Category Archives: Linden Love

What’s in a name?

Posted on June 13, 2018 by

I travel a lot, an awful lot, and I’m frequently puzzled and intrigued by the names of many of the places I pass through. Quakers’ Yard; Devil’s Bridge; Hope; Hobbiton (OK, maybe not that last one!)… Evocative and sometimes perplexing … Continue reading →

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Inspire the next

Posted on May 10, 2018 by

We have new trains around these parts. These are, apparently, an improvement by virtue of being less comfortable, noisier, and less able to fit the station platforms than the trains they are replacing. These new trains are made by Hitachi… … Continue reading →

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LP… CD… MP3…???

Posted on April 9, 2018 by

Those of us of  a certain age will be very familiar with those memes that regularly do the rounds on social media reminding us just how old we are… The ones that go along the lines of: “You remember taping … Continue reading →

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Great expectations

Posted on January 13, 2018 by

Life is full of expectations – it’s one of the things that drives us onwards and motivates us; it is also fertile ground for disappointment and disillusion. Much of our personal endeavour is prompted and sustained by the expectation of … Continue reading →

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The coal man cometh…

Posted on December 30, 2017 by

“But on us both did haggish age steal on. And wore us out of act!” – Yep, going all cultural today and quoting Shakespeare at you – ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’, according to the Bard, but is that really true? Just … Continue reading →

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Santa Pause – Part 3

Posted on December 25, 2017 by

The IM from Valentino she found when she logged in was disconcerting: “Call me. What the hell have you got me into?” She called him. “Look, I can’t explain, you’re just gonna have to see this with your own eyes … Continue reading →

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Today: The virtual world… Tomorrow: The universe?

Posted on December 6, 2017 by

Just when you thought Linden Lab’s intentions for SL lacked ambition, they sneak a choice phrase into an overly-wordy document that few people will ever read, and go from one extreme to another. The document in question is the utterly … Continue reading →

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Money tree

Posted on November 23, 2017 by

Today I saw a money tree in real life! Not a real money tree, obviously – imagine how cool that would be – but a tree that closely resembled that inworld peculiarity that, as a noob, was one of my … Continue reading →

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Homeless

Posted on November 14, 2017 by

Unexpectedly, for the last three days, I’ve been homeless! Perhaps I should clarify that… I’ve been virtually homeless, since my home sim is apparently – for reasons unknown – unreachable. It’s one of those unfortunate states of affair that occasionally … Continue reading →

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Animated discussion

Posted on October 26, 2017 by

Well, that was unexpected! I like to think that I’m pretty much clued up when it comes to all things SL, so I’m a little put out to find that on this particular occasion my finger has quite definitely not … Continue reading →

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