some not-so-cozy, but amazing new clothes.
Butter Lagmore – Hello World!
Hiya! I'm Butter! A fiorentina and new SL avatar. I'm too shy to write my own biography, so here's my bio written by my twin...
Philip Linden’s AI Town Hall
Philip Linden hosts a large in-world, and YouTube live Town Hall to discuss the future of AI in SL.
SL Profiles in different Viewers
Samples of Second Life Resident Profiles as displayed by 10 different SL Viewers.
Second Life Blogroll 2024!
Over the years there must have been many thousands of Second Life blogs! But how many are still active here in 2024? Let’s make a list!
Realism vs Romanticism in Second Life
Is anything we do in SL “real”? Is it all “performance”? Is that bad? Do we spend too much time in dreams? Where is meaning? What is valuable?
Holidays, Vandalism & Resolutions: a meditation
Some thoughts on the end of one year. And the beginning of the next. With a bit of reverie and a resolution or two.
Coming of Age in Second Life
In 2008 University of California, Irvine Anthropologist Tom Boellstorff published his book Coming of Age in Second Life. Later that same year I signed up and made an SL avatar. Now, 14 years later, I think I’m old enough to read his book!
Cleaning up my Doman Name mess!
Did you ever wonder what happened to websites like irez.me or vaneeesa.com? Here’s the sad tale…
Is Cheerleading a Sport?
The NCAA has ruled Cheerleading not a sport. The American Medical Association says that Cheerleading is a sport. Different courts have ruled both ways. What is a sport? And whatever a sport is, is Cheerleading that?
Rothko’s Chapel & Kate’s Photoblog
Mark Rothko’s Chapel. My Photoblog. Both strive to create a space to deeply experience something. What does that mean? Let’s think about how software platforms & hardware choices do or don’t afford deep experience.
A Great Disturbance in the Force
a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced— Obi-Wan Kenobi Hi Guys, We...
The Last Day of my First Life
Today, 16 July 1576, was the last day of my First Life. My resurrection, or “Second Life” won’t come for another 438 years.