Archive for January, 2008
Here are some posts I liked from the last week or so:
1. Nexus Prime is Destroyed! This is just sad. Not since the destruction of the AutoBots homeworld have I been so outraged.
2. 15 Scene Caster Tips Get cosy with this powerful Google app that sheds some light on future developments.
3. Second Life [...]
January 21st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
Here is your Second Life Update for January 21, 2007:
Linden Labs either updated the Second Life homepage again or the stats are down on the homepage. The Economic Stats page is showing that so far in January 274 islands were added with 465 islands added in December. The stats are also showing a [...]
January 21st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
Nexus Prime is one of the most visited virtual sims in Second Life.
If not that it is at least one of the most famous. Unfortunately the city has been devastated by the removal of prims from one of the builders leaving the city looking destroyed.
The Second Life Wiki talks about [...]
January 21st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
Second Life Update: Ginko Financial update. Ginko Financial says on their official site https://ginkofinancial.com/ that they will be selling a Xeon 5160 server on eBay for $3200 or best offer. This looks like a standard liquidation of assets in response to the quarter of a million dollars that Ginko Financial owed it’s depositors [...]
January 21st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
Google Scene Caster: Everything You Wanted to Know 15 Tips
I did an earlier post about Scene Caster. Here is some more information:
1. Scene Caster is still currently in beta
2. It allows you to transform 3d scenes
3. Creating 3d scense from millions of 3d objects with Scene Caster is easy
4. Scenes can be used on [...]
January 21st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
How big will Second Life be?
How big will Second Life be? Land and islands in Second Life are constantly created. The size of the Second Life grid is currently fourty one thousand quare miles. But with no limit on the amount of land to be added and really no need to stay [...]
January 21st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
There was phone support issues on Saturday in Second Life. Dropped calls were widespread along with outages. The problem was “fixed” by Linden Labs on Saturday. Then on Sunday phone support went down. This stinks of a crappy Voice over IP System. Guys switch back to the old system or [...]
January 21st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
After extensive testing, Havok4 physics was ready for conversion into the Second Life Grid. On Friday, January 18, 2007 the conversion process began with private island owners. It was expected to have problems and did. In fact so many problems with the Havok4 conversion happened that the private islands were converted back [...]
January 19th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
I visited the Katrina Victims SIM. This virtual sim in Second Life is dedicated to remembering the tragedy of the lives lost. There is also a donation mechanism to contribute to rebuilding the city and helping the victims. I have not yet confirmed where the donations go specifically so I would check [...]
January 18th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
In an attempt to calm economic fears in Second Life, Linden Labs released some questionable graphs and statistics. The first graph we are presented with is a growth of LindeX volume. Of course, cause other exchanges have been “cautioned” against or banned. So more people have to use the LindeX. Despite [...]
January 18th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments