tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45448191958023008532009-02-21T07:49:19.691-08:00Jorge Limahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00427694134013941246noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544819195802300853.post-26751711645927734292007-04-11T14:52:00.000-07:002007-04-11T16:32:09.279-07:00<div style="text-align: left; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">"A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that<br />the balances are correct."<br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The astute reader will recognize the opening quote from </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_%28novel%29">Dune</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">, my favorite book, written by </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Herbert">Frank Herbert</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> in a time when it was normal and acceptable for people to dream. What I like about Dune is that it all seems so old - a feudal society living in a distant future time.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I see </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://secondlife.com">Second Life</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> in the same way. It is so old to me, and yet it is something so incredibly new and futuristic to most people. Somewhere along the line, I acquired a reputation for claiming to having seen and done everything in Beta. More on that later ;)</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4544819195802300853-2675171164592773429?l=eggylippmann.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jorge Limahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00427694134013941246noreply@blogger.com5