From: The Live Turntable DJs BMI in SL - “Pay the Piper or Face the Music?” by Justine Babii of SLNN Quote from the site - If you own a club or other venue in Second Life, you might not be familiar with Broadcast Music, Inc. or BMI yet, but there’s an excellent chance you will be in the near future.

From: Forbes Virtual Fun And Games Quote from the site - For the few consumers who managed to avoid learning about Linden Lab’s Second Life until then, prime- time shows including NBC’s hit sitcom The Office and CBS’ crime drama CSI:NY featured plots containing tricked-out avatars based on the shows’ characters.

From: Forbes In Pictures: Top 10 Destinations for Your Virtual Self Other virtual worlds like Second Life in pictures.

From: Second Thoughts No, We’re Not Hobbits Quote from the site - nimrod Yaffle comes trick-r-treating on Halloween to Ravenglass in his female avatar; I don my anti-toxic cartridge from Toxic Garden and my Japanese Free Bee to ward off the evil spirits. This isn’t immersion; it’s just plain ordinary human communication on broadband and practical common sense

From: Counting Sheep Neil Gaiman & Roger Avary in Second Life Quote from the site - Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary will be in Second Life on Saturday, November 10th at 2PM ET/ 11AM PT to talk about their upcoming film, Beowulf.

You can pick up a free Beowulf avatar, equipped with an animated sword, on Shop.OnRez or at one of the many kiosks placed throughout the grid.

From: The Lawyer Lovells steps in to Second Life for pro bono fiesta Quote from the site - Lovells has embraced the power of technology to celebrate Pro Bono Week in cyberspace. From Monday (12 November) and running for a week Lovells will set up a stall in Second Life’s virtual world to mark a decade’s worth of pro bono work at Lovells.

From: Electronics Weekly Internet learning institute opts for Second Life The Institute of Digital Learning at the University of Wales, Newport chose the virtual world of Second Life to present its latest work.

From: Second Life for the Visually Impaired Accessibility Analysis Literature Review Quote from the site - I’ve been considering the work others have already conducted on analyzing the inaccessibility of SL, No Second Life For Visually Impaired - If you access the Second Life Client viewer with a screen reader like Hal, Jaws or Window-Eyes, nothing will be spoken aloud, nothing will appear on your Braille line.

From: Seattle PI Recycling Performance Art Quote from the site - In 1971, Chris Burden had a friend shoot him in the arm with a rifle, the extreme edge of 1970s performance art.

Twenty-six years later, Eva & Franco Mattes restaged the event on Second Life.

From: Neil Gaiman’s Journal late night thoughts Quote from the site - There’s also a Second Life press conference for Roger and me (Neil Gaiman) on Saturday — details at http://www.countingdown.com/movies/3351082/news?item_id=4001216

It’ll be my first time on Second Life.

From: Fabulously Free in SL Just for the Guys: Beowulf Avatar Quote from the site - Located on the Farhaven sim is a vendor to advertise the new movie Beowulf. Doing a quick search on the map for Beowulf I found a sim dedicated to the movie ala CSI with the full newbie tutorial. At the end of the tutorial on Beowulf Island is also the same vendor to get the avatar.

From: Counting Down Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary coming to the virtual world Quote from the site - Beowulf screenwriters, Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary will be coming to the virtual world of Second Life in the form of Avatars on Saturday November 10th at 11am PST. Neil and Roger will be doing a live Q&A with 40 of their VIP Second Life fans at the Amphitheater on Beowulf Island.

“Dead on Second Life” ironically explores the possibilities offered by virtual worlds.

From: Dead on Second Life Dead on Second Life Quote from the site - The Second Life virtual universe is used to give a second life to famous characters of the past, questioning, on one side, the ways in which we use these environments to extend our lives and social relationships, and, on the other side, analyzing the scenarios opening up with the possibilities for interaction with digital life forms.

From: Second Life Blog Tip of the Week: Guide to high-quality photography Quote from the site - Guide to high-quality photography is done for your enjoyment! it’s a very visual compilation covering a lot of things, answering many questions I get asked in respect to my Second Life photos. If you’ve ever wondered about how to most effectively capture your inworld memories, check it out!

From: Second Life Blog [COMPLETE] Rolling Restart Commencing Todays rolling restart is complete.

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From: Second Style Fashionista I’m Cold… Or, The Pleasure Of Shopping For Sweaters Quote from the site - I am not the most diligent blogger lately, RL being quite demanding and such, but I do still shop, and find a lot of things I like. Today is one of these day’s I cannot seem to get warm. Turned the heater on and soaked in a hot bath for what seems to have been more than one hour. Hurray for the sweet designers that have made lovely, cuddly warm sweaters lately.

From: Millions of Us Coke Virtual Thirst Puzzle Bottle Locations Quote from the site - This blog post will always list the SLurls of Puzzle Bottles inside of Second Life. This is just the initial list — more locations to follow soon!

Can you solve all three? Each bottle offers a different interactive experience and a different prize. And — all of the experiences and Coke prizes are copy/transfer so you can share them with your friends.

From: SL News Virtual Credit Cards come to Second Life Quote from the site - With customers still reeling from last weeks Midas Commons bond default, and the financial sector looking increasingly unstable in the real world, now might not seem the best time to launch new financial services in Second Life. However, where there are problems there are also opportunities, as new financial institution First Meta is hoping to prove.

From: Looker Lumet’s Swindle in Second Life!! Quote from the site - IMPORTANT WARNING It is communicated that a serious swindle is in course on Second Life: an invitation with a link is received, if we accept it, the avatar is stolen . The persons who take possession of the avatar obviously take possession of all the powers and also of the data of the credit card. The name to watch for is : Cora Lewsey, who joins groups at random. She just sent the link to over 20 groups through chat then quit the groups.

From: Massively Stretching the metaphor - the world and the economy Quote from the site - A metaphor is an analogy which is intended to assist in our understanding of something by indicating points of similarity between them. Our virtual worlds are all metaphors to one degree or another. Many artificial constructs are.

From: SL Men – Style Guide for Men in Second Life Body Positive - Nouveau chez / New release at: “Tete a Pied”, Vivant Men’s skins Quote from the site - Introducing today the new men’s skins by Roslin Petion and CJ Carnot for “Tete a Pied” (which means absolutely nothing in French, but whatever!). These skins are a total breakthrough in the men’s skin market, as they are priced at only 500 Lindens, which is absolutely new for such quality work.

From: Relentness Inquiry Mac OS DNS fix for Second Life Quote from the site - I’d been completely stumped earlier this year while attempting to try Second Life– the Mac client just “no va”, wouldn’t go, for me. I got an error suggesting that my DNS was busted and that I should try connecting to www.secondlife.com, and open a ticket if that didn’t work. How I was supposed to open said ticket if I had no IntarWebZ is left as a thought exercise, I suppose.

From: Hollywood Reporter Second life for ‘Quarterlife’ due to writers strike? Quote from the site - Sources said Thursday that NBC is in talks to acquire Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz’s high-profile Web offering “Quarterlife” ahead of its Sunday debut on MySpace.

From: Toldedo Blade BGSU embraces Second Life with ‘island’ in the virtual world Quote from the site - Bowling Green State University is celebrating its newest campus, where faculty offices are on a mountainside, people from across the world routinely drop by, and students can fly to class.

From: Times Online Richard Hawley hits Second Life to flout smoking ban Quote from the site - The smoking ban has done terrible damage to rock stars who wield cigarettes as a stage prop. Now one leading artist has found a way to evade the prohibition by performing the first “virtual gig” for puffers.

From: The Good Life: Traveling Avatar Reduce In-Game Lag Time Quote from the site - We’ve all had the experience of moving forward at the speed of a tree sloth, then warping to the other side of the room all while knocking furries out of your way like so many adorable, fuzzy bowling pins. The bad news is that every online world is going to have some lag. The good news is there are ways to minimize lag and increase your frame rate with just a few tweaks.

From: Digital Urban Digital Urban and CASA in Second Life - A New Look Quote from the site - Our section on Second Nature Island, part of the Nature Group, in Second Life is undergoing a bit of a revamp. The last few months have been focused on research into how to import data and geographic based information into the system and now we are almost ready to open our doors.

From: Second Life Blog Rolling Restart: Coming Soon to a Sim Near You Quote from the site - We will shortly be kicking off a grid-wide rolling restart to fix a few issues introduced by the latest server deploy.

A rolling restart to fix a rolling restart to fix a rolling restart to fix a rolling restart….

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