Links for Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Jeremy Zawodny: How I Write a Presentation - “I just avoid doing anything until I can’t wait much longer. Then I sit down with a pen and paper to write out ideas in a fairly free-form bullet list. Then I annotate and expand the ideas until the paper is unreadable […]
SecondCast #54 - Voice Moon Walk [special episode]Johnny talks with Philip Linden, Joe Linden, and Oz Spade using the voice beta released earlier today on the Second Life Preview Grid.The show ends with a new version of of the SecondCast theme song by Estee Music. Let us know […]
Links for Sunday, May 20, 2007
Debs Regent Virtual Commerce - “We will promote your business within real life environments such as London and ensure that you get product appreciation and customer attachment via unique ‘communities’, such as Knightsbridge, that we created within SecondLife.“Nick Wilson: Things To Do in Second Life for the Geeky and the […]
A CRISIS OF FAITHThe Avatars of Change are among the first groups attempting to create a new spirituality unique to the metaverse. We are an ecumenical religious and cultural order, united by the Avatarian Way, the group charter announces. May Great Avatar Smile…SLHamlet
ART FOR AMALTHEA’S SAKESpeaking of interactive art installations, I’ve been meaning to link to this lovely video from Amalthea Blanc of Second Life Art News, a tour through the ethereal art garden of Abbaca Aoi. It has enough traits, Thea writes, to make…SLHamlet
Warren EllisIf you don’t know who Warren Ellis is, you need to find out - simply put, he’s one of the best writers on the planet in any format he touches. And now he’s going to be writing a news columns from Second Life!
Links for Saturday, May 26, 2007
Stephen Hawking: Public Lectures - “Below are some of the more recent public lectures. Included with these lectures is a Glossary of some of the terms used. “Hackszine: Detecting and reducing power consumption in Linux - “When your CPU isn’t executing intructions, it enters an idle mode and consumes far […]
Making a Cut-OutA cut-out is part of a screenshot with the background made transparent so it stands alone. Use them to display and sell clothes or avatars, as stand-ins for screenshots, or anything else you can think of.In this screenshot I’m standing by cut-outs displaying my clothing.By: Osprey TherianOsprey Therian
THE VIEW FROM GWYNSL visionary Gwyneth Llewelyn just published one of her perennial, must-read surveys of SL’s present and future. Among the topics she highlights: - Linden Lab is profitable (as mentioned in a recent interview with Jeska Linden, though surprisingly, it hasn’t…SLHamlet