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While a lot of the open source key companies and organizations exist in SL such as Ubuntu, Red Hat, Oracle, Free Software Foundation, FLOSS,...

Wendy said it best, in my opinion. "I love simulation games. I love online communities... But when I tried Second Life during the summe...

Creating A Basic T-Shirt in Second Life When I asked my wife for help on this assignment, she just chuckled at me and said it was my homewor...

I was reading a story entitled, “Humans Crave Violence Just Like Sex” at http://www.livescience.com/health/080117-violent-cravings.html . A...

For those of you interested in language applications in SL, this article might be of interest. The main body of the PR article is in French,...

In addition to owning an island in Second Life (CoLab), NASA is requesting information (RFI) from organizations or companies interested in ...

I was just trying to get in some SL time for the first time since class, and of course when I try to enjoy it, there is some sort of mandato...

Found this on the SLRL list - Linden Lab (organization that manages Second Life) does not require permission to conduct research in SL. They...

I have just completed the readings for the upcoming week and felt compelled to blog about it. The reading was " Anda's Game"....

This is one of the many strange things that I deal with in my own blog "Experimental Performance Hybrids" Although in this case th...

As always, my life last night and today interferred with my life. By this I mean my son got sick last night with one of his attacks. He gets...

For those interested in integrating machinima into your project, you can drop by the Machinima Institute on Eduisland 3, 60, 30, 22. http://...

I was reading Arturo's recent posts and comments and was thinking about how the Internet seems to be evolving in ways that many did not ...

These resources and tutorials for Second Life are courtesy of Joshua Javaheri. They are posted on the course resources page . Thanks, Josh...

La Bête de la mer Tapisseries de l’Apocalypse 1 I use the metaphor of weaving and specifically the tapestry form as a representation of bot...

Here's a few places to go that were mentioned during class. Enjoy! New Citizens Inc. Wisdom and enlightenment island Skidz Primz

I am very interested with the possibilities of students creating their own machinima. I come from a video production background and see many...

I read some more really interesting news about Second Life and will post the links at the end of this post, but I wanted to propose a questi...

Hey, everyone! Blogs are great, but for reference purposes (finding things later) for me they leave something to be desired. So, in the spir...

I wanted to get an idea of what you guys think about the level of regulation within the SL world??? Over the last 5 years I have come to lea...

At first I was a bit hesitant to sign up for a course in which we interact in a virtual environment (SL). My previous experiences in online...

As I was attempting to explain what Second life was to some of my family this weekend, I stated to concieve of it in a much different way th...

I have played computer games on and off for the past decade. There are plenty of MMORPG's around, but SL is unique. As I walked around O...

Weirdly enough, while my friends and the rest of the world are all in love with their video games, I really never had similar fervor and enj...

Ahhh, story time with Amy.... Around 20 years ago (yes, I am old) my father brought home a few floppy disks - you remember, the ones that ac...

I've enjoyed reading everyone 's posts, so after a week of diving in (and flying around) SL here are a few things that I've fo...

You are not isolated in your concerns or simple curiosity about VR and the concept of "reality" as a whole. The global importance ...

Hey everyone, I just thought I would introduce myself (kinda late, but whatever). I'm Gaellissa (a.k.a. Gaelle Jaxxon in SL), the girl w...

Some thoughts - It is about time that I post my fair share of my comments, requests etc. To begin with I am really excited about this class...

Hi All, This is the event I described on Tuesday when I introduced myself. It is some of what Hawc Decosta has been up to in SL. ___________...

Thought some of you might find this program of interest. It's a FRONTLINE program on PBS scheduled for next Tuesday, Jan. 22nd (locally...

I remember one of you saying that you were working on exploring SL as a tool for language instruction. When searching for something else I c...

I’m fascinated by the development of SL in relation to real life. SL seems to be a utopian society free of many problems and challenges we...

I was thinking the other day about the ability of VWE's like SL to expand our cultural awareness by providing opportunities we would mo...