From: Massively Second Life users support the WGA strike Quote from the site - As you may be aware, the Writer’s Guild of America, the folks who write our TV and movies, have been on strike for the past month-plus over (among other things) getting paid a cut of revenues for internet play of episodes.

From: I, Lamont Ray Kurzweil on virtual reality, augmented reality, and Second Life Quote from the site - Recently in Computerworld, I had a very interesting interview with Ray Kurzweil on some of the issues he discussed in The Singularity Is Near. Portions of the interview appeared in the print issue (see The Grill: Ray Kurzweil talks about ‘augmented reality’ and the Singularity), but I also made sure to publish the other portions of the interview on my Computerworld blog, The Digital Media Machine…

From: Shiryu Musashi’s Blog The Accademia Montenapoleone 5 opens in Second Life! Quote from the site - Many wondered why I had been pretty much silent for almost a year. Here’s the explanation: During the last few months I worked very hard on the building and opening of my new project: bringing the first real life fashion academy to Second Life.

From: Science Roll Nature’s role in e-Science: Second Life conference on Monday! Quote from the site - It’s my pleasure to announce that a new Scifoo lives on session will take place on the Second Nature island at 17:00 GMT on Monday, December 10. You can teleport there. The idea is based on my 10 Reasons Why Nature is the Best in Science 2.0 post.

From: Ambling in Second Life Another Day at the SL Office Quote from the site - I got an IM from Draxtor Despres the other day, pointing me at his YouTube videos taken from Life4U, “The First TV Magazine in Second Life.” In particular you might enjoy viewing their recent article on The Office, which you can find here, before rummaging for other goodies!

From: The DDM Collective - in Second Life Using Second Life with a Whiteboard Quote from the site - With a recently installed Promethean ActiveBoard in the studio, we tried a recording of a crit during a studio session. This was our first opportunity of explore Second Life controlled by the activeboard kit, as well as another way of bringing SL into a blended learning environment.

From: BlogHUD If you’re a Star Wars Fan Quote from the site - And spend time in Second Life, then you REALLY need this. A working X-Wing fighter. It’s incredible, simply incredible. You have to see it to believe it.

From: Second Life Blog More on Age Verification Quote from the site - Some of you have raised the question whether the age verification vendor we have selected, Aristotle and their Integrity service, is complying with various global privacy laws, which generally pertain to collection, use and storage of personal data.

From: Second Life Herald Religion in SL - Part 1: Christianity Quote from the site - Welcome to the first in a series of articles exploring religion in Second Life. What’s out there, who believes in what, why they built churches/mosques/synagogues/etcetera. For a game that’s mostly obsessed with sexplay, there’s a lot of religious areas to be found. Having a small temple for my own small quiet faith, I wondered what inspirations may drive others to represent their faiths in our virtual world. This week’s article will cover Christianity and it’s branches.

From: Talking Technology Give Second Life a go Quote from the site - In a ZDNet (US) blog recently, Second Life received a mixed rating from Accenture Technology Labs’ Ed Gottsman, who suggested that few of the in-world businesses had been successful so far, one-off event hosting was taking off.

From: DN Online Bracken’s resources go cyber Quote from the site - Deodatus Janus stood on Middletown Island in a computerized sea as the red moon set, lighting the digital horizon a red hue.

Philip Deloria, assistant archivist for digital projects and University Archives, operates in the world of Second Life as Deodatus Janus, which will exhibit library resources.

From: Computer Weekly 2nd Chance for a Second Life Quote from the site - At a recent CW 500 Club session my old friend Prof. Clive Holtham from the Cass Business School was speaking about Second Life, looking at its possible application in mainstream business - currently not a lot - though you’d be advised to monitor the progress of Second Life as it could be the application that comes out of left field to surprise us.

From: eightbar Holiday building project in second life Quote from the site - One of the wider eightbar group Anita Cassini in SL told me about a “build a better bauble” project she has got going with some other residents. The basic premise is you build a christmas tree ornanament to represent you or your brand and these all get placed on various trees around SL.

From: The Baggage Claim Going Virtually Fashionable in Second Life Quote from the site - Via The Business of Fashion, I was reading up about last week’s meeting at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston that brought together representatives from Linden Labs, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dolce & Gabbana, Max Mara, and Italian filmmaker Giacomo Faenza to discuss the presence of the fashion industry in digital media.

From: nmc La Historia del NMC Campus en Second Life Quote from the site - Our video on NMC and Second Life, NMC Campus: Seriously Engaging continues t be one of the most requested media items viewed on our web site. While it has been close to 2 years since we published this video, it is viewed in recently more than 700 times per month, and this does not even count where it is accessed on other sites such as YouTube, blip.tv, and Google Video.

From: Science Roll Nature’s role in e-Science: Second Life conference LIVE Quote from the site - Another day with live blogging, but this time from the Scifoo lives on Second Life conference session, where we’ll talk about Nature.com’s role in e-Science. Enjoy and join us here!

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