Monthly Archives: May 2009

Harlem’s 1920s Cotton Club – live in Second Life

  I’ve been waiting months to write about Second Life‘s Virtual Harlem, a pair of sims that aim to simulate 1920s Harlem and two of its most historic landmarks, the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater, Both locations are remembered … Continue reading

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Storm Eye

  The activities in Second Life of the New Media Consortium (NMC) are too diverse and too numerous to do justice to by writing about it in a single blog, so over coming weeks, I’ll be highlighting some of its … Continue reading

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A glimpse inside a rural America of the past, part two

  Yesterday in The Refuge and Expansion, we explored its house, barn, and the house’s upstairs work area.   In the cramped confines of the house’s attic, we find a boy’s desperate attempts to reach out to an outside world … Continue reading

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A glimpse inside a rural America of the past, part one

Insert photo caption or credit here The first time I visited Second Life’s The Refuge and Expansion, it struck me as a well done reproduction of a quaint aspect of bygone America, but not worth a return visit.  Fortunately, I … Continue reading

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King Tut Virtual Exhibit

The King Tut exhibit is currently on a tour of the United States and Canada, but you can get a taste of it without leaving your home by visiting King Tut Virtual: SPECIAL PREVIEW in Second Life. It’s part of … Continue reading

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