I think it might be unfair to say it is faked, because a transaction is a transaction. It would be the same thing if a friend and I invoiced a million dollars worth of fabricated services. In real life it wouldn’t happen because you’d have to report it as income and their would probably be transaction fees, but as neither of those mechanisms exist in-life...

My friend in Second Life (SL) had a funny thing happen the other day. He came home and went inside the 2nd floor where he found a woman on the bed. Apparently she was wandering about and just went in as the door wasn’t locked. She thought the bed looked very comfortable and couldn’t resist taking a nap. Oh well, I guess that’s one of those...

When I listen to the song Fidelity by Regina Spektor it makes me very happy. No just a “that’s nice.” happy, but a real honest-to-goodness, warm and fuzzy happiness. I love music tons, but I am not knowledgeable about the technical aspects of lovely sounds so feel free to educate me. The way she structures the notes on the chorus is very unique and...

I had an interesting realization last night with one of my shoppers.  I was out peddling my goods to the Second Life (SL) residents that I ran into (sometimes literally) while exploring  Narnia (I don’t know where I was, actually) and I came across a guy at a club. I was trying to sell the shirt I was wearing (link smush.myshopify.com), but it was a...

I’ve been thinking more about this issue and thinking that Governments SHOULD tax transactions in SL. When you think of SL without the fancy 3D virtual world aspect it is primarily just another platform for business transactions. When you set up a shop in SL it isn’t much different than setting up an Internet business in RL. You may have a much richer...