This is the twenty-eighth in a series of mini-interviews with the residents of Second Life. For the most part, I'll try to leave the responses unedited, except where editing will grant greater clarity.

Salvador Dalgiesh is THE coolest elephant I know, and one of the coolest avatar's I've seen. His color scheme responds to outside input! If you see him around, start saying colors to him and watch the fun! I'm dying to make an 'Elephant in the room' joke here, but ehnh, it'd be beside the point.

Your SL name: Salvador Dalgleish

How did you first come to SL?: I was bored with the MMOs I had been playing for the past 5 years or so ... DAoC, WoW, CoH/CoV. I got tired of their repetitive nature and was looking for something new. I found SL by searching on "virtual worlds".

How did you choose your name?: The description I read said SL was a very surreal place, and I've always been a fan of Salvador Dali. I chose the name (and made my first AV) as an homage to him. I suppose my elephant AV is an homage to him too, in a way.

What's your favorite thing about SL?: The only limits are my own creativity. There is no treadmill, no preset goal, so there are no "powergamers" ... folks are free to socialize and invent at will.

What do you like least about SL?: Griefers. But the new landowner controls have largely limited their abuses, so I guess I'll have to find something new to dislike.

Favorite hangout/store?: The Shelter

Name one new feature you'd like to see added to SL: A more powerful scripting language.

Shout outs: Travis Lambert, Onionpencil Musashi, Jacek Antonelli, Reina Quine, and the whole Shelter crew!