Archive for December, 2007

Virtual worlds are 2008’s ‘breakthrough technology’

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So said Computer Weekly’s John Riley ages ago, but I’ve only just caught up with it.
BP, ABN Amro Bank and Diageo PLC have revealed details of the ways they are working in [...]

Graphics challenges

I recently upgraded my graphics from the on-motherboard NVIDIA GeForce 6150LE to a dedicated ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro, to amusing effect.
Whilst there is no doubt that things have sped up quite considerably on my display and I get less of the ‘out of virtual memory’ messages from Windows XP, Second Life has been displaying [...]

A new home

After several attempts to shoe-horn the various houses and offices I’ve collected onto my 512sq land, I’ve given up and decided to rent office space.
Yes, there are many reasons why not to rent but to own, including naming rights, but finding a location half-decent was becoming impossible.
I spent about a fortnight researching various office locations [...]