The old adage says “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” Yet most of us do exactly that with all of our expensive “smart” home electronics, and the consequences can be as calamitous as the old proverb implies. The latest cyber attacks are targeting home internet routers. Here’s my advice on what you need … Continue reading
With C#, a Feature Once on Linden Lab’s Roadmap But Apparently Forgotten My post on UdonSharp, the user-made C# compiler for VRChat, inspired me to reach out to Jim “Babbage” Purbrick. Because when he worked for Linden Lab, he was aiming to make it possible to script in Second Life with C#. Sad to say … Continue reading
On Wednesdays from 5:00-7:00pm SLT throughout April and May, there will be guided tours of the Tucker Stilley exhibit on Virtual Ability’s Cape Able Island. Tucker Stilley is a multimedia artist who was diagnosed with ALS/MND (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) 20 years ago. Now fully paralyzed, he uses his eyes to control his computer and … Continue reading
Entry posted by Tara Linden in Music Mondays This week’s featured musician is Joel Eilde (Joel Tamas irl), who plays rock interspersed with little doses of jazz, country, and blues both inworld and with his band Red Heaven. He has played over 3,000 shows in SL over the last decade and encourages newcomers to join the … Continue reading
VWBPE 2021: Patch Linden – the board, Second Life, and more VWBPE 2021: Patch Linden – the board, Second Life, and more Posted on March 19, 2021 by Inara Pey VWBPE 2021 On Thursday, March 18th, 2021 Patch Linden, the Lab’s Vice President of Product Operations and a member of the company’s management team, attended … Continue reading
Identity fraud affected over 14 million U.S. consumers in 2019, with losses totaling $16.9 billion. Spikes have been noted in ‘new account fraud’ and ‘account takeover fraud’ — two of the most damaging types of ID theft. In addition, more than 1400 data breaches at major corporations had consumers vulnerable to phishing and other forms … Continue reading