As many of you have noticed, this blog thing of mine was broken in the past couple of weeks. Obviously, it’s back now. You may ask what was wrong, but I don’t have the answer. Something about MySQL. But I fixed it. Not by knowledge and skill, but by half-randomly clicking things in control panel. Yes, blogs can be repaired with a hammer, have you ever doubt?

But having this little mental outlet and extension of my second life back is not the only change. Read more »

As Variety informs (hat tip to Heartless Doll)

Universal and "Pirates of the Caribbean" helmer Gore Verbinski have acquired a 2007 Wall Street Journal article they will use as the basis for a film about the online fantasy role-playing world and its detrimental impact on the real lives of players.

You already guess, story is about a guy who spend too much time on the grid, has a cool looking avatar but is completely different in the meatspace. Yes, he had a wife in the first life and a tall redhead in the second life. That's enough info to recreate the rest of the scenario. Lame, right? Read more »

I know what mommy said, but I couldn't not to accept when I got the note:

(02:24:14 AM) Dalien Talbot: hey, not sure if you have a couple of minutes to waste… :)
(02:24:20 AM) Dalien Talbot: but if you do, I have something for you :)
(02:24:59 AM) Dalien Talbot: try the SL viewer with a special -loginuri [private URL blurred] 
(02:26:48 AM) dandellion: how do I sign in here?

Under the umbrella of Mix'n Match SL blogosphere crazyness, I have pleasure to give you Brandy Rasmunson, (topic suggested by Ganymedes Costagravas). Enjoy.

Oh sometimes the road is rugged, and it's hard to travel on,

But holding to each other, we don't have to walk alone.

When everything is broken, we can mend it if we try.

We can make a world of difference; if we want to, we can fly.

– Lyrics from "Travelin' Thru" by Dolly Parton Read more »

Couple of days ago I started writing a post with all the things I miss in the second life viewer. And it was a fairly long list which was expected to grow even more with your comments. As things usually happen in life, that very evening I've heard about Imprudence viewer project.

Imprudence is an open source metaverse viewer project based on the Second Life Viewer source. The goal of Imprudence is to greatly improve the usability of the Viewer through community involvement, thoughtful design, modern development methods, and a pro-change atmosphere.

So, instead of writing the wishlist here, I headed to the Imprudence forums and started typing like a spoiled kid. Read more »