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Twitter Through Imified

It is now possible to send Tweets to Twitter through the Imified service. Why would you want to do this? Maybe the Twitter chat bot is down and the Imified chat bot is up. Or maybe just to keep your options open?
Imified is a handy tool and it is great to see its functionality expanding. […]

Philip Rosedale at The Long Now Foundation

On 30 November 2006 Philip Rosedale spoke to The Long Now Foundation about Second Life. As a talk given by the CEO of the growing virtual world it is an interesting to hear his overview of what has and is happening, but more than that it is fascinating to watch him. During this talk […]

AIO Fall 2007 Business Communication Class in SL

The Art Institute Online has announced that they will be offering a Business Communication class in Second Life for the Fall 2007 semester. Their in-world island, AI Pittsburgh, will be open to the public soon. More here, and on YouTube (below).

TwitterBox HUD

There is a Twitter HUD available for Second Life. Ordinal Malaprop developed it and is making it available for free in-world. You can read more about the HUD at the web site. If you have never Twittered before or have no idea what I”m talking about you can see what it is all about at […]

The Future Doesn’t Stop at a 3D Web

CoolCat blogger Vicki Davis posted a few of her thoughts on SL and education and the implications for learning with the advent of a 3D web that is getting attention here and here. While she builds a heroic argument for why 3D worlds are important for the future of education, I believe this idea needs […]

My Second Life: The Album

I received a tip the other day via my last.fm account about an album titled My Second Life, by Niko Donburi. Reminiscent of the stylings of Weird Al Yankovic, Donburi parodies the highs and lows of life on the SL grid. Residents and Unverifieds alike can appreciate songs like Second Life (That’s Where I Want […]

LL Announces Measures to Counter Overload

Linden lab has announced its plans to restrict the grid to premium customers only during peak traffic time. This plan gets a thumbs up from comment-contributing residents on the LL blog, and seems to be the general consensus of residents all around.
There is no mistaking that Second Life is an ever-developing, ever-growing endeavor for its […]

New Rig

New! With more productivity packed in every byte. The new laptop is making the once painful tasks of building/texturing much easier. I’ll post more about the specs later, but right now am just amazed at all the things I wasn’t able to see before - like my face. Who knew!

Pulveria - Whaa?

While surfing the grid today I came across and island named Pulveria. I half expected to land in the middle of some intense game world, but instead I found myself in front of a few Vivox booths (they should have been my first clue) with a conference hall to my back. Positioned around the […]

Playing Nice with Vista

Linden Lab has announced that they plan on having a Vista-friendly client ready in a few weeks. Though a few people claim to be able to run SL on Vista it certainly still a crap shoot.
The first efforts have been integrated in the latest FirstLook viewer if you’re interested in helping to sort out […]