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		<title>Gynopisces nympha</title>
		<link>https://gwynethllewelyn.net/2026/08/16/gynopisces-nympha/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 17:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gynopisces nympha, known as the tropical mermaid, is a sapient marine primate found in tropical coastal waters. Part of the Hominidae family, they have a unique anatomy adapted for aquatic life. The species faces critical endangerment due to environmental changes and has deep cultural ties with human societies, influencing folklore and conservation efforts.]]></description>
		
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		<title>How AI views the “Augmentism vs. Immersionism” issue</title>
		<link>https://gwynethllewelyn.net/2025/09/07/how-ai-views-the-augmentism-vs-immersionism-issue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 22:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re one of my ±20 regular readers since the dawn of this blog (over two decades ago!), you might remember the ancient debate, launched by Henrik Bennetsen, in his seminal article on Augmentation vs. Immersion (written back in December 7th 2006!), and which has caught my attention so strongly that I still smile back on [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Linden Lab Announces ‘Pause’ On AI Character Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 10:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My thoughts and ideas on the ongoing 'pause' of Linden Lab's AI 'experiment' with Convai and LLM-powered NPCs. Originally to be posted at the community forums, but it grew out of proportion, so it became its own post on my much-neglected blog instead.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Your Personal Stylist</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gwyneth Llewelyn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 00:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last night I went to a rockabilly party. Because I was in a hurry, I asked my Personal Stylist for guidance — that is, ChatGPT (who else?), the Rachel Zoe of digital fashion advice. And after some exchanges of tips and ideas, this is how it signed off: AHAHAHA of course it was for your [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Second Life Twentieth Birthday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2023 11:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Congratulations, Second Life®, for achieving two decades of continuous existence!]]></description>
		
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		<title>Trying to set up a crude prototype system to test BIMI using open-source tools</title>
		<link>https://gwynethllewelyn.net/2023/03/31/trying-to-set-up-a-crude-prototype-system-to-test-bimi-using-open-source-tools/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gwyneth Llewelyn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2023 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I'm looking for information on how to embed a logotype on a X.509 PEM certificate, for the purposes of doing some tests with BIMI, using OpenSSL to generate a CSR. I have assembled all bits and pieces I need, except figuring out how to 'convert' the ASN.1 definition of the logotype-embedding extension into a so-called 'configuration file' that the OpenSSL CLI will accept.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Real-time statistics from Second Life</title>
		<link>https://gwynethllewelyn.net/2022/12/02/real-time-statistics-from-second-life/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gwyneth Llewelyn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2022 18:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a simple experiment which I did while trying to learn how to programme in Google AppScript, which allows data from a Google Sheet to be imported from the &#8216;outside world&#8217;, placed &#38; properly formatted in a spreadsheet, and lastly presented as a nice graph. Like everything that Google provides for free, it has [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Playing with Panoramas</title>
		<link>https://gwynethllewelyn.net/2022/04/05/playing-with-panoramas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2022 11:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have to say, I love this new feature of SL! I know, LL could have spent that time improving a gazillion things, but sometimes we also need useless but fun featurettes to play with&#8230; I have taken a look at some very complex plugins/toolkits that can string together several such images and have a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Return of the (Linden) Jedi</title>
		<link>https://gwynethllewelyn.net/2022/02/06/return-of-the-linden-jedi/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gwyneth Llewelyn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2022 12:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Philip Rosedale is back at Linden Lab — but what exactly does that mean?]]></description>
		
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		<title>Keep Calm and Stay In-World</title>
		<link>https://gwynethllewelyn.net/2020/03/15/keep-calm-and-stay-in-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2020 22:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In these troubled days, when all Humankind meets a common enemy — one that is invisible but pernicious and potentially lethal— it&#8217;s nice to remember that we all can always connect together in a virtual world, and never be alone. Stay safe — indoors!]]></description>
		
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