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document.write(' <div> <div id=\"seek_19785_10\">     <div class=\"f-i\"><ul><h2><a href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user/05110025759658359693/label/podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img src=\"http://static.feedraider.com/favicon.s3.feedraider.com/\"/></a><a href=\"/feed/19785/latest\">&quot;podcasts&quot; via slhamlet in Google Reader</a></h2>                             <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Interview with author Starla Huchton of The Dreamers Thread </b> (03.02 21:12) Interview with Starla Huchton, the author of The Dreamers Thread. The serialized book is available in podcast form on podiobook and iTunes. The book was written during the NaNoWriMo, a thirty day challenge to write a novel of 50,000 words. Music in the podcast: Waking Dream by Natalie Walker found on music alley from mevio. Intro and closing Jingle by THE Geoff Smith. Blue Hair is available at ... ]\" id=\"f_194932717\"><a href=\"http://m.podshow.com/media/6314/episodes/211202/bluehair-211202-02-03-2010.mp3\" class=\"mp3\">&#160;</a><a href=\"http://m.podshow.com/media/6314/episodes/211202/bluehair-211202-02-03-2010.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Interview with author Starla Huchton of The Dreamers Thread</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Blue Hair Podcast #17 Interview with Charles White </b> (12.08 07:41) Interview with Charles White (known as Jet Burns in Second Life) who works in NASA/&#039;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Knowledge Management team. Twitter: Jet_Burns NASA CoLab in Second Life ... ]\" id=\"f_86925497\"><a href=\"http://m.podshow.com/media/6314/episodes/170230/bluehair-170230-08-11-2009.mp3\" class=\"mp3\">&#160;</a><a href=\"http://m.podshow.com/media/6314/episodes/170230/bluehair-170230-08-11-2009.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Hair Podcast #17 Interview with Charles White</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Blue Hair 16 Revival </b> (31.07 09:54) Ok, so I’m doing a bit of a revival for Blue Hair. Download Blue Hair Episode 16 Torley shows off Here Island with krpano – Flash Panorama ViewerHere Here Island PanoramaKR Pano Free trial, 30 Euro’s (42.38 US$) for 2 domains, 90 euros for unlimited domains. Program available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Spherical images need to be 2:1 ratio. Or you can use 6 “cubed” images (top, bottom, left, r... ]\" id=\"f_69710465\"><a href=\"http://m.podshow.com/media/6314/episodes/168039/bluehair-168039-07-31-2009.mp3\" class=\"mp3\">&#160;</a><a href=\"http://m.podshow.com/media/6314/episodes/168039/bluehair-168039-07-31-2009.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Hair 16 Revival</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Blue Hair #15 - Tracking Visitors </b> (30.12 05:56) I talk about different visitor counters that can be found within virtual world of Second Life. I gave a comparison at the end between counters offered by Linden Lab, Maya Realities, Metaverse Business, SL Buzz, MetaXpand, Rabbit Glen Software, SLsensor.com, Mechanized Life, and Second Labs. Power Point slides have been published on Google Docs as Blue Hair Podcast 15 - Tracking Visitors. Linden L... ]\" id=\"f_5636216\"><a href=\"http://m.podshow.com/media/6314/episodes/92823/bluehair-92823-12-29-2007.mp3\" class=\"mp3\">&#160;</a><a href=\"http://m.podshow.com/media/6314/episodes/92823/bluehair-92823-12-29-2007.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Hair #15 - Tracking Visitors</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Marketing in Second Life </b> (16.12 21:12) Broadcasted Live in SL on the Woodbridge sim . Follow along with the Power Point Presentation Slides . I talk about Machinima as one possible avenue of advertising in SL. One participant mentions draxtror depress SL journalist in youtube for Life 4-U TV . I talk about having a website for support, news and a product catalog and give my own wiki as an example. &nbsp; I covered many keyword ... ]\" id=\"f_5393607\"><a href=\"http://m.podshow.com/media/6314/episodes/91183/bluehair-91183-12-16-2007.mp3\" class=\"mp3\">&#160;</a><a href=\"http://m.podshow.com/media/6314/episodes/91183/bluehair-91183-12-16-2007.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Marketing in Second Life</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>PodCamp, SL Woodstock, Burning Life and SLCC </b> (18.08 09:22) 00:05 Blue Hair Extended Mix Preview - Geoff Smith 00:49 Pinky and the Brain - Better than DuckTales I&#039;ll be attending Podcamp Philly on September 7 - 9, 2007&nbsp; at Drexel University. 02:20 AM - Stepping Stone&nbsp;(website) William Pitre the Traveling Avatar has his first Rez-Day on August 15 and celebrates with a large party called SL Woodstock&nbsp;from Thursday 16&nbsp;to Saturday 18 hosted at Nowhereville, Lo... ]\" id=\"f_3106174\"><a href=\"http://m.podshow.com/media/6314/episodes/75807/bluehair-75807-08-18-2007.mp3\" class=\"mp3\">&#160;</a><a href=\"http://m.podshow.com/media/6314/episodes/75807/bluehair-75807-08-18-2007.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">PodCamp, SL Woodstock, Burning Life and SLCC</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Catching Up </b> (14.08 10:22) 00:01 Blue Hair Jingle - Geoff Smith 00:44 Space Balls: The everlasting know it all Castblaster recommended by Gomem Desoto. I had&nbsp;problems with Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit. Beta 0.81 available for fix. I got a new computer - HP Entertainment PC Laptop dv9260nr. 03:51 Aaron: Looking Good&nbsp;- website I am working on creating a skin for myself from pictures in real life. I found that Morpheus Ph... ]\" id=\"f_3018884\"><a href=\"http://m.podshow.com/media/6314/episodes/75199/bluehair-75199-08-14-2007.mp3\" class=\"mp3\">&#160;</a><a href=\"http://m.podshow.com/media/6314/episodes/75199/bluehair-75199-08-14-2007.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Catching Up</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>SecondCast #63 - “Conferences Suck” </b> (09.08 00:50) Randy Moss, Chair of SLCC 2007, joins the SecondCasters to talk about organizing SLCC 2007 and the issues that drew criticism and drama from the Second Life community. The conference is scheduled for August 24-26 in Chicago. Be sure to look for SecondCasters Lordfly Digeridoo and Johnny Ming!Buy Clarinex Verizon Wireless Ringtones Consumer credit reporting Augmentin Canada credit card applicati... ]\" id=\"f_2926483\"><a href=\"http://www.reznation.com/?p=127\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">SecondCast #63 - “Conferences Suck”</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>SecondCast #62 - “Something Something” </b> (21.06 09:44) Josh Fouts (SL: Schmilsson Nilsson) joins the Secondcasters to discuss the launch of the USC Center for Public Diplomacy in Second Life on Annenburg Island. USC’s partner, the MacArthur Foundation will appear this Friday at noon EST for a discussion with Linden Lab CEO Philip Rosedale to discuss philanthropy in virtual worlds. This episode also features a special interview with Jerry Paffendo... ]\" id=\"f_2083454\"><a href=\"http://www.secondcast.com/podcasts//secondcast-ep62.mp3\" class=\"mp3\">&#160;</a><a href=\"http://www.reznation.com/?p=126\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">SecondCast #62 - “Something Something”</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>SecondCast #61 - “Bucket” </b> (29.05 03:05) The Secondcasters are joined by guest host Roslin Petion of Roslin Petion of Tete A Pied and SecondStyle Magazine. The group interviews Jen and Corey of Bucket a podcast about many hilarious things including Second Life. The group discusses Fluffy Bunny and Bucket’s Nowhereville Concert series, kicked off by Rich Palmer in May. Download Standard Podcast... ]\" id=\"f_1732496\"><a href=\"http://www.secondcast.com/podcasts//secondcast-ep61.mp3\" class=\"mp3\">&#160;</a><a href=\"http://www.reznation.com/?p=125\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">SecondCast #61 - “Bucket”</a></li>                          </ul>     </div> </div> </div>  <div> <div id=\"seek_19789_9\">     <div class=\"f-i\"><ul><h2><a href=\"http://www.slnn.com/index.php\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img src=\"http://static.feedraider.com/favicon.s3.feedraider.com/\"/></a><a href=\"/feed/19789/latest\">SLNN</a></h2>                             <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>The blogger&#039;s centenary </b> (16.11 16:28) Fashion blogger Felicity Blumenthal throws a star-studded party to celebrate her 100th post.... ]\" id=\"f_15311860\"><a href=\"http://www.slnn.com/article/felicityblumenthal/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The blogger&#039;s centenary</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>World Bank&#039;s Second Life Launch of Doing Business Report </b> (27.10 00:34) The World Bank prepares for its second annual virtual launch of its Doing Business Report.... ]\" id=\"f_14631137\"><a href=\"http://www.slnn.com/article/world-bank-doing-business-2009/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">World Bank&#039;s Second Life Launch of Doing Business Report</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Written Word set to begin a week-long writers&#039; heaven </b> (25.10 17:32) Main Events Week at the Autumn Writer&#039;s Exhibition begins October 26 on the Cookie sim. Sponsor Written Word plans to expand by offering aspiring writers a place to sell their work on the Web.... ]\" id=\"f_14454814\"><a href=\"http://www.slnn.com/article/written-word/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Written Word set to begin a week-long writers&#039; heaven</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>RL recession could fuel virtual world boom </b> (25.10 16:11) In a similar way to the growth of Hollywood during the great depression, we could see a much larger adoption of virtual worlds like Second Life, and purchases of virtual goods, instead of the purchase of more expensive real world experiences and items.... ]\" id=\"f_14454815\"><a href=\"http://www.slnn.com/article/recession-fuels-virtual/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">RL recession could fuel virtual world boom</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Linden Lab and RRR combine to offer solutions to businesses </b> (22.10 19:10) In an interview held this week at VIrtual Worlds London, Linden Lab explains recent partnership with Rivers Run Red.... ]\" id=\"f_14381877\"><a href=\"http://www.slnn.com/article/rrr-work-solutions/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Linden Lab and RRR combine to offer solutions to businesses</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>The Couture Canvas </b> (15.10 20:58) Zullay Thor introduces true couture to the Second Life fashion industry with a range of one-off outfits for silent auction.... ]\" id=\"f_14074555\"><a href=\"http://www.slnn.com/article/zullaythor/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The Couture Canvas</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Pratchett not keen on SL graphics </b> (13.10 18:56) Terry Pratchett answers fans&#039; questions and hangs out of his own island in his first visit to Second Life.... ]\" id=\"f_14024998\"><a href=\"http://www.slnn.com/article/terry-pratchett/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Pratchett not keen on SL graphics</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>The Art of Tease </b> (07.10 18:51) SLNN pays a visit to the New Champagne Rooms, where burlesque style, with all it&#039;s feathers and fancy fripperies, is alive and shimmying.... ]\" id=\"f_13767137\"><a href=\"http://www.slnn.com/article/newchampagnerooms/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The Art of Tease</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>A New Persona </b> (06.10 15:16) Clothing, pose and accessories line Persona has expanded into its own sim, adorning its new home with plenty of must-have items.... ]\" id=\"f_13767138\"><a href=\"http://www.slnn.com/article/personaisle/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">A New Persona</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Second Life and the New York Games Conference </b> (03.10 19:44) While Second Life was not a major topic of discussion at the New York Games Conferences, many of the discussions related to the future of Second Life.... ]\" id=\"f_13767139\"><a href=\"http://www.slnn.com/article/ny-games-conference/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Second Life and the New York Games Conference</a></li>                          </ul>     </div> </div> </div>  <div> <div id=\"seek_5890_8\">     <div class=\"f-i\"><ul><h2><a href=\"http://secondlife.blogs.com/nwn/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img src=\"http://static.feedraider.com/favicon.s3.feedraider.com/\"/></a><a href=\"/feed/5890/latest\">New World Notes</a></h2>                             <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>THE NEW NEW WORLD NOTES... </b> (24.06 03:43) Continues here. My deepest thanks to everyone at Linden Lab who made my journey to this point possible. And just as much gratitude to the Residents and readers who&#039;ve made (and make) it a trip worth taking.... ]\" id=\"f_26543926\"><a href=\"http://secondlife.blogs.com/nwn/2006/03/the_new_new_wor.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">THE NEW NEW WORLD NOTES...</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>THE PRESENT DEATH OF HAMLET </b> (24.06 03:43) So it suits to suspend my tenure as Hamlet Linden while standing on the cliffs of Shipley, because this is where, more or less, it all began some 30 months ago. I interviewed Catherine Omega in May of 2003, in her mansion along the Shipley shore below, and though I&#039;d been writing New World Notes for a couple weeks by then, it&#039;s... ]\" id=\"f_26543927\"><a href=\"http://secondlife.blogs.com/nwn/2006/02/the_present_dea.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">THE PRESENT DEATH OF HAMLET</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>GETTING FEDERATED </b> (24.06 03:43) Now it can be told: once New World Notes is no longer sponsored or affiliated with Linden Lab starting March 1st, it will partner with John Battelle&#039;s Federated Media Publishing, a vast and mighty new blog network anchored by Boing Boing. It&#039;s a new enterprise from the co-founder of Wired and the Industry Standard, and I&#039;m deeply honored to be the little brother in FM&#039;s growing roster, reporting... ]\" id=\"f_26543928\"><a href=\"http://secondlife.blogs.com/nwn/2006/02/getting_federat.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">GETTING FEDERATED</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>OGLING AVATARS </b> (24.06 03:43) Fast on the heels of Cory Linden&#039;s recent thoughts on using OpenGL to copy SL objects, Mr. Zamboni sends word of an imminent in-world demo of that very technology-- from OpenGL, to an application called OGLE, to a 3D printer, to a once-virtual object you can hold in your hands. Details on tomorrow&#039;s event-- and a startling visual demo-- here.... ]\" id=\"f_26543929\"><a href=\"http://secondlife.blogs.com/nwn/2006/02/ogling_avatars.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">OGLING AVATARS</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>THE PUBLIC DEBT OF DIGERIDOO </b> (24.06 03:43) A unique solution to the high cost of higher education... For awhile there, he could put himself through college by floating the tuition with his credit card, and with his job selling refrigerators and such at a department store chain. But when one thing led to another (as they&#039;re often apt to do), Lordfly Digeridoo found hims... ]\" id=\"f_26543930\"><a href=\"http://secondlife.blogs.com/nwn/2006/02/the_public_debt.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">THE PUBLIC DEBT OF DIGERIDOO</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>SLODCASTING </b> (24.06 03:43) All the drama, patter, and giggles of SL, now portable for your morning commute: Johnny Ming&#039;s Secondcast, podcasting hour-long shows on a myriad of Second Life subjects. The first episode is a Skype-powered rountable between Ming, the SL Herald&#039;s Walker Spaight, famed architect Lordfly Digeridoo, fashion empress Aimee Weber, and Snapzilla founder Cristiano Midnight, winging it on assorted topic... ]\" id=\"f_26543931\"><a href=\"http://secondlife.blogs.com/nwn/2006/02/slodcasting.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">SLODCASTING</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>GRAPHIC CONTENT </b> (24.06 03:43) There&#039;s been SL comic strips, SL magazines, and SL advertisements that use graphic novel stylings, but unless I didn&#039;t get the memo (and that&#039;s always possible), there hasn&#039;t yet been much in the way of actual graphic novels using Second Life as an illustration platform. Enter Sidra Stern&#039;s Reavinator, a witty (..... ]\" id=\"f_26543932\"><a href=\"http://secondlife.blogs.com/nwn/2006/02/graphic_content.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">GRAPHIC CONTENT</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>BLOGGER OF GOR </b> (24.06 03:43) In the first part of Unimpeachable Offense, I mentioned the Gorean subculture of Second Life in passing, and only because one of the Residents I chose at random to interview happened to be a slave within the group. I haven&#039;t written about them in detail (yet), but as luck would have it, humdog has written a vivid confessional of her time among SL&#039;s Goreans for the Second Life Herald: ... F... ]\" id=\"f_26543933\"><a href=\"http://secondlife.blogs.com/nwn/2006/02/blogger_of_gore.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BLOGGER OF GOR</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>THE LONGTAIL OF LONG TAILS </b> (24.06 03:43) The nice thing about running a blog for so long is you&#039;ll suddenly see an old entry re-discovered to enjoy another surge of readership, then surge again from the first re-discovery, and so on-- sort of like Chris Anderson&#039;s long tail model applied to blogging. That phenomena happened to me last week, when a Wired.com article on SL included a link to a 10 month old NWN entr..... ]\" id=\"f_26543934\"><a href=\"http://secondlife.blogs.com/nwn/2006/02/the_longtail_on.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">THE LONGTAIL OF LONG TAILS</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>HERALDED APPEARANCE </b> (24.06 03:43) Walker Spaight just put up his interview with me for the Second Life Herald here, a conversation on my recent decision to take NWN indy, while also touching on issues of journalistic independence and financial backing, bloggers and virtual words, and more. Thanks to Bedpan Unknown, Huns Valen, and an identified Japanese dancing box robot for the mid-interview entertainment...... ]\" id=\"f_26543935\"><a href=\"http://secondlife.blogs.com/nwn/2006/02/heralded_appear.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">HERALDED APPEARANCE</a></li>                          </ul>     </div> </div> </div> <div style=\"clear: both; height: 10px; width: 100%;\"></div> <div> <div id=\"seek_5947_10\">     <div class=\"f-i\"><ul><h2><a href=\"http://alphavilleherald.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img src=\"http://static.feedraider.com/favicon.s3.feedraider.com/\"/></a><a href=\"/feed/5947/latest\">The Alphaville Herald</a></h2>                             <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Post 6 Archives — Jenna Thurston, Makes Magic, Ost Clawtooth </b> (22.07 04:17) by Timothy Morpork It doesn’t seem possible that over a year has passed since I took over the best job on this virtual world- Post 6 Photographer. I thought I should do something to mark the anniversary, but that date came and went a couple of months ago. Organization and planning are not top priorities at Post 6. Then, a few weeks ago, as I was scanning the television for something to watch, it ... ]\" id=\"f_223312258\"><a href=\"http://alphavilleherald.com/2010/07/post-6-archives-jenna-thurston-makes-magic-ost-clawtooth.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Post 6 Archives — Jenna Thurston, Makes Magic, Ost Clawtooth</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>US Government Hits 73,000 Blogs With Ban Stick </b> (22.07 04:17) by IntLibber Brautigan In a blatant show of force against a host of more than 73,000 wordpress blogs, the US Government ordered BurstNet Technologies to take down the server of Blogetery.com for repeated acts of abuse of intellectual property and insufficient respect for the DMCA. According to a story on TorrentFreak, the owner/renter of the server received the following notice from BurstNet: D.... ]\" id=\"f_223312259\"><a href=\"http://alphavilleherald.com/2010/07/us-government-hits-73000-blogs-with-ban-stick.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">US Government Hits 73,000 Blogs With Ban Stick</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>GE and NBC Place Bets On Vivox </b> (22.07 04:17) by IntLibber Brautigan The venture capital arm of General Electric and NBC Universal, aka Peacock Equity has invested $2 million in Second Life voice chat provider Vivox. Vivox provides voice chat services to 30 million users, with corporate clients CCP Games, Nexon, Linden Lab, Sony Online Entertainment, and many others. Vivox will use the new funds to expand into new markets and services like ..... ]\" id=\"f_223312260\"><a href=\"http://alphavilleherald.com/2010/07/ge-and-nbc-place-bets-on-vivox.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">GE and NBC Place Bets On Vivox</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Linden Lab Stock Sinks at SharesPost </b> (16.07 09:23) The return of Philip Rosedale as interim CEO of Linden Lab has apparently left real world investors unmoved, as offers to sell heavily discounted Linden Lab shares sit untouched at the SharesPost.com site. While SharesPost reports sales of Linden stock at $5.50 USD/share as recently as February 2010, current offers to sell stock go begging at prices as low as $2.50 USD/share – implying a dramatic... ]\" id=\"f_222712457\"><a href=\"http://alphavilleherald.com/2010/07/linden-lab-stock-sinks-at-sharespost.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Linden Lab Stock Sinks at SharesPost</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>KathrynAnn Kobaleinen — Post 6 Grrrrl </b> (16.07 09:23) (KathrynAnn Kobaleinen came to see me ages ago about modeling. Finding time for her to pose with my increasingly busy RL and her time zone proved to be a problem, and then other delays have kept her from appearing here, but I have to say, she&#039;s very much worth the wait. KathrynAnn Kobaleinen is stylish, classy, and a very professional model with whom it was a pleasure to work. It is a great pleasu... ]\" id=\"f_222712458\"><a href=\"http://alphavilleherald.com/2010/07/kathrynann-kobaleinen-post-6-grrrrl.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">KathrynAnn Kobaleinen — Post 6 Grrrrl</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Op/Ed: The Loss of Civility </b> (16.07 09:23) by FoxM Ember Is it art that imitates life, or is the other way around? I forget, and perhaps with today’s technology they have become interchangeable. At the risk of exposing my “old fashion,” I believe we have now become fully immersed in a self-created culture of declining morality and non-existent shared values. We live in a world – both real and virtual – where ethics and integrity have be... ]\" id=\"f_222712459\"><a href=\"http://alphavilleherald.com/2010/07/oped-the-loss-of-civility.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Op/Ed: The Loss of Civility</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Kal Cartier Says Nicholas Is Not A “Mafia” </b> (16.07 09:23) …but still admits to some mischief As our readers know, there has been a recent surge of mafia activities in and around Second Life as gang activities have been more in the foreground of late. Last week, I met with two of the prominent members of Nicholas, Kal Cartier, the current commander in chief of the group, and another member who insisted on being anonymous. The main message that the ... ]\" id=\"f_222712460\"><a href=\"http://alphavilleherald.com/2010/07/kal-cartier-says-nicholas-is-not-a-%e2%80%9cmafia%e2%80%9d.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Kal Cartier Says Nicholas Is Not A “Mafia”</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Alynna Triellis — Post 6 Grrrrrl </b> (08.07 13:54) (Sometimes, despite my best efforts, models get lost in the shuffle and poor Alynna Triellis had to wait several months for her shoot, and she handled it with style and class for which I will always be grateful. Alynna is as nice as she is beautiful, and it is with great pride and pleasure I introduce her as this week&#039;s Post 6 Grrrrrl. ~Timothy Morpork) I came into SL to have fun, explore and mak... ]\" id=\"f_221412116\"><a href=\"http://alphavilleherald.com/2010/07/alynna-triellis-post-6-grrrrrl.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Alynna Triellis — Post 6 Grrrrrl</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Jezzabel and Pappy Enoch Jailed </b> (08.07 13:54) Anti-Collectivist Artwork vandalized, Mount Rushmore plot uncovered by Journey Yellowlist, Herald Legal Desk Two recent fugitives from justice, Jezzabel and Pappy Enoch, were jailed today in the Really, Really Bad Girls Reform Facility. This prison, known for its salacious abuse of felons, has a dubious record of rehabilitation in Second Life. I was able to gain entry through promises t... ]\" id=\"f_221412117\"><a href=\"http://alphavilleherald.com/2010/07/jezzabel-and-pappy-enoch-jailed.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Jezzabel and Pappy Enoch Jailed</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Op/Ed: The First-Hour Experience Before The First Hour </b> (08.07 13:54) by Gwyneth Llewelyn Unconfirmed rumours claim that Mark Kingdon’s stepping down might have been caused by a failure to address the goals he had set for himself and for Linden Lab in two years. Of course we don’t know all the goals, but, besides the creation Enterprise division, we know of two others: introducing a new viewer and enhancing the first-hour experience. Only Linden Lab knows ho..... ]\" id=\"f_221412118\"><a href=\"http://alphavilleherald.com/2010/07/oped-the-first-hour-experience-before-the-first-hour.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Op/Ed: The First-Hour Experience Before The First Hour</a></li>                          </ul>     </div> </div> </div>  <div> <div id=\"seek_8355_9\">     <div class=\"f-i\"><ul><h2><a href=\"http://www.3pointd.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img src=\"http://static.feedraider.com/favicon.s3.feedraider.com/\"/></a><a href=\"/feed/8355/latest\">3pointD.com</a></h2>                             <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Engage Expo in NYC: Last Day For Discounts </b> (02.02 19:22) If you’re planning on heading to New York for the Engage! Expo (formerly the Virtual Worlds Conference) on March 10-11 — as I am — you can still get an early-registration discount today. (Prices go up tomorrow.) My co-conspirator Jerry Paffendorf will be jowboning there, and it looks like I’ll be moderating a panel as well. The conference has undergone a name change, but it’s still one of the most... ]\" id=\"f_19828824\"><a href=\"http://www.3pointd.com/20090202/engage-expo-in-nyc-last-day-for-discounts/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Engage Expo in NYC: Last Day For Discounts</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Glitchy Links </b> (03.10 13:02) The Wire: Writing Into Your Arc | 43 Folders Merlin Mann on The Wire and story arcs (tags: writing tv media hbo essay culture thewire) MAGPIE » IT BEARS REPEATING: Rushkoff on the credit crisis (Arthur Magazine, May 2008) - Arthur Magazine blogs for you… None... ]\" id=\"f_13767047\"><a href=\"http://www.3pointd.com/20081003/glitchy-links-145/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Glitchy Links</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Glitchy Links </b> (03.10 13:02) The Wire: Writing Into Your Arc | 43 Folders Merlin Mann on The Wire and story arcs (tags: writing tv media hbo essay culture thewire) MAGPIE » IT BEARS REPEATING: Rushkoff on the credit crisis (Arthur Magazine, May 2008) - Arthur Magazine blogs for you… None... ]\" id=\"f_13877249\"><a href=\"http://www.3pointd.com/20081003/glitchy-links-145/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Glitchy Links</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Glitchy Links </b> (30.09 03:00) Elysium generative music tool (tags: generative music application MIT) None... ]\" id=\"f_13518420\"><a href=\"http://www.3pointd.com/20080929/glitchy-links-144/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Glitchy Links</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Glitchy Links </b> (30.09 03:00) Elysium generative music tool (tags: generative music application MIT) None... ]\" id=\"f_13877250\"><a href=\"http://www.3pointd.com/20080929/glitchy-links-144/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Glitchy Links</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Glitchy Links </b> (29.09 03:00) Budget Hero | Marketplace from American Public Media (tags: web usa simulation politics journalism interactive government gaming) None... ]\" id=\"f_13518421\"><a href=\"http://www.3pointd.com/20080928/glitchy-links-143/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Glitchy Links</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Glitchy Links </b> (29.09 03:00) Budget Hero | Marketplace from American Public Media (tags: web usa simulation politics journalism interactive government gaming) None... ]\" id=\"f_13877251\"><a href=\"http://www.3pointd.com/20080928/glitchy-links-143/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Glitchy Links</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Glitchy Links </b> (28.09 03:00) MySpace.com - Darkroom Productions LLC - From Baltimore to L.A., Maryland - Hip Hop / Soul / Rock - www.myspace.com/darkroomproductionsinc Baltimore producers myspace None... ]\" id=\"f_13518422\"><a href=\"http://www.3pointd.com/20080927/glitchy-links-142/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Glitchy Links</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Glitchy Links </b> (28.09 03:00) MySpace.com - Darkroom Productions LLC - From Baltimore to L.A., Maryland - Hip Hop / Soul / Rock - www.myspace.com/darkroomproductionsinc Baltimore producers myspace None... ]\" id=\"f_13877252\"><a href=\"http://www.3pointd.com/20080927/glitchy-links-142/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Glitchy Links</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Glitchy Links </b> (27.09 03:00) empirewithoutanemperor.pdf (application/pdf Object) empire without an emperor None... ]\" id=\"f_13386785\"><a href=\"http://www.3pointd.com/20080926/glitchy-links-141/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Glitchy Links</a></li>                          </ul>     </div> </div> </div>  <div> <div id=\"seek_19793_4\">     <div class=\"f-i\"><ul><h2><a href=\"http://www.sl-inworld.com/rss.html?no_cache=1\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img src=\"http://static.feedraider.com/favicon.s3.feedraider.com/\"/></a><a href=\"/feed/19793/latest\">SL Inworld</a></h2>                             <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Zauberhafte Movie Party </b> (30.06 21:21) Leinwandzauber und Buchstabenmagie, 5 oder 7? Wenn das Jahr im Juli seinen magischen Höhepunkt erreicht, dann wird gefeiert, das die Zauberumhänge fliegen! Auf dem Liberation-Sim steigt daher am Donnerstag, den 5. Juli um 20:30 Uhr MEZ, 11:30 am SLT die erste ultimative und einfach zauberhafte Movie Party. Alle Bewohner von Second Life können dabei sein und sich zudem tolle Freebies sichern!... ]\" id=\"f_2244291\"><a href=\"http://www.sl-inworld.com/news/rund-um-sl/aktuelle-artikel/zauberhafte-movie-party.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Zauberhafte Movie Party</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Natalie Moody spielt live im VMOA </b> (28.06 15:13) Das virtuelle Alter Ego der schwedischen Sängerin und Songwriterin Therese Åhs, Natalie Moody, präsentiert am 29. Juli ab 10 am SLT, 19 Uhr MEZ, Songs im Virtual Museum of Arts (VMOA) in Second Life.... ]\" id=\"f_2206429\"><a href=\"http://www.sl-inworld.com/news/rund-um-sl/aktuelle-artikel/natalie-moody-spielt-live-im-vmoa.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Natalie Moody spielt live im VMOA</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Doppelte Enthüllung des Solarobelisken </b> (28.06 15:12) Der Solarobelisk der Firma Solar Lifestyle wird am 29. Juni um 20.45 Uhr im Kulturbahnhof in Kassel und gleichzeitig am Kulturbahnhof in newBERLIN in Second Life enthüllt. Der Solarobelisk ist eine solar betriebene, fünf Meter hohe Skulptur, die durch die Integration von Licht und einer Soundinstallation die erneuerbaren Energien sinnlich erfahrbar macht. Vier halbtransparente Dünnschicht-Solar-Mo... ]\" id=\"f_2206428\"><a href=\"http://www.sl-inworld.com/news/rund-um-sl/aktuelle-artikel/doppelte-enthuellung-des-solarobelisken.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Doppelte Enthüllung des Solarobelisken</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Erste offizielle Amtsstube in Second Life </b> (26.06 21:37) Als weltweit erste E-Government-Plattform geht HELP.gv.at einen innovativen, zukunftsorientierten Schritt und öffnete am 20. Juni die erste virtuelle Amtsstube in Second Life. Die SL-Residents können sich im Austria House auf Austria Island über Infotafeln erste Informationen zu Bürger-relevanten Themen holen. Man kann sogar jederzeit mit der virtuellen Beamtin Sizzi Winkler einen Termin ausmachen... ]\" id=\"f_2175098\"><a href=\"http://www.sl-inworld.com/news/rund-um-sl/aktuelle-artikel/erste-offizielle-amtsstube-in-second-life.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Erste offizielle Amtsstube in Second Life</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>4. SL Surfcontest </b> (26.06 21:35) Am 30. Juni um 1pm SLT, 22 Uhr MEZ, findet auf dem Sim Imagi Learning East der 4. SL Surfcontest statt. Diesmal heißt es „back to the roots“, denn im Gegensatz zu den letzten beiden Wettbewerben, die auf der so genannten EPIC-Wave ausgetragen wurden, wird dieses Mal die kleine Pipe gesurft. Sie soll „fließender“ zu surfen sein und garantiert somit einen Wettbewerb, auf dem viele Tricks und Styles ... ]\" id=\"f_2175097\"><a href=\"http://www.sl-inworld.com/news/rund-um-sl/aktuelle-artikel/4-sl-surfcontest.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">4. SL Surfcontest</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Kreativität der Besucher gefragt: Second Life Pioniere gestalten das Real Life </b> (24.06 19:16) Die erste deutsche Second Life (SL) Community Convention wird in vielen Bereichen von den Teilnehmern mitgestaltet. Ganz nach dem Motto von Second Life „Your world. Your Imagination“ fordern die Veranstalter der SLCC 2007 die Teilnehmer und Besucher dazu auf, sich einzubringen. So können alle Besucher des Treffens ihre Themenvorschläge für weitere Workshops zum Thema Second Life einreichen. Außerd... ]\" id=\"f_2141013\"><a href=\"http://www.sl-inworld.com/news/rund-um-sl/aktuelle-artikel/kreativitaet-der-besucher-gefragt-second-life-pioniere-gestalten-das-real-life.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Kreativität der Besucher gefragt: Second Life Pioniere gestalten das Real Life</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Preisverleihung des Skulpturenwettbewerbs auf Post Island </b> (24.06 19:16) Vor rund sieben Wochen eröffnete die Deutsche Post ihre virtuelle Repräsentanz auf „Post Island“ in Second Life mit verschiedenen kreativen Angeboten. Vor allem die Möglichkeit Postkarten aus der virtuellen in die reale Welt zu verschicken, ist bei den Bewohnern von Second Life sehr gefragt. Auch der Skulpturenwettbewerb „Sommer, Sonne, Reisefieber“ erfreute sich großer Beliebtheit. Bis Ende Mai k... ]\" id=\"f_2141012\"><a href=\"http://www.sl-inworld.com/news/wirtschaft/aktuelle-artikel/preisverleihung-des-skulpturenwettbewerbs-auf-post-island.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Preisverleihung des Skulpturenwettbewerbs auf Post Island</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Wichtige Informationen zum L$-Kauf und Verkauf </b> (23.06 09:10) Aufgrund der vielen Second Life-Account-Sperrungen durch LindenLab in den letzten Tagen aufgrund von L$-An- und Verkäufen und den vielen Spekulationen die damit einhergehen, sollen an dieser Stelle die wichtigsten Punkte zusammenfassend aufgeführt werden.... ]\" id=\"f_2118385\"><a href=\"http://www.sl-inworld.com/news/wirtschaft/aktuelle-artikel/wichtige-informationen-zum-l-kauf-und-verkauf.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Wichtige Informationen zum L$-Kauf und Verkauf</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>SYNAXON Niederlassung feiert Eröffnung </b> (21.06 21:34) Heute, Donnerstag, den 21. Juni findet um 19:00 Uhr MEZ die Eröffnungsfeier des eigenen Sim der Synaxon AG in Second Life in Second Life statt. Die SYNAXON AG ist heute mit über 2.600 selbstständigen Partnern und einem Außenumsatz von rund 3 Milliarden Euro die größte IT-Verbundgruppe Europas.... ]\" id=\"f_2091564\"><a href=\"http://www.sl-inworld.com/news/wirtschaft/aktuelle-artikel/synaxon-niederlassung-feiert-eroeffnung.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">SYNAXON Niederlassung feiert Eröffnung</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>i_virtual klärt Zukunft von SL-Marketing in Podiumsdiskussion </b> (21.06 13:27) Nach Second Life kräht bald kein Hahn mehr? Oder haben die Unternehmen bisher alles falsch gemacht? Vom 21. bis zum 24. Juni wird die Insel i_virtual eröffnet, die dafür sämtliche Möglichkeiten des Metaversums auslotet. Was bringt eine Repräsentanz in Second Life tatsächlich, kann man dem Medium noch Resonanz entlocken oder ist es doch so tot, wie es zur Zeit geredet wird. Und warum sind wir dann... ]\" id=\"f_2083473\"><a href=\"http://www.sl-inworld.com/news/wirtschaft/aktuelle-artikel/i-virtual-klaert-zukunft-von-sl-marketing-in-podiumsdiskussion.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">i_virtual klärt Zukunft von SL-Marketing in Podiumsdiskussion</a></li>                          </ul>     </div> </div> </div> <div style=\"clear: both; height: 10px; width: 100%;\"></div> <div> <div id=\"seek_5948_9\">     <div class=\"f-i\"><ul><h2><a href=\"http://www.secondlifeinsider.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img src=\"http://static.feedraider.com/favicon.s3.feedraider.com/\"/></a><a href=\"/feed/5948/latest\">Second Life Insider</a></h2>                             <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Metanomics discussion with Gene Yoon </b> (03.11 05:30) Filed under: Events, in-game, MMO industry, Second LifeOn Monday, 5 November at 11AM SLT (US Pacific), Professor Robert J Bloomfield, JGSM, director of the Business Simulation Lab at Cornell&#039;s prestigious Johnson Business School will be discussing Linden Lab&#039;s economic policies with Gene Yoon (much better known as Ginsu Linden) in Second Life. Yoon is the Vice President of Business Affairs at ... ]\" id=\"f_4529996\"><a href=\"http://www.massively.com/2007/11/03/metanomics-discussion-with-gene-yoon/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Metanomics discussion with Gene Yoon</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Yesterday&#039;s Money: 2nd November </b> (03.11 04:30) Filed under: Economy, Second Life Yesterday in Second Life we: Spent US$1,325,000 at an exchange rate of L$269.8 to US$1 Exchanged US$287,000 at an average of US$11,900.0 per hour. Market buys were US$203,000 Market sales were US$80,000 Limit-limit buys were US$4,200 The busiest time was at 5pm when about US$21,000 was exchanged. The quietest time was 1am when abou... ]\" id=\"f_4529997\"><a href=\"http://www.massively.com/2007/11/03/yesterdays-money-2nd-november/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Yesterday&#039;s Money: 2nd November</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Today in Second Life, Friday 2 November, 2007 </b> (03.11 03:59) Filed under: Second LifeToday in Second Life there was: 23,932 new signups bringing the total to 10,638,600 signups. A peak concurrency of 52,793 at 3:45PM, and a minimum concurrency of 25,544 at 1:30AM. Median concurrency for the day was 41,563. The Grid Stability Index (broken link due to a technical issue. See below) for the day was 2.23 (lower is better). The Second Life gr... ]\" id=\"f_4529998\"><a href=\"http://www.massively.com/2007/11/03/today-in-second-life-friday-2-november-2007/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Today in Second Life, Friday 2 November, 2007</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Second Life Machinimists crusade to fix joystick flycam </b> (03.11 00:30) Filed under: Bugs, Second Life, MachinimaAren Mandala, a Second Life resident into Machinima, has discovered a serious bug that could affect many filmmakers. Joystick flycam is a tool that allows residents to hook up a joystick, specifically a 3dConnexion SpaceNavigator, and detach their camera to fly around. According to his Jira entry, joystick flycam breaks when SL is in fullscreen mode. The fl... ]\" id=\"f_4529999\"><a href=\"http://www.massively.com/2007/11/02/second-life-machinimists-crusade-to-fix-joystick-flycam/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Second Life Machinimists crusade to fix joystick flycam</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Linden Lab reaches into the future for statistics </b> (02.11 23:45) Filed under: Bugs, Economy, Second LifeLinden Lab provides a number of data sources for statistical data on Second Life&#039;s grid population and concurrency and so forth. I&#039;ve been collecting and storing that data for a long time and producing all manner of graphs. It provides interesting insights and allows for trend predictions and all that. When it&#039;s working, that is. The data for active users log... ]\" id=\"f_4530000\"><a href=\"http://www.massively.com/2007/11/02/linden-lab-reaches-into-the-future-for-statistics/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Linden Lab reaches into the future for statistics</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>More network problems on the Second Life grid today </b> (02.11 22:15) Filed under: Server downtime, News items, Second LifeAt 3:50PM SLT (US Pacific time) today with 52,370 users online in Second Life, the Second Life grid suffered a second major networking failure for the day. Approximately 7,000 users were disconnected immediately, some regions became inaccessible and the login servers were affected (as were teleportation and sim-border crossings). The fault h... ]\" id=\"f_4530001\"><a href=\"http://www.massively.com/2007/11/02/more-network-problems-on-the-second-life-grid-today/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">More network problems on the Second Life grid today</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Second Life fine under Leopard, but MBP-nVidia problem survives </b> (02.11 20:30) Filed under: Bugs, Second LifeWord has been gradually seeping through the various mac user groups in Second Life saying that Leopard runs SL stably - with the usual provisos that some prefer various other clients (the Nicholaz-s patch from Barney Boomslang is my firm favourite, there are those who love the OnRez client too). My copy of Leopard arrived today, so it was with some anticipation I inst... ]\" id=\"f_4530002\"><a href=\"http://www.massively.com/2007/11/02/second-life-fine-under-leopard-but-mbp-nvidia-problem-survives/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Second Life fine under Leopard, but MBP-nVidia problem survives</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Fujitsu opens islands in Second Life </b> (02.11 19:30) Filed under: Real life, News items, Second Life Japanese IT and Communications giant Fujitsu yesterday opened three islands in the virtual world of Second Life, to interact with customers, evaluate virtual worlds as a tool, promote their brands and host experimental projects. The islands opened on 2 November at 6PM (Japan Standard Time). The three islands are Fujitsu, featuring company informatio... ]\" id=\"f_4530003\"><a href=\"http://www.massively.com/2007/11/02/fujitsu-opens-islands-in-second-life/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Fujitsu opens islands in Second Life</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Optional update to OnRez Second Life Viewer </b> (02.11 17:30) Filed under: Patches, News items, Second LifeMetaverse developers, Electric Sheep Company have released an optional update to their custom Second Life viewer, the OnRez viewer, which was developed in conjunction with the recent CSI:NY launch in Second Life. The optional update has two minor ease-of-use tweaks, relating to voice calls and the integrated Web browser, plus a number of bug-fixes inclu... ]\" id=\"f_4530004\"><a href=\"http://www.massively.com/2007/11/02/optional-update-to-onrez-second-life-viewer/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Optional update to OnRez Second Life Viewer</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>&#039;Anti-social&#039; behavior much more innocuous in Second Life </b> (02.11 17:15) Filed under: Game mechanics, Opinion, Second LifeAn interesting new experiment from University College London, UK has an unmanned avatar wandering around Second Life randomly accosting residents in an attempt to study how people react to their &#039;personal space&#039; being invaded.The description of the methods used to make the bot operate have me giggling a little -- The control software sends the avat.... ]\" id=\"f_4530005\"><a href=\"http://www.massively.com/2007/11/02/anti-social-behavior-much-more-innocuous-in-second-life/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">&#039;Anti-social&#039; behavior much more innocuous in Second Life</a></li>                          </ul>     </div> </div> </div>  <div> <div id=\"seek_19794_9\">     <div class=\"f-i\"><ul><h2><a href=\"http://www.slinfo.de\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img src=\"http://static.feedraider.com/favicon.s3.feedraider.com/\"/></a><a href=\"/feed/19794/latest\">SLinfo.de</a></h2>                             <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>26.02.09 - Neuer Testviewer: 1.22 RC10 jetzt verfügbar </b> (26.02 21:27) Gepostet vom ReleaseTeam am 26. Februar 2009 um 21:25 MET Die zehnte Überarbeitungsstufe des 1.22 Release Candidate Viewers (RC10) ist veröffentlicht...... ]\" id=\"f_21246772\"><a href=\"http://www.slinfo.de/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=2305&amp;Itemid=73\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">26.02.09 - Neuer Testviewer: 1.22 RC10 jetzt verfügbar</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>SLInfo - newSLetter Ausgabe # 46 vom 23.02.2009 </b> (23.02 13:45) Nichts Genaues weiß man nicht, auch nicht über die genauen Hintergründe zum Weggang von Jean Linden. Wir haben wieder einiges...... ]\" id=\"f_21083287\"><a href=\"http://www.slinfo.de/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=2302&amp;Itemid=43\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">SLInfo - newSLetter Ausgabe # 46 vom 23.02.2009</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>17.02.09 - Rolling Restarts ab 17.02.09 </b> (16.02 09:59) Gepostet von Status Desk am 19. Februar 2009 um 10:30 MET Rolling Restarts ab dem 17.02.09... ]\" id=\"f_20643323\"><a href=\"http://www.slinfo.de/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=2300&amp;Itemid=73\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">17.02.09 - Rolling Restarts ab 17.02.09</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>14.02.09 - Neuer Testviewer: 1.22 RC9 jetzt verfügbar </b> (14.02 08:29) Gepostet vom ReleaseTeam am 14. Februar 2009 um 08:20 MET Die neunte Überarbeitungsstufe des 1.22 Release Candidate Viewers (RC9) ist veröffentlicht worden....... ]\" id=\"f_20558100\"><a href=\"http://www.slinfo.de/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=2299&amp;Itemid=73\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">14.02.09 - Neuer Testviewer: 1.22 RC9 jetzt verfügbar</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Organspende auf Slinfo zum Valentinstag </b> (12.02 23:12) SLinfo - Valentinstag Am Samstag ist Valentinstag. SLinfo gibt euch schon jetzt die Möglichkeit eure Liebsten zu beschenken. Und wie könnte...... ]\" id=\"f_20438448\"><a href=\"http://www.slinfo.de/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=2298&amp;Itemid=43\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Organspende auf Slinfo zum Valentinstag</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>09.02.09 - (Aktualisiert) geplante Datenbank Wartung 12. Februar 2009 </b> (11.02 08:07) Gepostet von Status Desk am 09. Februar 2009 um 14:06 MET... ]\" id=\"f_20425122\"><a href=\"http://www.slinfo.de/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=2296&amp;Itemid=73\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">09.02.09 - (Aktualisiert) geplante Datenbank Wartung 12. Februar 2009</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>05.01.09 - Neuer Test Viewer: 1.22 RC8 jetzt Verfügbar </b> (07.02 06:19) Gepostet vom ReleaseTeam am 28. Januar 2009 um 20:31 MET Die neunte Überarbeitungsstufe des 1.22 Release Candidate Viewers (RC8)...... ]\" id=\"f_20211685\"><a href=\"http://www.slinfo.de/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=2294&amp;Itemid=73\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">05.01.09 - Neuer Test Viewer: 1.22 RC8 jetzt Verfügbar</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Swapps Kolumne #4: Onlinesucht </b> (05.02 11:44) Swapps Kolumne: Onlinesucht Ich möchte euch heute mit diesem Artikel ein wenig für das Problem schleichende Onlinesucht sensibilisieren. Anlass dazu sind einige...... ]\" id=\"f_20211687\"><a href=\"http://www.slinfo.de/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=2291&amp;Itemid=43\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Swapps Kolumne #4: Onlinesucht</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>31.01.09 - Rolling Restart zur Verteilung der Version 1.25.5 vom 03. bis 05. Februar 2009 </b> (31.01 06:35) Gepostet vom Releaseteam am 31. Januar um 02.20 MET Wir führen einen Rolling Restart zur Aktualisierung auf die neueServerversion 1.25.5...... ]\" id=\"f_19614438\"><a href=\"http://www.slinfo.de/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=2288&amp;Itemid=73\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">31.01.09 - Rolling Restart zur Verteilung der Version 1.25.5 vom 03. bis 05. Februar 2009</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>28.01.09 - Neuer Test Viewer: 1.22 RC7 jetzt Verfügbar </b> (29.01 02:18) Gepostet vom ReleaseTeam am 28. Januar 2009 um 20:31 MET Die siebte Überarbeitungsstufe des 1.22 Release Candidate Viewers (RC7) ist veröffentlicht worden....... ]\" id=\"f_19614439\"><a href=\"http://www.slinfo.de/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=2287&amp;Itemid=73\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">28.01.09 - Neuer Test Viewer: 1.22 RC7 jetzt Verfügbar</a></li>                          </ul>     </div> </div> </div>  <div> <div id=\"seek_19784_7\">     <div class=\"f-i\"><ul><h2><a href=\"http://blogs.secondlife.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img src=\"http://static.feedraider.com/favicon.s3.feedraider.com/\"/></a><a href=\"/feed/19784/latest\">Latest RSS Content for All Communities | Second Life</a></h2>                             <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Now Available -- A Faster, More Stable Viewer 2 </b> (22.07 00:58) Today I’m pleased to announce that Viewer 2 (Version 2.1.0) has left beta to become the official release Viewer for Second Life! As mentioned in previous blog posts, our focus over the past few months has been on improving the stability and performance of the Viewer. After the beta release, the crash rate was far worse than our previous 1.23 Viewer and this is something our engineering teams have ... ]\" id=\"f_223992775\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SecondLife/~3/p0kauT4wRTo/now-available--a-faster-more-stable-viewer-2\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Now Available -- A Faster, More Stable Viewer 2</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Update on Strategy, and call for in-world meeting! </b> (17.07 03:45) Hi Everyone,It&#039;s been just over 3 weeks now since my return as CEO, and I think I&#039;ve gotten up to speed enough to begin communicating with you in a useful way. This post is an update on what we are doing, and also to announce an in-world meeting where I&#039;ll extend on the thoughts in this post, as well as answer as many question as possible. Beyond the contents of this message and meeting, ... ]\" id=\"f_223340935\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SecondLife/~3/lT0SkY4iDvo/update-on-strategy-and-call-for-in-world-meeting\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Update on Strategy, and call for in-world meeting!</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Download the Viewer 2.1 Beta, Now Faster and More Stable </b> (09.07 01:49) Yesterday, we released the third beta of Second Life Viewer 2.1. (To learn more about the Viewer 2.1, read our alpha blog post and the last Viewer 2.1 beta post.) We’ve been hard at work to significantly improve both the stability and performance of this Viewer. But we need more Residents to try it out to help us get it ready for prime time. That’s where you come in.Now that the beta of Viewer 2.1... ]\" id=\"f_222744372\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SecondLife/~3/wvv3Hz_VbRE/download-the-viewer-21-beta-now-faster-and-more-stable\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Download the Viewer 2.1 Beta, Now Faster and More Stable</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Second Life Marketplace Beta is Live! </b> (30.06 22:03) Be one of the first to check out the new look and feel of our completely redesigned web-based shopping experience for Second Life, Second Life Marketplace Beta. To learn more about what has gone into this launch, read the Second Life Marketplace Beta announcement. While we are testing the new marketplace in these early days, Xstreet SL will remain up and running to ensure that shopping can co... ]\" id=\"f_221449227\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SecondLife/~3/-0e8bKhlWg8/second-life-marketplace-beta-is-live\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Second Life Marketplace Beta is Live!</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Returning to the Lab </b> (24.06 18:04) Mark Kingdon is going to step down as CEO, and I am going to return as interim CEO, working side-by-side with former CFO Bob Komin, who is being promoted to COO.This is a big, tough change but one the board of directors and management team deeply believes in. We owe Mark great thanks for the many things we&#039;ve accomplished in these last two years -- most notably a great improvement in the stabilit... ]\" id=\"f_219865183\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SecondLife/~3/Hj8rHFJddnY/returning-to-the-lab\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Returning to the Lab</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Unexpected Collaborations: Second Life&#039;s 7th Birthday Party Starts Monday! </b> (19.06 04:12) Craving birthday cake? Get ready to celebrate Second Life&#039;s seventh birthday party, otherwise known as SL7B!The SL7B celebration begins on Monday, June 21 at 10:00am PDT and runs through Sunday, June 27, spanning 21 regions with over 700 contributors, over 300 exhibits, and over 200 live performers and speakers (including special speeches from Philip and M Linden). SL7B is a showcase for the art, ... ]\" id=\"f_218880359\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SecondLife/~3/tO6cK2lnIdU/unexpected-collaborations-second-lifes-7th-birthday-party-starts-monday\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Unexpected Collaborations: Second Life&#039;s 7th Birthday Party Starts Monday!</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>An Update on the Linden Dollar </b> (17.06 01:11) This morning saw a decrease in the exchange rate of the Linden dollar versus the US dollar. However, Second Life&#039;s key economic indicators remain stronger than the levels we saw in late 2009, though recent weeks have seen some reduction in economic activity compared to the record activity of the first quarter, as well as some uncertainty in the wake of recent corporate anouncements. Linden Lab con... ]\" id=\"f_218108509\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SecondLife/~3/EBpgmqxdoAs/an-update-on-the-linden-dollar\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">An Update on the Linden Dollar</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Announcing Viewer 2.1 Alpha and Voice Morphing </b> (10.06 23:31) Today we&#039;re pleased to announce the alpha release of Viewer 2.1, the next version of our new Second Life Viewer. (Look for the test viewer on the download page.) While most of our work on Viewer 2.1 went into improvements to performance, stability, and usability, as a direct result of Residents feedback, we&#039;re also excited to reveal two new features including single sign-on and Voice Morphing, t..... ]\" id=\"f_217526864\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SecondLife/~3/ux56E_Sz33A/announcing-viewer-21-alpha-and-voice-morphing\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Announcing Viewer 2.1 Alpha and Voice Morphing</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>A Restructuring For Linden Lab </b> (09.06 22:13) Dear Residents of Second Life,Earlier today, we announced the undertaking of a significant restructuring of Linden Lab. (Read the press release for details.) Though the company remains in a solid financial position, it has become clear that we need to make some hard decisions in order to bring current and future Residents the kind of product and experience we feel they deserve. After three years o... ]\" id=\"f_217526865\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SecondLife/~3/G5W7_3m7LiI/a-restructuring-for-linden-lab\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">A Restructuring For Linden Lab</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Announcing the WINNER of the 2010 Linden Prize </b> (01.06 17:39) Congratulations to Agent Heliosense and the The Tech Virtual Museum Workshop, the winner of the 2nd annual Linden Prize.The Tech Virtual launched in 2007 with the mission of bringing faster and more collaborative exhibit development to museums worldwide using an online platform. Last year, the core concept of Tech Virtual was extended beyond prototype exhibits to virtually prototyping an entire mu... ]\" id=\"f_216056143\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SecondLife/~3/reeufA_AlAM/announcing-the-winner-of-the-2010-linden-prize\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Announcing the WINNER of the 2010 Linden Prize</a></li>                          </ul>     </div> </div> </div> <div style=\"clear: both; height: 10px; width: 100%;\"></div> <div> <div id=\"seek_19783_10\">     <div class=\"f-i\"><ul><h2><a href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user/05110025759658359693/label/metaverse-blogs\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img src=\"http://static.feedraider.com/favicon.s3.feedraider.com/\"/></a><a href=\"/feed/19783/latest\">&quot;metaverse-blogs&quot; via slhamlet in Google Reader</a></h2>                             <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Women, Men, and Virtual Item Purchases </b> (22.07 18:35) Gamasutra has a very interesting report on a recent study of the virtual item economy. More men do it than women, but women spend more money on average. Medians are much closer, indicating that much of the difference is in the upper tail: There must be some women who really buy a lot of virtual items.Among those who buy virtual items, the average spending amounts are in the $20 - $50 annual range.... ]\" id=\"f_223992771\"><a href=\"http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2010/07/women-men-and-virtual-item-purchases.html\" class=\"avi\">&#160;</a><a href=\"http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2010/07/women-men-and-virtual-item-purchases.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Women, Men, and Virtual Item Purchases</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Plants v. Zombies </b> (19.07 16:50) My house, like many others, has been invaded by this little gem of a game that sets life against unlife. Though small and simple, the game upends stereotypes and provokes thought.Like many good games, PvZ is a violent game. Massively violent. Incredibly destructive. Plants get eaten alive, crushed, kidnapped. The undead get frozen, burned, shot, eaten, exploded, pierced. As the Zombies die, they l... ]\" id=\"f_223340934\"><a href=\"http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2010/07/plants-v-zombies.html\" class=\"avi\">&#160;</a><a href=\"http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2010/07/plants-v-zombies.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Plants v. Zombies</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Produce Your Name and Papers, Please </b> (06.07 20:41) It&#039;s been a long while since I posted here, but in the interim, I&#039;ve been thinking a good deal about virtual worlds and games. I&#039;ll have more to say soon on where my head is at, but in the meantime, one interesting bit of news from Blizzard today is the announcement that their planned integration of Real ID into their Battle.net architecture will extend into the official forums for their games, in... ]\" id=\"f_221449196\"><a href=\"http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2010/07/produce-your-name-and-papers-please.html\" class=\"avi\">&#160;</a><a href=\"http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2010/07/produce-your-name-and-papers-please.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Produce Your Name and Papers, Please</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Human Social Adaptation and the Technology Backlog </b> (05.07 17:07) The various brands of virtual reality made their appearance at different times and there seems to have been a repeating cycle. The concept gets introduced, some applications appear. Then everyone sees massive implications for the future. And then - nothing happens. Or, nothing seems to happen. Rheingold&#039;s Virtual Reality seemed to live through this sort of cycle, and the Second Life bubble was sim... ]\" id=\"f_221449197\"><a href=\"http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2010/07/human-social-adaptation-and-the-technology-backlog.html\" class=\"avi\">&#160;</a><a href=\"http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2010/07/human-social-adaptation-and-the-technology-backlog.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Human Social Adaptation and the Technology Backlog</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>The Virtual World of the World Cup </b> (28.06 16:41) Some of it feels gimmicky, as when Alexi Lalas stands on a real pitch explaining how the players move, the players being life-size digital images superimposed on the video. Some of it seems like genuinely useful application, such monte carlo simulations of outcomes (play the game 10,000 times virtually, count the wins, call it a probability). (Note: Doing it once, like this, is not informative. Yo... ]\" id=\"f_219865187\"><a href=\"http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2010/06/the-virtual-world-of-the-world-cup.html\" class=\"avi\">&#160;</a><a href=\"http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2010/06/the-virtual-world-of-the-world-cup.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The Virtual World of the World Cup</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Pure Imagination </b> (22.06 19:50) I ended my previous post by asking: If we are to make reality, what should we make? Lisa then posted evidence that our powers of creation are growing. We are becoming ever more able to immerse our attention in worlds of fantasy. Richard Bartle, getting straight to the point, asks: Where will it go? We will be living in worlds of pure imagination, and that right soon from a historical perspective.... ]\" id=\"f_218880360\"><a href=\"http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2010/06/pure-imagination.html\" class=\"avi\">&#160;</a><a href=\"http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2010/06/pure-imagination.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Pure Imagination</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Everything&#039;s Virtual, Part Deux </b> (18.06 18:39) 2010 does not disappoint! Microsoft has finally announced the super secret Project Natal, a controller-less virtual/physical environment called Kinect for the Xbox 360. People like it. GAMERS appear to like it. Someday people will stop comparing it to Wii. Watch some video if you haven&#039;t seen it! As I was watching the demo, I could not help but imagine the Kinect-enabled MMO, in which I can emit... ]\" id=\"f_218880361\"><a href=\"http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2010/06/everything-is-virtual-part-deux.html\" class=\"avi\">&#160;</a><a href=\"http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2010/06/everything-is-virtual-part-deux.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Everything&#039;s Virtual, Part Deux</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Everything&#039;s Virtual. Now what. </b> (18.06 16:50) Another theme from the Roskilde Conference: More ammunition for the view that what&#039;s here and real is not all that here and not all that real. I used to think that people who were trying to de-center reality were fiery communards or something, but the quasi-reality of the here and now finds support from the oddest collection of evidence. On the one hand, completely pragmatically speaking, irre... ]\" id=\"f_218880362\"><a href=\"http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2010/06/everythings-virtual-now-what.html\" class=\"avi\">&#160;</a><a href=\"http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2010/06/everythings-virtual-now-what.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Everything&#039;s Virtual. Now what.</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Extreme Reaction </b> (15.06 09:16) So, this is a video a woman made in which she deletes her boyfriend&#039;s World of Warcraft characters. It rather upsets him.So, if he sued her, what would the legal arguments involve?... ]\" id=\"f_218108507\"><a href=\"http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2010/06/extreme-reaction.html\" class=\"avi\">&#160;</a><a href=\"http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2010/06/extreme-reaction.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Extreme Reaction</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Virtual Worlds Research Project Roskilde </b> (14.06 22:06) A week ago I had the pleasure of attending a workshop with the above-named project at Roskilde University Denmark. While some things are rotten in Denmark, this workshop was not. The themes of the conference (which was attended by an admirably wide-ranging group in terms of skills and interests) involved user-generated and emergent authorship in the virtual world space. Keynotes by good folks such... ]\" id=\"f_218108508\"><a href=\"http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2010/06/virtual-worlds-research-project-roskilde.html\" class=\"avi\">&#160;</a><a href=\"http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2010/06/virtual-worlds-research-project-roskilde.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Worlds Research Project Roskilde</a></li>                          </ul>     </div> </div> </div>  <div> <div id=\"seek_19787_8\">     <div class=\"f-i\"><ul><h2><a href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user/05110025759658359693/label/resident-blogs\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img src=\"http://static.feedraider.com/favicon.s3.feedraider.com/\"/></a><a href=\"/feed/19787/latest\">&quot;resident-blogs&quot; via slhamlet in Google Reader</a></h2>                             <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Holograms you can touch </b> (28.07 19:59) This is still in the early prototype stage, but is very neat. (...)... ]\" id=\"f_223992786\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CsGC/~3/5x31oL4ISGg/\" class=\"avi\">&#160;</a><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CsGC/~3/5x31oL4ISGg/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Holograms you can touch</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>The Re-Education of Cinnamon Somerset </b> (28.07 16:00) Zoetrope Dreamscape and Cinnamon Somerset walked to Cinnamon&#039;s station. Zoetrope smiled at Cinn and said I&#039;m so very proud of you!Cinn beamed. She was proud of herself as well. She had learned how to use these computers in less than a month. It was an amazing accomplishment for anyone, let alone someone from 1885.Thank you, Zoetrope Cinn immersed herself in the technology and was able to run t... ]\" id=\"f_223992787\"><a href=\"http://zoeconnolly.blogspot.com/2010/07/re-education-of-cinnamon-somerset.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The Re-Education of Cinnamon Somerset</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Faster! Faster and Louder! </b> (28.07 15:08) OK, not louder, but... someone named Niran has written a guide to installation and settings for KirstenLee&#039;s SL client. I will sit down soon and take its advice (mentally mapping Windows flavored paths to the appropriate ones for Linux). If you use Kirsten&#039;s client, I&#039;d suggest you check the guide out. If you don&#039;t use Kirsten&#039;s client, I suggest you try it out... which may well be best done with ... ]\" id=\"f_223992789\"><a href=\"http://vidasegunda.blogspot.com/2010/07/faster-faster-and-louder.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Faster! Faster and Louder!</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Postliteracy </b> (28.07 09:53) Functional illiteracy is a growing problem. You’re probably aware of that. Are you aware of just how widespread it is? (...)... ]\" id=\"f_223992790\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CsGC/~3/BPpZt_W1IRI/\" class=\"avi\">&#160;</a><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CsGC/~3/BPpZt_W1IRI/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Postliteracy</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>The LXD Episodes 6 &amp; 7: The Duet and the Dark Doctor Deal </b> (28.07 07:48) Episode six the Duet and seven The Dark Doctor Deal of the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers came out tonight. One was very strong and different in tone from the previous episodes; the other was a bit of fluff but still entertaining.The Duet features a very creative use of split screen to highlight two contemporary dancers dancing together while apart. I&#039;m happy that John Chu the director is... ]\" id=\"f_223992791\"><a href=\"http://www.rikomatic.com/blog/2010/07/the-lxd-episode-7-the-dark-doctor.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The LXD Episodes 6 &amp; 7: The Duet and the Dark Doctor Deal</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Expectations and hats </b> (28.07 07:14) Come Friday, Philip Rosedale and Bob Komin are going to have an inworld meeting/Q&amp;A session in Second Life to “open up the conversation with the community about our upcoming plans around the development and future of Second Life.” (...)... ]\" id=\"f_223992792\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CsGC/~3/v5r6LK2vCjY/\" class=\"avi\">&#160;</a><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CsGC/~3/v5r6LK2vCjY/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Expectations and hats</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>For Ava </b> (28.07 04:00) Our story continues from the post TimeForce 10 Headquarters - The Time TunnelThe hum of the Time Tunnel grew louder and higher. Another 60 seconds and the Tunnel would be ready.... ]\" id=\"f_223992793\"><a href=\"http://zoeconnolly.blogspot.com/2010/07/for-ava.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For Ava</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Town Hall Wishlist! </b> (27.07 17:20) As promised, Philip Linden is holding his first Town Hall meeting after coming back as interim CEO. While I personally subscribe to the mainstream opinion that this is going to be mostly the announcement that Bob Komin (aka BK Linden) is going to replace Philip as the new CEO — if not this Friday, possibly in the near future. In the mean time, while Philip is temporarily at the helm, he’s seen as ... ]\" id=\"f_223992795\"><a href=\"http://gwynethllewelyn.net/2010/07/27/town-hall-wishlist/\" class=\"avi\">&#160;</a><a href=\"http://gwynethllewelyn.net/2010/07/27/town-hall-wishlist/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Town Hall Wishlist!</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>It’s so you </b> (27.07 14:41) Seems that if we’re left to ourselves and free to customise, our avatars reflect our personalities. (...)... ]\" id=\"f_223992798\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CsGC/~3/vV2exPXrXnc/\" class=\"avi\">&#160;</a><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CsGC/~3/vV2exPXrXnc/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">It’s so you</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Bearded Lady with an Attitude </b> (27.07 14:26) Since I had on a Victorian dress to visit the wonderful Posture is Everything store and check out animation overrides, I decided to put on the beard and explore a bit. I had to take a picture; I didn&#039;t quite have it adjusted right on the first one I took. Here&#039;s the result, taken in the lovely Caledon Moors sim:... ]\" id=\"f_223992800\"><a href=\"http://vidasegunda.blogspot.com/2010/07/bearded-lady-with-attitude.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Bearded Lady with an Attitude</a></li>                          </ul>     </div> </div> </div>  <div> <div id=\"seek_19788_4\">     <div class=\"f-i\"><ul><h2><a href=\"http://www.rikomatic.com/blog/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img src=\"http://static.feedraider.com/favicon.s3.feedraider.com/\"/></a><a href=\"/feed/19788/latest\">Click Heard Round the World</a></h2>                             <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>The LXD Episodes 6 &amp; 7: The Duet and the Dark Doctor Deal </b> (28.07 20:18) Episode six the Duet and seven The Dark Doctor Deal of the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers came out tonight. One was very strong and different in tone from the previous episodes; the other was a bit of fluff but still entertaining.The Duet features a very creative use of split screen to highlight two contemporary dancers dancing together while apart. I&#039;m happy that John Chu the director is... ]\" id=\"f_223992772\"><a href=\"http://www.rikomatic.com/blog/2010/07/the-lxd-episode-7-the-dark-doctor.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The LXD Episodes 6 &amp; 7: The Duet and the Dark Doctor Deal</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Ain&#039;t No Party Like A Filipino House Party: Cori&#039;s and My Birthday BBQ </b> (28.07 20:18) Here&#039;s my sister and I blowing out the candles on our respective birthday cakes, with a bunch of our cousins surrounding us. This weekend, the birthday celebrating continued, this time in California with a big family BBQ at my mom&#039;s house. It was a fantastic party, which like all parties from the Santos clan was centered around food. In the pic to the right you can see some of the feast, incl... ]\" id=\"f_223992773\"><a href=\"http://www.rikomatic.com/blog/2010/07/celebrating-my-sis-my-birthdays-with-the-family-video.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ain&#039;t No Party Like A Filipino House Party: Cori&#039;s and My Birthday BBQ</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>New Midsummer Night Swing Promo Video! </b> (28.07 20:18) The nice folks at Lincoln Center sent me a link to a new promo video that they produced about Midsummer Night Swing. It features some nice band footage, the lively crowd, testimonials by dancers ... plus a brief appearance by me dipping the lovely Emily V at the very end of the video! By the way, Margaret Batichiuk is not just a local dance instructor, she&#039;s also the president... ]\" id=\"f_223992774\"><a href=\"http://www.rikomatic.com/blog/2010/07/midsummer-night-swing-promo-video.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">New Midsummer Night Swing Promo Video!</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>The LXD Episode 4: The B-boy Office Battle Every Office Drone Dreams Of (video) </b> (22.07 04:49) The LXD Episode 4 The Uprising Begins returns to b-boying,featuring Richard Steelo Vasquez in a one-on-one battle with a former protegee. I like that it takes place in an office setting, using the props and the set to good effect, particularly the swirling papers and partitions. I&#039;m sure a lot of salarymen and women out there will be fantasizing about busting out in their cubicles after see... ]\" id=\"f_223340947\"><a href=\"http://www.rikomatic.com/blog/2010/07/the-lxd-episode-4-the-bboy-office-battle-every-office-drone-dreams-of-video.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The LXD Episode 4: The B-boy Office Battle Every Office Drone Dreams Of (video)</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>The LXD Episode 5: The Lettermakers (video) </b> (22.07 04:49) The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers episode 5 is out! Entitled The Lettermakers, it features krumpers Lil C and Deuce. Awesome dancing, but it&#039;s way too short!(Link to original video.) ... ]\" id=\"f_223340948\"><a href=\"http://www.rikomatic.com/blog/2010/07/the-lxd-episode-5-the-lettermakers-video.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The LXD Episode 5: The Lettermakers (video)</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Scott Pilgrim&#039;s Finest Hour: O&#039;Malley&#039;s Hilarious, Thrilling Finale to the Pilgrim Saga </b> (22.07 04:49) I just finished reading Bryan Lee O&#039;Malley&#039;s new graphic novel Scott Pilgim&#039;s Finest Hour, the conclusion to his epic Scott Pilgrim series, which came out today. For those that have missed it, Scott Pilgrim is a manga-style comic chronicle of the adventures of a slacker / musician / kung fu fighter who falls hopelessly in love with the mysterious Ramona Flowers, ninja messenger girl. T... ]\" id=\"f_223340949\"><a href=\"http://www.rikomatic.com/blog/2010/07/scott-pilgrims-finest-hour-omalleys-hilarious-thrilling-finale-to-the-pilgrim-saga.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Pilgrim&#039;s Finest Hour: O&#039;Malley&#039;s Hilarious, Thrilling Finale to the Pilgrim Saga</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>More Video &amp; Pics from Midsummer Night Swing Finale &amp; Dance Contest </b> (22.07 04:49) Here&#039;s some video footage of the Ambassador&#039;s Prize dance contest on the last night of Midsummer Night Swing last Saturday. I&#039;m dancing with the lovely Nina Galicheva, meanwhile you can see friends Emily V and Marty in the foreground. And here&#039;s a sweet pic of Nina and I dancing by Kevin Yatarola. Thanks for sharing these, Monica and Kevin! More pics from that night by Kevin here. And m..... ]\" id=\"f_223340950\"><a href=\"http://www.rikomatic.com/blog/2010/07/more-video-pics-from-midsummer-night-swing-finale-.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">More Video &amp; Pics from Midsummer Night Swing Finale &amp; Dance Contest</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Flappers, Dandies &amp; Lindy Hoppers Take over Governors Island for the Jazz Age Lawn Party (UPDATED) </b> (22.07 04:49) This weekend was another Jazz Age Lawn Party on Governors Island, two days of hot jazz from the 20s and 30s, performed in an idyllic setting amidst a cool canopy of trees and stately military quarters. The featured musical entertainment were Michael Arenella and his Dreamland Orchestra, joined by Drew Nugent and the Midnight Society. Both bands played some rousing and dance-friendly renditions o..... ]\" id=\"f_223340951\"><a href=\"http://www.rikomatic.com/blog/2010/07/flappers-dandies-lindy-hoppers-take-over-governors-island.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Flappers, Dandies &amp; Lindy Hoppers Take over Governors Island for the Jazz Age Lawn Party (UPDATED)</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Flying Home: a Blowout Finale to 2010 Midsummer Night Swing Festival (UPDATED INFO RE WINNERS!) </b> (22.07 04:49) I had the pleasure of being at the final night of the 2010 Midsummer Night Swing festival at Lincoln Center last night. I and several hundred happy dancers were treated to one the finest swing orchestras in the land, the Harlem Renaissance Orchestra under the helm of Ron Allen. I&#039;ve seen and enjoyed HRO for years, and they were in rare form tonight. A big highlight of the evening was the Amba.... ]\" id=\"f_223340952\"><a href=\"http://www.rikomatic.com/blog/2010/07/blowout-finale-to-2010-midsummer-night-swing.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Flying Home: a Blowout Finale to 2010 Midsummer Night Swing Festival (UPDATED INFO RE WINNERS!)</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Final Night of Midsummer Night Swing This Saturday: Harlem Renaissance Orchestra and Dance Contest! </b> (22.07 04:49) Friends Eden and David on the banner of the Midsummer Nights Swing website! I can hardly believe it, but this Saturday is already the final night of Midsummer Nights Swing for 2010! This year, Lincoln Center organized an amazing line-up of bands and dances for their annual Midsummer Nights Swing festival. Lots of standout nights for me this year: The Battle of Bands with George Gee and Bill E... ]\" id=\"f_223340953\"><a href=\"http://www.rikomatic.com/blog/2010/07/final-night-of-midsummer-night-swing-this-saturday-harlem-renaissance-orchestra-and-dance-contest.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Final Night of Midsummer Night Swing This Saturday: Harlem Renaissance Orchestra and Dance Contest!</a></li>                          </ul>     </div> </div> </div> <div style=\"clear: both; height: 10px; width: 100%;\"></div> <div> <div id=\"seek_19782_5\">     <div class=\"f-i\"><ul><h2><a href=\"http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user/05110025759658359693/label/sl-company-blog\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img src=\"http://static.feedraider.com/favicon.s3.feedraider.com/\"/></a><a href=\"/feed/19782/latest\">&quot;sl-company-blog&quot; via slhamlet in Google Reader</a></h2>                             <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Celebrities, Real People, Fakers and the Future </b> (09.06 02:37) Twitter’s announcement yesterday that they will soon be cracking down on fake celebrity accounts brings to mind Andy Warhol’s quote, “In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes”. I’ve thought for a while now that the lines between people and celebrities are blurring; my friend Liz Strauss likes to say that “People and stars are made of the same stuff”.&nbsp; There are many indications tha... ]\" id=\"f_26082446\"><a href=\"http://millionsofus.com/blog/2009/06/08/celebrities-real-people-fakers-and-the-future/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Celebrities, Real People, Fakers and the Future</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Roca Wear Branded Clothing now for Sale in Wee World </b> (05.06 18:39) Hot off the virtual presses — our sister company Virtual Greats, in partnership with Wee World, is now selling Roca Wear branded virtual goods in Wee World.&nbsp; For those of you over the age of 25, Roca Wear is rapper Jay Z’s highly successful clothing label.&nbsp; Screenshot below gives a sneak peek at some of the new blingy merch now available. ... ]\" id=\"f_25883368\"><a href=\"http://millionsofus.com/blog/2009/06/05/roca-wear-branded-clothing-now-for-sale-in-wee-world/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Roca Wear Branded Clothing now for Sale in Wee World</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Ad Age: How Brands in Social Media are like George Costanza and why they should start doing the Oppo... </b> (23.05 01:22) In a famous Seinfeld episode, George Costanza concludes that every instinct he has is wrong and decides to improve his life by simply doing the opposite. This starts with ordering a different sandwich, which leads to a date with a pretty girl and continues with splendid results. What does this have to do with brands? To be clear, I am not directly comparing brands to socially awkward bachelo... ]\" id=\"f_25177857\"><a href=\"http://millionsofus.com/blog/2009/05/22/how-brands-in-social-media-like-george-costanza-and-why-they-should-start-doing-the-%E2%80%9Copposite%E2%80%9D/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ad Age: How Brands in Social Media are like George Costanza and why they should start doing the Opposite</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>IM, Avatars and virtual worlds: a presentation by Vincent Sider </b> (21.05 02:16) I found this great presentation through a comment on my “Avatar Age” presentation.&nbsp; I could go into a long post, but the short story is that if you’re interested in the future of communication on the net, you should read this.&nbsp; The author works at British Telecom and they are advocating interoperable standards for avatars across multiple networks. ... ]\" id=\"f_25084932\"><a href=\"http://millionsofus.com/blog/2009/05/20/im-avatars-and-virtual-worlds-a-presentation-by-vincent-sider/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">IM, Avatars and virtual worlds: a presentation by Vincent Sider</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>2008 Virtual World Predictions — How Did We Do? </b> (20.05 01:44) At the end of 2007, I started making the usual futile predictions about what would happen in the year ahead. You can see them here in the context of a presentation entitled, “The Avatar Age”, but briefly they were: 1.&nbsp; Social networks will become avatarized 2.&nbsp; Virtual worlds will incorporate more social network features 3.&nbsp; Television tie-ins for virtual worlds will proliferate My final predic... ]\" id=\"f_25084933\"><a href=\"http://millionsofus.com/blog/2009/05/19/2008-virtual-world-predictions-how-did-we-do/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">2008 Virtual World Predictions — How Did We Do?</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Dreams of Modesty and Immodesty </b> (17.04 22:24) Peggy Noonan’s column in the WSJ today got me thinking about where social media and virtual goods fit into the rapid shift of economic and social priorities that anyone with a pulse can feel. Mindless bling - fun and frothy, to be sure - has long been ascendant in our popular culture. It is suddenly beating a hasty retreat in the face of what might be called the new modesty, the new seriousnes... ]\" id=\"f_23703667\"><a href=\"http://millionsofus.com/blog/2009/04/17/dreams-of-modesty-and-immodesty/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Dreams of Modesty and Immodesty</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>R. Steiger in Adweek: No to “Ta-Da!” Moments </b> (23.02 19:29) Writing in the wake of Facebook’s recent reversal of its Terms of Service update, Adweek’s Mike Shields quoted Reuben on how these kinds of negative reactions in online communities can be avoided. Reuben urged platform operators to avoid presenting users with policy changes as faits accompli - people generally don’t like being caught by surprise in such matters.... ]\" id=\"f_21083479\"><a href=\"http://millionsofus.com/blog/2009/02/23/r-steiger-in-adweek-no-to-ta-da-moments/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">R. Steiger in Adweek: No to “Ta-Da!” Moments</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Wine Tasting on Twitter </b> (13.02 22:58) Quick thing - in the course of an interview with Wine Enthusiast this morning (more to come on that front), our in-house oenophile Chris talked about the Twitter Taste Live phenomenon. Are you participating? Do you think there are similar social experiences that are particularly suitable or unsuitable for bringing to Twitter in this way?... ]\" id=\"f_20558106\"><a href=\"http://millionsofus.com/blog/2009/02/13/wine-tasting-on-twitter/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Wine Tasting on Twitter</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Can we change behavior with social gaming technology? </b> (31.01 19:41) Late last year we collaborated with Stanford’s Byron Reeves to answer that exact question with respect to home energy consumption.&nbsp;&nbsp; Our hypothesis was that it would be possible to use the same forces that drive consumption, namely competition and perceived social status, to curtail consumption.&nbsp;&nbsp; We just needed to change the game and alter the incentives.&nbsp; The result is shown in the short vid... ]\" id=\"f_19614446\"><a href=\"http://millionsofus.com/blog/2009/01/31/can-we-change-behavior-with-social-gaming-technology/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Can we change behavior with social gaming technology?</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>E-protests: more than a click? </b> (28.01 19:55) We talk a lot about building online movements around here, so this piece on the Times of London’s tech blog caught my eye. Facebook protest movements have been easily parodied as “passive” - but we’re all aware of the role that social networks played in the election of Barack Obama. The Times’ Murat Ahmed, once an intern at Westminster himself, seems prepared to give some credence to online ... ]\" id=\"f_19467739\"><a href=\"http://millionsofus.com/blog/2009/01/28/e-protests-more-than-a-click/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">E-protests: more than a click?</a></li>                          </ul>     </div> </div> </div>  <div> <div id=\"seek_19796_6\">     <div class=\"f-i\"><ul><h2><a href=\"http://jasonpettus.com/inthegrid/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img src=\"http://static.feedraider.com/favicon.s3.feedraider.com/\"/></a><a href=\"/feed/19796/latest\">In the Grid</a></h2>                             <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>In The Grid has shut down, but Fabb continues </b> (23.03 22:55) I guess I should&#039;ve put up a formal notice awhile ago, but wanted to let everyone officially know that as of spring 2007, this blog stopped actively publishing. Unfortunately it had nothing to do with the popularity of ITG itself -- at its height, after all, it was one of the top-15 Second Life blogs on the planet, according to Technorati.com -- simply that the game client for Second Life grew too... ]\" id=\"f_9345753\"><a href=\"http://www.jasonpettus.com/inthegrid/2008/03/in_the_grid_has_shut_down_but.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">In The Grid has shut down, but Fabb continues</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Gridhopping: Kala Pixie&#039;s &#039;Particlarium&#039; show </b> (13.03 21:40) Okay, yes, it&#039;s true; after two weeks of being completely offline against my will, then another week of playing catch-up, I&#039;m finally starting to get out to other Second Life activities again, so as to actually have stuff to write about at this blog! As always, your tips and suggestions are most welcome, and can be sent to inthegrid (at) gmail.com; for example, the other evening I ... ]\" id=\"f_1761897\"><a href=\"http://www.jasonpettus.com/inthegrid/2007/03/gridhopping_kala_pixies_partic.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Gridhopping: Kala Pixie\'s \'Particlarium\' show</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Gridhopping: Kala Pixie&#039;s &#039;Particlarium&#039; show </b> (13.03 21:40) Okay, yes, it&#039;s true; after two weeks of being completely offline against my will, then another week of playing catch-up, I&#039;m finally starting to get out to other Second Life activities again, so as to actually have stuff to write about at this blog! As always, your tips and suggestions are most welcome, and can be sent to inthegrid (at) gmail.com; for example, the other evening I ... ]\" id=\"f_9345754\"><a href=\"http://www.jasonpettus.com/inthegrid/2007/03/gridhopping_kala_pixies_partic.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Gridhopping: Kala Pixie&#039;s &#039;Particlarium&#039; show</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Fabb: A tour of Ion, my first mature starter home </b> (12.03 19:13) So okay, I admit it -- that for the last four or five days, ever since my internet connection here at home got turned back on, instead of doing the things I should&#039;ve been doing with my time (like this blog, getting caught up on email, etc), I&#039;ve been spending obsessive hours in the Second Life sandboxes instead, finalizing the styles and designing the first houses for my new prefabricated build... ]\" id=\"f_1761898\"><a href=\"http://www.jasonpettus.com/inthegrid/2007/03/fabb_a_tour_of_ion_my_first_ma.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Fabb: A tour of Ion, my first mature starter home</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Twelve days without the internet -- that&#039;s a long time! </b> (07.03 18:00) Hello, dear gridhoppers! And my apologies for no one hearing from me in so long, either here at the blog or via email; for the last twelve days, in fact, my home broadband internet connection has been down, and it finally didn&#039;t click back on again until late into the evening yesterday. (See, it&#039;s actually one of my freelance clients who provides my home internet access; but they&#039;ve been having so... ]\" id=\"f_379978\"><a href=\"http://www.jasonpettus.com/inthegrid/2007/03/twelve_days_without_the_intern.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Twelve days without the internet -- that\'s a long time!</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Twelve days without the internet -- that&#039;s a long time! </b> (07.03 18:00) Hello, dear gridhoppers! And my apologies for no one hearing from me in so long, either here at the blog or via email; for the last twelve days, in fact, my home broadband internet connection has been down, and it finally didn&#039;t click back on again until late into the evening yesterday. (See, it&#039;s actually one of my freelance clients who provides my home internet access; but they&#039;ve been having so... ]\" id=\"f_9345756\"><a href=\"http://www.jasonpettus.com/inthegrid/2007/03/twelve_days_without_the_intern.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Twelve days without the internet -- that&#039;s a long time!</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Fabb: My first house starts coming together </b> (23.02 22:44) So as mentioned earlier this week, I&#039;ve been thinking recently about starting up a new business venture in SL, to replace the new adult blog -avatar- that I&#039;ve now decided not to open after all; I&#039;m thinking of opening a new prefab store, actually, to borrow an architectural term, one I&#039;ll call Fabb if I end up going through with it. Prefab, for those who don&#039;t know, is short for prefabrica... ]\" id=\"f_379981\"><a href=\"http://www.jasonpettus.com/inthegrid/2007/02/fabb_my_first_house_starts_com.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Fabb: My first house starts coming together</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Question: Do you know of any work/pay private sims? </b> (21.02 22:26) I&#039;ve got a question for all you smart gridhopping readers out there; has anyone come across a private sim yet that&#039;s funded through a work/pay system, by which part of the bills are individually covered by residents and part of it generated through group labor? I had this intriguing idea the other day for such a community, and am curious now if a group out there is already trying such a thing; r... ]\" id=\"f_379983\"><a href=\"http://www.jasonpettus.com/inthegrid/2007/02/question_do_you_know_of_any_wo.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Question: Do you know of any work/pay private sims?</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Photos from a winter boat ride; plus more on SL as a 3D social network </b> (21.02 20:14) So as I mentioned yesterday, as part of the changing editorial focus here at ITG I&#039;ve decided to start doing more tours of large areas of the grid, and filing multimedia reports about what I found. This is one of the things I can still easily do in the grid these days, after all, is explore large areas on my own during times of low lag, versus the popular live events I mentioned yesterday that I... ]\" id=\"f_379988\"><a href=\"http://www.jasonpettus.com/inthegrid/2007/02/photos_from_a_winter_boat_ride.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Photos from a winter boat ride; plus more on SL as a 3D social network</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>The latest with ITG </b> (20.02 18:34) There&#039;s been some changes to ITG over the last month, so I thought I&#039;d sit down and finally get them written up for the blog... --First, it&#039;s my sad duty to bid a fond farewell to Steven Cann, the designer of the print (PDF) version of ITG; happily for him, things there in Australia with his band are going better than expected, which unfortunately for us means that he no longer has time for the m... ]\" id=\"f_379993\"><a href=\"http://www.jasonpettus.com/inthegrid/2007/02/the_latest_with_itg.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The latest with ITG</a></li>                          </ul>     </div> </div> </div>  <div> <div id=\"seek_19792_6\">     <div class=\"f-i\"><ul><h2><a href=\"http://slfuturesalon.blogs.com/second_life_future_salon/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img src=\"http://static.feedraider.com/favicon.s3.feedraider.com/\"/></a><a href=\"/feed/19792/latest\">Second Life Future Salon</a></h2>                             <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Virtual Worlds play a part in Knowledge workspace </b> (05.12 17:39) As reported on Community Mobilization, a recent Forester Research report states that virtual worlds and spaces a re a key component of the knowledge workspace. The report identifies several Web 2.0 technologies that companies should adopt for stronger information connections: RSS, blogs, rich Internet applications (RIAs), tagging, wikis, and virtual worlds. The article goes forward and suggests th... ]\" id=\"f_5190998\"><a href=\"http://slfuturesalon.blogs.com/second_life_future_salon/2007/12/virtual-worlds.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Worlds play a part in Knowledge workspace</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>ACS Office News </b> (29.09 01:01) I wanted to make a few announcements here about the ACS Second Life Office. We have decided to add a few volunteer positions to help us manage all of the activity that is going on. I am very pleased to announce that Fayandria Foley will continue as our Relay For Life Chair, and Poppy Zebelin will continue as our Survivorship Chair. As of this week we now are so lucky to have Xandi Mars as our Off... ]\" id=\"f_3838395\"><a href=\"http://slfuturesalon.blogs.com/second_life_future_salon/2007/09/acs-office-news.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ACS Office News</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Stanley Milgram experiment comes to a Virtual World </b> (03.01 19:58) The electric-shock obedience experiment sent Stanley Milgram into infamy. It also was the catalyst for American Psychological Association to adopt ethical considerations when performing psychological experiments on people. Plus One reports that a group in London re-ran the same experiment in a virtual world and the results were eerily similar. The participants showed comparable stress and anxiety ... ]\" id=\"f_379911\"><a href=\"http://slfuturesalon.blogs.com/second_life_future_salon/2007/01/stanley_milgram.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Stanley Milgram experiment comes to a Virtual World</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>SL Future Salon on ARGs *Tonight* Friday, Nov. 27th at 4 PM PST </b> (27.11 15:58) Aaaaaaaarg, it&#039;s the future salon on ARGs. Theater with your software and stories gone wild: Come to the 5th floor auditorium of Sheep Tower on Sheep island (... ]\" id=\"f_379912\"><a href=\"http://slfuturesalon.blogs.com/second_life_future_salon/2006/11/sl_future_salon_1.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">SL Future Salon on ARGs *Tonight* Friday, Nov. 27th at 4 PM PST</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>SL Future Salon on Alternate Reality Games, Monday, November 27th at 4 PM PST </b> (20.11 20:29) Update: More posted here. The SL Future Salon on ARGs will meet in the 5th floor auditorium of Sheep Tower (... ]\" id=\"f_379913\"><a href=\"http://slfuturesalon.blogs.com/second_life_future_salon/2006/11/sl_future_salon.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">SL Future Salon on Alternate Reality Games, Monday, November 27th at 4 PM PST</a></li>                          </ul>     </div> </div> </div> <div style=\"clear: both; height: 10px; width: 100%;\"></div> <div> <div id=\"seek_19795_3\">     <div class=\"f-i\"><ul><h2><a href=\"http://wir-sprechen-online.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img src=\"http://static.feedraider.com/favicon.s3.feedraider.com/\"/></a><a href=\"/feed/19795/latest\">Wir sprechen Online. » Metaverse</a></h2>                             <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Living in the Cloud </b> (21.07 18:25) Wortham: How close are we to moving our lives entirely into the cloud? http://j.mp/cbgbmU ... ]\" id=\"f_223340974\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/metaver-se/~3/_KBNPYPP0JQ/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Living in the Cloud</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Facebook Credits II. </b> (21.07 12:35) RWW: Facebook is standing at the foot of a virtual cash mountain with Facebook Credits; http://j.mp/cXa4Th ... ]\" id=\"f_223340975\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/metaver-se/~3/PZlrYRhlOV0/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Credits II.</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Habbo Hotel </b> (20.07 19:13) 10 years in virtuality: Habbo Hotel claims longevity, profitability, and 170M users in 11 countries; http://j.mp/agJvaG ... ]\" id=\"f_223340976\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/metaver-se/~3/lfaUSicUjJI/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Habbo Hotel</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Hoppala! Augmentation </b> (18.07 07:22) Create augmented reality experiences, publish work at Layar: Hoppala! Augmentation; http://j.mp/b4aOvR (via @rashford) ... ]\" id=\"f_223340977\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/metaver-se/~3/uEgQpbaVszE/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Hoppala! Augmentation</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Google Games? </b> (11.07 06:10) Arrington: Google secretly invested $100+ million in Zynga, preparing to launch Google Games; http://j.mp/b6dg1c ... ]\" id=\"f_222744524\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/metaver-se/~3/k6DIkqRwAhg/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Google Games?</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Second Life History </b> (11.07 05:37) The virtual whirl: a brief history of Second Life from 1999 to 2010 by @TateruNino; http://j.mp/SLhistory ... ]\" id=\"f_222744525\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/metaver-se/~3/tOVb2WVU2LE/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Second Life History</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Rosedale Returns </b> (24.06 19:04) Philip Rosedale: Mark Kingdon is going to step down as CEO (of Linden Lab), I am going to return; http://j.mp/aM549Z ... ]\" id=\"f_219865220\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/metaver-se/~3/-trrQpdDnf0/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Rosedale Returns</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Linden Lab: Restructuring </b> (10.06 06:54) Linden Lab is undertaking significant restructuring, says: remains in a solid financial position; http://j.mp/8Z84XQ ... ]\" id=\"f_217526877\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/metaver-se/~3/q39EqrH6kJ0/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Linden Lab: Restructuring</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Linden Prize 2010 </b> (02.06 08:57) The Tech Virtual Museum Workshop is the winner of the 2nd annual Linden Prize; http://j.mp/9IHCFo ... ]\" id=\"f_216056204\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/metaver-se/~3/h5irP4C-MOE/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Linden Prize 2010</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Linden Prize 2010 Finalists </b> (29.05 08:32) Linden Lab announced the Linden Prize 2010 finalists: the top 10 out of 130 applications; http://j.mp/cqxzJF ... ]\" id=\"f_215636256\"><a href=\"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/metaver-se/~3/XKbaWpaSlM8/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Linden Prize 2010 Finalists</a></li>                          </ul>     </div> </div> </div>  <div> <div id=\"seek_19786_3\">     <div class=\"f-i\"><ul><h2><a href=\"http://www.washtownwave.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img src=\"http://static.feedraider.com/favicon.s3.feedraider.com/\"/></a><a href=\"/feed/19786/latest\">The Washtown Wave</a></h2>                             <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Roleplay on Saturday 4-21-07 </b> (21.04 04:18) Just a reminder about getting together for RP tomorrow (Saturday) evening. Unofficial start time is pegged @ 7 SLT (not 9 like my dumb ass typed before). Again, this is for socializing and getting everyone back together. See you in...... ]\" id=\"f_1103068\"><a href=\"http://www.washtownwave.com/2007/04/roleplay_on_sat.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Roleplay on Saturday 4-21-07</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Cabridges Fanwood elected mayor </b> (20.04 04:08) Democracy (or at least the illlusion of it) came to Washtown this past Sunday. Big Red Button owner Cabridges Fanwood was elected the Mayor of Washtown. Opponent Elsbeth McConachie wasn&#039;t present during the election. Local mechanic Sabrina McGee threw her...... ]\" id=\"f_1084688\"><a href=\"http://www.washtownwave.com/2007/04/cabridges_fanwo.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Cabridges Fanwood elected mayor</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Roleplay postponed </b> (15.04 16:15) Due to people&#039;s schedules, life, and the fact that I didn&#039;t send out a notice until Wednesday, getting everyone together tonight may be difficult. While it&#039;d still be nice to see folk together. . .how about we shout for the...... ]\" id=\"f_1006650\"><a href=\"http://www.washtownwave.com/2007/04/roleplay_postpo.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Roleplay postponed</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Elections this Saturday! </b> (13.04 03:45) From Anastacia Christensen: Elections will be held this coming sunday. I figured around 6pm SLT unless that time is not good for everyone. This will give those running either Sat or Sunday before the elections to work for those votes....... ]\" id=\"f_973416\"><a href=\"http://www.washtownwave.com/2007/04/elections_this_.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Elections this Saturday!</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Washtown rental system set up </b> (13.04 03:44) Deiter Meyer has announced the that the rental system for both the Marketplace and the town proper is now up an running. The boxes to rent are over near the bordello in the southeast corner of the sim. All current...... ]\" id=\"f_973417\"><a href=\"http://www.washtownwave.com/2007/04/washtown_rental.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Washtown rental system set up</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Roleplay socializing </b> (13.04 03:36) From Gabriel Keats: Hey, everyone! I was thinking that, since there are still several of us playing characters, it would be a good idea for us to hang out and RP, even if there isn&#039;t any official plot going on....... ]\" id=\"f_973418\"><a href=\"http://www.washtownwave.com/2007/04/roleplay_social.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Roleplay socializing</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Washtown getting some press </b> (11.04 04:48) Well, thanks to Cabridges Fanwood&#039;s display of the Serenity blueprints, Washtown is getting some serious press. Below are some of the blogs that have taken notice of us here in Second Life. Some of them include the more important blogs...... ]\" id=\"f_935871\"><a href=\"http://www.washtownwave.com/2007/04/washtown_gettin.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Washtown getting some press</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>Dr. Dobb&#039;s Life 2.0 Summit – Virtual Event Blends Second Life and Web </b> (06.04 05:01) CMP Technology’s Dr. Dobb&#039;s, the leading global resource for software architects, today announced the program for Dr. Dobb&#039;s Life 2.0 Summit (April 28-May 4, 2007) -- a virtual event that will take place simultaneously in the 3D virtual world, Second...... ]\" id=\"f_865920\"><a href=\"http://www.washtownwave.com/2007/04/dr_dobbs_life_2.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Dobb&#039;s Life 2.0 Summit – Virtual Event Blends Second Life and Web</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>QMx and Washtown partner for Serenity Blueprints exhibition </b> (04.04 14:07) Browncoats, now you can make your own Firefly. Quantum Mechanix Inc. (QMx), a privately held developer of licensed, high-quality entertainment replicas, today announced the Official Serenity Blueprints set, the first studio-approved blueprints to document every aspect of the Firefly-class transport&#039;s...... ]\" id=\"f_831605\"><a href=\"http://www.washtownwave.com/2007/04/qmx_and_washtow.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">QMx and Washtown partner for Serenity Blueprints exhibition</a></li>                     <li title=\"header=[header] body=[<b>RP Hiatus </b> (25.03 22:37) Group Notice From: Sabrina McGee Due to lack of interest, dwindling attendance, and commitments coming up the next few weekends, The Serenity Raven Crew RP will be going on hiatus for the next few weeks, or until further notice. Crew...... ]\" id=\"f_655292\"><a href=\"http://www.washtownwave.com/2007/03/rp_hiatus.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">RP Hiatus</a></li>                          </ul>     </div> </div> </div> ');