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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Burning Man - Burning Life

Burning Life '08 - Second Life equivalent to the real Burning Man Festival. Here is a Video showing some of the highlights from the '08 event. There is some very interesting artwork created during this event every year.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Pondering the reality of a virtual world - from "ChicagoLawyer Magazine"

Real lawyers in SL!?! What are they doing? Who's being billed?

1st paragraph excerpt from article...

In a world far removed from his criminal defense practice on LaSalle Street, the lawyer known as Monday Beam has not only put out his shingle on the spacious top floor of a skyscraper that also houses a Cineplex and an art gallery, but he is also the owner of that upscale high-rise, the island on which it sits, and several more islands touted as ”premier, organic” destinations featuring a mix of ”modern residential living” and ‘’state-of-the art” retail offerings......

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Monday, March 9, 2009

Isle of Wyrms Cathedral (and Dragons)

This is a very cool sim with a very well-done cathedral construction. They have a liking for dragons on this island, too. This place is worth a visit: SLurl

Friday, March 6, 2009

Portrait of an Artist as an Avatar - The New York Times

CERTAINLY, FILTHY FLUNO is not the first artist to realize that in order to sell his paintings, he needs to sell himself. He does, however, work at it with impressive zeal. Every day he makes new friends and cultivates new contacts, edging himself and his work — a collection of expressionistic oil paintings and vibrant, graffiti-laced pastels — just a little bit farther into a universe that to others might appear huge and indifferent, but as Filthy sees it is stuffed with possibility and also potential customers. To this end, you will often find him wandering around art openings and dance parties, dressed in a spiffy suit and pair of sneakers, trying earnestly to chat up every person in the room.....

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Conferences Go Virtual - CNBC

Businesses saving $$ by having meetings and conferences inworld.