http://www.second-life-blogger.com second life news, second life reports, second life blog, second life blogger Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:39:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Never before has a virtual character been signed to a worldwide recording contract," stated Warren Croyle, CEO of Reality Entertainment, the company that signed him. "Von Johin is legendary in the virtual community Second Life for his heart-pounding live shows." The deal was made in much the same way as its ... http://www.second-life-blogger.com/2008/08/17/get-a-second-life/ Marco, whose name has been changed for this story, considers himself addicted to an online role-playing game where he has spent the last 3½ years, up to 12 hours a day, living an alternate life -- one more exciting than the life he leads in the real world. But young men ... http://www.second-life-blogger.com/2008/08/11/hooked-on-the-web/ Law and order is one of the cornerstones of a civilized society. Establishing rules of conduct, spelling out acceptable and objectionable behavior, defining the consequences for anyone who violates those laws and deciding who will enforce them are all essential to maintaining peace and harmony. In the real world, there exist ... http://www.second-life-blogger.com/2008/08/08/who-polices-virtual-worlds/ YouTube, the video-sharing website, is under attack from MPs for failing to prevent images of sex and violence being posted freely on the internet. The Culture and Media Committee of the House of Commons is publishing a report saying it is "unimpressed" with YouTube's systems for policing the millions of video ... http://www.second-life-blogger.com/2008/08/04/youtube-attacked-by-mps-for-violence-display/ More than 600 HVAC students at the college in became the first UK students to be given a Second Life education. Students can virtually fly round its central heating and hot water system, turn off valves and follow the movement of (red for hot, blue for cold) water through its ... http://www.second-life-blogger.com/2008/08/01/hvac-students-attend-school-in-second/ Springfield Technical Community College is poised to launch a venture into a wholly online world. Project organizers will unveil their creation to hundreds of peers from community colleges across the nation Tuesday at a conference in Austin, Texas. The project, two years in the making, utilizes a virtual island within a ... http://www.second-life-blogger.com/2008/07/28/springfield-technical-community-college-will-unveil-second-life-island/ If women are still struggling for power in the tech world, maybe we should turn to the virtual world for guidance. Before the evening came to an end, I caught up with Philip Rosedale (who Pattie — and a few others — forgivably mistook for Chris DeWolfe, the CEO and ... http://www.second-life-blogger.com/2008/07/25/women-struggling-in-the-tech-world-of-employment/ We've all heard the warnings: addiction, isolation, a waste of time. But some 50 million people log on to online role-playing games like The Sims and [tag]Second Life[/tag]—and many of them never log off. The makers of a new documentary called "Second Skin," which hits theaters in September, followed seven ... http://www.second-life-blogger.com/2008/07/21/living-a-second-life-online/ The British Computer Society has launched an e-learning specialist group in the Second Life virtual world. The British Computer Society said the specialist group will hold regular meetings in Second Life and other virtual worlds. "E-learning provides a solution for those who cannot access colleges and schools," said the British Computer ... http://www.second-life-blogger.com/2008/07/18/bcs-launches-second-life-e-learning-group/ The U.S. government recently denied a green card application by a well-known Second Life artist, declaring her two-year marriage to an American citizen to be fraudulent. The news isn't all bad for her, though -- the denial gives her an opportunity to appeal and prove that the marriage was legitimate. However, ... http://www.second-life-blogger.com/2008/07/14/second-life-artist-faces-setback-in-struggle-for-american-citizenship/