Category Archives: Features

This is not Rheta

By Tech Support | Published: May 11, 2009

Hello. As it says above, this is not Rheta writing. And this is not one of the mind games she was so fond of either. You don’t know me. I am the guy doing the tech work for this blog. I have been happy to count myself among the friends of its creator for quite [...]

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Eeep…

By Rheta Shan | Published: August 13, 2008

One day someone will have to explain to me how I could end up first in Dusan Writer’s SL Interface Contest. In the meanwhile, I have an offer for charities and artists, which will hopefully prove a way of coping with the fact I have come into too much money for my own good.

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And another kick…

By Rheta Shan | Published: July 24, 2008

Announcing my presentation of my Second Life UI Design Contest entry. In usual ditzy Rheta manner, I bungled the essentials, but the judges and pundits were kinder than I have merited.

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Alive, barely kicking

By Rheta Shan | Published: June 30, 2008

It has been quite a while since I posted, but I am not going to bore your with the reasons. I’ll offer you the results of the time I spent not blogging instead: my proposal for Dusan Writer’s Second Life Viewer Interface Contest.

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The great escape

By Rheta Shan | Published: May 23, 2008

There has been a spate of posts about the balance between First and Second Life lately, an eery echo to worries and thoughts of my own. But the question of balance only leads to the question why we are in Second Life, and what we want to take out of it. And while we often discuss how, and why we leave this world for good, we rarely dwell on the question that maybe should have been asked first: why bother with the effort of two lives at all? Why come to Second Life, and stay? I have an answer to offer, thought I’m not sure it will prove all that popular…

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[RESOLVED] Codename Pitchfork

By Rheta Shan | Published: May 5, 2008

Weird things happen sometimes. Read about mysterious strangers IM’ing you of the blue, Eyes Only notecards that shouldn’t be there, and why that unmarked van in front of my door is perfectly innocuous. Don’t worry – it all makes sense.

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Chimaera

By Rheta Shan | Published: April 29, 2008

I am the most unlikely person to ever be last woman standing on a political issue. But then there are times and issues which would make anybody reconsider. Read why the Linden Lab trademark lunacy is one.

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    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.