From: Second Life Blog [RESOLVED] DNS Failures Affecting Logins, Main Site Access, Region Crossings Quote from the site - Operations teams at the Lab and the co-location facility are working to address the DNS failures which are inhibiting logins and Website access.

All regions should be up and running. There are still some background issues we are working on but Second Life should be running normally for residents.

From: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Second Life Residents Speak: Kim Anubis Quote from the site - It’s been a busy fall for books about Second Life.

I was at a book store in San Francisco yesterday–ostensibly to attend a book signing by celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, but while there I just “happened” to go and notice that they had mine on an outward-facing display–and it turned out they had a whole shelf of Second Life books.

From: Between the Lines On getting a Second Life Quote from the site - Second Life is a virtual world “populated” by “avatars” (cartoonish remote controlled mannequins, basically) driven by “real” people sitting in front of their PCs. (One of the hazards of writing about Second Life is that you use a lot of quotation marks.) Second Life is “constructivist:” Its owner (Linden Lab) builds nothing but empty islands one mile square. The avatars (actually their human controllers) are responsible for creating roads, buildings, trees, cars, pathogens, etc. The result is a visually rich and eclectic “world.”

From: Personneltoday Second Life systems reinvigorate e-learning Quote from the site - Tired of dull old e-learning programmes? Second Life systems could be the answer.

From: Light on Light Through Conversation with Ken Hudson/Kenny Hubble: Second Life! Quote from the site - Welcome to Episode 49 of Light On Light Through in which I converse with digital artist Ken Hudson aka Kenny Hubble of and about Second Life. At 10,000 accounts and growing, the vibrant virtual community of Second Life is becoming a way of life for many.

From: The Second Life Grid Grind A Challenge Proposed Quote from the site - This post isn’t about Second Life. This is about life, real life, the one that doesn’t often give us second chances to do what’s right.

From: Valleywag The secret to making money in Second Life Quote from the site - CNET senior writer Daniel Terdiman says Second Life is rife with business opportunities. While researching his book The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Second Life: Making Money in the Metaverse, he interviewed a whopping two dozen residents who count on Second Life for their monthly income.

From: WebCPA CPAs Find an Island on Second Life Quote from the site - Accounting firms are starting to go virtual and setting up shop on Second Life.

A few weeks ago, I wrote about how futurist Edie Weiner recently predicted that accountants might need to start keeping track of money in Second Life’s virtual currency, Linden dollars.

From: aethans|exchange University Students Get A (Second) Life Quote from the site - University student Matt Griffin has two lives, one in this life and another in Second Life.

Three or four times a week, he logs on to Second Life, an online community built and owned by its residents and joins his avatar ‘Rufio Rau’ to the other 9.7 million avatars in Second Life.

From: Wired No Shortcuts to Success for Virtual Entrepreneurs Quote from the site - Despite bank collapses, Ponzi schemes, bans on gambling, and cries for more financial oversight and regulation, Daniel Terdiman still thinks Second Life is a great place to do business.

From: Sydney Morning Herald How about living twice? Or is once enough? Quote from the site - If you’ve paid any attention to the media and the who’s who of marketing in the last 18 months you would have some vague impression of a buzzing Second Life community out there in cyberspace.

From: unicef Virtual video-making in Teen Second Life spreads the message on child rights Quote from the site - To mark the 18th anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC), a group of teenage videographers has given an online screening of their short videos made in the virtual world of Teen Second Life.

From: Business Communicators of Second Life SL Business Communicators Transcript: The Office in SL with Clear Ink Quote from the site - Kiwini Oe (aka Steve Nelson, EVP, Chief Strategy Officer) of Clear Ink is a great typist! And beyond that, he is funny, incredibly interesting and opened up a view for us into Clear Ink’s production of their machinima segments and “back lot production” for NBC’s The Office episode, Local Ad which aired October 25.

From: Second Life Blog Knowledge Base Article of the Week #5: Getting the Most Frames for Your Seconds Quote from the site - This edition of the Knowledge Base Article of the Week is a guide to improving region performance. Though this article is mainly geared toward the owners of estates and private regions, it contains advice that every Resident should find thought-provoking, if not downright useful…

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