December 1st, 2009 | by admin | published in Real Life in Second Life
By Sappho Zapatero
The Spanish Institute (or Instituto Español) in Second Life first caught my eyes several months ago, when my friend, who is learning Spanish, found the program and sent a photograph of himself standing at an alter. Curiosity got the best of me and I visited the site several times over the course of [...]
October 28th, 2009 | by admin | published in Real Life in Second Life, SL Entrepreneur Magazine
By Compe Lockwood
It’s not easy being green. Just ask Kermit the Frog. Second Life likes green too – check your mini map next time you’re in-world. See all the little green dots representing people? And while mini maps are a good start for tracking folks (and voyeurism), serious data tracking requires serious tools – like [...]
September 2nd, 2009 | by admin | published in Real Life in Second Life, SL Entrepreneur Magazine
By Compe Lockwood
Polar bears in peril, solar energy for cooking, recycling the planet. This is “Show Me the Green: An Exposition of Green and Sustainable Practices.” And this is a very ambitious rooftop.
Held on top of the Museum of the African-American Experience, The Green and Sustainable Expo ran last month with a broad goal – [...]
August 5th, 2009 | by admin | published in Real Life in Second Life, SL Entrepreneur Magazine
By Compe Lockwood
Few mysteries are more famous then Scotland’s Loch Ness Monster. After decades of research and investigation, questions remain. Does the creature exist? What does it look like? Why can’t we find it?
“Nessie” is indeed an elusive creature lurking in the self-imposed solitude of watery depths. But the serpent is not quite so shy [...]
June 9th, 2009 | by admin | published in Real Life in Second Life, SL Entrepreneur Magazine
By Compe Lockwood
Open wide and say ahhh. You haven’t heard that in Second Life yet. Bet you haven’t received dental care here either. That could change because your future dentist may be here now, filling virtual cavities.
Students at the University of Maryland – Baltimore Virtual Dental School will have the opportunity to study and train [...]
May 19th, 2009 | by admin | published in Real Life in Second Life
By Compe Lockwood
Molaskey’s is one of the best pubs I’ve never seen. Or should I say, never seen in real life. But in Second Life, the cyber pub is the equivalent to the mythical Cheers bar – “You’ve got to go where everyone knows your name” – and this includes avatars.
This Second Life tavern is [...]
May 6th, 2009 | by admin | published in Real Life in Second Life
by Compe Lockwood
“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth – the Internet!” Okay Abraham Lincoln never said that. But he can today. Just ask his avatar.
(Abe Lincoln in Second Life with SLENTRE reporter CompE Lockwood aka Emmett Burnett.)
Honest Abe is alive again in Land of Lincoln; Second Life’s sim of artifacts, [...]
February 25th, 2009 | by admin | published in Real Life in Second Life, SL Entrepreneur Magazine
By Emmett Burnett/Compe Lockwood
I visited the library today. Okay, that sounds pretty mundane – but don’t click that mouse just yet! This is pretty cool. My librarian is an avatar and so am I.
In this library, books aren’t checked out; they’re rezzed. Patrons don’t drive; they’re teleported. Dewey Decimal System meets Second Life. You [...]
January 21st, 2009 | by admin | published in Real Life in Second Life
by Feldspar Epstein
Brian Regan, aka PrinterBrian Dowd in SL, is a driving force behind the Printalution (www.printalution.com) project in Second Life. Regan is the president of Semper International LLC (www.semperllc.com), a highly respected placement firm for the graphic arts and printing industry. Semper has recently opened an Interactive Media and Virtual Worlds Development center inspired [...]
December 10th, 2008 | by admin | published in Real Life in Second Life
Editorial By Feldpar Epstein
It’s rare to hear about real life business success stories in Second Life.
The big ticket names – Pontiac, Adidas, Reebok, AOL, BMW, Aloft – seem to come – and then go. More to the point, they rush in with a big, splashy musical number and then take one of two routes out: [...]
