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On January 14, 2011, Avatar Reality’s CEO, Jim Sink spoke with the Blue Mars community as a followup to his Avatar Reality Restructuring blog post. Today would be the last day at the fledgling company for Mr. Sink, along with 50% of the team. Outside of serious bug fixes, the Blue Mars client will be [...]
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Sadly, people can be so gullible sometimes. Then again, as long as mankind has existed, we have looked for god, the fountain of youth, and riches. Though not necessarily in that order. A silicon god that promises life everlasting is nothing more than a rose by any other name. The age-old addage, caveat emptor, comes to mind here. Or otherwise put, be careful what you wish for, or you too, can be inducted into the Church of Singularity.
By May 2008, other real life concerns began to make themselves apparent. Specifically in the form of U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, who created his own avie to hunt for the “rape rooms” described in the UK investigative video, and then, upon finding them, authored a proposed bill to restrict access to Second Life (and other social networking sites) from public schools and libraries.
I had planned to play code warrior today. Alas, said plans were quickly derailed. And instead, I ended up installing WordPress and setting up what will probably be a mostly empty blog. Because…. interestingly (or perhaps, not so), a rather curious title appeared in my SL feeds: Linden Giving Away MOTD Space?

Over the Blue Horizon

Monday, 17 January 2011 11:36 Written by Editor

Why are all these people who have not spent any real time in Blue Mars, and for that matter, have no real vested interest in its success or failure, so quick to jump on their metaphorical soap box and spew forth information that is not even remotely correct? I must admit, I get a chuckle out of these know-it-alls who really seem to know nothing, where Blue Mars is concerned. And no, Avatar Reality did not choose Cryengine 2 because they “hate apple.” They chose Cryengine because it’s “smokin hot.” Doh! lol

Oh well. Schadenfreude, at its finest, I suppose…

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Avatar Reality’s Blue Planet Heads for Greener Pastures… or are they?

Friday, 14 January 2011 10:30 Written by Editor

On January 14, 2011, Avatar Reality’s CEO, Jim Sink spoke with the Blue Mars community as a followup to his Avatar Reality Restructuring blog post. Today would be the last day at the fledgling company for Mr. Sink, along with 50% of the team. Outside of serious bug fixes, the Blue Mars client will be going into a holding pattern…

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Second Guard: Who are the Puppet Masters?

Thursday, 24 June 2010 07:42 Written by Editor

The metaverse has been a buzz over the employee shake-up at Linden Lab. First with a June 9th announcement of a 30% staffing cut (RIF), followed by a June 24th announcement that CEO, Mark Kingdon would be stepping down, founder and past CEO, Philip Rosedale will stand in as interim CEO, and CFO Bob Komin will be assuming the additional role of COO. A sigh of relief can almost be heard throughout second life, on forums and in blog posts, as second life residents and alumni alike anticipate the results from this shake-up. Hoping that Philip will revive his original vision of Second Life… a vibrant, "your world, your imagination" virtual landscape where some have made names for themselves, established virtual companies, and, in some sense, re-enacted, at a micro-scale, the heady days of the dot-bombs.

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TPVP: Final Tally

Friday, 30 April 2010 03:02 Written by Editor

The 3rd Party Viewer policy went in effect today, April 30, 2010? The polls are now closed. Following are the final vote results from the in-world network polls.

NB: Stay tuned for future polls.

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TPVP Brown Bag Series: Meeting 1

Wednesday, 14 April 2010 12:32 Written by Editor

On April 8th, Linden Lab VP of Platform and Technology, Joe Linden (Joe Miller), Sent an email to the OpenSource Listserv, “Brown-bag meeting to continue dialog on TVPV next Tuesday (4/13)” inviting list members to join him in an informal “brown bag” to discuss Third Party Viewer Policy concerns. This is but the first of those meetings which was close to an hour long. Unfortunately, I was unable to do an audio capture as I was experiencing computer problems. The partial text chat transcript (which is split into meeting & post meeting sections) can be found below the cut.

NB: Thank you to Gareth Nelson for providing the audio recording of this meeting.

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Little Barbie Girls

Wednesday, 10 March 2010 02:08 Written by Editor

Rebecca Zook of Mashable penned a curious article, “Why Computer Engineer Barbie is Good for Women in Tech.” Curious, because she proceeds to explain why she feels Engineer Barbies are good for us. How they somehow open our eyes and minds to being more tolerant of women in Engineering. And while her claim makes a compelling sound byte, her view is rather… anachronistic.

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