Second Life‘s Dreams is a place for people to let their imaginations play freely and learn new building skills in a supportive, friendly environment. In addition to providing building tutorials and a sandbox for members, it offers one-on-one support for Second Life members with challenges that prevent them from easily taking an active part in…
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Virtual Frank Lloyd Wright Museum
Maybe because I’m blessed to live in what might be the only county with a civic center designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, his architecture has always fascinated me. Our civic center is probably the only public building I really enjoy visiting, but I live on the West Coast and most of Wright’s buildings are…
Second Life 101: gateway communities – Australia, Ireland, and Turkey
Today we’ll explore Australian, Irish, and Turkish gateway communities in Second Life. Like Australia itself, the Australian-themed Big Pond gateway community is vast, comprising 16 sims with names such as Ponderama, Pondune, Pondessa, and Pondune. Big Pond is far to large to cover in this article, which will be restricted to the area for…
Second Life 101: gateway communities – Holland, Avatar Island, Benelux, and China
This is the first in a series of articles about Second Life gateway communities, which were discussed in the last Second Life 101 article, Renting and Gateway Communities. Today we’ll examine four gateway communities: Virtual Holland, BeNeLux Community Gateway, 3Immersions, and Avatar Island University. One is English language, one is Chinese, one is Dutch, and…
Second Life 101: gateway communities and renting
There are two more important things for prospective and new Second Life members to consider: gateway communities and renting land. Communities Like our physical world, Second Life is a vast place, with much variety, and a wide variety of languages (Second Life members hail from over a hundred countries!). It can be very bewildering to…
Second Life 101: getting started
Today’s column is for the newest of the new, people who have been hearing about Second Life and want to try it themselves. The good news is that you can join Second Life for free. You can download the software, install it on your computer, and become active in Second Life without spending a penny….
Visit the famed Hotel Chelsea, now in Second Life
For over a hundred years, New York‘s Hotel Chelsea has been famed for the many prominent artists, writers, and other creative people of the twentieth century who stayed or lived there. The very long list includes Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Sid Vicious, Leonard Cohen, Dylan Thomas, Arthur C. Clarke (who wrote 2001: A Space…
Friday Night at SL6B
If you harbor any doubts about the creative talent among Second Life members, be sure to visit SB6L, Second Life’s sixth birthday celebration, this weekend. Even if you harbor no doubts and just want a good time, stop in this weekend. The exhibits will remain in place through July 6, 2009, but the performances and…
SL6B, “The Future of Virtual Worlds”
Dallier’s Hope, a meteor 600 light years from Earth and said to have been discovered in theyear 2499, is the location of Second Life’s 6th anniversary celebration, "The Future of Virtual Worlds". It consists of 20 regions of exhibits and a wide range of events from June 23 to June 30, 2009, including dancing,…
American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life
Don a snail avatar and race against other snails to fight cancer? Yes, that’s one of the ways you can contribute in Second Life to the fight against cancer. The American Cancer Society‘s Relay for Life not only allows teams of people around the physical world to raise money to fight cancer, but also around…