A well presented and informative report about Obama’s recent speech that was broadcast in SL. Created by Draxtor Depres. Fine example of using Second Life  and machinima to report and spark discussion of RL topics.

Woohoo! A new video from Lainy Voom, master of SL machinima. :)  This is one of my favorite pieces yet. DaDa-esque and stream-of-consciousy.

Push (Mini Project 4) from Lainy Voom on Vimeo.

I’ve been using Twitter quite a bit lately, both for posting my own stuff and for discovering new and shiny digital tidbits. I keep a couple of search windows open in TweetDeck, searching for various ways of mentioning Second Life. Turns out it’s a great way to discover how people are really using SL, ‘cuz you see tweets from everyone, not just the people you agree with and follow.

A pair of successive tweets from africafeed: “I’ve never used Second Life either. It sounds like the antithesis of twitter.” Followed by: “A virtual refuge designed for people who are uncomfortable with themselves and where they try to grope each other’s avatars. #SecondLife”

Chivalrybean: I won the poetry reading in Second Life. Longfellow FTW!

ilauredhel: @raph_rumbelow SecondLife’s more than just “playing”; there are virtual universities, etc. My women with disabilities group meets there. #sl

robbyanderson: my Second Life experience was a series of WTFs. Never again.

zyraquest: Editing house in SL, removing a wall I didn’t like. I thought to myself by accident; “I hope this isn’t a support wall” LMAO.

Sonjario: My husband doesn’t want me on Twitter, because I met him on a game called second life and now he thinks I’m searching for love again. LOL

mariabrophy: Dealing with a case of art infringement on Second Life. Wow, it’s a 2nd world! People surfing on Drew’s virtual boards on virtual waves…

Drowsy is awesome. :) Perfect texturing, tons of detail, great atmosphere. Don’t miss it. Teleport there now.

Created by sato Yifu.

• A couple dozen pics of the same scene at Chakryn Forest, each with a different Windlight setting. http://bit.ly/jFEF6 14:19:28
• Goofing around at Chakryn FOrest with @torley's awesome, free WIndlight settings. Get settings: http://bit.ly/eJEIY 14:17:37
• RT @Dusanwriter: The Second Life/Twitter thing continued – commented at Chris Abraham's blog http://ow.ly/glwU #secondlife #sl 10:13:08