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Dilbert's missing 4G phone
In an interesting experiment to see how long it takes to have a comic published, Scott Adams (the author of famed work-humor comic Dilbert) penned a pair of strips that are particularly relevant to recent events. Due to the extended lead time for comic publishing in newspapers, Adams decided that these topical toons would be published web-only. I'm a big fan of Dilbert, and I read the strip on a daily basis. Thanks to John Gruber for pointing out this excellent work on the official Dilbert blog. I've provided the first frame of the series to the right, but you'll have to visit the source if you want to see how Wally's story ends -- if you think you know, you're probably right.
Scott Adams gets kicked repeatedly in the groin
Scott Adams of Dilbert fame held an in-world book signing event for Second Life residents on October 30, to promote his new non-Dilbert book Stick To Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain! From all accounts of those who attended, it was a huge success, though I hadn't realized exactly what went on there until this video popped up.In a move I'm sure helped ingratiate himself to the audience, Adams let a line of residents approach his avatar to dole out various types of injury -- from the looks of it, foot-mashing, face-slapping, and the overwhelming favorite, groin-kicking, at which Adams's avatar falls down, curling into fetal position amusingly. About halfway through the video, Adams gets the beatdown by Dilbert himself; how meta can you get? Also, while you're watching, keep an eye out for our own Aimee Weber, watching on in the background, butterfly wings a-flutter! Wow, who knew that the secret to success was letting oneself be abused by one's fans? I'll have to rethink my entire strategy!(Via youtube.com; thanks, SquidooMegan!)
Second Life Insider Week In Review: 10/22 - 10/28
This is the weekly roundup of the best articles from the past week's events on Second Life Insider. Daniel Terdiman's Entrepreneur's Guide to SLHow do the successful companies do it? Find out with this book! Six of the best for copyright violatorsThe latest copyright violations in SL The Ed Wood Machinima FestivalSome machinima is so bad it's good -- and these are the ones we want! New Species of Sunfish and Albatross DiscoveredNot the RL organic kind, but these wonderful new vehicles from Cube3 CSI:NY airs episode featuring Second Life - impressionsOne Insider's take on how the CSI:NY episode fared Exclusive preview of Real Life gameThis is so Meta it's scary! Dilbert Creator Scott Adams Comes to Second LifeScott Adams signs copies of his new book in SL CSI game - first thoughtsYou've seen the episode; what is the game like? Avatars Across Worlds: Nay, No, FehNot everyone thinks we need standards for virtual world interoperability LL to Help the Library of Congress Preserve VideogamesFinally, a little respect for videogames, from an unlikely, but welcome source
