Author Archives: Rheta Shan

Gasp

By Rheta Shan | Published: December 6, 2007

An excuse for an apology, or maybe an apology for an excuse.

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Linden Lightbulb Re-Deploy Post Mortem

By Rheta Shan | Published: December 1, 2007

My contribution to Nicholaz Beresford’s call for Linden lightbulb jokes. With a little help by Johsua Linden.

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The Greatest Thing

By Rheta Shan | Published: November 29, 2007

Just a love poem, luckily not my own.

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Age and Treachery revisited

By Rheta Shan | Published: November 23, 2007

A farewell to AjaxLife creator Katharine Berry, who has pulled her service from the web in the midst of a flame war.

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Wild, wild west 2.0 continued

By Rheta Shan | Published: November 14, 2007

Doug McMahon thinks the Metaverse needs a consitution. I agree, obviously.

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Age and Treachery

By Rheta Shan | Published: November 7, 2007

‘Age and Treachery Will Always Overcome Youth and Skill’ started as a joke on a film set, but there is truth in it for Second LifeYou-Know-Where. But AjaxLife programmer Katharine Berry’s disgruntlement with the Teen Grid should alarm adult Second LifeYou-Know-Where residents to the necessity of merging the grids.

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Sysiphus gives up

By Rheta Shan | Published: November 2, 2007

Nicholaz Beresford, aka ‘The Mad Patcher’, whose patched Second LifeYou-Know-Where viewer has been a boon to all hardcore residents, finally gives up his one-man quest to fix Linden Lab’s inadequacies.

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  • Notice

    This was the blog of Rheta Shan, the Second Life persona of my friend Valérie. Valérie died April 3rd, this year, in an accident as stupid as it was tragic.
    The contents of this blog will remain up, for the time being, in memory of the wonderful person she was. Feel free to explore, and to pay your respects here.