The World According to the Internet

Created by The Oxford Internet Institute (OII)

I found this interesting and thought provoking map on Joe.My.God. Click it to enlarge.

What struck me first was that I had no idea that 41-50 % of the Chinese population had access to the Internet. 41 percent would mean that at least 550 millions of the country's total population of 1,4 billions.

The second observation was that Africa has no real presence on the Internet yet, except for in the far north and the far south of the continent.

Thirdly, I wondered out loud, "Where the fuck is Norway?"

In a comment on Joe.My.God., someone said that almost all Internet users in Brazil and Venezuela are gay, so now I am wondering if that really can be true?

If it is, I sure am going there for vacations next time. This phrase may finally be useful if I decide to go, "Ei você hunk bonita de um homem, eu posso jogar com o seu Internet depois?"

We Should Also Remember

After the day of remembrance for the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack in New York, it is only fair that we also take the time to remember the casualties of the post-911 era.

We must remember all the American soldiers that have fallen in the wars on terror in Afghanistan and Iraq and all the civilian casualties in both those wars.

May they all rest in peace!

Cruising at Southern Charm

The Much Honored Bock McMillan, laird of Southern Charm and prince of Cascade Falls, was today spotted cruising in the forest on the home-sim. He was all dolled up with no where to go because his usual Sunday hangout, The OrmDricka Club, had cancelled it´s regular event for reasons the proprietors  chose not to divulge to their regular patrons.

"Well, I guess we must allow the club owners to have secrets if nothing else then because they both are so cute and friendly!", he thought to himself while he was looking out for some studly guy to hook up with.

No such luck though, the sim was totally deserted except for himself and his animals, not even his only tenant and brother in-law Dejerrity was anywhere to be seen.

Perhaps it was only the wrong time of day or maybe the home-sim was not a good place to pick up men.

However, as he was walking around he heard the cuckoo for the first time ever and took it as a greeting from Ars. With that thought he happily logged into first life and decided to have an early night instead.

New In-World Freebie

"There is no such thing as a free lunch" it is said, but that is not entirely true.

In the last few weeks I have been given two unasked for diagnosesis of my psychological health by some very generous residents of SecondLife.

The last one was provided by Ms. Loo Berensohn. (Her first name is a not uncommon abbreviated form of the name "Louise" in Swedish and actually has nothing to do with restrooms or crazy people despite any similarity in spelling.)

Ms. Loo Berensohn, who otherwise is best known in-world for her prowess as a witch-hunter where she has shown great tenacity and fortitude over the past two years, has now seen fit to give me an analysis on her blog. It was rather amusing, contrary to her purposes I am sure.

Although her qualifications for making any such psychological assessments is unknown to me, I am sure she in the generosity of her heart, would also be willing to supply everyone who asks with a psychological profile free of charge.

It may not be worth much, but it is at least free!

P.S. Yes, this may be vengeful but anyway I do not hate her. Oh, I forgot, she has this terrible habit... of writing in incomplete sentences... with three dots... probably thinks it´s cute... or something...who knows?

Facebook According to Ross Gardiner

...and he got it right!

We Remember

Photo by a to me unknown photographer

Photo by Joe Jervis

Tribute in Light rises over lower Manhattan in New York.

"Hatred" revisited and concluded

On September 1st, 2011, I wrote a post named "Hatred". In that post I philosophize about different aspects of hatred that we encounter in real life and in SecondLife.

Afterwards I have been told that some people found my post objectionable because they read it as if I regarded the hate they had demonstrated in a certain instance as equivalent or similar to the hate shown by the Norwegian mass murderer A.B.B. According to their opinion I had not only done so against the people who had been active in the chat I had witnessed and referred to in my post, but to all members of that particular group, whether or not they had taken part in the chat or even if they were logged in to SecondLife at that time or not.

I was also told that I had no basis for my conclusions concerning what I had witnessed because I did not refer to what may or may not have happened in that particular group chat the day before or two hours earlier (when I had not been in-world) or what happened in it after I had logged out of SecondLife. I should have investigated more, they have told me.

The topic has also been elaborated on in some of the Scandinavian SecondLife blogs with the same objections aired.

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I have reread my original post several times and have been contemplating the objections I have received. After due thought and consideration I have reached the following conclusions.

To me hate is hate is hate is hate and will never be anything else but hate. 

Hate is usually defined as an intense dislike of something or some individual or group of people. In my assessment hate makes you blind to any redeeming qualities, it is relentless and poisons your soul and your outlook on the world around you. 

Of course there are different degrees of hating and the damages caused are of different magnitude. I have never said - and have never intended to say - that the haters in SecondLife are anywhere like A.B.B., except possibly by the fact that they allow hate to influence and guide their lives and actions. 

I take full responsibility for my words and actions. I see no need to retract anything whatsoever in the post I wrote. I cannot take away the experiences or hurt feelings that some people claim they have had, but I cannot be held accountable for the hurt feelings of those who deliberately misinterpret or distort my words to suit their own objectives or views.

Finally I would like to emphasize that I have never claimed to be an investigator or a reporter. What I write in this blog is my truth as I experience it and as I witness it. 

I have always chosen to write only about what I witness myself and have never ever relied on what others say has happened before or after or during. This blog is an account of my own experiences, actions and reactions and not a megaphone for anyone else.

Now I intend to go on with my lives without letting the haters affect or influence me anymore.