Let the games begin: Gambling returns, lag free and (somewhat) Linden$ free
One year after the gambling ban in Second Life, new games introduced will circumvent the ban to allow gaming. Zymurgy's products and system also designed to restore confidence in the SL gaming business.
Dumpling books artists at Hotel Dare Gattina Dumpling has invited SL artists to decorate a room each in her Hotel Dare - a hotel you’ve never seen the likes of.
The Fashionista's Designer Well-known fashion blogger Milla Michinaga has made the move from showcasing fashion to creating it.
BlogHer Conference begins today Blogher.com, an online community for women who blog, hosts it's BlogHer '08 Conference in San Francisco this weekend.
The ARTisan awakens The folks from The Artists Park have released a new magazine called The ARTisan - a photo magazine that also looks at fashion and builds.
It's all about the leopardskin, baby SLNN spends a day in the life of style icon Antonia Marat, creator of Artilleri rockabilly clothing and a new skin line.
Grassroots politics: Dean and Clark in Second Life via Netroots Nation Netroots Nation kicked off its 3rd annual convention in Austin, TX. Chairman of the National Democratic Committee Governor Howard Dean, and retired General Wesley Clark spoke of popular issues and the impact of blogging on politics.
Some Lively advice There are probably 1,000s of reasons why Google’s launch of their virtual space “Lively” will not impact Linden Lab, which could be why we all heard a collective sigh of relief emanating from San Francisco, USA Tuesday, and then received a loving letter from M Linden on the official blog on Wednesday.
It won't be "Lively" "...in the earliest wave of pioneers in any new disruptive platform, the marginal and the dispossessed are over represented, not the sole constituents...but people who feel they don't fit, who have nothing left to lose or who were impelled by some kind of dream, who may be outsiders to whatever mainstream they are coming from, all come and arrive early in disproportionate numbers...It is the way Second Life has been settled." -Mitch Kapor, July 2008
Straw Into Gold: Virtual Ability and the Ability Commons SLNN friend Widget Whitberry encourages SL residents to cast their vote in support of Virtual Ability which is vying to be funded by a USC Annenberg's School for Communication Community Challenge Grant. Voting ends today.
Avatarian News 3 - The Pendulum of Sagely Refinement Starting this week, the Avatarian News will be printing teachings from The Avatars of Change?s Prelate, Taras Balderdash, on the Avatarian Way.
Posted January 15, 2007
Avatarian News Issue Two News by, for, and about, The Avatars of Change, a monastic order that collects charity and promotes interfaith discussion in Second Life.
