From: Roumen’s Weblog Chat transcript from Second Life Quote from the site - I attended the Second Life NetBeans chat yesterday. It was quite a lot of fun - if you missed the chat you can read the transcript here. My colleagues David and Brian led the Q&A. We had a total of about 35 people (some popped in and out during chat).

From: newswire today Solution for Corporate Training – Smart Robots in Second Life Simulations Quote from the site - Computer-based training simulations are a proven effective tool in corporate training. “Flexibility of Second Life, along with questions from our clients, gave us an idea to create robotic avatars that make simulators available to trainees at any time and do not require instructor’s presence,” said Alex Heiphetz, Ph.D., CEO of AHG, Inc. announcing release of first ever training simulations using smart robotic avatars, ”Instructor is necessary at the first – lecture or introduction – stage. Then trainees get around-the-clock access to the simulation so they can polish their skills.”

From: Are we not men? Sex on Wheels Quote from the site - A man’s set of wheels is like a window into his soul. Is he into muscle cars and good with his hands? Is his style more import tuner that rev’s hard and fast?

Sex on Wheels from HawksRock Gunawan on Vimeo.

From: windows devcenter [Second Life:Mono Project] Linden Labs Mono-powered Virtual Machine Beta Now Available! Quote from the site - Very nice! It’s absolutely wonderful to see successful open source projects such as Second Life (for those unaware, the Second Life grid is now GPL’d) embracing other successful open source projects such as Mono, making both projects better as a result.

From: Oh Second Life February Features at ISTE Island! Quote from the site - Just finished up reprogramming the Podcast Pickle Player at the ISTE Island Podcasters’ Place to feature, for the entire month of February, a charming podcast from elementary school classrooms in Omaha, Nebraska: Radio Willow Web.

From: First Coast News Make Real Money Online in Second Life Quote from the site - Do you want to start a business with just a little money? Or fly to your very own island without using an airplane? You can in the online virtual world of Second Life. You call the shots in this simulated society, literally creating a second electronic life for yourself.

From: PRWeb Franchisecircle.com Announces Launch Of First Virtual Franchising Convention on Second Life Quote from the site - FranchiseCircle.com, a social network for franchising launched in 2006, announced today plans to develop a 3D virtual tradeshow on the Second Life platform that will allow users’ to interact with franchise brands like never before.

From: design week Second Life showcase for digital art Quote from the site - The parameters of the virtual exhibition look set to be widened, with an inaugural show on Second Life, designed by Depo Consulting.

From: It’s Equal, But It’s Different Physics, Second Life e a Educação Brasileira… Quote from the site - I must confess that i’ve tought about this (to do physics in Second Life) many times. In fact, my mom gave me this idea way back in 30 May 2007 10:17:34 (BST).

From: Dusan Writer’s Metaverse Second Life Users Have Too Much Time On Their Hands: Philip Rosedale Quote from the site - Philip Rosedale tells Der Spiegel online that “The early users of Second Life are simply people who have a lot of time” and outlines priorities and his thoughts on coming competition, including the fact that he’s worried that the competition has learned from Second Life’s mistakes.

From: SLWTF Fun with a friend Quote from the site - Some people bowl because they like to bowl. Since I fairly suck at bowling, on those rare occasions I do bowl it’s because it’s something to do with friends. So it’s nice to find something in Second Life that you can do together that isn’t dancing, shopping, or exploring.

From: The Ubiquitous Librarian Second Life Revisited – are we ready to provide classroom support? Quote from the site - I attended an AIMA event this week about Second Life. The presentation, How Virtual Worlds are Impacting Interactive Marketing , featured an all-star panel with reps from major companies. Below are some highlights. Also, some thoughts about the role of the librarian within the virtual world.

From: Sciencegeekgirl Science in Second Life? Quote from the site - There’s actually quite a bit of science in Second Life (the online virtual “massive multiplayer online role-playing game”). Second Life is a pretty popular place (42,967 online at the writing of this post), so in today’s age where it’s best to bring science to the people (because the people ain’t coming to science), having cool, fun science stuff in this world is pretty powerful stuff.

From: New World Notes SynaesthAsia: Dynamic, Live Music/Visual Spectacular from Musicians in Two Countries Quote from the site - I didn’t get a chance to attend the recent premiere of SynaesthAsia, a buzzworthy project from two Resident musicians based in Japan and Taiwan, but fortunately, Bettina Tizzy of NPIRL and Osprey of SL Art News were there to document the show.

From: School Library Journal Digital filmmaking for the 21st century Quote from the site - What do a commercial for Toyota, TV programs such as CSI: New York and The Office, film festivals, and an organization that works with urban youth all have in common?

From: Networked Performance Immersion vs. Augmentation (in Second Life) Quote from the site - These days immersion is mainly found among resident whose SL behaviors emphasizes strong roleplay.

From: Your2ndPlace Second Life Checkers Quote from the site - I rarely simply point to another blog and say, “Look at this” - but if you’re interested in LSL and/or making your own Checkers within Second Life….

Lots more links after the break.

From: CNN Video ‘Second Life’ musicians Quote from the site - CNN’s Miles O’Brien dressed up his avatar and flew-in for a concert by Space Junky in the virtual world of ‘Second Life’

From: IT News Online CRY (Child Rights & You) Opens Office in ‘Second life’ Quote from the site - Child Rights & You (CRY), along with its partners CRY America and CRY UK, has opened its office in ‘Second Life’, in order to reach a wider global audience, create awareness of child rights and involve people of all ages, from all walks of life, in taking action.

From: Second Life Blog Scripters : Object Name and Description Changes Quote from the site - There have always been limits on the length of the “Name” and “Description” fields on objects. The name field is limited to 63 characters, and the description field is limited to 127 characters.

From: Second Life Blog Wednesday Maintenance Quote from the site - We’ll be doing some maintenance to improve the capacity of our Asset Storage Cluster on Wednesday, 06 February, between 7am PST and 11am PST.

From: Second Life Blog [RESOLVED] Land search and land sales not up to date - Rolling restart in progress. Quote from the site - [RESOLVED 9:58 PM PST] The rolling restart is now 100% complete.

From: astd Learning’s Second Life Quote from the site - The articles about Second Life, the 3-D phenomenon sweeping the Internet, are everywhere—just google it and you’ll find 70.5 million articles about this digital chimera that is visited by millions daily. But I must admit, I was a little skeptical about this new virtual world.

From: New World Notes German Explorers Tour Second Life Mit Dem Bus Quote from the site - Following Iris Ophelia’s lead, I’m starting to scout for more non-English Second Life blogs, especially from countries where there are more active SL Residents by proportion, in comparison to the US and other English-speaking nations.

From: Mean Girls Guide to SL We have teh pr0n (Or Kitty’s utter shame) Quote from the site - The following post has been rated ‘NC17′ and is totally NSFW or any situation where people may see you and think you “Look like a saddo” Danke.

From: collapsing geography metaverse memory: lsl1 Quote from the site - I just had a chance to read James Au’s new book, “The Making of Second Life.” It was a fun read, but like any collection of memories, it captures only a tiny slice of the events that went into making Second Life.

From: collapsing geography demo 2002 Quote from the site - The Demo conference is going on right now and the blogosphere is abuzz. Certainly, Demo doesn’t have the same glow that it did during the dotcom bubble, but I’m hearing more about it this year than I have for a while.

From: Clever Zebra Need to Host a Large Crowd in Second Life? Quote from the site - Then you’ll need the brand new 120 seat amphitheater from Clever Zebra! This video, courtesy of a Skribe Productions who are now contributing some stunning Machinima to the Zebra Corporate project as we continue to build the open source development kit for Second Life, will give you the snapshot.

From: Are we not men? I’m just happy to see you Quote from the site - Guns are not funny. That’s the Burgess corollary to the Steve Martin Proposition that comedy is not pretty. A bullet through the head does not have the same laugh value as an arrow through the head.

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