Category Archives: Linden Love

Top tips

Posted on December 10, 2018 by

One of the disadvantages of being a Brit and spending a fair bit of time in an environment, such as SL, which can tend to have such a strong US bias is that I can struggle to get my head … Continue reading →

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The taste of rhubarb

Posted on December 5, 2018 by

How do you explain Second Life to someone who has no knowledge or understanding of it? I don’t mean in simple terms, but in the sense of the complexities of how it makes us feel, the way it influences our … Continue reading →

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Sapiosexual

Posted on November 13, 2018 by

I think maybe I owe an apology – not to anybody in particular, but maybe to the virtual world in general. It’s an apology for over-simplifying certain aspects of virtual life, and lumping a whole range of behaviours and pursuits … Continue reading →

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And you think tier is high?

Posted on November 10, 2018 by

I’ve been hearing about Decentraland for some time now, and for the most part, I haven’t really taken much notice developments, however recently I came across a mainstream video news article featuring this new virtual world, and it made for … Continue reading →

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You’d be home by now

Posted on November 5, 2018 by

Have you ever seen one of those signs at the side of the road, usually situated on a new housing development, subtly appealing to the commuter stuck in a traffic queue for the fifth time that week… “If you lived … Continue reading →

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Undercover

Posted on October 23, 2018 by

A recurring assertion that has frequently been levelled at me over the years – and sometimes only half jokingly – is that I’m secretly a Linden. I’m not entirely sure what leads people to this conclusion, but the number of … Continue reading →

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Paper ‘plates’

Posted on August 31, 2018 by

Eating establishments these days are doing their utmost to be trendy, as evidenced by the number of meals you’ll find served up on lumps of wood or quirky, impractical crockery; accompaniments presented in miniature items of cooking utensils, and – … Continue reading →

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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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