Second Life Absorption

Something was different when the animals didn't sleep. #
Any other ex/current FRUA devotees here? #
Just submitted my next article to Smashing Magazine. It combines a few things I love about computer art. =) #
Free Turbotax Business 2008 @ http://tinyurl.com/8yws9q #
Chop the slop, dunk the junk, and bypass the trash! #
The Joy of AFK: Torley posted a photo:

Photographed by Ravenelle. http://tinyurl.com/8lkf79 #
I am AFK. http://www.flickr.com/photos/torley/3185564757/ #
What if Second Life was a classic adventure game?: You'd be presented with scenarios like this, that's.. http://tinyurl.com/6ssvro #
What Second Life might look like on a Commodore 64: http://www.flickr.com/photos/torley/3185089221/ #
Make an image look like it came from a Commodore 64: http://taint.org/c64ize/ #
@picnik Ooh I just brought up the helpful About Vibrance info-bubble. Nice! in reply to picnik #
@picnik Eye am enjoying Vibrance! Is there explanation of how it works diff. from Saturation? in reply to picnik #
Into it: There's an old joke which isn't so funny if it's happening to you and it's unplanne.. http://tinyurl.com/a2rsa3 #
The biggest fallacy of (musical) automation: I love to automate actions so I don't have to trudge through t.. http://tinyurl.com/856xvu #
@rolfsky @cynfusion Oh please show me ASCII art of “Scotsman playing the bagpipes”! in reply to rolfsky #
Dubstep taught us to think in triplets. #
Zombie Charles Boycott is mad! He wants his name back so he can auction it on eBay. Kthxbai. #
Buy your own Quack Quack Ontalack: guaranteed to protect you from psychic attacks or your juju back! #
@CommonCraft I admire you for your simple, sensible approach to video tutorials! in reply to CommonCraft #
Did you hear the one about the gramatically-correct robot panda? Eats nuts and bolts. #
Whoa the new Google favicon looks so weird. >.< #
Is the past what you expected it to be? #
One of the funnest things to do: make up a fake title for yourself, then try to live up to it. You'll learn something either way. #
Torley fashion: Torley posted a photo: http://tinyurl.com/9sx96s #
I've come to the conclusion a lot of ASCII art consists of Star Trek vessels, nekkid wimmin, and cats. #
@Ishkahbibel Yes! Funny how trust is often overstated but underrated. Or not funny, but NEEDS TO BE THERE! in reply to Ishkahbibel #
@JoelFoner unfinished sentence there? in reply to JoelFoner #
@mohax <3 the cream cheese too. Don't have it every time, but it's nice. Sushi and fusion go together like jazz and repeating mistakes. in reply to mohax #
@dorkland You are so very welcome. Apparently, they'll work for peanuts. Or less. in reply to dorkland #
@mopedronin Have a link to it? I've seen a lot of nekkid ASCII art which comes close t o that description. in reply to mopedronin #
What's your fave ASCII/ANSI/etc. art? I'm writing an article for Smashing Magazine and would like to see your inspirations! #
I find it hilarious that “I Love Chopin” actually uses a Bach-esque chord progression. #
Personal Blanding Blog: Social media has become the equivalent of commercial hippiewear: it's much more con.. http://tinyurl.com/aykub8 #
What happens when Wolverine is in a series of unfortunate events? Lemony Snikt! #
Eating the remains of a bento box. Ordered way too much sushi yesterday, couldn't eat it all. #
Boring social media buzzword blahblahblah personal blanding clownsourcing etc. #
I contribute to Smashing Magazine ( http://www.smashingmagazine.com/ ) What would you like to see that hasn't been covered yet? #
@GaneshaXi See, here's the thing. I keep imagining your Twitter icon talking to me like the rabbit in Donnie Darko. in reply to GaneshaXi #
@skwerlgrrl Yesterday I heard “fauxtography” in a conversation. I giggled, which turned into a wild LOLOLOLOL. in reply to skwerlgrrl #
@gigstaggart *BIG SMILE* I wonder how they figured that out! in reply to gigstaggart #
@GiannaBorgnine I'm just happy to help, and thank you graciously for such nice words! *blush* in reply to GiannaBorgnine #
i has a bokeh #
colored snow: Torley posted a photo:

Posted by Second Life Resident Torley Linden. Visit I-World Festival 2. http://tinyurl.com/7e8t4z #
My favorite thing to do when watching a bad movie is to stop it, read ending spoilers, and move onto a better film. #
Best teleport effect? #
Compassion means hugging someone when you feel you should but don't know how. #
As far as I'm aware, Disney World is not a museum in that Mickey, Donald, Goofy et al. were not the dominant lifeforms before humans. #
Be effective. Don't be fooled by frauductivity. #
I am looking for some badass animated GIF. I like retro dither style u see. Show me ur pleasant ANIMATED GIF!!! Or else… I will not see #
@GaneshaXi Oh, my Mac Pro is puttering along just fine thank-you. And a number of the devices are AC-powered, so not running solely off-bus. in reply to GaneshaXi #
@AnthonyHocken I heard of this the other day… haven't tried it yet. Thanks for the reminder! in reply to AnthonyHocken #
popcat.gif: Torley posted a photo:

Watch me pop! http://tinyurl.com/78gxwh #
POPCAT.GIF: EYUM POPCAT; I POP!

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POPCAT.GIF http://www.flickr.com/photos/torley/3178176717/sizes/o/ #
Testing pro audio company tech support. Sending the same basic letter to 4 and seeing how they respond. >:) #
If something's fixed, don't break it! #
21 USB ports was just not enough for me. #
I want to dance with my cat like Bjork does in that video. This would involve magic. Can anyone grow my cat and make my dream come true? #
@suesinger OMG WONDERFUL NEWS! in reply to suesinger #
Missed our Documentation Team office hour? Here's a transcript: http://tinyurl.com/749st3 #
Bleh Twitter keeps borking my SLURLs. I mean… http://slurl.com/secondlife/Beaumont/21/164/35 :p #
@whump Ooh! I'd opt for Claudia Black! in reply to whump #
I'm hanging out in Second Life now @ http://slurl.com/secondlife/Beaumont/21/165/35 Come join me for Documentation Team discussion. #
In 10 minutes, hang out with Documentation Team in Second Life @ http://slurl.com/secondlife/Beaumont/25/165/34 #
@K_Eusebio @MayaParis I'm sorry, that link should be http://slurl.com/secondlife/Beaumont/25/165/34 … I'll be there in 13-or-so minutes! in reply to K_Eusebio #
Yeargh Twitter, why must ye cut off my URLs-which-are-long-but-not-long-enough-for-TinyURL. #
@whump What do you think of the eleventh Doctor? in reply to whump #
@GiannaBorgnine Did you send it through my Web profile tab? That's da right way to reach me. Or, http://torley.com/contactsl ;D in reply to GiannaBorgnine #
@clarkkaren Ohh I think you'll like this one! FSM IN ANIME! http://www.flickr.com/photos/zephos/3152754053/ in reply to clarkkaren #
Has anyone tried the video stabilization in iMovie 09 yet? What do you think? #
To master the atmosphere you must not fear the skies to spear and why of azure flights and neon tights this poem sucks I know #
Today! Only in Second Life! Chat live with the Documentation Team (Jon, Jeremy, Kate, & Torley) here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Beaumo … #
MediaMaster is running out of upload space. If you tried to upload albums and it failed inconsistently… http://tinyurl.com/85guf6 #
@HalonWolf HOLY MOLY DO YOU HAVE A RECORDING? I WOULD LUV 2 HEAR. in reply to HalonWolf #
@GaryPHayes I'm totally with you on more computer synth power! Some patches can sound so phat yet suck up 15-25% CPU on Mac Pro, even. in reply to GaryPHayes #
@clarkkaren Is that SPAGHETTI CAT!? He's dorble. in reply to clarkkaren #
@alphafox OMG I gotta see screenshot of that. in reply to alphafox #
@SecondLie If you can make yourself laugh, you can make yourself cry. If you can make yourself do, you might not have to try. in reply to SecondLie #
@mopedronin The awesome robot was a gift. I would love to be a robot someday. Not an Asimovian one, tho. Too many restrictions. in reply to mopedronin #
Do you know what a “coalesced object” is in Second Life? If so, what do you think of the term? A mouthful? Good enough? Let me know! #
Who else was disappointed Apple didn't debut a new Mac Mini yesterday? #
things are getting a little crazy HERE: Torley posted a photo:

Posted by Second Life Resident Torley Linden… http://tinyurl.com/822gpr #
Here island ( http://torley.com/here ) is undergoing changes. Lots of 'em. BE BRAVE! Ta. #
Was that DEAL a STEAL? Inside the shady world of cheap iTunes gift cards on Wise Bread @ http://tinyurl.com/9k9jym #
Send me your fave Second Life cultural humor! E.g., making fun of gray textures, Ruth, noob awkwardness, etc. =) #
Live Macworld 2009 keynote coverage @ http://tinyurl.com/734rbs #
Tell me about the most amusing group tag you've seen. #
Live the Moment: Ice Age: Torley posted a photo:

Live the moment: Ice Age, where the romance begins and grows… http://tinyurl.com/7apstd #
If you can't baffle them with bacons, damn them with hams! #
There is no shame in plug. #
Tilt-shift photography has become popular enough to get its own web easy-maker: http://tiltshiftmaker.com/ #
Over 2 years later, Jelina's Forum Friends ( http://torley.com/jelinas-forum-friends ) comes true @ http://tinyurl.com/9gmqgn #
“Koinup's Top Ten Most Popular Second Life Sims For 2008″ on New World Notes (thx for visiting Here!): http://tinyurl.com/88ojto #
What feels like a luxury to you? #
Thanx to Jonn Kappler, who took pictures of himself and friends (Winnie the Pooh av?) eating watermelon @ http://torley.com/here #
Optimizing video tutorial pipeline… again. It never ends, it's one big long iterative yayzerama #
Thank you to each and everyone who shared their seasonal Second Life imagery @ http://www.flickr.com/groups/winterfaire/ #
@bachk Rick Wakeman rulez too, what keyboard virtuosity. Ah, so many great names. in reply to bachk #
@stormbasiat I got onto 12seconds as you know now, but thx. in reply to stormbasiat #
@LonelyBob Thx! I've yet to check out JumpCut in further depth vs., say, Adobe Premiere Express. Any more online vid editors? Let me know. in reply to LonelyBob #
@DJMoReX Yes, “Halcyon + On + On” is one of my alltime faves. Glad to hear you DJed it. w00t for Orbital reforming (even briefly). in reply to DJMoReX #
@12seconds Thanx kindly! in reply to 12seconds #
Come hang out with me, Jon, Jeremy, & Kate Linden in Second Life this Wednesday! More details here: http://tinyurl.com/8d3lle #
Learn about Second Life! Visit our Knowledge Base. Easy link: http://secondlife.com/kb #
twitter.com/torley for 2009-01-04:
Yes, some Emerson, Lake, and Palmer (e.g., Tarkus @ http://tinyurl.com/59s4a.. http://tinyurl.com/8oosuu #
Ideas, like pets. Find for each, a loving home. #
Happiness is for everyone. #
These remind me of some Second Life avatars: http://tinyurl.com/8lfzqo #
Filter Forge for Mac open beta! It's like make-your-own-Photoshop plugins. Also has standalone. http://tinyurl.com/a5v67l #
There should be a FPS with dolphins. Called Splash Damage. #
Rare is the remix which does not add new rhythms. #
Hm, Apple's Dashboard Widgets site doesn't appear to have a Dashboards-only search. How odd. http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/ #
Ooh, mini USB monitors! http://thegadgeteers.com/ #
Ooh, pretty Mac frontend for emulating DOS games: http://boxerapp.com/ #
Now that I'm alive again, I can enjoy the dubious pleasures of American “convenience” food, like corn dogs. #
If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for everything. #
What makes you smile and frown at the same time? #

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You'd be presented with scenarios like this, that's what!

It's not the first time I've had this notion, yet it's a recurring dream that continues to permeate my space.

My wife has been experimenting with photomontage, and I saw fit to reinterpret her latest work into a piece of 16-color glory with ConGo. The typeface is noticeably more serify than anything the C64 had, but it's tolerable for an Amiga. I know the aspect ratio is wrong, but bear with me, I was having too much fun. Here's her original, clickthrough to jumbo-size:

Greetings!

We have a special announcement for you today!

Inaugural Education Support Faire

To support the educational community, we would like to invite you to part
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icipate in and attend Linden Lab’s inaugural Education Support Faire! Over the years, Second Life has provided ways for the world of academia to put to use creativity lending to immersive education, distance learning, knowledge sharing, faculty networking–and many other ways to enhance the collective educational community’s efforts in the real world. The success of projects surrounding these efforts within Second Life can be attributed to the many innovative educators, academics, and students who have chosen to utilize Second Life for these purposes.

The main goal for the Education Support Faire is to bring together educators, academics, and students to explore the support mechanisms available to residents who use Second Life to enhance real world educational efforts.

With many networks of support provided by and for residents in Second Life, we would like especially to extend an invite to Second Life educational minds to take part in presenting at the Educational Support Faire.

While, as examples, Linden Lab will provide information regarding our Concierge and knowledge base support services, there are numerous resident developed programs in Second Life designed to orient new and experienced educators or help educators explore Second Life educational and academic opportunities. We want you!

The event will be held January 25th-30th, at Supporte /151/152/36. The venue will be built around a natural atmosphere with trees, rivers, and beaten paths, highlighting the theme of ‘Ecosystems of Support.’ The event will combine both displays and scheduled presentations in a central pavilion.

Organizations or individuals who specifically provide support services for educators, students, or academics in Second Life and would like to utilize space or give a speaking presentation should contact Pathfinder by email (pathfinder [at] lindenlab [dot] com). Please provide some information about the educational support service being highlighted for booths; if speaking, please specify a day/time they would like to reserve, along with the topic. There will be a finite amount of space, so booths and speaking time at the central pavilion will be first-come first-served.

A final list of scheduled events and participating/presenting Resident Support Organizations will be emailed to the SLED mailing list on January 21st.

If you have not yet joined the SLED mailing list, please check this link for details!

We are excited about the growth of the Second Life educational community over the years, and look forward to highlighting the support that will help educators in the years to come!

Pathfinder will be available to answer your questions about the Education Support Faire in this linked forum thread.

Social media has become the equivalent of commercial hippiewear: it's much more convenient to buy a prefab tie-dye shirt than make one yourself, and while it may appear great, there's not an interesting story behind it. (That changes if you wear the shirt and get into some strange counterculture misadventures, but that's another… story.)

Some people get afraid with all these 21st-century buzzwords passing by them like spinners after replicants. I feel your fear, dudes. And I'm here to tell you so much of it ultimately results in nothing. Just like the 1,000 archetypical fake MySpace friends you don't really know, those numbers… don't add up. But that's been brought up too many times. So let me move on!

There are way too many copycats parroting the same words. Talking about “personal branding”, yet ironically having no personality themselves. They're as boring as boredom being bored. Tsk tsk if you're biting Rohit Bhargava, Andy Sernovitz, Tom Peters, or Dan Schnabel: it's one thing to be influenced by their inspirational teaching, it's another — and a lousy other at that — to have nothing to add to the conversation.

You want proof? I'll substantiate. Do a Google blog search on some of these buzzwords. Heck, might as well start with “personal branding“. Notice how many look like they were written by the same person? The same phrases get rearranged into slightly different orders, time after time. It's like a bizarre web of tolerated plagiarism, or at the very best, ideological incest. In cases like that, I find it more useful (and polite) to quote the author without ripping it off buzz-verbatim. (DIMINISHING RETURNS!)

The Emperor's filthy old clothes: none of the fundamentals of being a self-promotional human are new, just marketed that way. Yes, the tools at our disposal are fresh. But there was a time before the modern corporation where the local mason or what-have-you-handyman would need to ply his wares and get the word out on the street. The real street, not a virtual representation of it. And I think it's delightful and fantastic to be able to connect personally all across the world.

But don't buy into the hokum bunk. Social media lowlifes, stop smelling and copying others' droppings; they've already digested the good parts, and what you're left with is rancid feces. Brutal, I know. But that's how it is. I can't domesticate poo by dressing it in post-Xmas-bargain reindeer antlers and a bow tie. Hunt for your own material — as every ethical comedian does — and also on the comedy tip, here's a simple rule for personal branding: if it can't be easily parodied (e.g., on The Simpsons), then it's not exceptional.*

Here is a picture of Christopher Walken. He epitomizes personal branding without calling it that. Each of us can learn a lot about personal branding, a little at a time, from Christopher Walken.

* It may have its own merits, but personal branding isn't one of them. More often than you might think, it's better to fit in than stand out. And we need all kinds of fruits in our horn of plenty.

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Call for Presentation and Paper Proposals and Topics
The second annual “Virtual Worlds: Libraries, Education, and Museums (VW LEM)” Conference will be held in Second Life on Friday and Saturday, April 24 & 25, 2009.

Purpose of the Conference:

To provide a gathering place for librarians, information professionals, educators, museologists, and others to learn about and discuss the educational, informational, and cultural opportunities of virtual worlds.

Please note: Although the conference will be held in the virtual world Second Life, presentation and paper proposals about LEM developments in other virtual worlds are encouraged.

Possible Topics for Presentations, Papers, and Participatory Events:

· Virtual world events and exhibits as the drivers of attendance and engagement
· Immersive learning environments
· Reference service possibilities and practicalities in virtual worlds
· Corporate and special librarianship in virtual worlds
· Educational tools and resources
· Enterprise uses of virtual worlds
· Tours of LEM locations in Second Life
· Gaming and virtual worlds
· VW LEM opportunities for children, tweens, and teens
· Dreams and visions for LEM activities in virtual worlds
· Assessing LEM initiatives in virtual worlds
· Sustainability issues and opportunities for LEM activities in virtual worlds
· Other topics pertinent to the broad topic of LEM activities in virtual worlds are welcome! Send us your innovative proposals! If you have a topic you really would like to see addressed at this conference but don’t know of a speaker who can address the topic, please send us the topic and we’ll try to find a speaker.

Proposal Guidelines and Deadlines:

· Each session will be 45 minutes long.
· All sessions will begin on the hour.
· All proposals are due by 5:00 p.m. SLT on Saturday, February 28, 2009.
· Please send proposals to Tom Peters (tpeters@tapinformation.com) with “VW LEM proposal” in the subject line.
· For presentations, please send a paragraph about your proposed presentation, the intended audience, and any pertinent URLs or SLURLs.
· For papers, please send an abstract of your paper.
· Notification of acceptance will be sent by Friday, March, 2009.
· Proposals from students and general citizens are welcome. You do not need to be a member of the LEM professions to present at this conference.

Conference Schedule (tentative):

· Friday, April 24, 2009, from noon to 4:00 p.m. Second Life Time (U.S. Pacific Time):

o noon to 12:45 p.m.: Keynote Panel (no conflict)
o 1:00 to 1:45 p.m.: First group of sessions
o 2:00 to 2:45 p.m.: Second group of sessions
o 3:00 to 3:45 p.m.: Third group of sessions
o 4:00 to 4:45 p.m.: Social event

· Saturday, April 25, 2009 from 8:00 a.m. to noon Second Life Time (U.S. Pacific Time):

o 8:00 to 8:45 a.m.: Keynote Panel (no conflict)
o 9:00 to 9:45 a.m.: First group of sessions
o 10:00 to 10:45 a.m.: Second group of sessions
o 11:00 to 11:45 a.m.: Third group of sessions

· Note: Pre- and Post-Conference conversations, announcements, and documents will be available in the “Virtual Words: Libraries, Education and Museums” group in Facebook.

Conference Sponsors:

· Alliance Library System (http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/)
· Talking Communities (http://www.learningtimes.net)
· TAP Information Services (http://www.tapinformation.com)

Conference Organizers:

· Lori Bell (Lorelei Junot in Second Life) from the Alliance Library System: lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com
· John Walber (Wilbur Wood in Second Life) from Talking Communities: john@learningtimes.net
· Hope Kandel (Rye Checchinato in Second Life) from Talking Communities: hope@learningtimes.net
· Tom Peters (Maxito Ricardo in Second Life) from TAP Information Services: tpeters@tapinformation.com

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The world of Second Life is full of creative, innovative people from around the world, and the educators who teach and work inworld are no exception. Every semester hundreds of students participa
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te in unique learning projects in Second Life. We’d like to highlight a few of 2008’s projects that we can all learn from and enjoy.

Second Life Education blog

Visit the Second Life Education blog (SLed blog) to read about many more great education projects from 2008.

Interested educators are also invited to join the SLed email list.

Hotel & Tourism Management – PolyU Resort Island

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University used Second Life for orientation for 400 freshman students.Over the course of three weeks, the inworld orientation program consisted of 7 individual learning activities: learning styles, multiple intelligences, active learning, academic honesty, classroom etiquette, citing references and hotel room design. They also held 3 competitions – parachuting, through the hoops and a fashion show, as well as 8 live sessions on learning challenges, plagiarism, library and open Q&A, finishing with a dance night and fashion show.

For details of the program see the Hong Kong Polytechnic University web site
Creator: Paul Penfold [RL] Paul Allandale [SL]
SLURL: HKPolyU Resort/121/167/26

Virtual State Fair (Morrill) and Virtual County Extension (Morrill2)

The Virtual State Fair is home to the Cooperative Extension System, a collaboration of over 70 colleges and universities in the USA, providing educational outreach to communities and individuals via a network of county-based educators. Originally agricultural, the programs have expanded to include a broader range of topics such as personal finance, parenting, disaster preparedness, natural resources, and more. The Virtual State Fair offers a combination of entertaining activities and useful information for the general public.

College faculty, researchers, and educators are meeting regularly to collaborate on projects both in Second Life and real life. Second Life projects under development include family caregiving, turf grass, and integrated pest management. Classes on consumer education topics will be taught by extension educators’ inworld during 2009.

A short video of the Morrill islands can be seen on YouTube.
Creator: LuAnn Phillips aka Thynka Little
School: Cooperative Extension System
SLurl: Morrill/128/128/24

Republica Dominicana Virtual

The Republica Dominicana Virtual project brings virtual worlds to the Dominican Republic. Several universities participate in the project including: students and faculty from the Technological Institute of the Americas (ITLA); the philosophy department from the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo (USAD), oldest University in the new world; and the virtual headquarters for Funglode (Foundacion Global Democracia y Desarollo) hosting art gallerys, various historical landmarks, and a library.

Creator: Jan Herder aka Pausanius Raymake
School: Funglode (Foundacion Global Democracia y Desarollo) of the Dominican Republic
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URL: Ontos /82/114/23/

Counselor Education in a 3D Virtual Environment

Regent University built a counseling training facility in Second Life providing student counselors a location to practice and develop their counseling, interviewing, and diagnosis skills with avatars that display many of the physical and emotional features students may encounter once practicing in their communities. The inworld counselor training simulates the features of a community counseling facility or a school counselor’s office while providing instructors with access to observe without distracting the student counselor or the “client” avatar during sessions.

Creator: Victoria Walker aka Zeana Tammas
School: Regent University

Really Engaging Accounting

At the University of Central Florida, Steven Hornik aka Robins Hermano uses Second Life to teach a financial accounting course, and hopes to publish data he feels is among the first statistically significant empirical data showing a relationship between student engagement using SL and student performance. The course uses Second Life to help students learn the basic concepts of accounting through nontraditional methods.

The reason behind the project is simple, to engage the students in what is normally a very non-engaging course. Taught since the fall
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of 2007 when class size averaged 250, this fall class size was close to 900 students in one section, with 75-80% of them completing assignments inside of SL.

Creator: Steven Hornik aka Robins Hermano
School: University of Central Florida
SLURL: Teaching 4/68/158/22

The Hopkins Tibetan Treasures Multimedia Archive Project – The WylieWriter

Write Tibetan in Second Life. Tibetan presents a challenge for Second Life educators because of the complex way Tibetan words are written. This project allows Second Life educators to overcome the challenges of translating Tibetan words and write in Tibetan with the help of a proprietary system called the “Wall of WylieWriters”. This innovative teaching tool enables students and teachers to interact in Tibetan language classrooms in Second Life. Developed by Wamlabs of Shipley and the Eepaw Shop of Smoky. The project name refers to Wylie, the standard Tibetan transliteration method.

Creator: Bill Magee aka Wam7c Macchi
School: Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Taiwan, Funded by the Taiwan National Science Council.

SL Education Roundtable (SLER)

Hosted by Montclair State University, SLER’s mission is to provide a roundtable setting for interested parties to discuss various topics relevant to furthering the use of Second Life for education. Roundtables occur weekly and often have up to 50 participants. All are welcome to attend, whether presenting or just sitting in to learn about new possibilities Transcripts of past meetings are available in the Library Building just outside the CHSSSouth Amphitheater inworld.

Creator: AJ Kelton aka AJ Brooks
School: Montclair State University
SLURL: Montclair State CHSSSouth /128/156/22

EYUM POPCAT; AI POP!

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When you land in the Delta Project your in the middle of a massive structure floating 2500 meters above the ground.  It’s an RP combat sim with a very interesting (under construction but fun to look at) dance club, plus the usual retail spaces hawking uniforms and weaponry. But if you wait a bit for things to rez you’ll see a sign for the Space Park. The Delta Project structure surrounds a “space anomaly” where you can relax.

It’s a creative little gem. You’re on a green little asteroid, covered with what appear to be space trees. Nothing on Earth has leaf clusters in the shape of soft cubes, anyway. Relax on a topiary couch (or did it grow that way?) and watch the planets spin by.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Delta%20Project/125/125/2470

Happy New Year!  I hope that one of your New Year’s Resolutions was to finish and submit your Linden Prize applications, because time is running out to be one of the top ten finalists we’ll announce, able to show the world what hard work, inspiration and creativity can achieve
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in Second Life.  Finalists will see their projects appreciated and utilized by Residents, written about by bloggers and press, and be eligible for the Grand Prize of $10 thousand US dollars.

Yes, the deadline of January 15 is almost here, so whether you’ve been procrastinating, gathering your documentation, or finishing up those final touches, it is time to get cracking.  And if you think a friend with a wonderful project may not have applied, suggest they do so! All the application information is still here at the Linden Prize, and the forum is open here.

We’ve added two features for our Residents who are more comfortable in other languages than English.

Need help translating your application into English? Right now you have help in German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Polish, French and Italian. Thanks to your fellow Resident Translator volunteers and Lexie Linden, you can check the Linden Prize Translation Project to submit your application.

We’ve transl
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ated the Linden Prize site into German, French and Japanese

Now, a personal message:  Some of you might be thinking, “Nah.  Linden Lab would never consider my little project.”   For example, I happened to talk the leader of an inspired project that supports servicemen and women in a way that’s uniquely Second Life.  But that leader hadn’t considered applying for the Linden Prize.

“Wow!’, I thought, ‘That’s exactly the kind of project that the world needs to hear about!”

So, if that scenario describes you—or your modest friends– take the next week to apply for the Linden Prize.  When you see your project announced with the rest of the Finalists, not only will you able to see the project you care about  receive well-earned recognition from a much larger audience, but you will be teaching us all about what hard work, inspiration and creativity can achieve in Second Life.

What a way to start 2009!

Applications due January 15th 2
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Applications must be complete and submitted no later than January 15, 2009.

Announcement Dates
The Winner and Finalists will be announced no later than April 30, 2009.

Linden Prize Criteria
We have several core principles that will influence the choice of the 10 finalists and the winner.

Work in Second Life that also achieves tangible, compelling results outside of Second Life.

Distinctive, original work using Second Life that clearly demonstrates high quality, execution, function, aesthetics and technical sophistication.

Work that has the capacity for inspiring and influencing future development, knowledge, creativity, and collaboration both inside and outside of Second Life.

Links
The Linden Prize
Linden Prize FAQ
Linden Prize Application
Linden Prize Application Translation Project

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