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A raccoon badly found badly wounded may get a Second chance at Life with a prosthetic limb. ... Source: secondlife.reuters.com --- 15 days ago
In a departure from its traditional laissez-faire approach to the Second Life Grid, Linden Lab announced on Tuesday it will introduce zoning to Second Life's mainland to curb excessive advertising. ... Source: australianit.news.com.au --- 16 days ago
THE huge cost in time and energy to companies trying to conduct business in Second Life has not translated into customers. ... Source: blogs.guardian.co.uk --- 15 days ago
We're still waiting for the 21st century reading revolution, but in the meantime Second Life offers some interesting new diversions ... Source: www.npr.org --- 15 days ago
"A pool is a like a pyramid," writes Bill Lowe, "balanced on its tip. It wants to fall over and become a pond." His recent e-mail continues, "You work all the time to keep it clean, clear and blue. I quit trying." And so another homeowner eschews the joys of backyard swimming and instead turns it into a habitat for a few large koi, a ton of goldfish and "a number of shebumpkins." Bill continues, "This is a real knee-slapper joke in the koi community; they're koi-goldfish crosses." And what used to be his hot tub now has lotus, giant reed, papyrus, and a few water lilies growing, all of which seem to be faring quite well in our TP member's Shreveport, La. home. "It should have been a part of Texas," writes our irrepressible Louisiana gardener, "but isn't." I can't imagine there could have been anything as gorgeous as this before the hot tub became a pond (no offense, Lowe family). "I like her little hook," Bill says about the bee. "And I also like the yellow of the pollen on the leaves; it had rained the night before." photo credit: Bill Lowe This conversion from pool to pond has any number of precedents, but the one I'm most familiar with is in the otherworldly Montecito garden once the home of Ganna Walska. It's called Lotusland, and if you've never heard of it, this is your lucky day. You may also think yourself lucky if you're among those who've switched from swimming pool to water feature. Or maybe you converted back? Do tel ... Source: blog.secondlife.com --- 13 days ago
This is a post about the Mainland, and more specifically, about an exciting and necessary change of direction we’re taking. I’m also going to talk about why we think the Mainland is important, what we feel the issues are and some of the ways that we intend to transform it for those of you that [...] ... Source: www.freep.com --- 12 days ago
High oil prices have pushed the auto industry to go green in more ways than improving fuel economy. At a time of plummeting vehicle sales and production, automakers and suppliers are also being squeezed by soaring prices for key automotive commodities such as steel, aluminum and plastics. ... Source: tallblog.conted.ox.ac.uk --- 19 days ago
Initial thoughts on the first Open Habitat philosophy pilot. ...
Source: www.boxxet.com --- 13 days ago
Written by NMC Virtual Worlds It’s not exactly as the headlines bill “Second Life on your iPhone”, but the AjaxLife client for Second Life- which allows chat, IM to and from your iDevice does now work, see the announcement: Not yet! Originally published at NMC Virtual Worlds Original story at NMC Campus Observer . View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Second Life . ...
Source: www.metrowestdailynews.com --- 19 days ago
Lawmakers restored more than $1 million to next year's budget for MetroWest programs, projects and organizations during Thursday night's cram session, officials said yesterday. Marlborough saw $100,000 in earmarks restored after Gov. Deval Patrick vetoed the spending, including $25,000 for the Marlborough Community Development Corporation and $75,000 for Marlborough 2010. "In these uncertain fiscal times, it is particularly important to secure funds which will leverage further economic development projects in Marlborough and therefore create permanent full-time jobs for residents," state Sen. Pam Resor, D-Acton, said in a statement. Marlborough 2010, a quasi-public economic development agency, will likely use the money on initiatives to boost travel and tourism, especially downtown, said Executive Director John Riordan. The Community Development Corporation, meanwhile, will use some of the money for day-to-day operations and to hire a new executive director to replace Trish Settles, who left in the spring. "This is essential money for us for the basic operations of our organization," said Chris O'Keeffe, president of the board of directors. "We were just making plans of what state of hibernation we would have to go into without it." Riordan said Marlborough 2010 will likely use some of the money to partner with Olde Marlborough Inc. to host the "Taste of Marlborough," an event held for the first time this year in which local resta ... Source: www.culture-buzz.com --- 19 days ago
After the launch of the Second season of its Web TV, ArcelorMittal once again shows its fondness for social media by inviting potential shareholders live to Second Life. In fact, June 17th was the official inauguration of ArcelorMittal's virtual facilities. They used the opportunity to present the company's group figures to shareholders. The meeting took place in a virtual building shaped like the group's logo via virtual video screen. Shareholders, potential investors, and journalists all (...) - Blog / Our Buzz , Europe , USA & Canada , Industrial , Technology , Social Networks & 2.0 , ArcelorMittal ... Source: www.baselinemag.com --- 18 days ago
The U.S. Army enlists new virtual world video game to teach soldiers interpersonal skills and cultural awareness for combat environments like Iraq and Afghanistan. - Video games and military training are a natural fit. Any exercise that can sharpen physical reflexes and shooting skills has obvious applications for soldiers preparing for war. For researchers at Sandia National Labs and BBN Technologies, however, the video game platform is being used to prepar... ... Source: www.vintfalken.com --- 12 days ago
Sometimes we need to be reminded of why exactly we continue to put time & effort & money & CPU cycles into Second Life. So must have thought Dizzy Banjoy and Lillie Yifu when they called out for ‘messages to Second Life‘ for their SL5B Art Exhibition. And what a beautiful ‘this will surely [...] ... Source: pureinformation.org --- 17 days ago
It looks like AC/DC will be performing. ... Source: librariansmatter.com --- 15 days ago
Today I visited Julian Stadon’s SLARiPS installation at the John Curtin Art Gallery at Curtin University. It is part of their current exhibitions until 1 August 2008. The idea? Put on a headset with a webcam attached, look through a pair of goggles, watch an avatar jump out of Second Life and hold it [...] ... Source: www.global-weblinks.com --- 15 days ago
Step out of your first Life and enter Second Life. A 3D virtual world, built by the residents (players) in the world. This platform has grown explosively since 2003 where it all started, and today you can find more than 4,5million players / Second lifers in the world. Danish Second Life can be found here. Build your own virtual firm, market your ideas and find a new network for your business here. ... Source: vcmike.wordpress.com --- 17 days ago
TechCrunch’s Eric Schonfeld today posts: Recently, there’s been a growing wave of startups and products appearing that are bringing 3-D virtual worlds to the browser. These include Vivaty, Google’s Lively project, and the Electric Sheep Co.’s WebFlock. And I’ve seen a few stealth companies working the same vein. None of these are as fully featured or immersive [...] ...
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We've been pretty critical of Second Life in the past. That's mostly because if your business isn't selling virtual genitalia , you're probably not making any money in the virtual world. But we got to give credit to Second Life owner Linden Lab for recognizing that their world is an ad-filled mess. In a blog post this week, the company announced that it was going to introduce 'zoning' to the virtual world, which means exactly what it does in the real world - some land will be zoned as residential, other as commercial. Why? Mostly because of the prevalence of ad farms -- plots of land that are chock full of ads for other businesses in the Second Life. Users don't like these eyesores, with good reason, so quarantining them is probably the right move. See Also: Google's Lively Is Just Like Second Life -- No One's There But Perverts And Griefers If Second Life Is Over, Someone Needs To Tell Cisco Thinking of Advertising in Second Life? Don't Bother ...
For the fourth consecutive year running, the American Cancer Society held their annual Relay for Life Second Life. 2008 was the most successful year yet for this virtual relay to raise funds to fight cancer. read more ...
It occurred to me just the other day that NOAA's Eric Hackathorn , whom I had met last year at ISDE5 , had then said that he was thinking of making a programmable virtual globe in Second Life. I fired off an email to him wondering if he'd ever followed up on that idea. Sure enough, he writes that late last year he and his game-developer wife (SL name) Zora Spoonhammer created " Sculpty Earth " which was then extensively reviewed by Wagner James Au in New World Notes . YouTube excerpt: A clever piece of hacking projects a movie of recent global cloud map images onto a transparent array floating above the Earth, letting you follow cloud patterns. Very Caspar David Friedrich of me, no? But that wasn't the end of the project. In the last few months the duo have created two more Earths , both works in progress. Below one of them you'll find a Google Maps application projected onto a plane that lets you load KML files, and which is controlled by nearby buttons. I managed to load some of my own KML content, and navigate around, albeit clumsily. And while you also can't click on the map to navigate or interact with the KML, the important point to take home from this proof of concept is that visitors are engaging in social cartography — anything that my avatar pulls up, your avatar can see too in real time. SL developers Daden Limited used similar technology in their Second Life Google Maps, blogged here a few months ago. The map also lets you g ...