Category Archives: Quote Metaphors

SL Metaphors – Stairs vs llSitTarget() teleporters

Overheard in the Office Passenger #1: Don’t you wanna use the stairs for just one floor? Passenger #2: Hmmm… I never know which one goes up and which one goes down.

SL Metaphors – Orientation Island

Wagner James Au (aka Hamlet Au, pka Hamlet Linden) And me describing the larger promise of Second Life is like telling someone from Eastern Europe about the United States, and the variety of opportunities awaiting them there—but when they finally arrive, they end up trapped in Las Vegas International where the TSA insists on giving [...]

SL Metaphors – Quotes: At least the CEO won’t have a problem with that cod-piece staring at you all the time

Overheard in the Office Staffer #1: Well, thanks, everyone, for not telling me my fly was open. Staffer #2: Your fly was open? Staff #1: Yes. I just now looked down, and there it was, wide open! You didn’t notice? Staffer #2: Well, I don’t spend a large portion of the day staring at your [...]

SL Metaphors – The recent bugs

How those bugs snuck into the recent SL client Overheard in the Office Engineer #1: What the hell were you thinking when you wrote this code? Engineer #2: Boobs. Engineer #1: Huh?! Engineer #2: Truthfully, it’s likely I was thinking about boobs.

SL Metaphors – Test Track

Things the Test Track on Help Island is designed to prevent

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