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Monday, December 04, 2006
 
MY SO-CALLED SECOND LIFE

As I've noted previously at Blog P.I., I have spent some time in the Second Life metaverse over the past few weeks, walking (and flying) around and generally trying to get my bearings. It's been a slow start, but finally today I bought my first parcel of land (First Land) a Linden Lab-subsidized tract in a region (they call them Sims (no relation to the Maxis kind)) called Fraxini. So here I am, looking off to the horizon -- for the full-screen view, click on the image below:



Yes, I am posing triumphantly, or at least trying. And if you look closely, you can see one of my neighbors flying about. New land is being created all the time, so I'm not entirely sure if I'll get to keep that waterfront view. Then again, assuming I stick around, I'll probably move on eventually. For one reason why, check out this post by my one of my new neighbors.

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