From: heckler spray The Spraylist 2007: Wishes For 2008 Quote from the site - It’s a year that’s seen hecklerspray writers thrown out of magazine-based writing competitions for cheating, hecklerspray writers painted bright orange as a gruesome initiation to other magazines, hecklerspray writers going on serious news programmes to discuss the real threat of wanking Kenyan monkeys and hecklerspray writers waggling huge black dildos around while being scathing about Second Life for digital TV channels.

From: TechDigest The Top 10 Technology Trends of 2007 Quote from the site - 2007 was another big year for gadget-heads, with a wealth of new tech to get to grips with, some intriguing industry developments, and the usual fanboy warz between Apple, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo addicts.

From: Francis Anderson London gets a Second Life Quote from the site - Someone with a bit of time on their hands (Dr. Andrew Hudson-Smith, from UCL’s Centre for Advanced Spacial Analysis, no less) has uploaded data from the urban landscape of London into Second Life. You can see it taking on 3D form in a Matrix-worthy way here…Video no longer available.

From: Your 2nd Place Heading Into 2008: Making Or Breaking Second Life Quote from the site - I’ve been quiet of late - quite a few different reasons, many related to real world events. It is high time that I posted something that I have been meaning to, but the additional time did help me deal with some of my thoughts related to Second Life, and virtual worlds in general. To write this, I needed the time away from Second Life… and one of the few good things that happened over the course of the last few weeks is that I was afforded that opportunity. First, and foremost, Second Life has to change.

From: openPR A new racing team emerges to push the limits of Second Life racing Quote from the site - KC Motorsports is a multi-discipline race team founded by Kandy Tomorrow (formerly of Team Redline Racing) and Caine Beresford (formerly of Team Pixel Props) in November of 2007.

From: Open Source Lanier’s attack on open source religion Quote from the site - The turn of the year, and the evident turning of an era, offers a great time to see the success, and possible excesses, of the open source ideal with fresh eyes.

From: Mac Audio Guy Streaming Audio Into Second Life From a Mac Quote from the site - The fact that the online community of Second Life provides a way listen to streaming audio has created opportunities for musicians , DJs, and others to stream live audio broadcast into Second Life.

From: Profy Virtual World Boom: While Second Life Lags, The Kid-Safe Variety Win Big Quote from the site - Here’s something I didn’t expect to read this morning. Virtual worlds are big stuff.

The kid-oriented variety, anyhow. Indeed, The New York Times reported today that despite the less-than-stellar magnetism attributed to the teen- and adult-specific gamespace/marketplace called Second Life, the places on the Web reserved for the youngest of computer-savvy generations are quite the attraction these days.

From: Gracie Kendal’s Weblog
Second Life: A Global Art Community Quote from the site - Hi my friends. Wanted to Say Happy New Years!!!

Wanted to run something by you and see if I can get some helpful advice. I am going to be writing my Masters Thesis in Art History, on Art in Second Life. I would love some feedback. Here is a brief explanation of what I am thinking….

From: Game|Life Second Life Appearance On The Office Wins Accolades Quote from the site - Second Life’s appearance on the NBC comedy The Office has made the list of the 10 most effective product placements of 2007, earning the number 8 slot.

From: The Motley Fool 6 Stocks Shrinking Share Counts Quote from the site - Stock buybacks are generally considered a bullish signal on Wall Street. They return capital to shareholders, while declaring management’s belief that its own cheap shares are its best return on investment.

From: New World Notes Second Life as 2007 Google Trend: Slowing Locally, Growing Globally Quote from the site - Here’s an interesting big picture point/counterpoint, gleaned from two parts of Google’s world mind. According to Google Trends, as a search term in 2007, Second Life reached a plateau point (much like the world’s active user base) and is now slowly declining.

From: SL I-Reports Unique concept by exciting new Second Life artist Quote from the site - There are many great artists in Second Life, just as there are in real life. Many real life artists cascade their talents into their virtual lives as a natural element of their personalities. Chalker Zenovka is one of them, albeit that he had a hiatus in his creativity until he met his beautiful Second Life partner Skye Fargis. You can just tell, by being in their company, how happy they are together, and since meeting him, Skye has encouraged and inspired Chalker into using his great artistic talent in Second Life. I was drawn to his work because of the uniqueness of it, his art covers nature, trees, fruit, animals, still life, gargoyles and what he calls his alien art (eerie humanlike figures).

From: Business Communicators of Second Life Virtual/RealWorld Custom Manufacturing Project: Double Happiness Jeans Quote from the site - It took me some digging to put all the pieces together, but this is just too fascinating not to have made the effort. Without a doubt Second Life is helping companies innovate products and processes - even though 2007 mainstream media was seemingly all about SL marketing efforts.

From: SLReports.net “Yip Admits to Tizzy Sabotage of BNT,” says Brautigan Quote from the site - Yip Admits to Tizzy Sabotage of BNT. My fellow SLers, My name is Turkey Yip, some of you might know me, and others won’t. I was working for jasper Tizzy in his company Countless Galaxies. I was his furniture designer, and I turned into his “slave” in a way.

From: Hibernia on the Skids Iron Behomoths of the Steam Age Quote from the site - Incident Report: Loch Avie

I found myself at Loch Avie, doing my normal border perimeter patrol. All seemed quite peaceful, until…

From: Hibernia on the Skids A New Year’s Party Crawl all over SL Quote from the site - A wonderful chain of events occurred throughout most of Second Life yesterday. Starting roughly at 1400 HRS in the time zone my alter ego occupies, New Year Celebrations were occurring everywhere! My typist had his own, RL events and activities to share, including welcoming visitors throughout the day and preparing hors d’ouevers and drinks and such.

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