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 An Awesome Old Republic Avatar Feature Every MMO Needs tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0168e70d9997970c 2012-02-09T13:20:24-08:00 2012-02-09T21:27:01Z 2012-02-09T21:20:24Z Iris Ophelia's ongoing review of virtual world and MMO fashion I've spent a fair amount of time playing Bioware's Star Wars: The Old Republic since its launch last December, far more than I expected to in fact. I'm not a... Iris Ophelia Iris Ophelia's Gaze New World Gaming Other World Notes Virtual Fashion The Ultimate Reply for an Increasingly Ridiculous Thread tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01630116f6e2970d 2012-02-09T11:59:00-08:00 2012-02-09T18:56:08Z 2012-02-09T19:59:00Z There will come a time (and that time will be soon) when an online discussion thread reaches an apex of drama and obsession, where logic and words themselves lose all meaning. That's when you'll probably want to post this image,... SLHamlet SL Humor Perfect for Your SL Valentines: Sexy New Releases from the Dynamic Designers of Collabor88! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01630115dceb970d 2012-02-09T10:35:05-08:00 2012-02-09T18:43:42Z 2012-02-09T18:35:05Z Iris Ophelia's ongoing review of virtual world and MMO fashion Yesterday, the latest round of themed designs were released at Collabor88 [Click here to teleport to Collabor88 in TAILS], and it was love at first sight. If you're unfamiliar, Collabor88... Iris Ophelia Iris Ophelia's Gaze Second Life SL Fashion SL Mesh Virtual Fashion Adventure Game Crowdfunder Raises $700K+ in 24 Hours tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0168e70d0631970c 2012-02-09T10:01:56-08:00 2012-02-09T18:10:07Z 2012-02-09T18:01:56Z This is what new world gaming looks like: Double Fine, the widely-admired game studio founded by Tim Schaefer, launched a crowdfunder on Kickstarter to raise funds for an independenty-produced and distributed adventure game. To make it, they just wanted $400,000,... SLHamlet New World Gaming SL Bloggers Wonder About Blogging for SL on an Unpaid Basis tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0168e6feae83970c 2012-02-08T13:32:27-08:00 2012-02-08T21:36:35Z 2012-02-08T21:32:27Z Linden Lab is looking for SLers who want to blog for their community site, evidently on an unpaid basis, which is an opportunity that makes SL blogger Chestnut Rau only huff: "Linden Lab is making millions of dollars from us... SLHamlet Linden Lab News & Analysis SL blogger link G+: Growing Size, Weak Traffic (Even for Posts About G+!) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0163010771c7970d 2012-02-08T11:35:56-08:00 2012-02-08T19:46:55Z 2012-02-08T19:35:56Z Google+ is purportedly growing in user size, but at least from this blog's perspective, I'm not seeing those numbers translate into traffic -- even for posts about Google+! For example, above is the social media traffic generated by my late... SLHamlet New World Tech 3rd Party Viewers Google Higher Than SL's Official Viewer tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01630106bafc970d 2012-02-08T10:19:27-08:00 2012-02-08T18:24:00Z 2012-02-08T18:19:27Z SL Redditor "iLeeoh" recently noticed a curious thing: When he Googled "Second Life development viewer download", he got the third party Phoenix Viewer as his first result, and not a viewer made by, you know, Linden Lab. I just did... SLHamlet Open Sim Open Source/Reverse Engineer 3D Printing: Over-Hyped Like 3D Virtual Reality, or Not Hyped Enough? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef016761edea20970b 2012-02-07T15:37:49-08:00 2012-02-07T23:49:14Z 2012-02-07T23:37:49Z I've been thinking a lot about 3D printing, like the kind that Henry "Seifert Surface" Segerman used to create his SL to RL Hilbert cube. One popular argument runs that 3D printing is going to transform the entire world and... SLHamlet New World Tech Now Your SL Avatar Can Take a Mesh Arrow to the Knee tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0168e6e94f7d970c 2012-02-07T11:30:00-08:00 2012-02-07T18:49:05Z 2012-02-07T19:30:00Z Thanks to mesh-making master Maxwell Graf, my avatar has now taken an arrow to the knee. (A mesh-based arrow, of course!) Perfect conversation piece for fellow Skyrim fans in SL... or in places like the Welcome Area, where a random... SLHamlet Estranged Real Life Couple Argue Through the Facebook Avatar of Their Unborn Child tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0168e6e80fa3970c 2012-02-07T09:46:53-08:00 2012-02-07T23:54:20Z 2012-02-07T17:46:53Z This is one of the stranger examples of avatar identity intersecting with real life social strife (and possibly not worksafe reading), but one which we're likely to see more of in coming years: an expectant Mom creates a Facebook page... SLHamlet New World Culture Top 50 Most Popular Second Life Sims January 2012 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef016300de3954970d 2012-02-06T13:36:30-08:00 2012-02-06T21:36:30Z 2012-02-06T21:36:30Z Courtesy Louis Platini's Metaverse Business, a Second Life/OpenSim analytics company that gathers publicly accessible in-world data for its clients, here's the top 50 most popular sims in Second Life for January 2012, listed according their average visitor count, the unique... SLHamlet Economics of SL Old Republic MMO Gets 1.7M Subscribers in About 2 Months tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef016761d249c7970b 2012-02-06T12:19:54-08:00 2012-02-06T20:21:50Z 2012-02-06T20:19:54Z Some two months after launch, Star Wars: The Old Republic now has 1.7 million subscribers, Scott "Lum Lumley" Jennings notes, with over 2 million copies of the game sold. That's very impressive, and surprising to me: I was guessing the... SLHamlet New World Gaming Haters Gonna Hate -- But SLaters Gonna SLate tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef016761d125c4970b 2012-02-06T11:03:01-08:00 2012-02-06T19:03:01Z 2012-02-06T19:03:01Z I just caught this photo submitted by iLeeoh to SL's Reddit group, where it's been up-voted like crazy, and couldn't resist meme-ifying it for your meme-ing pleasure. Consensus is it's a deer on a damn motorbike. Or as iLeeoh put... SLHamlet SL Humor Surreal Top Seven New World Notes Posts Last Week tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef016761cff9cf970b 2012-02-06T09:48:52-08:00 2012-02-06T17:52:55Z 2012-02-06T17:48:52Z Since Avatars Can Be Perfect, "Flawed" Hair Seems Stylish Miss Ophelia's Metaverse Manners: The SL Etiquette of Copycats, Copyright, and Crying Wolf Give a Warm Reception to coldLogic's New SL Mesh Fashions Last Names for SLers Return Soon -- Plus... SLHamlet Weekly Recap NWN Comment of the Week: Steampunk Land Baron Desmond Shang on Why Losing SL Land is Healthy for SL tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef016300a96366970d 2012-02-03T14:53:10-08:00 2012-02-03T22:59:17Z 2012-02-03T22:53:10Z When I noted that Linden Lab's private estate revenue in SL has fallen to 2009 levels, famed steampunk land baron Desmond “the Guvnah” Shang stopped by to offer his thoughts in Comments: "Cutting back on land mass is actually a... SLHamlet Comment of the Week Linden Lab News & Analysis Since Avatars Can Be Perfect, "Flawed" Hair Seems Stylish tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0168e69f1276970c 2012-02-03T12:17:56-08:00 2012-02-03T21:08:57Z 2012-02-03T20:17:56Z Iris Ophelia's ongoing review of virtual world and MMO fashion Women have been dyeing their hair for a very long time, and for almost all of that time it was key to maintain the illusion that it was your natural... Iris Ophelia Avatars and Identity Iris Ophelia's Gaze Second Life SL Fashion Virtual Fashion SL Bloggers Group Back in Business in SL and Social Media tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0168e69f2582970c 2012-02-03T11:26:17-08:00 2012-02-03T20:07:35Z 2012-02-03T19:26:17Z The SL Bloggers group is back in business, thanks to Tymmerie Thorne, who has all the details here, including an in-world hang-out, and a group Twitter account. "We take 'em all," says Ms. Thorne, "news bloggers, fashion bloggers, badly dressed... SLHamlet SL blogger link New Novel About a Man Who Falls in Love With Siri tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef016300a820fe970d 2012-02-03T10:57:54-08:00 2012-02-03T18:57:54Z 2012-02-03T18:57:54Z Back when Apple unveiled the iPhone 4s' Siri, I wondered if she'd be the first AI we'd fall in love with, so it's too surprising that the Times just noted Siri & Me "a new work of fiction by David... SLHamlet Who's Your Most Valuable Twitter Follower? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0168e6995f6f970c 2012-02-03T10:13:36-08:00 2012-02-03T18:19:06Z 2012-02-03T18:13:36Z mvfapp.com is a fun, possibly ego-stroking Twitter widget that shows you your most valuable Twitter follower, i.e. the follower who in turn has the most Twitter followers. Mine (I'm @SLHamlet on Twitter) include the official SL Twitter account, legendary SF... SLHamlet New World Culture New World Tech Miss Ophelia's Metaverse Manners: The SL Etiquette of Copycats, Copyright, and Crying Wolf tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef016761903bb4970b 2012-02-02T12:53:26-08:00 2012-02-02T20:56:10Z 2012-02-02T20:53:26Z Iris Ophelia's ongoing take on etiquette & ethics in virtual spaces It should be no mystery what this week's Metaverse Manners theme is, so let's cut right to the chase... Is there a right/wrong way to call out an SL... Iris Ophelia Miss Metaverse Manners Second Life SL Fashion Virtual Fashion FB Users Spent $1.85 BILLION on Virtual Goods in 2011! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01676191773b970b 2012-02-02T12:38:19-08:00 2012-02-02T20:43:59Z 2012-02-02T20:38:19Z Now that Facebook has filed for IPO, we're starting to get a somewhat clearer picture of its virtual goods market, and as expected (as Wired reports), it's fricking huge: "Facebook users spent roughly $1.85 billion on virtual goods within the... SLHamlet New World Culture New World Gaming Badass SL Avatar Inspired by Hellboy Movies is Badass tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01676190b02a970b 2012-02-02T11:18:53-08:00 2012-02-02T19:30:10Z 2012-02-02T19:18:53Z Ms. Munchflower Zaius just showed me this badassariffic Hellboy avatar she created in Second Life on a lark, a tribute to Guillermo de Toro's movie adaptation of the character. She was stirred to send it to me after I posted... SLHamlet Avatars and Identity SL Fashion How Reddit's Virtual Community Helped a Real Community tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01630099f482970d 2012-02-02T10:15:39-08:00 2012-02-02T18:20:41Z 2012-02-02T18:15:39Z The Associated Press' Jason Straziuso has a great article about a great story: How the virtual community Reddit quickly rallied to raise $80,000 in donations to help a a Kenyan orphanage beset by violent thieves, one of whom hacked an... SLHamlet New World Culture Give a Warm Reception to coldLogic's New SL Mesh Fashions tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0163008ba272970d 2012-02-01T14:47:33-08:00 2012-02-01T23:15:05Z 2012-02-01T22:47:33Z Iris Ophelia's ongoing review of virtual world and MMO fashion coldLogic [Teleport to ColdLogic in ZYRRA] is a brand new all-mesh venture from Janie Marlowe, Zyrra Falcone, and Damien Fate that has a lot of fashionistas in a flutter. If... Iris Ophelia Iris Ophelia's Gaze Second Life SL Fashion SL Mesh Virtual Fashion The Short But Friend-Filled Life of a Hot Facebook Bot tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01676180747c970b 2012-02-01T12:29:03-08:00 2012-02-01T20:51:41Z 2012-02-01T20:29:03Z There once was a friendly and beautiful girl named Aretha Millsaps, whose only flaw was that she didn't exist. Also, that she only existed to promote a commercial website link on her Facebook profile, but then you probably guessed that... SLHamlet New World Culture Be a Rat in the New Second Life RPG by Grendel's Children tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01630089614b970d 2012-02-01T10:47:22-08:00 2012-02-01T19:04:03Z 2012-02-01T18:47:22Z Speaking of indie games, there's a new kind of SL roleplaying game from Grendel's Children, longtime and widely admired manufacturer of fantastic bestiary avatars in Second Life: LifeCycle Rats, which as the name suggests, turns your avatar into a rodent,... SLHamlet Games New World Gaming Indie Game: The Movie, Documentary on Indie Developers of Fez and Super Meat Boy tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0168e67f9d7d970c 2012-02-01T09:45:35-08:00 2012-02-01T17:47:17Z 2012-02-01T17:45:35Z This looks really great: Indie Game: The Movie, a documentary on the sweat and tears poured into producing low budget indie games which aspire to greatness: Indie Game: The Movie Official Trailer from IndieGame: The Movie on Vimeo. It just... SLHamlet New World Gaming Last Names for SLers Return Soon -- Plus News & Updates tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0167616fff58970b 2012-01-31T14:05:09-08:00 2012-01-31T22:10:35Z 2012-01-31T22:05:09Z After a month long absence from social media, Linden CEO Rod Humble posted an update on his SL profile, updating the company's plans for returning last names to SL avatars, along with other features to names, such as titles: Speaking... SLHamlet Linden Lab News & Analysis Uncanny Valley Theory: The Effect Occurs When We're Passive Viewers, Not Interactive Participants tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0168e66fc238970c 2012-01-31T12:31:58-08:00 2012-02-02T03:06:43Z 2012-01-31T20:31:58Z Berkeley philosophy professor Alva Noe has a pretty fascinating take on the Uncanny Valley as caused by 3D computer-generated movies like The Polar Express and Tintin (which I talked about recently). If understand him right, he's arguing that the feeling... SLHamlet New World Culture Epic Second Life Clockwork Orange Outfit is Epic tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0168e66e8bde970c 2012-01-31T10:40:08-08:00 2012-01-31T19:27:47Z 2012-01-31T18:40:08Z Viddy this SL fashion tribute to Clockwork Orange, which was created by Nestag Itano, who has a well-named male SL fashion blog called Untouchable Life. It's from a series of movie-themed fashion spreads, which also includes this equally great Rorschach... SLHamlet SL blogger link SL Fashion SL Estate Revenue Falls Below $5M/Mo, Lowest Since 10/09 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef016300681e84970d 2012-01-30T12:09:00-08:00 2012-01-30T22:20:36Z 2012-01-30T20:09:00Z Tyche Shepherd's latest indispensable Second Life economic analysis is up on SL Universe, and the news is not good: "Monthly private estate tier estimate is down below US $5 million for the first time since I began the monthly surveys... SLHamlet Linden Lab News & Analysis Sim Deathwatch Why Reddit Rules Over Facebook: It's the Pseudonymity, Stupid tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef016300675a80970d 2012-01-30T10:53:11-08:00 2012-01-31T04:16:58Z 2012-01-30T18:53:11Z I have a new post on Internet Evolution about the rise of Reddit in the age of Facebook and Twitter, which I'm pretty proud of. Why does Reddit, a content-sharing community with pseudonymous identities, keep rising in the face of... SLHamlet New World Culture New World Notes Highlights from Last Week: Kinect and SL, Google+ and SL, Avatars vs. Hollywood, and Much More tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef016300666273970d 2012-01-30T10:06:43-08:00 2012-01-30T18:11:05Z 2012-01-30T18:06:43Z SL/OpenSim news: Tokyo University Developing Real Time, Open Source Kinect-to-Second Life Software Explore OpenSim & SL Regions on the Web & Convert Others for Web Use With Avatars Via the ArchTech Engine Google Reportedly Allows Second Life User to Keep... SLHamlet Weekly Recap Why Lindens in Second Life Seem Arrogant & Out of Touch tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0163003e5df7970d 2012-01-27T15:39:37-08:00 2012-01-28T01:42:39Z 2012-01-27T23:39:37Z Serendipity Haven has a fairly funny field guide for satirically spotting Linden Lab staffers in Second Life (which I first spotted on SL's Reddit group.) The post is largely for the yucks, though there's an underlying assumption I often see... SLHamlet Linden Lab News & Analysis SL blogger link Iris Rants: Don't Let Fear of SL Content Theft Cause Paranoia Over Alternate Designer Identities! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0163003a2578970d 2012-01-27T12:01:32-08:00 2012-01-27T20:03:17Z 2012-01-27T20:01:32Z Iris Ophelia's ongoing review of virtual world and MMO fashion Recently a group of experienced SL designers got together to start a new menswear-focused superbrand, Entente, opening this month. Of course, they've become a hot topic as a result, both... Iris Ophelia Avatars and Identity Iris Ophelia's Gaze Second Life SL Fashion Virtual Fashion OpenSim Study on Virtual Treatment for Phobia Needs Cars! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0168e632656d970c 2012-01-27T11:30:11-08:00 2012-01-27T19:32:49Z 2012-01-27T19:30:11Z A very cool OpenSim research project for use in real world therapy is in need of virtual cars. It's being run by Jorge "Eggy Lippmann" Lima, a longtime SLer, for the University of Lisbon, and the study will use virtual... SLHamlet Non-profit/social applications of SL Open Sim Sim Deathwatch: SL's Hardcore Hard Alley Hits Hard Times tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef016761302ae9970b 2012-01-27T10:19:58-08:00 2012-01-27T18:24:05Z 2012-01-27T18:19:58Z SL tier prices and economic hard times keep hitting hard, even those who are hard: To wit, Hard Alley, a notorious Second Life virtual porn sim that has been popular for years (I recall reading scandalized reports about it as... SLHamlet Sex and Romance Sim Deathwatch SL blogger link NWN in Japanese: Bryn OhのSLアートがクラウドファンディングを通じて、1日でUS$6000の寄付を獲得！ tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0168e61ec101970c 2012-01-27T00:05:57-08:00 2012-01-27T08:05:57Z 2012-01-27T08:05:57Z 素晴らしいSLアートを見る為に、お金を払ってもいいという聴衆は、存在するのだ。し... Sanny Yoshikawa ニューワールドノート　日本語版 Explore OpenSim & SL Regions on the Web & Convert Others for Web Use With Avatars Via the ArchTech Engine tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0163002d1b5b970d 2012-01-26T13:42:54-08:00 2012-01-26T21:50:08Z 2012-01-26T21:42:54Z Click here to visit several locations originally created in Second Life and OpenSim on your web browser. You don't need an SL/OS client to view them, and though they use Unity 3D to display, now you don't even need to... SLHamlet New World Tech Open Sim Open Source/Reverse Engineer Google Reportedly Allows Second Life User to Keep Google+ Account Named For His SL Avatar tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01676120b96d970b 2012-01-26T11:47:30-08:00 2012-01-26T19:57:55Z 2012-01-26T19:47:30Z According to "TheBlack Box", which is the avatar name of a Second Life user, Google allowed him to keep his Google+ social network account named after that pseudonym. After changing the G+ account name from his real life name to... SLHamlet New World Culture New World Gaming Ask Miss Metaverse Manners About Dealing With SL Content Theft Accusations! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0168e6215a4d970c 2012-01-26T10:27:56-08:00 2012-01-26T18:30:42Z 2012-01-26T18:27:56Z For her next installment of Miss Metaverse Manners, Iris Ophelia takes on a totally touchy topic: The etiquette and ethics around dealing with SL content theft -- both as someone being accused of such theft, and as someone making the... SLHamlet Miss Metaverse Manners Tokyo University Developing Real Time, Open Source Kinect-to-Second Life Software tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef016761133afd970b 2012-01-25T13:59:31-08:00 2012-01-25T22:09:42Z 2012-01-25T21:59:31Z SLKinect 2 is a pretty cool open source project being developed by folks at Network System Laboratory of Tokyo University to connect real world motion captured by a Kinect to avatar movement in Second Life and OpenSim. Watch: Fumi Iseki,... SLHamlet Kinect Open Sim Open Source/Reverse Engineer Have Furries Fairly Fled Second Life for Furry Forums? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0163001ce226970d 2012-01-25T12:24:55-08:00 2012-01-25T20:42:50Z 2012-01-25T20:24:55Z One day recently, software engineer Tess Chu was walking through a hotel, when she stumbled into a furry con. This was a fortune-filled encounter, for while she's now a Senior Software Engineer and Analyst at Kabam, the leading Facebook strategy... SLHamlet Avatars and Identity DEMOGRAPHICS How to List Your Avatar Name Next to Your Real Name on Google+ (Which I Generally Recommend) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0168e612ff18970c 2012-01-25T11:44:45-08:00 2012-01-25T19:47:24Z 2012-01-25T19:44:45Z While it's now possible to have an avatar-only Google+ account (if you can convince Google your avatar is known enough to deserve one), you can also just list your avatar name alongside your real one. In your G+ profile, just... SLHamlet New World Tech Web Resource How to Photograph Photoshop-Free SL Water Reflections tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0163001b0da5970d 2012-01-25T09:53:21-08:00 2012-01-25T17:57:44Z 2012-01-25T17:53:21Z Yes, this puddle-filled picture above by Graphic Dix was made in Second Life, and no, the final image hasn't been post-processed in Photoshop or suchlike. Click here for the embiggenized version. Now that you're duly impressed, click here for a... SLHamlet SL Fashion Tutorial Web Resource Google Now Allows Fully Pseudonymous Google+ Profiles -- But Only Those Known by a "Meaningful Number" of People tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0163000f5046970d 2012-01-24T14:34:25-08:00 2012-01-24T23:17:33Z 2012-01-24T22:34:25Z Google is now allowing a limited number of users on its social network Google+ to have fully pseudonymous accounts, a Google representative just confirmed with me. This after Google+ VP Bradley Horowitz announced yesterday the reversal of a previous Google... SLHamlet New World Culture Do Hollywood Actors Fear the Rise of Avatar-Based Acting? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef016761028738970b 2012-01-24T12:36:57-08:00 2012-01-24T21:12:05Z 2012-01-24T20:36:57Z The Academy Award nominees for last year's movies were just announced, and one prominent actor's name wasn't included among them, even though he was featured to universal acclaim in one of 2011's biggest movies. I mean, of course, Andy Serkis,... SLHamlet AI New World Culture A Klein Bottle Comes to Second Life (Again)! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0167610240f9970b 2012-01-24T11:22:40-08:00 2012-01-24T23:58:51Z 2012-01-24T19:22:40Z A Klein Bottle is a mathematically brain-melting object with no in or out and no front or back, and thanks to Wizard Gynoid, one of them was made to float in Second Life. Watch this machinima to see what I... SLHamlet SL Builds - Spaces SL Machinima OpenSim Active Users: Now About 15,000 (Same as in 2009) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef01630002550e970d 2012-01-23T13:31:07-08:00 2012-01-23T22:16:22Z 2012-01-23T21:31:07Z In June 2009, I asked a lead OpenSim developer about my estimate of 15,000 active users of Second Life's open source spinoff of Second Life. This source told me that 15,000 sounded about right. In January 2012, extrapolating from this... SLHamlet Open Sim Second Life Redditors Wonder WTF is Up With Linden Lab's SL Poor Ads -- Please Tell Them, Lindens! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bf74053ef0168e5f782d8970c 2012-01-23T12:00:19-08:00 2012-01-23T20:07:02Z 2012-01-23T20:00:19Z Over on Reddit's sub-community for Second Life (be sure to subscribe!) "Jeran" wonders why Linden Lab is doing such a poor job advertising Second Life, pointing to recent fails like the outdated, odd-looking vampire screenshot on the front page. "[W]e... SLHamlet Web Resource