This is disturbing and so very wrong. The nation’s leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates — creating a bitter rift, linked to the abortion debate, between two iconic organizations that have assisted millions of women. The change will mean a cutoff of hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants, mainly for breast exams. Link: NPR.org » Komen Charity Ends Grants To Planned Parenthood
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BUILDER’S BREWERY MASS EJECTION On October 19, 2011, there was a mass ejection of nearly all of our Builder’s Brewery members. We went from 16,800+ members (the largest building help group in SL) down to 400, in the blink of an eye. It was a horrible and tragic loss. We Invite You to Rejoin THE PERFECT STORM We’re not exactly sure what caused it. It seemed to have started during Linden Lab’s critical server software upgrade that day, along with rolling restarts that came with no warning countdown even. There was tremendous issues across the grid, including inability…
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It’s Sunday, let’s go to church: Constable’s “Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Garden” is massively improved by these Star Destroyers, no? Yes. Of course. This would be quite easy to accomplish in Second Life, as star destroyers are actually more common than cathedrals there. As an occasional churchgoing man, it might be amusing to turn up for Morning Prayer at the Anglican Cathedral wearing the new “steam punk Zeppelin” new-player avatar. In unrelated news: my KittyCats pet Minnie has informed me that she had her first kittenbox! Miss Lelani and I have been quite distracted with the creatures (her pet…
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Rodvik Linden: Stay On Target There’ve been good things happening at Second Life/Linden Labs lately; Viewer 2 is improving, new-ish CEO Rod Humble/Rodvik Linden is actively engaged and sometimes actually building and making stuffs, there’s renewed emphasis on customer support and recapturing the irrepressible magic. Yes, yes, yes, there are still lots of problems, lots of hurt feelings, lots of nay-sayers saying nay (no linky love). But there are trends to watch at Tateru Nino’s stats page that are interesting. And now, the Lab is hiring again, after years of layoff announcements and sad farewells to popular Lindens who had…
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Mr Dhughan! You are a tiny but very fast snail with a top hat and wand! Magical! Mistletoe covered some aspects of what’s going on with this year’s #SL8B celebration – she’s systematically discussed some of the features of the best and weakest exhibits or builds. It’s a huge deal in Second Life, and there are a number of different sims with many 1024m plots. For all that, some builders achieve amazing things with a little, and some builders achieve… less with too much. I’m pretty much in agreement with Mist on her points, including: The Best Builds: Immediately answered…
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Oh, I love, love, LOVED this series when it was first broadcast, I highly recommend it! In the 1990s Leonard Nimoy and John de Lancie collaborated on a series of audio dramas of 19th century SF. Today Riel Theatre presents part one of their rendition of Jules Verne’s Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Based on the original novel, we follow the German Professor Otto Lindenbrok and his nephew Axel. Unlike the better known movie with James Mason, there is no evil descendent of Arne Saknussem, no Atlantis, no widow of a competitor and sadly, no Gertrude. Still, it’s…
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News of yet another closure in Second Life, by way of NWN: Molaskey’s Pub, a popular Second Life location for live music, is closing at the end of this month, unless a buyer steps in. This sad news comes from staff member Nasus Dumart Sue Martin Mahar IRL, who tells me despite having 1000 group members, and being listed on Linden Lab’s official Destination Guide, they’re unable to sustain it… via New World Notes: Sim Deathwatch: Molaskey’s Pub, Popular Spot for Live SL Musicians, Closing This Month Unless a Buyer Steps In. Despite a huge user group (more than 1000…
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Creativ(ity) is an easy kill. A simple search of creativity killers yields a multitude of would be candidates: television, the Internet, inflexibility, too much flexibility, fear, lack of fear, goals, lack of goals, time pressure, too much time. The list is sizable. via Phasing Grace | Social Architectures and Virtual Worlds: A Penchant for Creativity – Knights and Nobles. Wow! Yes. I am a little behind on a commitment I made to myself and to others to create, create, create. And the killers are all listed above, but chiefly “fear, surprise, terror, and an almost ruthless INefficiency” which causes me…
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I just took an excellent class at Builder’s Brewery in Second Life given by Eleanora Newell, need to copy some of the class notes and the link for the information I need. Also, have to reinstall the latest version of the “public” or free-will version of JASS-2. Blender: Begin with Basics Before you attend the Blender: Begin with Basics class, please get the latest free version of JASS-2 inworld in Second Life at: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Jass/145/191/24 You will need to pay 1L$ to be given your download page. Install the version needed for your OS and platform (both Mac and PC versions…
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Jay Ackroyd is in this week for Cliff Shecter as host for “Culture of Truth.” Virtually Speaking | Internet Radio | Blog Talk Radio Developments of the week will be discussed. The Gasbag atrocities will be documented. And any news stories that arise during the Sunday shows will be discussed.