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October 2008 Blog Posts (18)

Christopher's own "Original and Authentic Custom Dissertation"

I'm not sure why the recent blog posting by "Barry" has to repeat "authentic" in its title ("Original and Authentic Custom Dissertations from the most Authentic Dissertation Service Online"), unless it's for the same reason those guys standing on the street corners with portable displays of watches for $20 each (2 for $30) have to stress the idea that they're "authentic" Rolexes.

The post, of course, is nothing more than an advertisement for a site selling dissertations: a… Continue

Added by Christopher Simpson on October 27, 2008 at 6:01pm — No Comments

Help! I deleted my masterpiece!

Has this ever happened to you?

You have created something....now you see it all coming together. And then you make a boo-boo and everything seems to change.

Those of you following "G2 Proto" or myself may have recently seen the Twitter updates we shared with photos of my progress with Cultural Fusion. To say I was happy with the progress is an… Continue

Added by Yvette Reinard aka Yvette Dubel on October 27, 2008 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Ad Nauseam: Thurber's Legacy

According to most pundits, the recent monetary crisis has dealt a devastating blow to the future of online, non-traditional advertising. “Are ‘experimental’ marketers doomed?” asks Adotas. “Credit crunch hits new ad technology” utters Utalk Marketing. “Investment in bullshit ads plummets,” gloats Gawker.

Kind of reminds me of the great High Street rout during the Ohio flood of 1913.

In March of 1913 Ohio experienced the worst natural disaster of its history when heavy… Continue

Added by Christopher Simpson on October 23, 2008 at 11:00am — No Comments

Game Review: Braid

PROLEGOMENAN

Every year it seems like there are fewer games out on the market that truly stimulate, excite, and even shock those who play them for the first time. It often takes several years to develop a game with a rich atmosphere like that found in the Diablo series of RPGs. The risks are high and the rewards uncertain, especially for Indie developers, even with a good team and solid scope. Several types of genres will on occasion bring about these fresh perspectives gamers… Continue

Added by Mathew Anderson on October 23, 2008 at 10:20am — No Comments

Sand Castle Studios One Year Anniversary Celebration

Sand Castle Studios will celebrate its one year anniversary on Saturday, October 25, 2008, with an evening filled with fashion, fun, music, and prizes.

Cousins Pau, Second Life – Oct 21, 2008 – Sand Castle Studios will commemorate its one year anniversary with a high-powered celebration on Saturday, October 25, 2008, beginning at 4 pm PST with a jam-packed fashion show featuring nine of Second Life’s most treasured designers. The… Continue

Added by Sadie Pippita on October 21, 2008 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Editor's Sidebar: I'll impact you!

A search of Google News shows that in the last 24 hours there have been almost 800 articles with the phrase "impacted on." That means almost 800 news stories in one day alone have gone out of their way to irritate me.

That's a lot of irritation. And that's not counting other uses of the word "impact" as a verb, such as "will impact" (almost 5,000) and "have impacted" (almost 800).

I know, I know. There is nothing grammatically wrong with using "impact" as a verb. The… Continue

Added by Christopher Simpson on October 20, 2008 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Castle Keep Magazine's October issue is out!

The October issue of Castle Keep Magazine is out! Pick up your copy in-world at Sand Castle Studios or you can view the magazine on our website at http://castlekeepmagazine.com/…

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Added by Sadie Pippita on October 20, 2008 at 2:50pm — No Comments

INETA, Cultural Fusion, CodeTorque, Project Manhattan, World's Fair progress images

Click here http://flickr.com/photos/30456505@N06/ email create@reactiongrid.com for your invite only login. We are in alpha until Jan 1 2009 when we will go public beta. Come join this World's Fair meets Epcot center designed grid in the pre launch stages.

Kyle "G" aka G2 Proto

Added by G2 Proto on October 20, 2008 at 9:01am — No Comments

Monogram Virtua Convention Center Hosts Second Bi-Annual Erotica Expo in the Virtual World

Inside Second Life, Monogram Virtua is proud to sponsor its second bi-annual Erotica Expo in the Virtual World. Hundreds of Erotica collectors from both the cyber and real worlds are set to arrive in Second Life October 17th – 19th to see both the erotic, sensual, sexual and exotic in cyberworld art and novelties. The Erotica Expo II opens at 11AM Pacific Time, October 17th, at the convention center on Monogram Tria… Continue

Added by Anakalia Catteneo on October 17, 2008 at 12:22pm — 2 Comments

Mellanium Business Cards and Web Page

MellaniuM new Web… Continue

Added by Ken Rigby (Tele3DWorld/MellaniuM/InterVerzaL) on October 16, 2008 at 11:40am — No Comments

Ad Nauseam: User-created content: great for users, but hell on advertisers

A TV commercial can cost hundreds of thousands, sometimes even millions of dollars. The reason is two-fold: not only are vast numbers of people watching the shows (and hence the ads), but the production costs of TV shows put their creation well beyond the means of the average person. Even with a few hundred channels, there is still a limited number of programs because it takes big corporations and big bucks to make even the cheapest reality show. So what would happen if a technology came along… Continue

Added by Christopher Simpson on October 13, 2008 at 11:11pm — No Comments

The carp and shrimp kept time -- pa rum pa pum pum

Well, it’s happened again. It seems female sharks really can reproduce in a manner generally reserved for sacred bulls, Egyptian gods, and Jewish messiahs. In other words, the female shark, under certain circumstances, can give birth without the help of a male.

The first confirmed instance occurred last May when a female hammerhead in Omaha, Nebraska, gave birth despite having been isolated from male sharks for over three years. The baby shark’s DNA showed the mother to be the only… Continue

Added by Christopher Simpson on October 11, 2008 at 8:14am — No Comments

Metaverse Business launches Event Analysis Tool for Virtual Worlds: Analyze popularity and presence of your business meeting, training courses or simply any event at your place.

Metaverse Business launches Event Analysis Tool for Virtual Worlds: Analyze popularity and presence of your business meeting, training courses or simply any event at your place.

Metaverse Business (http://www.metaverse-business.com), a leading virtual world analytics company announces today the addition of an event analysis tool to its virtual world analytics product offering.

A lot of companies and organizations use… Continue

Added by Philippe Kerremans on October 10, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments

Blogs are back woot!

Great to see the blogs back. Look forward to keeping up with everyone again and donating some miscellaneous ramblings. http://flickr.com/photos/30456505@N06 for the latest pics from our OpenSim grid. Looking forward to pics from all other virtual worlds!

Added by G2 Proto on October 10, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments

AVENUE Magazine's First Issue!

October marks the debut of AVENUE Inc’s fashion and lifestyle magazine. Featuring Stiletto Moody, Torley Linden, Dousa Dragonash of MBC News, SL events, places, and more…AVENUE Magazine brings to you superb visuals and writing about what we love in SL.

Please come over to our headquarters to get the inworld edition. Look for the beautiful glowing vendor!… Continue

Added by Isadora Fiddlesticks on October 9, 2008 at 12:13am — 1 Comment

American Century Business College Completed

We’ve just finished another project in Second Life! The project was signed off on and the island opened up late last night. This new island connects to another island that we did about 2 months back. Both islands are owned by American Century and both island contain buildings for their schools that they own and operate in the US and over seas. A High School, Business College and a International University. The new island also contains a resource center/library and an outdoor auditorium. We will… Continue

Added by Andrew Hughes on October 6, 2008 at 5:33pm — No Comments

Citizens of the (virtual) world - itsReal

Barrack Obama in his speech in Germany - Heralded - People of the World, we are all citizens of the world he said.

Connecting to people all over the world is becoming more real everyday and technologies that are spawning within and from virtual worlds make these connections tangible and REAL.

The hype that surrounded Second Life has diminished - hype can last for so long, however because of the hype entrepreneurs the life blood of business innovation, have seized the… Continue

Added by Andrew Peters on October 3, 2008 at 4:32pm — No Comments

Cranial Tap Launches Business Showcase

Cranial Tap, Inc. today launched a business solutions showcase geared specifically towards 3D online virtual worlds. Located on Cortex Island in Second Life®, businesses and organizations can now connect remote teams, conduct research, offer training, recruit candidates and conduct meetings. These solutions are aimed at increasing productivity while reducing operating expenses.

The four showcase areas provide working technologies that demonstrate the benefits of Teleworking, Virtual… Continue

Added by Nancy Ritchie on October 1, 2008 at 10:25pm — No Comments