http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ If you are what you think, then I'm a cesspool. en Vox Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:42:58 -0600 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/so-long-george.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Fergus Laryukov) http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/so-long-george.html?_c=feed-rss http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/so-long-george.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:42:58 -0600 One of the greats passed yesterday. George Carlin left for that great stage in the sky on Sunday evening and shall be sorely missed. His style of humor was not for everyone, but I believe he tried to offend everyone and mostly succeeded at one ti... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/so-long-george.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972790384cd500fa968134250002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> ideas comedy language farewell thought controversy profanity carlin filth "seven dirty words" http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/being-where-i-should-be.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Fergus Laryukov) http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/being-where-i-should-be.html?_c=feed-rss http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/being-where-i-should-be.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:40:11 -0600 It's been a while, hasn't it? I managed to spend some time in SL a couple of months ago and a few hours last month, but RL absolutely kicked my backside during the summer and is still doing it. Short on sleep, short on time, too much to do and no... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/being-where-i-should-be.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972790384cd500e398b02ad10003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/money-matters.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Fergus Laryukov) http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/money-matters.html?_c=feed-rss http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/money-matters.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 03 Jun 2007 07:51:57 -0600 Yesterday's Linden blog entry over foreign transaction fees seems to have generated a bit of bruhaha, too. Most of the comments seem to be variations on a theme: why does a US company use a UK bank to process its electronic transactions? My initia... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/money-matters.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972790384cd500cd973017f94cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> money second life finance linden labs cost-to-value http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/keeping-sl-safe-for-whom.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Fergus Laryukov) http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/keeping-sl-safe-for-whom.html?_c=feed-rss http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/keeping-sl-safe-for-whom.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:15:30 -0600 Of all of the more recent posts on the SL blog, none seems to have generated as much comment as this one from yesterday (5/31): The diversity of things to see and do within Second Life is almost unimaginable, but our community has made it clear t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/keeping-sl-safe-for-whom.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972790384cd500d414372f6b685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> second life linden labs terms of service sexual roleplaying acceptable behavior http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/whats-the-purpose.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Fergus Laryukov) http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/whats-the-purpose.html?_c=feed-rss http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/whats-the-purpose.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 28 May 2007 13:06:52 -0600 An article by Mitch Wagner at Information Week a while back got me to thinking: what's the purpose to SL? People are joining the community at a farly fast clip, but once they have joined, then what? Mitch's article attempted to deal with that que... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/whats-the-purpose.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972790384cd500cd972e37fc4cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> ideas communication second life online collaboration http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/the-dream-fulfilled.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Fergus Laryukov) http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/the-dream-fulfilled.html?_c=feed-rss http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/the-dream-fulfilled.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 25 May 2007 14:14:59 -0600 Last night, the Level Playing Field Institute hosted an event in Palo Alto, California. The event was somewhat mirrored in SL through streaming media. Mitch Kapor (chairman of Linden Labs, founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and creato... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/the-dream-fulfilled.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972790384cd500d41434d267685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> second life equality mitch kapor level playing field http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/it-is-to-laugh.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Fergus Laryukov) http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/it-is-to-laugh.html?_c=feed-rss http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/it-is-to-laugh.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 19 May 2007 16:55:58 -0600 The alternator on my car gave up the ghost rather unexpectedly last weekend and I was not able to leave it with a mechanic. I was dreading the prospect of being without wheels for a week (I only live a mile or so from where I work, so it was poten... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/it-is-to-laugh.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972790384cd500d09e6d1100be2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/an-ounce-of-prevention.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Fergus Laryukov) http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/an-ounce-of-prevention.html?_c=feed-rss http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/an-ounce-of-prevention.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 19 May 2007 12:06:35 -0600 I believe that it was on New Year's Eve 1999 when a Russian friend made an observation regarding Germans (the details of that night are a bit fuzzy, but I vaguely recall that the world did not come to an end at midnight). The observation stemmed f... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/an-ounce-of-prevention.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972790384cd500d41436d8086a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> graduation education standardized testing taks http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/infidelities-and-such.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Fergus Laryukov) http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/infidelities-and-such.html?_c=feed-rss http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/infidelities-and-such.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 16 May 2007 13:51:00 -0600 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972790384cd500d09e6c3cc8be2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00cd972790384cd500d09e6c3cc8be2b-50si" alt="ATT66" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> A few weeks ago I came across an article somewhere on MSN relating the author's experience as "the other woman" in an on-going affair with a married man. I regret that I did not bookmark the article so that I could at least provide a link, but I w... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/infidelities-and-such.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972790384cd500d4143615e46a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> ethics morality cheating infidelity online romance http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/my-philosophy.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Fergus Laryukov) http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/my-philosophy.html?_c=feed-rss http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/my-philosophy.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 09 May 2007 16:14:36 -0600 At one of the many chats and discussions that take place at Philosophy House, someone asked me about my own philosophy (perhaps that's why it's called Philosophy House -- wow! What a concept!). I was pretty much thrown for a loop by it, too. Not s... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ferguslaryukov.vox.com/library/post/my-philosophy.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972790384cd500cd9728a6c54cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> self philosophy second life perception stoicism existence stoic identify