{"id":733,"date":"2008-03-11T21:46:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-12T01:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/?p=733"},"modified":"2008-03-11T21:46:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-12T01:46:00","slug":"one-and-a-half-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/?p=733","title":{"rendered":"One-and-a-half Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Second Life<\/a> intrigues me. Millions of people gadding about, creating whatever they want and doing as they please in a completely user-maintained environment. No shooting, no competition, just wandering around.<\/p>\n

Maybe it’s the similarities with the Metaverse from Snow Crash<\/span><\/a> (a fave). Maybe it’s my HR-geek sensibilities, since companies all over use it<\/a>. Whatever it is, I want to know more.<\/p>\n

Now that I am the proud owner of the star-blessed lappy-so-happy<\/a>, I am actually able to run Second Life (albeit with limited graphics). I set myself up a character, skimmed the orientation stuff, played dress-up, and got to it.<\/p>\n

But, got to what? What the heck do people do on this thing? My initial wanderings produced nothing to maintain my interest. One of the sites I reference from time to time in my steamjournalism is The Heliograph<\/a> and this guy talks a lot about a steampunk locale in Second Life. I figured I’d swing by.<\/p>\n

Okay, so Victorian-style buildings, Victorian-style clothes… by this point I still haven’t figured out the draw. By happenstance I come across a library. Someone has built a library, making public domain Vic Lit available to read in-game. I pull up a chair and start on some Jules Verne.<\/p>\n

In other words, I end up doing EXACTLY WHAT I DO IN REAL LIFE.<\/div>\n

Alex in real life:<\/p>\n

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<\/span>Alex in Second Life:<\/p>\n

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Apparently, the way I live my Primary Life is pretty well-suited to me. Even in a fantasy world, I end up holed up somewhere with my nose in a century-old book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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