December 2009
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Just learned that traditional third year anniversary gifts are made of leather. Trying not to think too hard about what I might buy my wife.
Royal Valhalla Lodge on #Yelp: We arrived in the late afternoon around 4:30 PM to an overflowing lobby full of disgr… http://bit.ly/5CsXB8
RT @EricaDriver: It’s a sad day for the emerging immersive software sector. Forterra laid off 60% of its workforce. Remaining assets lik …
is wondering if Forterra is really going the way of the dodo bird, or is the pay just better on the other side of the classified firewall.
RT @justincc: New blog post - OpenSim 0.6.8 source packages released. Binaries will hopefully will follow soonish - http://bit.ly/82wKD0
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“If you keep being cutting edge, you’re also cutting corners. Think about...”
– Torley
Is wondering if everything that claims to be “awesome” nowadays really is the bees knees. Did I just say bees knees? Better than “awesome.”
/me is hoping for a Linden Home beta invite. Will I be one of the lucky few?
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Climate Deniers' FUD Strategy →
Tonight we are fortunate to have this article written by guest host David Herring from NOAA’s Climate Program that is posted in full with his permission.
The real reason Milton burnt down his office was due to loosing his marbles after an unfortunate overload of fire prevention safety emails.
Please note the new home for @noaa is @usnoaagov!
After registering @noaa 2 years ago and later passing it to management it seems the only thing they did with the account is get it hijacked.
John Mather, NASA Nobel Prize winner just finished his first talk in SL. Wonder when we’ll see the first SL talk from a NOAA Nobel laureate?
Both happy and sad we received operational authority to run a SL island for Energy. Sad because we have yet to see that authority from NOAA!
When arguing with a bot, make sure you have more intelligence than the bot. Difficult when a good percentage of people fail the Turing test.
Our agency has created a mass voice mail spamming service to keep us up to date. This will go along nicely with our weekly PA system tests.
Is it murder to kill an avatar?
Nothing brings the Christmas spirit like repetitive holiday safety reminders. Liability coverage for one and all! Ho ho ho!
My wife Sandra just became a US Citizen!
Hi Edwin at the Department of Energy (DOE)
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Wow! EPA declares greenhouse gases are a danger to human health that must be regulated.
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Best location of a USA.gov advertisement ever. http://yfrog.com/1ekmndj (in “Cydia”) Get all your gov info while possibly breaking the law.
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My photos from Second Life show up in the strangest places. For example, jailbroken iPhone application icons: http://yfrog.com/33kspj
Mindjet Mind Manager $600 refund a week late. #fail “Please rate your customer service experience” email links to a dead page. #fail
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Updated the Science On a Sphere installation in Second Life based SciLands to include fancy new COP15 data sets and movies. Visit “Meteora!”
COP15 Science On a Sphere Movies →
NOAA just updated the Science On a Sphere installation in Second Life based SciLands to include fancy new COP15 data sets and movies. Visit “Meteora!”
Gamer’s Lawsuit May Open Virtual Worlds to Disabled http://bit.ly/8leSp1 Hopefully this prompts a definition of Section 508 policy for VWs!