Category Archives: Virtual Issues

Are You Experienced? Sansar, Day One

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Danko Whitfield

Sansar, the new virtual world from Linden Lab, opened it’s beta period to the public yesterday. Last night, after reading Ciaran, Inara and Daniel’s alerts and advice about getting started, I created a Sansar account – ten years and ten … Continue reading →

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EXCLUSIVE: Maria Korolov Now Calling the Shots at InWorldz, Magnuz Binder Now Sets Policy for Great Canadian Grid, New York Times Runs Story About New Jersey! Oh the Humanity!

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Danko Whitfield

Okay, now that I have everyone’s attention… Maria Korolov has decided that InWorldz will no longer release grid stats to the general public. I know, you’re thinking, “When did Maria Korolov become the big cheese at InWorldz?” I was wondering … Continue reading →

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How do I save one section of a Varregion?

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Danko Whitfield

Another in our series, “Using OpenSim” (i just made that up) Question: How do I save one section of a Varregion? Short answer: You can’t. Longer Answer: You can’t but here’s how to do it anyway… I’ve been working on … Continue reading →

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Because of Second Life…

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Danko Whitfield

Strawberry Singh has a new Monday Meme. She blames Draxter Despres for starting the whole thing and who am I to argue with her? Drax started a Twitter #hashtag, #becauseofSecondLife and Strawberry meme’d it. And I was inspired to jump in… … Continue reading →

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Hi, High Fidelity

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Danko Whitfield

High Fidelity has opened to the general public this week. I read about it on Inara Pey’s fine blog. I’ve just downloaded it and logged in. First I was the default avatar, then I selected the male starter av from a menu. … Continue reading →

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Are You Missing Assets On OSgrid?

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Danko Whitfield

I did some shopping on OSgrid the other day. When I got home, nearly all of the items I “bought” were useless as they had “missing assets” and my two-hour trip was a complete waste of time. This must be … Continue reading →

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What I Want

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Danko Whitfield

I read reports of people trying out Occulus or logging in to High Fidelity, Linden Lab working hard on Next Gen, other improvements popping up here and there as dedicated virtual worlders work on pet projects and share the results. … Continue reading →

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What Is Your Perception Of Second Life?

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Danko Whitfield

The title above comes from Strawberry Singh’s weekly meme. This one says you can make a video to answer the question. Heck, I don’t even do audio, I don’t think I’ll be making any videos. I write. She did say … Continue reading →

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My News & The Big News

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Danko Whitfield

February 24, 2015 will long be remembered in virtual world history as the day Dankoville came back online. At least at my house. I suppose most others will remember it as the day OSgrid came back online. It appears I … Continue reading →

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OSgrid Nearing Return?

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Danko Whitfield

Avia Bonne, a noted builder/creator and OSgrid resident, has mentioned more than once in the past few days in posts on Google+ that she has heard that the grid may be coming back online in the next couple of weeks. … Continue reading →

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