Nasties

Posted on 19th September 2007 by Q in SL News - Tags:

The Village in a Cloud of SmokeI had a front row seat in a griefing attack today.

My little shop in the Skylight Village at Penrith was the scene for bombs and more bombs. Not that I was the target of this .. the attack was aimed at the Village itself, my store just happened to be close to the epicentre.

(That’s my shop on the left, if you peer at it you can just make out the red Kanga sign showing on my blue floor). A great many of my items have been destroyed, about $3000 worth, but it’s small change compared to the devastating effect on the Mall owner. She will doubtless expect her renters to leave in high dudgeon but I’m not leaving at all. Far from it …… (more…)

Happy 860th, Moscow!

Posted on 4th September 2007 by Q in Around Town - Tags:

Second MoscowYep, Moscow is 860 this year.

There’s a grand party planned over at Red Square (Moscow Island) on September 1st at 8 PM SL Time

Organiser of the event is Uplifto Ochs, Head Honcho of RL music label UPLIFTO

If you can read Russian, there’s more news on the website, Second Moscow, although it’s just a little less difficult to decipher than the incredible translation plugin which runs along the lines of “Boil Noodle” on a packet of Korean dried soup.

Autistic Liberation Front

Posted on 4th September 2007 by Q in Around Town - Tags:

Autistic Liberation FrontAutism prevents Amanda Baggs from speaking so she communicates entirely by computer.

Amanda has founded a group called the Autistic Liberation Front which states that autism is not a disease which needs to be treated but a form of cultural difference.

I’m going to have to learn how to make a Slurl!