http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/ Musings on a Virtual World en-us Copyright 2006 Thu, 26 Aug 2004 16:56:21 +0000 Sat, 30 Dec 2006 11:45:00 +0000 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I haven't been to Karuna Plaza for a while (I haven't been around There much for a while, but that's another story). Today I went there to find some people scattered around as usual but also to find that... http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/08/000077.html http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/08/000077.html Places Thu, 26 Aug 2004 16:56:21 +0000 If you do be the kind o' Captain who sails the seven seas o' Thereia a-seekin' and a-searching for the Thereian like o' Cap'n Ahab's great white whale, get yourself down to the chandler's and pick up a copy... http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/06/000076.html http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/06/000076.html Techniques Tue, 01 Jun 2004 19:49:00 +0000 Here's an interesting picture taken as the result of some accidental aerobatics in the Cannery area. If your point of view is under the water, you can see that all of the wooden pillars on which the piers stand... http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/05/000075.html http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/05/000075.html Techniques Sun, 30 May 2004 14:21:00 +0000 They enjoy it, you know. No, really, I have it on good authority. Particularly the shrine building part and the presents.... http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/05/000074.html http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/05/000074.html Places Sun, 30 May 2004 13:26:48 +0000 As well as his part in releasing the Tyr houses, Bacios and PortaHomes into the world, There_Economy continues to raise spirits in There in his night job as part-time barman at KOBnBOB's Outback Bar in Monkey Crater.... http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/05/000073.html http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/05/000073.html People Sat, 29 May 2004 14:50:00 +0000 Although There, Inc. has been clear about not doing new development for the There consumer service, they have made the decision to put some of the things that were already "done" into the live world. The Tyr housing is... http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/05/000072.html http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/05/000072.html Things Fri, 28 May 2004 14:49:00 +0000 http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/05/000070.html http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/05/000070.html Miscellany Wed, 26 May 2004 22:59:00 +0000 Well, here we all are in V2.12 of There. A nice new starry sky above that island with the crater in it, a swing to sit in at iVillage, even a map of Motu Motu! I even quite like some... http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/05/000068.html http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/05/000068.html Miscellany Fri, 14 May 2004 08:55:43 +0000 I love walking around There and listening to the music people are playing; it adds tremendously to the feeling of "place" when you can walk up to someone's zone and hear the same music they do. Sometimes, though, particularly in... http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/04/000067.html http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/04/000067.html Techniques Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:40:00 +0000 http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/04/000066.html http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/04/000066.html Funny Thu, 22 Apr 2004 13:46:37 +0000 There_Monitor is no longer to be found at Kangaroo Island. She isn't back at her old haunt on the volcano either; all that there is at that location now is a "Jopy is watching you" sign. My personal theory... http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/04/000049.html http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/04/000049.html Places Thu, 08 Apr 2004 21:30:00 +0000 The otherwise cool and unapproachable There_Monitor has apparently decided to take a vacation from her permanent spot on the side of the Caldera volcano (X=0, Y=0). As you can see above, she is currently to be found (briefly, every... http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/04/000065.html http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/04/000065.html Miscellany Mon, 05 Apr 2004 22:32:37 +0000 In the real world, if you came across a couch and three seats with some of your friends, sitting down next to someone on the couch would be a social signal: one of status, alliance or attraction depending on... http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/04/000064.html http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/04/000064.html Things Fri, 02 Apr 2004 17:04:00 +0000 I've been collecting technical snippets about There since I joined last November, and I'm sure a lot of other people have their own private collection. More recently, I've been organising the information I have and combining it with contributions from... http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/03/000063.html http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/03/000063.html Techniques Wed, 24 Mar 2004 20:28:23 +0000 I'm feeling smug again, as my second design for There was accepted today and is now in auctions. This one is a banner painter object designed for a very specific place in There, which is to say the Oasis... http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/03/000062.html http://www.iay.org.uk/there/blog/archive/2004/03/000062.html Things Fri, 19 Mar 2004 16:57:53 +0000