Monthly Archives: August 2009

Changing your snapshot file name

Knowing how to change the name of your Second Life snapshot files is vital to Second Life photography. When you’ve been taking snapshots of Egyptian pyramids in Second Life, for example, but then go to a club and take snapshots … Continue reading

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Going to college in Second Life

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Benefit Virtual Art Auction

Across the room you see two classic columns, and an angel flying carefree among the clouds between them. You walk closer. Without warning the columns shatter into fragments onto the ground around you. You look up. The angel is now … Continue reading

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Second Life Advanced Snapshot Settings

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Obama in Ghana – Second Life interviews

"I believe that a village in Africa with a couple of computers powerful enough to connect to a virtual world could be the shared resources that people could use to communicate, work, learn." That’s the vision of Linden Lab‘s founder … Continue reading

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Obama in Ghana streamed to Second Life

A virtual world and United States presidential first took place last month when a speech by President Obama was streamed live into two virtual worlds, Second Life and Metaplace, from the African nation of Ghana. Even for a president as … Continue reading

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SLCC Day Four

  Day four of the Second Life Community Convention began with.Linden Lab‘s Tom Hale (pictured on the right) unveiling new features that are coming soon, and sneak peaks at wish list items we could see over the coming year. These … Continue reading

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SLCC 2009 Day Three

  "When you are in Second Life, do you pretend to be someone you are not?" This is a question that a college teacher who holds classes in Second Life asks his students. This brings up a hugely important question … Continue reading

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SLCC 2009 Day two

  Day two of the Second Life Community Conference went smoothly. Attendees arrived, were issued their badges and SLCC teeshirts, and proceeded to Grand Ballroom for the morning’s keynote speaker, the legendary technology visionary Ray Kurzweil. However, Kurzweil wasn’t there. … Continue reading

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SLCC 2009 Day One

  It wasn’t supposed to be like this. The first day of the Second Life Community Convention was a day of controlled chaos and the halls of the ornate Westin-St. Francis hhandwritten being adorned with signs made from from pages … Continue reading

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