May 17th, 2008
Morning,
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One individual already has! To wit:
… TROY, N.Y.–Edd Hifeng barely merits a second glance in “Second Life.” A steel-gray robot with lanky limbs and linebacker shoulders, he looks like a typical avatar in the popular virtual world.
But Edd is different.
His actions are animated not by a person […]
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May 12th, 2008
Morning,
Second Life has obviously come of age! To wit:
…There are roughly one million active residents of Second Life. But for people who haven’t visited that virtual world — or don’t intend to — director Douglas Gayeton has brought back a dispatch.
Second Life is an online, 3-D landscape where denizens have an almost unlimited […]
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May 7th, 2008
Morning!
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This is ‘way ‘way cool, to wit:
….I saw Iron Man on Monday and it is a great movie! What I was unaware of was that Iron Man is also in Second Life and doing something pretty cool. Annie Ok worked on the machinima film (see above) […]
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May 6th, 2008
Ever want to
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see black cube rain?
It’s rather, ahem, odd?
To wit:
…Sunday’s attacks by DiSSENTiON knocked out many sims, often trapping residents in lagged sims, crashing neighborhoods and limiting teleports. But, in spot conversations with those affected, no one really got angry.
Annoyed, absolutely. But not raging. A few people, like […]
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May 4th, 2008
Morning!
This just came across my radar - to wit:
…Understanding how to promote yourself, an event, or just to get the word out in Second Life can be a bit of a challenge, even for the professionals have trouble doing it. There are some tools and resources that are lacking in from the traditional […]
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May 2nd, 2008
Morning!
This just came by my radar:
Get Ready for SLEDcc 2008!
The Second Life Education community conference is a proud member of the Second Life Community Convention – the official Linden Lab-sponsored and approved event for everyone spending significant time in the best of all possible virtual worlds! This conference is for everyone currently or seriously […]
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April 30th, 2008
Morning,
Just came across this from Tinsel’s blog:
…I asked the other day about how to do so. Duh! Katharine Berry’s Ajax client is one quick and easy way. This lady really is amazingly brilliant. My thanks to her ….MORE….
It was intriguing so I looked it up - you can learn more at:
AjaxLife: A Second Life […]
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April 29th, 2008
Morning!
NPR has a great discussion over at how the virtual world affects your real word behavior. To wit:
…How you appear in the virtual world could affect your behavior in real life, according to researchers at Stanford University. Andrea Seabrook speaks with Stanford’s Jeremy Bailenson about his research into how people interact psychologically with […]
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April 28th, 2008
I’ve said it
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before, and I’ll say it again - Second Life is going to make a profound impact on college learning in the future. Check this out:
Last quarter, Matthew Anthony, a Rochester Institute of Technology senior, came across the ultimate class based on his favorite pastime, Second […]
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April 27th, 2008
Ever have an
insane desire to bring Google Maps to Second Life?
One individual did! To wit:
…A few weeks ago, Larry and I did a presentation at the 2008 Computers in Libraries conference about our Google Maps/Second Life project. We have put our slides on slideshare…MORE….
More resources to learn about Google Maps and Second Life […]
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