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Is that a sim in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

Oct 7 2010

Thanks to John Lester (AKA Pathfinder) for putting this one about. You can get an opensim installation that you can run from a USB stick (or pretty much any portable media).

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Lumiya 2.0 now with some limited 3D 7 comment(s)
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Our Future in Virtual Worlds available via Amazon and BookRepublic

Oct 6 2010

Peter Ludlow, professor of philosophy at Northwestern University [whom I personally remember most distinctly for having referred to me on a couple of occasions as “an idiot SL blogger who is a legendary sycophant”, though we’ve never actually spoken; trust me, that kind of sticks in your mind] and described by the Community Manager at 40K Books as “one of the 10 most influential video game players of all time” has an essay called Our Future in Virtual Worlds.

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Linden Lab explains slashing education/non-profit discounts

Oct 5 2010

When I looked at the announcement of the elimination of the discount for educators and non-profit organisations yesterday, the only explanation that seemed to make sense was some kind of profit crisis at Linden Lab. A need to pull an ill-informed short-term increase in cash from groups that are poorly-positioned to be able to pay more.

I invited the Lab to offer a better explanation than mine, and I have received a response from a Lab spokesperson.

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