Second LIfe

Second Life is a three dimensional virtual world in which users control avatars that can socialize, collect items, share and learn, market products, and communicate with each other in a fantastical number of ways. Second Life is a product of Linden Lab which was founded in 1999 to be "a free online virtual world imagined and created by its Residents." There's no specific goal to playing Second Life, which allows participants to enter the virtual world with their own individualized goals and agenda. In that sense, Second Life can best be thought of as a social MMO (massively multiplayer online game).

Second Life has developed such an advanced virtual society that it has its own economic system, run on a currency called Linden Dollars. The demand for virtual services and goods within Second Life is such that people are willing to use real world money to purchase Linden Dollars.

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• Thursday in Information Literacy Week in SL

  
  Information Literacy Weblog — Authority: 124
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• Meta Magic Studio to Close Second Life sims

  
  Lost in Bananaverse — Authority: 114
  Last night Meta Magic Studio came to a tough decision, we could no longer keep supporting our four simulators in Second Life due to a lack of revenue.  While we still believe in Second Life and the opportunities it presents, we can not just keep shelling out money to Linden Lab without clients.  And currently [...]
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• around | Bentham Forest

  
  Fashion Feed of SL — Authority: 170
  Discover the secrets of Bentham Forest, wander & explore the dark foreboding landscape (quests spooky evil scary eerie creepy art fantasy spirits halloween horror) Forest by Andrek Lowell, Integrated works by Lauren Bentham more after the cut :: around | Bentham Forest © AnaLu for .Ana Lutetia. , ...
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• To Write Love…

  
  Fashion Feed of SL — Authority: 170
  In Pushbutton Skolnick’s profile under her first life tab it says: “l et’s see you do one thing as graceful as sylvia plath… ” I don’t think that kind of grace exists anymore. It’s a marriage of coincidence that I happened to just finish reading The Bell Jar for the first time and received word about ...
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• around | 100Limite

  
  Fashion Feed of SL — Authority: 170
  It’s nice when you don’t have to leave your own sim to find a beautiful place to visit in-world. Thanks to Summer Wardhani , we now have an Autumn/Halloween area in the sim. I am using the amazing WindLight preset by Tesla Miles . more after the cut :: around | 100Limite © AnaLu for .Ana ...
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• You Must Be Jesting

  
  Machinations of an Evil Tiny Kitty — Authority: 413
  Although unusual incidents are not out of the ordinary in my line of work, I felt I had to do something about the gent in my squiddy thing. I most certainly was not going to cut him out of my poor squiddy. I had to come up with a solution that would not harm the creature, so I prepared a laxative elixir in the hopes ...
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• To Write Love on Her Arms

  
  Fashion Feed of SL — Authority: 170
  To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery. *****To Write Love On Her Arms Day is a day ...
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• Open University Virtual Education in Second Life

  
  Second Life Update — Authority: 432
  One interesting virtual education project is the Open University’s Innovative Experiment in Community. This virtual university is running several classes in the virtual world of Second Life. Long distance learning and community building are emphasized. Open University is based in the United Kingdom and ...
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• Second Life’s classless server scheme

  
  Be The Gamer — Authority: 456
  Thus far, one of the key factors in Second Life performance has been the class of server hardware hosting the simulator. There are plenty of other non-server items that might contribute to perceived poor performance , of course, but server class versus server utilization is a pretty consistent factor. ...
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• Second Life Jobs: Post your SL Job on SLENTRE FREE!

  
  SLentrepreneur Magazine — Authority: 110
  You can now post your Second Life job on SLENTRE’s new job board FREE!Just visit the SL job board and use the promo code SLINTRO to get unlimited free job listings.The job-o-matic job board asks for job location, you can use the Second Life company zip code, 94111. We also recommend using the term ‘Second [...]
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• FarmVille: who knew boredom could be a cash crop? | Game Theory

  
  Technology: Games blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 139
  When is a game not a game? FarmVille, a "social game" available on Facebook, is dividing opinion across the web as users and pundits flock to criticise its somewhat cynical nature and praise its unprecedented success. Since its release in June, nearly 60 million people have downloaded the application – a similar ...
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• Money for Nothing

  
  Blogs — Authority: 159
  "A can of whoop ass" is not just a figure of speech. Regular Facebook users will recognize it as a popular "virtual gift" in the networking sites Gift Shop. The price is 10 credits. Thats $1 in Earth money. For the same price, you can buy a rose, a slinky, a troll doll, or your favorite teams mascot - all virtual. ...
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• Grim Bros at Slaughter City

  
  Fashion Feed of SL — Authority: 170
  Cutea Benelli is a true innovator. She is clever, whimsical, bright as the sun and produces some of the most curious oddities in Second Life. I was totally happy to see that she now is part of the Slaughter City shops. Grim Bros , Cutea’s shop, is an ALL INCLUSIVE experience. You can find EVERYTHING there! ...
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• FANGdasFREEBIE :)

  
  Fashion Feed of SL — Authority: 170
  ::ZinGZanGZunG presents:: wie ging das nochmal „über sieben brücken sollst du gehen…?“ hier müsst ihr nur über eine! und ich würde sagen, es lohnt sich denn rechts und links findet ihr einige DOLLAR- und FREEBIES die von ein paar der designer, dort auf der sim, für euch hinterlegt wurden. und wenn ihr ...
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• Eternity Brides and Seldom Blue - Mia gowns and a great deal!

  
  Stella's — Authority: 118
  Eternity Brides & Seldom Blue has a fantastic deal for you all in the form of the new Mia line . Mia is comprised of 3 different flexi prim skirt lengths and a beautifully lush floral texture. The Mia gown set in Red is currently on sale for only 100L and the blue is only 1L! There’s also word that Eternity ...
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• interview | Ana Lutetia

  
  Fashion Feed of SL — Authority: 170
  Second Life name : Ana Lutetia RezDay : 11/11/2006 more after the cut :: interview | Ana Lutetia © AnaLu for .Ana Lutetia. , 2009. | Permalink | No comment | info on blog advertising click here . Tags: AnaLu
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• Eternity Brides & Seldom Blue – Mia gowns and a great deal!

  
  Fashion Feed of SL — Authority: 170
  Eternity Brides &  Seldom Blue has a fantastic deal for you all in the form of the new Mia line .  Mia is comprised of 3 different flexi prim skirt lengths and a beautifully lush floral texture. The Mia gown set in Red is currently on sale for only 100L and the blue is only 1L! There’s also word that ...
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• New Release -Find Ash

  
  YABU SIM — Authority: 106
  New hair style for men and women from Find Ash ----------------------------------- *for men name : Lazy Motion price : 260L$/a color 780L$/4 colors set 1560L$/12 colors set permissions : no transfer ----------------------------------- ----------------------------------- *for women name : Loose ...
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• Vanity Universe Skinfair 2009 —- Care International Fund-Raiser Items Part 3

  
  Fashion Feed of SL — Authority: 170
  Vanity Universe Skinfair 2009 —- Care International Fund-Raiser Items Part 3 The Skinfair 2009 is open ! Donations for the aid organization “Care” will be collected during this event. 50 % of the rental revenues will be donated to Care,as well as the designer items sold via the ” Care vendors” I ...
  16 hours ago

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