Starting March 1st, Google owns your ass. So if you want to know if something makes your ass look fat, you have to check with Google first.

Ah, privacy! We hardly knew ye!

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You'll notice that my icon on Twitter, Plurk, Second Life, Facebook, Google Plus and pretty much every site out there is the closeup of the glowing gear-eye.

It's fairly recognizable. Even when it's teeny-tiny chiclet-sized in the upper-right corner of Viewer 3.

And that's why I made it... it's consistent and it's easy to spot.

The Five Islands, SecondLie, and 100 Word Stories also use consistent and recognizable icons.

When folks pick profile pictures and icons that are easily-recognizable and shrink gracefully so I can recognize them, I appreciate it.

Go down your friends list with the little icons turned on and cover the names... how many can you quickly identify?

Finally... if you've got orange in your profile pick, pick black or white or some other background color. The orange new message indicator doesn't appear well on an orange background.

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The blog I'm adding to the blogroll today is Prim Perfect's blog, Saffia Widdershins at the helm.

Good source of general news, trends, and decorating advice... but also serves as the base for the Designing Worlds show on Treet.TV to showcase beautiful locations across the grid, such as the always-on-the-verge-of-closing Laurel Arts Isle:

This is about as alarmist as Saffia gets... usually she's got a more gentle approach to worrisome trends in the virtual worlds or questionable stewardship of the virtual world by its Linden managers.

It's a long dark road ahead...

Got a light?

(The next two blogs will be introspective blogs... yeah, I know... quit shuffling the deck!)

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There will be the usual 100 word stories tonight in the Clocktree of Edloe island at 5PM SLT.

I'll have an important announcement to make regarding them, so feel to... um... sort your inventories more.

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No heads rolled during the morning meeting today... damn.

And I was out-assholed by two other folks on various shifts, too.

I'm losing my touch!

(I feel so OLD)

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