From the monthly archives:

December 2008

Bots and Boats

December 31, 2008

Big Bots Whenever I log in, I usually get this announcement in the right upper corner of my screen that tells me how many are online at the moment . As you can see, 68,719 were online when I took the picture . I have to admit however that I never questioned what that number represented, or asked [...]

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Plan B

December 30, 2008

Sailors on OS Grid Interesting things are happening over on OS Grid. M1sha Dallin and I will post an article here about it in a few days, but I couldn’t wait to show you a couple pictures! Six weeks ago at the beginning of the Openspace Sim protest, Bri Hasp started a thread in the [...]

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Editorial .com-ment

December 29, 2008

Cognitive Loss As you probably already know, last week in ‘The great COM crash of 2008′ I lost most of the articles I posted to this website over the past year. Unfortunately, it looks like the articles are not recoverable. I must say, however, that although those few hundred vaporized web pages represented a lot of [...]

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Fossett Promoted to Editor

December 26, 2008

You may have just read Jane’s article about the inaugural award named after some old guy with non-prim hair. Bea Woodget deserves all the praise she has been given. However, I have some additional praise to hand out as well. Jane has recovered very nicely from the attempts on her life last week. The bomb [...]

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Woots! Woodget Gets White Award for 2008

December 26, 2008

SLSailing uses the “C” word. Sims cost a good deal of money, and the boats, buildings and landscaping that adorn the estates require an investment of hours of skilled artisanship. However, I think we’d all agree those 512×512 square plots and the pixel petunias we place on them are actually not the most valuable feature of SL. I think sailors regularly [...]

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The “J” Stands For Jacqueline

December 24, 2008

A J-Classic Last evening Armchair Binder, Kentrock Mesmer and I stopped over at the Trudeau yacht yard to see what’s new, and we got a chance to speak with Jacqueline Trudeau about her next boat! The boat is still in “alpha” and isn’t scripted yet. However the hull is mostly complete, the mast is stepped, and the sails are set.  Let [...]

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The Last Cup

December 24, 2008

In a few days 2008 will draw to a close, and another annual chapter of SL sailing history will reach it’s conclusion. Some time ago, Taku Raymaker told me he felt this New Year was particularly significant.  Waypoint Yacht Club had just turned one year old, and in that very short time it had earned [...]

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USS Announcement of Great Import

December 19, 2008

The United Sailing Sims announces a joint community project with Linden Lab to enhance the sailing experience throughout Second Life. Once the move of the 130 plus sim complex takes place to an area east of Nautilus City, the USS will be well positioned to expand their current activities into the 40 plus sims of [...]

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Shore Leave

December 9, 2008

Has tragedy befallen the crew of the good ship Amaya?  Did a rogue wave overturn the happy little boat?  Did Elisha and Indigo get abducted by pirates, lawyers, or worse… politicians?  Will the Amaya continue on her merry way around the waters of Sansara? No, no, no/no/no, and probably. We’d set out from Mowry, fully [...]

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