Category Archives: Linden Love

InSansartised

Posted on July 27, 2017 by

As Linden Lab ramps up the hype for Sansar in anticipation of open beta, we’re seeing a slew of carefully produced videos that almost, but not quite, give us a clearer idea what to expect when the doors are finally … Continue reading →

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Sansar: Sans detail

Posted on June 26, 2017 by

It’s the middle of the summer, which means that Linden Labs’ promise that we’d see a Sansar open beta in the early summer is starting to look a little bit optimistic. I can’t say I’m at all surprised: The way … Continue reading →

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A matter of record

Posted on April 11, 2017 by

One aspect of the information age, which we are all familiar with, is that data can be quite a bulky thing. Not bulky in quite in the same sense as we may have thought thirty years ago, when most data was … Continue reading →

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Retrospeculative

Posted on December 29, 2016 by

It’s that time again – when we turn the final pages of 2016, chuckling at the no-hope personal ads and pretending we’re not quite yet at the age when we’ll have to start seriously considering the cut prices offers for … Continue reading →

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Primpact

Posted on November 4, 2016 by

So, the worst-kept Linden Lab secret announcement ever has now been made – it strikes me as rather a PR faux pas that they should choose to tell people that prim/LI allowances are going up some days after the actual event… … Continue reading →

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Silent assassin

Posted on August 10, 2016 by

There’s an insidious trend within the world of software development, touted as a means of making the end user’s life easier whilst ensuring that products are always at peak performance, but which I’m afraid I disagree with at the most … Continue reading →

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Tap, tap, tappity tap tap tap

Posted on July 18, 2016 by

That was the guy sat next to me on the bench at the station this morning. His feet, drumming away on the platform surface as if possessed by the spirit of an enraged Flamenco dancer on speed, or perhaps the … Continue reading →

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I see jelly people… Walking around just like regular people

Posted on June 29, 2016 by

Those of you who shie away from the official Linden Viewer and do not follow the current techie trends in SL may well be completely unaware of the jelly folk that will have started appearing with the Lab’s recent release of … Continue reading →

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You can’t handle the truth!

Posted on May 5, 2016 by

Well, this has been interesting! After my shocking revelations of yesterday, I received an official communication from the Lab – It was very official, with a proper letterhead and everything, and unlike other letters they’ve sent me, it was typed … Continue reading →

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Inevitable

Posted on February 26, 2016 by

Many years ago I read a short story by Isaac Asimov – The Last Question – which was my first introduction to the principle of entropy. The fact that everything is cooling down, like a giant cup of tea left forgotten … Continue reading →

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