Cartoon of The Day: Abnor Mole's Car

 

 From the Ttans-Sansara Causeway. There was one single car on the yet to be completed bridge, from Abnor Mole. It had the slogan "Mo Homes" on the side. Since he works in expanding Bellisseria and it's Linden Homes, it seems that's what he enjoys doing, and maybe a strong hint of what's to come in the future. 

 

By Bixyl Shuftan 

 

"I Can't Breathe" T-Shirt on SL Marketplace

In recent weeks, "I Can't Breathe" has become a rallying cry for protesters following the decision of a grand jury not to indict a New York City policeman for charges related to the death of Eric Garner, an overweight man who died in custody following his arrest for selling cigarettes without paying taxes on them. His last words "I Can't Breathe" were caught on camera, and became a demonstrator's chant. For those in Second Life wishing to make a statement, Ryosukito Felisimo has made this mesh T-shirt available on his SL Marketplace page.

"Your World, Your Imagination" Is Back

Yesterday, I was talking about the new introduction page to the Second Life website, which for me showed a vampire. There's a couple arrows to dial to a couple other pictures, but for me the fanged goth girl keeps showing up first when I bring up the page.

I had been so busy wondering if this might scare off newcomers, I didn't notice one subtle but important development, Linden Labs is using the slogan "Your World, Your Imagination" once again.

To newer residents, Linden Labs for most of Second Life's history used the slogan for the virtual world, describing the place as run by the residents freely as they liked to travel, create, and interact as they pleased. A few years ago, the Lab stopped using it. Possibly in response to criticism to their safeguards from the gambling and bank bans to age verification, "I thought this was supposed to be 'Our World, Our Imagination.' " But longtime residents still remembered it.

New World Notes quoted Linden spokesman Peter Gray as saying "Our thinking was just that the tag-line fits Second Life, so we decided to bring it back ..." A subtle move, but for a longtime user like myself a welcome one.

Bixyl Shuftan

Cartoon of the Day

No, Philip didn't really say this, but tell me nobody was thinking it. ;-)

By Bixyl Shuftan

(Image from Treet.tv)