Archive for January, 2008

Second Life Mono script accelerator converts .NET to Linux

In the midst of slower and slower performance with more and more features, Second Life is trying to speed things up with Mono script accelerator. Mono is in beta and is designed to increase performance and stability of scripts in Second Life. Mono is basically a compiler (uh oh Java Alert!). Mono [...]

There have been quite a few outages in Second Life recently

There have been quite a few outages in Second Life recently. An unexpected code upgrade occcured. Transaction histories were down. Database queries broke logins. Assets operations were slow. The support portal went down. The public issue tracker went down as well. How do you track that? The [...]

IBM is expanding their twenty four hour business center in India

IBM is expanding their twenty four hour business center in India. The Second Life business center is staffed from all over the world to cope with the 17,000 visitors the IBM virtual sim has received. It seems like Second Life is hot in India right now and IBM is hedging their bets.
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Second Life has been plagued by website failures, support failures, and other web connection failures for the last week

Second Life has been plagued by website failures, support failures, and other web connection failures for the last week. Load balancing problems have resulted in a barrage of error messages. Linden Labs keeps “resolving” the problem only to have it “unresolved”. I bet everyone regrets some of the new login requirements through [...]

OpenSim and OpenLifeGrid: Alternative Built On Second Life Technology

OpenSim and OpenLifeGrid: Alternative Built On Second Life Technology

There is increasing interest in OpenSim and OpenLifeGrid. OpenSim was created with C# and Microsoft .NET. OpenSim operates on the Central Grid under a fast growning world based on Second Life but free of the rules of Linden Labs. Banks and Financial organizations as [...]

Here is your update for Friday, January, 25, 2008

Here is your update for Friday, January, 25, 2008. Second Life, The Second Life web site, and the Second Life support portal were encountering errors and load balancing problems. The Second Life homepage is still now displaying stats and only has a large photo on it and links. Rather boring I think. [...]

Another installment of ‘Inside the Lab’

Another installment of ‘Inside the Lab’ podcast was released starring Philip Linden. This time Joe Miller, VP of development was included. Havok 4.6 was discussed. Also a hot topic was Sim stability and performance. Viewer stability and performance was another topic. Windlight was hit upon. This is shortly after [...]

Soccer in Second Life

Soccer in Second Life
I attended a Soccer tournament in Second Life. The German national team played the French national team in Second Life. It was a great game although I did have to leave before it was over so didn’t catch the final score. The Second Life world cup is coming up [...]

Second Life WindLight update

Second Life WindLight update. The new version of the WindLight viewer for Second Life is out. This update addresses the many many Mac issues as well as some other instabilities and bugs. Some of the major bugs not addressed are memory leaks and client freezes on MacBook Pro. Nasty deals those. [...]

How I Make 120 Per Hour as a Video Game Tester:

How I Make $120 Per Hour as a Video Game Tester:

 
In my free time I Make $120 Per Hour Playing Video Games & Get Free Video Games on the Sony PS3. I am able to get unreleased PS3 games for absolutely no cost. There are a few tricks and contacts you need to [...]