Artificial Boy

I got a new tv. The Hypnotoad channel on this tv is soooo much better!

It’s the highest-rated show on tv. Now, enhanced!

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About a year ago in March 2008, LL released a last name that coincided with a racial slur. To be fair, it is also a fairly common RL last name. The name was only available for 11 days. Other names from this batch were closed at that time, so even though it seems obvious that it was closed for this reason, it is not necessarily so. In that 11 days, customers opened 156 accounts under this last name. My bot recently noticed that the usage count of this name dropped to zero:

After some investigation, I have found evidence that all these accounts were reassigned a different last name sometime between Nov 2008 and Jan 2009:

Update: I interviewed one of the affected residents.

Nicolas Biddle: Excuse me. Was your name once Yotori Coon?
Yotori Raccoon: yes but the stupid game changed my name
Yotori Raccoon: yes but i hate tht the game changed my name from yotori coon to yotori raccoon and it offends me
Nicolas Biddle: I’m sorry that happened to you. I run http://slnamewatch.com , which maintains a database of Second Life last names. It is very rare for LL to make a change like this. Can you tell me how it happened? Did you get a notice, or anything? Or did it just change one day?
Yotori Raccoon: i got a notice but every time i go to the send in a ticket it gives me 404 error. So i cant change my name back to its normal name Yotori Coon.
Nicolas Biddle: That sucks. I don’t know that they would let you change it back. There is no last name Coon anymore. The number of users registered under it has dropped to zero. Do you mind if I post this chat log to my blog post related to the subject?
Yotori Raccoon: ys please do i just want my old name back…this new one doesnt work for my avi or character

The evidence is conclusive. Later in the interview, Ms Raccoon reported that she did not know about the slur.
-Big Adz ))

		Seth came over. He said sorry for missing my party. He got me a toy Pterodactyl! What should I name it?
I got it! There.

Then he took me out to a club for kids. But he didn’t wanna dance. That’s okay! We just sat and watched the other kids.

Part 1: Rezday 3 [Update 1 2]

It’s my rezday! Yay! Look! My dads threw a party for me, outside of the RanDom Amusement Park, and they invited all my friends!
		Wow look at this awesome party Dad! Thanks! *hugs*
We ran inside to the party. Koffeekid was the DJ for me. The music was good. He messed up the Happy Birthday song, but that’s okay.
	Inside the party, the kids all played tag. I opened a few presents. I met some new friends!
		Gary the Snail and Spongebob visited! Gary left dangerous patches of snail slime all over the dance floor. Koffeekid had to announce a warning about it.
And Patrick too! What Gary has in snail slime, Patrick has in idle drool.
		Gel came and gave me a hug. I can never figure this out. When I hug Gel, I’m the one who gets squished into a tight little ball. ??? Anyway. *squish*
Look at everyone who came to help me celebrate! I felt really happy.
		Marianne visited the party. She has crutches because she twisted her ankle at a bad sim crossing. She came just in time for ice cream! Yum!
After the party, some of the kids stayed to go on rides in the amusement park (( I got a kid AO from Tiger Animations from Randy and Domineck )) Look what I can do! I can roll! Watch! Are you watching?? Watch!
		After that, Sok, Gel, Trodden, and I went to Sok’s meadow. And Trodden gave me a new pet bunny! As for Sok’s new hatchling…
Adz Childs listens carefully. Adz Childs: …it sounds like he’s saying “pee! pee!”. I think we should call him “Peepee”. Sokmunky Rutabaga: Adz, you think that’s the right name?
		Adz Childs: Yeah.

Thanks, everyone! -Adz

It’s my rezday! Yay!

I started the day by visiting the Milk N’ Kookies show at their new studio in Milk N Kookies Headquarters, KIC (65, 207, 26)
		Koffeekid, who is my cousin and host of the show, wished me a happy birthday on the air! I jumped up and down as everyone in the studio wished me a happy birthday! Milk N Kookies is now officially listed in SL WIki, under the heading Second Life Podcasts. Now, please vote for MnK in the First Annual Second Life Residents’ Choice Awards
Update 1: Here is the Event listing for my RezDay party. Adz Childs 3rd Rezz Day Party. *giggles*
Update 2 Sokmunky invited me to her chicken pen. She said a new chick is going to hatch today. I can name it. It’s going to be a boy. You can see the egg in the front of this picture. It’s gold!