From: No 7 on Second Life Weblog OnOff Brings London Fashion Week to Second Life Quote from the site - It’s London’s turn to be the epicentre of fashion this week, with all the creativity, madness and late starts that involves. Should you either not have a ticket, or are tired of all the crowds, dashing back and forward across London etc, then you could see some of it from the comfort of your own armchair.

From: Wayne Porter Primula Rasa Back Story Quote from the site - To spare you a lengthy background story check out TheGridLive.com for photos, and some additional clues. (Yes Stone…you are on the right track.) The story line below is the first arc, or perhaps a prologue. More to come as we prepare the official Primula Rasa blog.

From: Some Day Now Second Life: The Adventures of Tumbledown Bashly Quote from the site - Well so far no great adventure. I signed up on Second Life last night. I’ve heard a little about SL but I never really paid much attention to it. However when you consider the fact that it’s an alternative virtual world populated by tens of thousands of people it might be worth paying attention to!

From: Reason Magazine Is Second Life’s Libertarian Experiment Over? Quote from the site - The virtual world Second Life announced yesterday that certain kinds of billboards will be restricted–those deemed to be “harassing behavior or visual spam.” Second Life blogger New World Notes charts the rise and fall of virtual world libertarianism: “Philip Linden has memorably said he’s building “a country” in Second Life.

From: PopMatters Avatars awaken second selves Quote from the site - Bryan Mnemonic can fly. His suit never wrinkles, and his chiseled body never bruises, not even if he crashes into trees. Bryan Carter wishes he could afford Mnemonic’s diamond cufflinks. But a mouse click makes it possible for Carter—Mnemonic’s maker—to indulge in a little bling in the virtual world.

From: SL I-Reports Cooking in Second Life Quote from the site - Maria Liberati, former super-model, now celebrity chef, stopped by Athena Isle today, as guest speaker for the Writers Club weekly meeting. She has just launched her second book, The Basic Art of Italian Cooking, available in stores and online at Amazon.

From: Second Life Newspaper True Love… in BOTH lives Quote from the site - It’s rare to find a couple in Second Life who are happy and 100% committed to one another. It’s even rarer to come across people who are not only SL partners in crime, but RL as well. Here I will focus on three couples, all of whom I know personally.

From: Janey’s place in Second Life Horse Riding with Pinkie and CNN meeting Quote from the site - It’s nice to see more of Pinkie now she is on line again just lately, we had a such a lot of laughs and adventures together in the past and I really missed her and Head as they had real life commitments, which has kept them away from sl.

From: NetSquared Second Life Chat About the NetSquared Mashup Challenge Quote from the site - At the February 15th NPSL (Nonprofits in Second LIfe) weekly meeting, NetSquared Team member, “Handyland Fairymeadow”, will be speaking about the NetSquared Mashup Challenge, and be available to answer your questions.

From: Business Week So I Married an Avatar Quote from the site - Shava Nerad’s wedding was a dream. The blue sky that kissed the dome of the ornate gazebo where she tied the knot on Feb. 9 was painted with an impressionist’s brush. Her dress was speckled with rubies.

From: Information Week Review: Leopard Grows Up With Mac OS X 10.5.2 Update Quote from the site - I’ve been able to double Second Life performance, too — but Second Life is still a pig on Leopard; previously, it was running at 1-3 frames per second, now I’ve got it running at 4-6 FPS.

From: The Register Sadville insecurity invites pickpockets Quote from the site - More than two months after security researchers released exploit code that steals money from Second Life users, residents of the virtual world remain vulnerable to similar hacks, the researchers say.

From: Second Life Blog Second Life Scheduled Maintenance 2/15/08 Quote from the site - The Second Life Server Team will be doing some scheduled maintenance upon several inventory servers. A small amount of residents will be effected and be unable to log in for approximately 30 mins between 7 AM PST and 1:00 PM PST.

From: Second Life Blog Knowledge Base Article of the Week #16: Be mine, Valentine! Quote from the site - If you find yourself a sweetheart and you want the whole world to know, you can make it official by proposing in Second Life. If your partner accepts, his her its their name will be displayed in the Partner field of your Second Life Profile.

From: Second Life Blog Tip of the Week #22: Editing and uploading sounds Quote from the site - Continuing from last week’s audio-related goodness, this tip is a popular question that deserves a better explanation: “How do I upload sounds?” And I show you not only that, but how to use a free, 3rd-party editor — Audacity — to prepare them too!

From: Vogue.com FASHION BITES Quote from the site - THOSE who won’t get to see some of the UK’s freshest fledgling design talents show at On|Off this season will be given a reprieve - Lee Lapthorne’s initiative is making the move into cyberpspace via cult online world Second Life.

From: Maricopa Community Colleges Podcasting, Second Life Techniques Offered for Faculty Quote from the site - Courses in Podcasting and Second Life are being offered this spring through the Maricopa Community Colleges’ Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction (MCLI).

From: Carolyn’s blog Midwives and educators meeting in second life Quote from the site - I have been furthering the plans for our meeting in second life to
explore opportunities for midwifery meetings, conferences and educational opportunities.

From: artdaily “Virtual Moves” in Second Life and in u.l.k. Art Labs at Statens Museum for Kunst. Quote from the site - Art has constantly been chasing new territories. Not surprisingly, artists have therefore been inspired by the explosion of opportunities within the virtual and digital media that we have witnessed in the last few years. The artistic tradition is being challenged and extended as a result of these virtual opportunities. And the concept of artwork, creation, and showing of the work exist on quite other premises than we are used to.

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