I decided to start putting up some of the video I shot during the past year.

I flew up to Boston—the first ever trip planned and executed entirely on my own—in mid-July to attend PodCamp Boston 3 on the Harvard Medical School campus. Probably the highlight of the entire weekend was the moment all the attendees were gathered in the lobby for a group sing-along. Oh, the sessions were great too.

I fell in love with the city of Boston from the moment I arrived.  The “T” made it incredibly easy to get around town incredibly cheaply, and there was history at nearly every street corner.

…on the second anniversary of her “ICiNG” fashion and life blog!

If you have not checked this young and fashionable New Zealand ball o’ pink fire yet, do it! One of the many fascinating people around the internet that I follow online.

http://www.galadarling.com

Second Life® “celebrity” and genuine sweetheart Tateru Nino’s real-life father lost his 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer on Sunday morning in Australia. She took a few moments in her “Dwell on It” blog to reflect on the impact he has had in her life.

Thanks, Tat, for taking the time to share him with us. –SB

I’ve been asked more than once lately where I’ve been in Second Life®—or more specifically, why I haven’t been around much online in that community.

The main reason: I honesty haven’t had much interest in the SL platform since most of the activities that I used to be involved with—The Sanctuary, The Gin Rummy (which went female-avatars-only and then closed not long after), other places—shut down and fellow avatars that I used to hang out with decided to pursue other endeavors both inside and outside the community. Given the amount of activity in-world that is mainly “adult-oriented” in nature, there just hasn’t been much for me to do that isn’t “clean” in nature, except to hang out at The Shelter in Isabel or attend services on Sunday mornings at ALM CyberChurch (which I haven’t been to in a very long time).

I have kept my premium account active, mainly because I got in early enough to keep the L$500 (roughly US$2.00) weekly stipend before Linden Lab started dropping the stipend amounts for new premium subscribers; but otherwise, I sold any land holdings that I had and have pretty much put Second Life® on the back burner, dropping by The Shelter every now and then or logging in to see a live show.

Apparently, the infamous Steve Winter has decided to pick up his marbles and go home.

From Google Groups and my local newserver:

I remember when I thought computer bulletin boards were the ultimate thing. Now there still are some, but mostly it is history. Then came USENET etc and that was a practical scenario and reasonable platform for a while.

Today’s USENET, however, is polluted by the vilest of anon trash
and the scum of the earth, especially the religious groups to make it no longer a practical platform. It has become so trashed by Satanic filth like so many that I won’t bother to name. Rest assured that there will be many out here that I will continue to pray for the Lord to reward them according to their works.

I also feel that I have been violating Matt 7:6 out here and what for? I really don’t think that there are that many people still reading USENET. USENET has become a stinking sewer.

With several other Brethren, I have started a message board at www.TheTruthOfTheBible.com where we can keep the trash and the devils out. I invite any real honest hearts to check it out.

To the rest, I shake the dust off my feet against you.

I plan to cancel my USENET after publishing this post.

I ask any decent readers out here to spread the word about www.TheTruthOfTheBible.com

Bro. Steve Winter