Merged from the original ‘about’ and ‘lifestream’ pages. Except for references to contacting her and me, this is Valérie / Rheta talking about the blog, and herself, as she did when she wrote these pages.
Why not call this ‘about me’, you may ask? Ah well – that is the hitch. The short answer is: ‘me’, on this blog, is a somewhat complex proposition. Bear with, um, yes, me.
Rheta Shan, whose blog this is, was born an avatar in the virtual world of Second Life. To her creator’s and driver’s (or human’s, as they are only half jokingly called among Second Lifers) great surprise, she has rapidly developed into a distinct persona, albeit not a separate one, and is now present on several social networks and having her own network of friends – real ones, not the so-called ones of the web two-oh services. Which makes Rheta both a ‘me’ of her own and a part of RL ‘me’. It does complicate things a bit, but mostly, it is for the good – at least, as long as you do not try to split the ‘me’ facets you will find all over this blog (including these paragraphs) apart. This post of mine might also help shed a little light on the whole imbroglio.
About this blog
Rheta’s World is, for good or worse, a personal rendering of my Second Life experience. I do not pretend, or endeavour, to present anything but my personal opinions and impressions as a citizen of the metaverse. Quotes and attributed thoughts throughout the blog are the original authors’, but all errors in quoting them, or putting them into context, are mine alone.
Second Life is a trademark of Linden Lab registered in the US. I am not affiliated with or sponsored by Linden Lab, or any other entity or company mentioned herein, unless expressly stated in a post. Beyond this, this blog neither endorses nor minds the trademark policy imposed by Linden Lab on Second Life residents (read more on the issue in these posts of mine. Believe it or not, there is fun to be had).
Elsewhere
When I’m not in Second Life, you will probably find me on as rheta on Plurk. Plurk, in case you don’t have heard of it yet, is a micro-messaging service often compared to Twitter. Unlike Twitter, however, its key feature is the ability to hold conversations, which are threaded with the originating mini-post. It’s a big chat and shmooze room, fun and casual, but its structure is not easily amenable to a lifestream type display. Friend and visit me there.
If you want to know what else I am up to, here is a live overview of my activities for the last six weeks or so on this blog; on Twitter, which mainly mirrors my plurks, though without the benefit of the ensuing conversation; and on Flickr, Google Reader and delicious.com (aka del.icio.us), as well as comments I left on blogs (aggregated via BackType).
March 28, 2009 |
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yawns good night, barely able to cover her mouth. (: Nitenite, Plurkettes and Twitteroos http://plurk.com/p/lfo86 [#]
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tentatively slides into weekend. http://plurk.com/p/lffil [#]
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March 27, 2009 |
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shares , as an afterthought, this http://tinyurl.com/de6zut (memento) by her love. *Now* I’m really gone :).... http://plurk.com/p/la3ie [#]
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bows out, sharing kisses with anybody who would have them (K). http://plurk.com/p/la352 [#]
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thinks her name must mislead some people — judging from the regular friendship offers by Asian (RL) plurkers :... http://plurk.com/p/la0lo [#]
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March 26, 2009 |
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shares good night kisses with her love, her friends, and everybody dear. (K) http://plurk.com/p/l48j5 [#]
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has given her sweetie her wish. And is now refusing to accept the second thoughts that followed :P http://plurk.com/p/l48h6 [#]
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has finally got around to reading *99 Francs* — years too late, but I’m hypellergic. http://plurk.com/p/l40jj [#]
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March 25, 2009 |
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shares good night hugs with Plurkville, after an evening spent in-world (*gasp*). (cozy) http://plurk.com/p/kyt47 [#]
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March 24, 2009 |
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Posted a comment.
My Fish Must Be Acknowledged |
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Posted a comment.
My Fish Must Be Acknowledged |
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Posted a comment.
You Need a Real ID to Look at Fake Tits |
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Posted a comment.
You Need a Real ID to Look at Fake Tits |
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is off again. How exciting. http://plurk.com/p/kwkk5 [#]
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is around. More or less. http://plurk.com/p/kw7zv [#]
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March 23, 2009 |
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says next project due in about two weeks ; that one might keep me busy a while, but on the upside, there are n... http://plurk.com/p/ks3sx [#]
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has just told her last clients they are now on their own, and handed them my invoice. http://plurk.com/p/ks3b5 [#]
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March 18, 2009 |
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March 14, 2009 |
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March 12, 2009 |
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waves good night to Plurkville and the Twitterverse. I’ll try to be around more, :). http://plurk.com/p/j4cpx [#]
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is feeling to pregnant for comfort. http://plurk.com/p/j3y53 [#]
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March 7, 2009 |
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March 6, 2009 |
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Shared update!
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February 25, 2009 |
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Shared Passpack
Free, online password manager with a good, AJAXy interface coming close to a fully integrated local solution like 1Password (... |
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Shared myOpenID
Free OpenID service provider. Simple and clean. |
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wishes Plurkville good night, good plurk, and much luck with that. (K)(cozy) http://plurk.com/p/hbxnh #plurk [#]
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February 24, 2009 |
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February 23, 2009 |
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says good night — be well, be happy, and those of you who aren’t, feel loved and and held. http://plurk.com/p/h3nhn [#]
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February 22, 2009 |
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corrects her previous statement : she wasn’t silly enough to sell her land for L$ 0. She sold it deeded to a g... http://plurk.com/p/h2g03 [#]
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has set up some of her land for sale at L$ 0 by error. It was gone before I winked. Serves me right. http://plurk.com/p/h260i [#]
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Shared Get Satisfaction
« People-Powered Customer Service » is the tagline of a company that aims at providing a customer support framework halfway... |
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waves Plurkville good night. So much love to share (heart) http://plurk.com/p/gzthk [#]
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has partnered the one she loves. And loves her partner so much. http://plurk.com/p/gzahp [#]
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asks Plurkville to take notice of her new name *giggles and thinks of Twitter, where nobody will catch what sh... http://plurk.com/p/gz8yc [#]
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February 21, 2009 |
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is going in-world, only slightly jarred by the B horror movie mood of the login screen. http://plurk.com/p/gz1qn [#]
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is off. Just like that. http://plurk.com/p/gvyuo [#]
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asks is there a multi-post service doing text transforms ? http://plurk.com/p/gvwp3 [#]
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is testing Plurk’s Twitter to Plurk integration… http://plurk.com/p/gvwh7 [#]
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February 19, 2009 |
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Apologies for the misguided « shares » tweet. Seems TwitterFeed ping.fm integration is *not* the best thing since sliced bread. [#]
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February 18, 2009 |
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February 2, 2009 |
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Posted a comment.
The great escape |
January 17, 2009 |
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Shared Come Together
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January 11, 2009 |
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Shared And new releases again.
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December 28, 2008 |
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A service creating a (searchable, subscribable) feed of blog comments left by its users. The tracking happens automatically (... |
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Shared Feedtweeter
An experimental service (in closed beta) aiming to merge Plurk, Twitter and other services via RSS re-posting. That is not no... |
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Shared The Psychology of Cyberspace
A hypertext book, as he cutely calls it, by psychologist John Suler, exploring « the psychological aspects of environments ... |
December 24, 2008 |
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