From: New World Notes Paisley’s Tips: Leading SL Musician on the Perils of Performing Worldwide Quote from the site - Is the health of metaverse-based live music being hurt by a fundamental culture clash from the real world? That’s what I take from this very interesting interview with Paisley Beebe in the Metaverse Journal.

From: Web 2.0 Ireland Virtual and Realworld Art rubs shoulders at Ten Cubed Quote from the site - Haydn Shaughnessy has just launched the virtual art gallery Ten Cubed in Second Life. As a confirmed SL cynic, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this. However Haydn is one of the smartest guys around in media, tech and journalism so it had to be worth a look.

From: Lyra’s Thoughts Kick the Can Quote from the site - When I was a kid, a lot of my summers were spent up in northern Minnesota where my godfather had built his house. He had three children, all of whom were close friends of mine. The daughter was a young horsewoman, four years my senior; she basically taught me how to ride horses and was the older sister I could never have, being the oldest daughter in my own family.

From: The Muse Virtual reality campus draws students Quote from the site - Computer program Second Life allows users to enter a virtual world with a very real economy, and a MUN business prof is putting the popular virtual world to work for him and his class.

From: bostonist Second Life Inspires “Mixed Realities” Exhibition Quote from the site - With over 20 million accounts, Second Life has become a pop culture phenomenon. An Internet-based virtual world, the metaverse in which we can be the person we’ve always wanted to be (without putting in the hard-work of exercise or educational training) have very few competitors.

From: iste ISTE Events in Second Life Quote from the site - ISTE typically hosts in world events twice weekly: every Thursday at 6 PM SLT (that’s US pacific time), we host a social event for educators to meet and network. We also host a twice monthly speaker series, a monthly Educator Show and Tell session, and additional chats and discussions, typically on Tuesday evenings at 6 PM SLT.

From: MindBlizzard blog ING and ABN flee Second Life Quote from the site - Following American early adopters Wells Fargo, AOL and Pontiac, the Dutch exodus from Second Life has started. Banking corporation ING, who initiated the Our Virtual Holland sims are withdrawing from Second Life…. Destination unknown.

From: Ambling in Second Life Dutch banks depart Second Life - some thoughts… Quote from the site - Sometimes I get the impression that Linden Lab places rather a lot of emphasis on the “Lab” part of the name. Like a vast scientific experiment, they have created this fascinating virtual world, given it some vital nutrients (in the form of LSL, the L$ and the like) and then sat back to observe what happens.

From: Unable To Connect Second Life should be a Network in facebook! Quote from the site - I’m asking everyone who’s in both Second Life and facebook to join the facebook group.

From: Reuters Virtual retailers decry Second Life crime wave Quote from the site - Marco Eckert was showing off the newest line of clothes and custom skins in his Second Life store, an occasion ruined when an avatar started telling his customers in broken English where they could buy exact copies of Eckert’s designs for 50 percent off.

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