Do you know that there are other ways of viewing Second Life than the standard Second Life viewer? There are in fact at least fifteen Second Life viewers other than those created by Second Life. The picture on the right is the logo of one of them, the Meerkat Viewer. The Second Life Wiki lists…
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Talis Sci-Fi and Fantasy Portal
Are you a sci-fi, speculative fiction, or fantasy enthusiast? If so, Second Life’s Talis Sci-Fi and Fantasy Portal is for you. Founded in 2006, it is one of Second Life’s older institutions, featuring informational displays, author appearances, and discussions. Current displays include "Look into the Liaden Universe", about the series of books authored by…
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 for their contributions to American and especially African-American music, and to write about either building,…
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 exhibits and features. This educational collaboration between 125 colleges and universities includes over 100 regions…
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 that, before radio, television, and finally the internet, was hopelessly unreachable to a farm boy…
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 did return, because subsequent visits revealed deeper layers, both literally and figuratively. For me, the…
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 an experiment by Rezzable to explore the possibilities of using virtual world space. The "Preview"…
Second Life toolbar for your browser
I apologize for being AWOL for so much of the last two weeks! My First Life has been seriously interfering with my Second Life. I’ve found a free and very useful Second Life tool bar that you can add to your Internet Explorer or Firefox browser, SL-ToolBar.EU. The toolbar provides: The latest news, blog, and…
Win a Second Life region for a year
a Look for a blue-ribboned egg like the one on the right and you could win a full Second Life region for a year just for taking a brief Linden Lab survey! You’ll find the eggs on EggsActly Island. The teleport link is at the end of this article. The contest is part of Second…
Molotov Alva and his search for the creator, part two (video)
In part two of Molotov Alva and his Search for the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey, Molotov Alva realizes that he is becoming just as trapped by his possessions in his Second Life as he was in his first life, and so he embarks on a journey to find the creator of it all. The…