Oh joy… Ishkur (of Ishkur's Guide of Electronic?Music fame)?has let me know he has found out what the mistitled "Robert Miles - Rain" track is actually called, and it's DJK's?"I Like Chopin". That name rings no bells to me, but at least we now know. Thank you graciously, Ishkur. That's one less unsolved EDM mystery to wonder about.

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Here's an octet of my latest Second Life adventures. I'll provide descriptive captions, starting with the first one.

1. It can be somewhat unsettling yet pleasing at the same time to see such lush beauty created within in the inorganic confines of a bits-n-bytes framework. Humans have come this far, and yet, we have such a long way to go.

2. Here I am at FairChang Island again, after playing Jeopardy. Yes, that game where you give answers in the form of a question. That's one reason I like it. Another reason is because Garth Fairlight and Pituca Chang are such gracious hosts. As of this writing, not only are they standing together in SL, they stand together in RL! Awww.

3. This house-in-progress reminded me of my allies Paul and Dana's real house.

4. Chance Abattoir invited me to his new place. It's very icy indeed, and it gives him far more room to put up his photographs. We discussed his future plans and what will become of the snowscape, and I flew to the top of his smokestack, which seems to be much higher and smokier — and crystal-lier! — than ever before. Nice wings, Chance. Remind me to ask Aria about the ants . . .

5. OMG!!! This sushi was sooo yummy-looking I wanted to shove it all in my virtual mouth (prolly some extensive polygon deformation would then take place), and eat the table too. This is Francis Chung's work.

6. Don't ask, don't tell — but do know that using the Sit command in strategic locations can be amusing.

7. Cyrena Zamboni's cakeplate in the sky, aka her home. I flew towards it to snap this pictar just as she had to go. In the daytime, it's easier to see and even more beautiful.

8. Kenzington Fairlight?plays with particles… it reminded me of some of the laser effects from the classic Mega Man games on the NES. It was very trippy. We started dancing, as is customary to do when there are neon lights.

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