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John Lennon's Birthday: Yoko Ono Imagine Peace Tower Lights Up

Yoko Ono, the renowned artist, musician, and peace activist, is in Iceland today to light the Imagine Peace Tower, a work of art that she dedicated to the memory of his late husband, John Lennon. A virtual-world...

created by candice.tsuei | 12 wks ago | updated 12 wks ago
341 views | 4 recommendations | 0 comments

ESKCSG

Graduates Start New Life Via Second Life

The virtual world of Second Life has seen a host of experiences over the years, but on June 10th, the first Second Life college graduation will be held on the Second Life campus of the 150 year old Bryant &...

created by ESKCSG | 31 wks ago | updated 31 wks ago
110 views | 20 recommendations | 2 comments

oneblue

Women of Second Life

Images of women in the virtual world of Second life. Second Life is a virtual world developed by Linden Lab that launched on June 23, 2003 and is accessible via the Internet. A free client program called the...

opinion by oneblue | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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djbatman

Lady Wallace Sings - and kills the traditional music industry

A little story about an independent music artist promoting herself on the Internet as an example of new digital distribution channels for music artists and the collapse of the traditional music industry." Full...

created by djbatman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
500 views | 17 recommendations | 5 comments

SecondLife.com: Are Virtual Worlds the Future of Education?

SecondLife.com, or Second Life, is an interactive "internet-based virtual world", which people enter in the form of a digital "avatar". The visual quality and number of environments, options and opportunities continues to expand- in addition to being a place where people...

created by Erik Larson | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
117 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments

GandalfEdman

Being John Malkovich in Real Life: Body Swapping & Dating

Technology exists and research is being done; two people wear headsets and goggles that the transmit sounds and images from the opposite person's frame of reference, giving them the illusion they are seeing and...

created by Erik Larson | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
688 views | 48 recommendations | 10 comments

Menage a Moi

Second Life affair leads to real life divorce

Is 'virtual cleating' still cheating? I don't know. I would need to have a think about that. What you you think? "For its many devotees, the Second Life virtual world is a place where the everyday constraints of...

created by generaldecay | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
207 views | 2 recommendations | 5 comments

chrisgiddings

Woman arrested for virtual murder, does time in a real jail

A woman in Tokyo has been arrested for virtual murder and is awaiting formal charges. The 43-year old woman had been virtually married to a man in the online, Second Life type, game called Maple...

created by Tina Kells | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
1000 views | 7 recommendations | 6 comments

Don't Dump It! Donate or Recycle Your Electronic Gear...Some Tips from 'Green...

Maybe your town does not have a bulk day like mine has (usually the first Monday of the month).I am sometimes surprised at how much we throw away.A lot of our electronic gear gets tired or we fall out of love with it. If it went past its freshness date and does not work...

created by leconcierge | 1 year ago
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Second Life Bluesman Gets First Life Record Deal

If you had any doubts that you lived in The Future, you may now dispel them... a real-life blues artist has signed a record deal after a labe's avatar saw his avatar, playing a live gig in Second Life. The label, Reality Entertainment, was actively scouring Second Life for...

created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Old Denver Airport Runway finds Second Life as Kitchen Countertops

In the Remake Remodel sphere, a couple of Denver based companies are finding a Second Life for concrete from the runway of the now defunct Stapleton Airport.Immix turns it into countertops as for Recrete Materials they recycle it into new buildings and projects. Calling...

created by leconcierge | 1 year ago
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Better living through machinima

The amount of creative energy that goes into building artificial worlds is astonishing. Now a group wants to channel that energy into building solutions for the real world. Using the popular appeal of Machinima - cinema made in virtual worlds - Quest 2 Change Real...

created by mtippett | 1 year ago
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The New "Summer Job" - Working in a Virtual World

The summer has already started for many students and the job search is on. Most people think of employment in a traditional sense - tangible and in person. For the few that are involved with online virtual worlds, money making doesn't need to happen in the flesh. You, me, and...

created by jessica.lam | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
231 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments

Gidge Uriza

Republican congressman calls for ban on Second Life

Republican Congressman Mark Kirk continues to make the ban of social-networking sites in schools a focus of his work on the hill. His newest target is "Second Life.""Rep. Mark Kirk, who is seeking...

created by cynthia yoo | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
410 views | 19 recommendations | 6 comments

Social Media Newsrooms: The Ultimate Web 2.0 Tool for Your Business

A social media newsroom is one place to send the media, prospective clients, book reviewers, or anyone who wants to know all about you, your business, or your book.