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Not everything is worthy of complaint.
LED Keyboards
Coffee = Fire
This just proves my belief that coffee is the answer to everything. JavaLog – a fire log made from coffee waste promises eco-friendly fire that provides a warm soothing glow to relax in front of. I can’t help but think…
US Congress in SL
Death and Meta
Cemetery 2.0 is a concept that links burial plots to online repositories of information about the deceased. Information is connected to the physical resting place so that visitors may access the surviving artifacts of that person. This project is a…
When Are Computer Simulations the Right Tool?
Gene Koo, Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society as well as Director of Online Training at Legal Aid University, lists three criteria for which computer simulations add value in an educational context: 1. The subject is best…
Virtual Performance Art
JustVirtual has posted a fantastic recap of the ZeroG Sky Dancer’s performance, produced and directed by DanCoyote Antonelli the other night. By all accounts this even was a huge success – even in the face of a buggy grid upgrade…
Phillips Entering Second Life
Phillips Design is planing to develop a space in Second Life, in cooperation with the design studio Rivers Run Red, to present concept products to residents and gather feedback about them. They see this endeavor as an opportunity to interact…
Read/Write Reality
The Value of Virtual Money
The folks at Terra Nova have figured the value of the inworld currency for a number of virtual worlds – and Monopoly and put it all in a nice little table. I feel I have to mention Monopoly separately as…