By Stone Culdesac

Second Life, On a TV Screen Tonight’s episode of “CSI: NY” which uses the virtual world Second Life as its theme is getting a lot of attention. Bill Carter described the episode back on Oct. 4.

The Second Life of Sacred Sites Ute Eickelkamp put me onto a really fascinating article that appeared recently about legal and cultural issues arising due to real world locations being recreated in the online world Second Life.

CSI: Second Life Now that CSI and its many variations have concurred the real world, the series is setting its sights on the virtual.

Presentation given to the Australian Learnscope folks the same day that CSI: NY opened in Second Life, October 24, 2007.

Producing the CSI:NY/Second Life Crossover: An Interview with Electric Sheep’s Taylor and Krueger (1 of 2) This full interview was featured earlier this morning over on the MIT Convergence Culture Consortium Weblog. The portions of the interview shared here today were originally published here and here, conducted by Sam Ford, who helps manage the Consortium.

For those who haven’t heard, tonight is the launch of a particularly compelling transmedia experience, the first time a major television franchise has driven its viewers into a virtual world to fill in the gap of a cliffhanger mystery that will not be resolved until next February.

Second Life Residents want Animal Rights Akela Talamasca reports on the SLinsider on Linden Labs ruling that a RL photograph of a cat’s skull being crushed is not ‘broadly offensive’ or against our Community Guidelines & ToS. I beg pardon?! As a Neko I feel a terrible anger towards people that dare to do, photograph and spread such images.

Why You Can’t Buy a Heineken in Second Life I’ve always been a bit of a sceptic about Second Life (posts passim, and I mean in its utility as a marketing vehicle for brands), and I won’t pretend otherwise despite a day of inspiration and intelligence at the Virtual Worlds Forum. Yes, I now understand a bit more about why brands have been investing in the network and am prepared to say that this is probably not quite such a terrible thing as earlier posts might have suggested. Some of the other virtual worlds such as Stardoll, Habbo, Eve and Entropia seem very interesting indeed.

Government to police virtual worlds A minister has said that online worlds such as Second Life will inevitably face more scrutiny from law enforcement.

Finding a real job in a virtual world In the second series about online recruiting. Andrew Cave becomes ‘Telegraphman Boozehound’ on Second Life to see how well it works

It’s early evening but it looks like its still midday on Second Life. Is this a modern-day version of George Orwell’s Ministry of Love – the place where there is no darkness?

Why CMP is in Second Life Our work in Second Life is this kind of initiative. Second Life is an online 3D virtual reality—a 3D social network wrapped around a highly programmable, Web-based, multimedia conferencing and content-creation system created by San Francisco-based, venture-funded Linden Lab.

Second Life Havok4 Beta Preview Refresh (2007-10-24): 12 issues resolved The Second Life Havok4 Beta Preview has been refreshed with twelve new issue resolutions in place. I want to say a big THANK YOU to all of you who have helped to test the Havok4 Preview so far, for your great focus and results. Let’s all keep up the good work — we’re getting there!

Second Life Stipend Issue The Stipend Payout Process is still in progress at this time. We will update you here when it’s complete. Thank you for your patience.

Support Portal Maintenance Saturday Night This coming Saturday, 27 October, our support portal will be off line between 6:00 pm and 11:00 pm PDT for system maintenance. This includes the live chat, the ticketing system and the knowledge base.

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NBC’s “The Office” visits Second Life tonight Crank up the betamax, wake up the kids. NBC’s “The Office” is on its way to Second Life tonight (October 25) at 9PM EDT/PDT. (Check your local listings).

CSI and Second Life: Awesome! So, last night I got to watch the CSI New York show which combined the television episode with some action in Second Life. Two of my favorite things so it was fun to see how the wove the two together. Although, I’ve never seen SL graphics so crisp and clear.

Producing the CSI:NY/Second Life Crossover: An Interview with Electric Sheep’s Taylor and Krueger (2 of 2) The following is the conclusion to the interview that we published yesterday here on my blog. This full interview was featured on the MIT Convergence Culture Consortium Weblog, conducted by C3 Project Manager Sam Ford. This interview, with Damon Taylor and Daniel Krueger from Electric Sheep, looks at the CSI:NY crossover into Second Life.

Second Life grid stumbling? We’re getting some signs that the Second Life grid may be under some unusual strain. Concurrency, while fairly flat (rather than the sharp decline that would be normal at this time of day) is reporting late, with updates coming approximately ten to fifteen minutes later than they should.

The Problem with Virtual Worlds ..is that they’re hard to define. When we look at what we loosely call “virtual worlds”, we all have differing opinions as to what should and should not be counted. Do we include 2D worlds? Kids worlds? Development platforms?

Asking Questions About Taxation in Virtual Worlds Yesterday’s Metanomics event featured Professor Bryan Camp, a leading expert on tax law from Texas Tech, giving us all huge insights into what the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is likely to say about the Linden Dollar.

Canned from the Metaversed! Nick Wilson (57 Miles) in Second Life, IM’d me during the IBM/LL Interoperability meeting today and told me that he was canning my podcast, and banning me from his island, group, and site.

Residents threaten lawsuit to force landbot ban Jeanie Shields sold a plot of virtual land worth almost US$500 for less than a penny, and she blames Linden Lab.

Monday Metanomics With Electric Sheep This coming Monday at 11am SLT Professor Robert Bloomfield will host a Metanomics session entitled Building, Marketing and Media in Second Life. His guest will be Chris Carella (Satchmo Prototype), the Chief Creative Officer at The Electric Sheep Company.

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