Nodoka Hanamura

"There is a house built out of stone.. Wooden floors, walls and windowsills.. Tables and chairs worn by all of the dust... This is a place where I don't feel alone.. This is a place where I feel at home. " - The Cinematic Orchestra - To Build a Home East River circa 2017, image via Inara Pey . On a bus ride home from a Job application & interview, I had been contacted by the Grid's friendly neighborhood Bugs Bunny impersonator, Daniel Voyager, regarding my recent twitter post that East River was no longer existent. He had apparently featured said post in a blog post regarding the full dissolution of the East River Community. I wish that I could have been featured on more positive grounds to be honest. I hate being the bearer of genuinely bad news. However, during that bus ride, I had written a small tweet thread of the subject of East River's demise and the reality of maintaining communities in Second Life. It sadly was lost due to time constraints and me havi...

  Reflecting at the Linden Memorial Park. "Do what is right for the residents." - Ebbe Altberg, CEO, Linden Lab (1964 - 2021) "In Second Life we can be our ideal, our best, celebrate all that is good across the world together. Sadly we have also seen some people go, and they will never be forgotten as they touched us, gave us their best from their hearts, minds and souls - this thing called real life sometimes knocks on our door and makes a call. This is one of those calls." (Excerpt, Remembering Ebbe, Patch Linden) Truer words were never spoken on Agni or on Earth, Patch. To say that I am in quite the emotional state, is an understatement. Those that know me and read this blog know that I have a love-hate relationship with the men and women who reside on Battery Street - Linden Lab. From various platform issues with the world we residents call home, to the various policies and decisions I have lambasted them for - I still hold an immense respect for Linden Lab and...

  Don't let your eyes decieve you. This isn't Lara. Recently, I stated on Twitter that I had gained access to 'The Shops' Legacy Body. Now, I know prior, I had taken a shot at them, and have in the past, gone on tirades about their past business practices, their use of a LSL Bridge to a remote server, rather than using a local solution with the HUD they include with Legacy, along with how people had somehow decided to adopt it. After having some time to tinker with it, I see why some people see it as revolutionary, as it were, and that my accusations of being high-poly were somewhat valid, but were more of a de-minimis than a major issue. But.. to understand why Legacy is as important to Second Life's Fashion industry as people make it out to be, I must explain a dilemma that, at least those of us more of aware of it - know of. Built (supposedly) from the blood of rivals As I have stated many a time, I have a deep-seated hatred for Onyx LaShelle and Maitreya. I have...