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Houseboats on SecondLife
I try very hard not to get sucked into any of the virtual world games or communities like World of Warcraft or SecondLife. Due to the nature of my work and also the fact that I love to write, I already spend the majority of my day in front of a computer screen. The last thing I need is another reason not to look up and enjoy the broader world.
However, AllAboutHouseboats.com just mentioned that SecondLife allows users to have houseboats. This, alas, may be my downfall. I have to go check them out, now.
For those who aren’t familiar with it, SecondLife is a 3D virtual world where users can create their ideal surroundings in which they can live the life they wished they had.
In considering the site, I started wondering if they’d let me build a virtual Tumbleweed Tiny House. That would be pretty amusing considering the average person on the site seems to favor owning a mansion and a yacht. Perhaps I’m a complete geek, but I love the idea of starting Small House Movement in a virtual world.
I try very hard not to get sucked into any of the virtual world games or communities like World of Warcraft or SecondLife. Due to the nature of my work and also the fact that I love to write, I already spend the majority of my day in front of a computer screen. The last thing I need is another reason not to look up and enjoy the broader world.
However, AllAboutHouseboats.com just mentioned that SecondLife allows users to have houseboats. This, alas, may be my downfall. I have to go check them out, now.
For those who aren’t familiar with it, SecondLife is a 3D virtual world where users can create their ideal surroundings in which they can live the life they wished they had.
In considering the site, I started wondering if they’d let me build a virtual Tumbleweed Tiny House. That would be pretty amusing considering the average person on the site seems to favor owning a mansion and a yacht. Perhaps I’m a complete geek, but I love the idea of starting Small House Movement in a virtual world.
Avatars consume as much electricity as Brazilians
http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2006/12/avatars_consume.php
Well, so much for you starting to blog more frequently. Now we’ll never get posts out of you as you get sucked into that time-warp!
No worries. I’m hoping to stay on the more frequent posting schedule.
. . . . . Have you seen the Cape Codder DIY Houseboat:
http://www.berkeley-engineering.com/CapeCodder.html
Can re-design the interior and build it to suit your needs. I’ve totally fallen in love with the design and the cost of materials is not outrageous (complete shell $15,000). Problem for me in the UK is there is next to zero residential moorings. You can stay somewhere for 14 days and then have to move completely out of the town. I’ll keep dreaming!
Steve
Steve, how neat! I hadn’t seen those before. We’ll have to do a write-up on them. Thanks for the link.
My boyfriend, Charlie, is English and his father was telling me how hard it was to find residential moorings along the Thames the last time we were there to visit.
Steph