Sentences with phrase «in the second life»

In 2007, «The Rock Insurance Co.» is born as a Virtual Insurance Company in Second Life, the first one of its kind.

Still, to gain almost 10 bitcoins by laundering the stolen funds in Second Life is actually kind of impressive and probably took a bit of hustling to accomplish.

Some say, everything will be made right in the second life.

She leads social media for ministry intensives around the country, helping faith leaders explore authentic ways to enrich, engage and expand progressive communities in the 21st century, and is the proud proprietor of The Holy Heretic, a thinking person's tavern found in Second Life.

Although I didn't get to go to BlogHer in San Francisco this weekend (if you are on Twitter then you probably «heard» me repeatedly whining about it), I did get to join in the Second Life BlogHer fun and, along with 100 other women (maybe more?)

As it was I was still able to virtually attend BlogHer in Second Life from my own house, where I met some new people and had a great time.

Sure, last year we participated in some of the BlogHer in Second Life events and that was a lot of fun, but nothing, I can only imagine, like actually attending the conference IN REAL LIFE, WITH REAL WOMEN.

* Alternately titled: My Neuroses About BlogHer Last year, as a blogging friend of mine and I sat at home on our computers attending BlogHer in Second Life instead BlogHer in real life in San Francisco, we made a pact that we would do whatever it takes to get us to the BlogHer Conference in 2009.

More broadly, this tactic reminded me of what folks from the abortive Mark Warner presidential campaign said a couple of years ago about his appearance in Second Life: very few people actually saw Warner there, but many more talked about it, and they talked about it on tech sites and gaming sites that are normally tough to break into.

That is, DHS is - severely - considering a presence in the Second Life community.

Yes, PR firms made some bucks back in» 06 - ’07 by creating brand presences and holding events in Second Life's virtual world, though the only real ROI came in the form of media coverage of their «pioneering» work.

[Note the comment on the original article from someone at the event, who claimed the flying transformation never occurred... and who had a lot more confidence in Second Life as a political tool than I did.

It's hard to beat charismatic megafauna for getting attention, though in the Second Life context they can get a bit distorted: it looks in one of the photos as though there might be some delegates on hand from a Furry convention.

I can't really see candidates doing a whole lot of advertising on porn sites (though I'd love to see someone try), but appearances in Second Life and other immersive online worlds are a definite possibility (may I point out that more sites than just Boing Boing noticed that Mark Warner held a virtual event earlier this year?).

To toss you guys a final morsel from last weekend's PDF unConference, Josh Levy led a great discussion of activism in Second Life, using as a starting point a short documentary he created.

As I watched the video, I couldn't deny the beauty of some of the worlds and characters created in Second Life, but I also couldn't help but notice how empty of people much of it is.

War breaks out in Second Life!

McCain does Burning Man — not; more info on political Twitter spam; the DCCC announces convention credentials for state bloggers; Congresspeople in Second Life; cheesy Hillary video creator runs for Clinton convention... Read More

In Second Life, an early pioneer of virtual worlds, you can attend university, own a blimp, have blue fur — whatever.

In fact, Yaffle was exiled to the cornfield for three days for reverse engineering a bit of computer code to steal virtual items from a vendor in Second Life.

An average day in Second Life sees transactions worth hundreds of thousands of actual U.S. dollars — for goods that exist purely in imagination.

The real estate market in Second Life obeys many of the principles of real - world markets.

All real estate in Second Life is originally the property of Linden Lab, the company that runs the service.

Boellstorff spent two years participating in Second Life and reports back as the trained observer that he is.

Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human by Tom Boellstorff.

The reader unfamiliar with such sites learns a lot — not least, all sorts of cool jargon: people in Second Life, for example, say objects are «rezzing» into existence, a verb that traces its origin to the 1982 movie Tron.

(Linden Lab takes a cut from users conducting business in Second Life.)

One case involved «virtual rape,» according to Benjamin Duranske, a San Francisco attorney and founder of the Second Life Bar Association, which meets once a month in Second Life.

Imagine that your avatar in Second Life (or better yet, in fully realized, immersive virtual reality) was conveying the subtleties of your facial expressions at every moment.

TWO years ago, the Maldives became the first nation in the world to open an embassy on a virtual island in Second Life.

Planetary scientist Alan Stern will discuss NASA's New Horizons mission and Uwingu with NBC News» Alan Boyle at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday on «Virtually Speaking Science,» a talk show airing on BlogTalkRadio and in the Second Life virtual world.

I can't take my eyes off that — I'm a frustrated florist and plan on pursuing that in my second life!

A Wife in her Second Life.

Second Life About Blog The Xmas Expo in Second Life is a mega fundraising event to benefit the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life of Second Life.

This item requires you to find a place in second life (like a sandbox) to unpack and use it.

Wherever you are, Meet - me pinpoints and connects you to the people you Dating & Socializing - Find friends, partners, love & more in Second Life & beyond!

For instance, here's me in Second Life having a great time: Anyhow, in many online situations, self - misrepresentation is totally harmless... OKCupid is the leading free online dating site in the US, with over 4.5 million monthly unique...

Sheridan plays a young man living in 2045 Ohio who also leads a dual life in the virtual reality game Oasis, where many find respite from a difficult reality in a second life.

These will take you to a Web site from which you can teleport directly to specific locations in Second Life itself.

Adds senior Allan Marshall, who's assisting Rebe (who teaches the class), «In Second Life, you're just free.»

The teenager adds that because he and his brothers have had a head start in Second Life, he hopes they can use what they've learned to «create interesting stuff for the exchange students, and maybe inspire them.»

The educational possibilities in Second Life are vast, says Chris Flesuras, liaison in Kyoto Gakuen's international - affairs department and an English and ICT instructor there; Flesuras is heading up the Japanese school's end of PacRimX.

Her gravity - defying getaway is located in Second Life, the online, 3 - D virtual world developed by San Francisco - based Linden Labs.

Many actions considered merelytasks — setting up a universal television remote, downloading a ringtone, customizing yourmobile phone or desktop — are really programming.Doing a Web search is programming, as isusing peer - to - peer or social - networking technologies, or eBay, or creating a document inWord, Excel, MySpace, or Facebook — and tossin building your avatar in Second Life.

Check it out as Doug Johnson takes you on a tour of «must - see» sights for educators in Second Life, a 3 - D virtual environment.

In our second live chat, when talking about different cultures and multiculturalism in the classroom, students spoke about traveling or living abroad and their own experiences in schools.

She is also co-owner of the Story Mountain Center for Writers in Second Life.

And the infamous first - ever author interview in Second Life, wherein I try hard not to sound like the interviewer, and end up channeling my inner Eliza Dolittle, instead: Meet an Author: Holly Jahangiri

There are bookstores in Second Life and there are authors who run events and retreats there too.

But it goes further than tech because the virtual reality community has already been proven in Second Life, an online world now 12 years old.