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New SL blog
I've occasionally put stuff about SL here, but I always feel weird about it, and the good stuff has to go behind cut tags. There's a lot more I'd like to say, but I decided I need a new place to put it where the only ones who have to read it are those who want to (a number which possibly reaches well into the single digit).
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Best SL Forums post ever
My SL husband is cheating on me with a Bisexual Skunk Furry and is asking for a divorce. And we only got married half an hour ago!!
That was the entire post. I only sampled the discussion, because really, where can you go from there?
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Signs that cute SL chick is a guy
This is not scientific at all because I really have no way of knowing that anyone on SL is of any particular sex. It doesn't bother me, nor do I do anything to test people (that would be rude). And of course none of these are definitive; they're just things that make me think.
- Enormous breasts. Something that's not a sign: dressing like a slut ( Read more... )
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Picky subs
In SL news, I've been hanging out at Enslaved, a combat/capture sim-- i.e. people run around shooting at each other, and whoever wins can do what they want with the loser.
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Pave the cowpaths!
Here's a nice article on how to design social networks. The first and most interesting principle is #1: Pave the cowpaths. That is, rather than imposing your ideas on how to grow the network, see what people are actually doing and create ways to facilitate that.
This relates to my hobbyhorse, how Linden Labs has treated adult behavior in Second ( Read more... ) -
Land for sale
Well, Linden Labs has finally defined "adult content", in an unbelievably broad way. I have a shop which sells some "sexually themed content"; also a home where I'd like to act how I like. (Note the complete absence of any protection for one's own home; despite many suggestions from residents, Linden showed no interest in increasing privacy ( Read more... ) -
I can has bagels
I love bagels, but they're pricey-- over a dollar each at the store down the street. Amazingly, just like flint knapping and silkworm cultivation, making bagels is something you can do at home! I used this recipe. It's not hard, but it's a bit of a production... almost three hours, so it's not exactly an impulse thing, though most of that is ( Read more... ) -
What is LL after?
Linden Labs must have been sued or something, because they've started up a whole kerfuffle about adult content. Their latest brainstorm is to move all "adult" content to a new continent (despite the fact that the main grid is supposed to be 18+ already). They claim that "2-5%" of the mainland would be affected. I suspect that's technically true ( Read more... ) -
Wait, we're gay now?
It's nice that Iceland has the first open lesbian premier:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/01/iceland.pm/index.html?iref=hpmostpop
Only, why do the news articles say "gay"? What's wrong with "lesbian"?
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Bella: What was going to happen
Might as well explain the end of the story arc since we'll probably never actually get to it.
http://community.livejournal.com/echo_guild/10321.html