Along Second Lifelines

It's Creepy at Haunted Caverns

It's Creepy at Haunted Caverns, originally uploaded by susanreynolds.

Ewww.

Liquid Heat does not just make interesting islands with lava and rock - although they do that too - they also make disturbing Halloween adventure spots

Standing in the opening of the cave and seeing these spiders scurrying around in an ominous green glow was just just creepy.

You can take a ride in the mining cart through the Haunted Caverns covering 1/4 of the sim. But the spiders still creeped me out the most.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Liquid%20Heat%20Beauty/149/150/31

Columbus Day Artwork at Commonwealth Island

Columbus Day Artwork at Commonwealth Island, originally uploaded by susanreynolds.

This piece of artwork was one of the first things that caught my eye when I visited a Columbus Day exhibit that Parhelion Palou, an associate from NonProfit commons told me about.

It was put together by Nany Kayo of Virtual Native Lands and focuses on the Taino people who - the note said "discovered Columbus."

What does that mean? You'll have to find out by dropping by and reading all about it.

Also see some lovely art pieces in an unusual open air gallery format on a lovely tropical beach with lovely waves and a surprise or two.

 

Most of the exhibit is around the landmark link to Commonwealth Island, and if you walk to your right down the beach toward the sunken ship you'll see artwork on your right, along the tree line

M Linden (Mark Kingdon ) and Lon Sands (Safko) talk about Second Life

M Linden and Lon Safko, originally uploaded by susanreynolds.

I got the opportunity to sit in on an interesting podcast recording setting from today, with the Social Media Bible Interview with Mark Kingdon (M Linden), the CEO of Linden Labs, creator of Second Life.

The location in the Social Media Bible Garden Pinastri (159, 203, 20).was a great place to ask hang out and ask questions of Mark and chat with Lon along with a bevy of invited guests.

Thanks to Francine Hardaway for hooking me up with Lon. I wish I saw Francine more often in Second Life but I know that she knows its potential!

Social Media Podcast website

Sun Shines on Puzzles in Second Life

Sun's Solaris Campus in Second Life is an experimental learning environment and community created by Sun Learning Service to make learning about Solaris immersive, easy, and fun plus it's being talked up by Dana in Geeksville who says:

Second Life (SL) is easy to misunderstand, and many people have the wrong idea that it is some kind of game environment, or a place where people just chat and act silly.

On the contrary, Second Life has many places of learning from Science Friday, to Buddhist meditations, to technical seminars. Many corporations are set up in SL now to teach consumers about their business, do business online, and to have a virtual space where employees can have meetings.

  . . .Sun is opening Sun Solaris Campus this month for developers. Don't think traditional campus - think a fun, unique and community-oriented virtual campus. At this inworld campus, you'll be able to talk with experts, listen to informative chats about Solaris, and network with other developers

Try to solve all pieces of a puzzle for real life prizes, meet Sun-certified Solaris 10 instructor Stephen Mohr (Sidifen Yiyuan) and learn all about Solaris plus join in the Solaris scavenger hunt on October 10, 2008 right after the instructor-led session with Sun-certified instructors at 9:30AM Pacific time /12:30 PM Eastern time.

Other live events including Office Hours by Sun employees are viewable from the Solaris Campus in Second Life as well as via this Solaris Campus Google Calendar.

Second Life URL (SLURL) to the Solaris Campus:http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sun%20Microsystems%201/32/231/22

Terrorism Threats and Responses - Event in Second Life

babel, originally uploaded by susanreynolds.

Friday, September 19th, Paulo Casaca, a member of the European Parliament, European Union, will be in Second Life to talk about Terrorism, resuming the conference “Terrorism and Europe: Threats and Responses.”  that took place in Brussels on September 16th.

Being the first Member of European Union to use Second Life to communicate with all citizens interested, Mr. Casaca intends, this month, to bring to debate the reality of how terrorism affects all citizens, worldwide. The event is scheduled for 1PM Pacific time at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Babel%20Project%20II/129/47/21

The Babel Project island is a lovely place with excellent spots to take interesting photos and worth a visit even if you're not able to get to this event.

Weekly Meeting of NonProfits in SL

Weekly Meeting of NonProfits in SL, originally uploaded by susanreynolds.

Friday September 19, 2008

Our presenting team were from Global Kids which enables young people across the globe to make positive changes in their worlds locally and beyond.

Since coming into Teen Second Life in January 2006, Global Kids has established a series of Islands that host interactive activities

Global Kids has educated thousands of teens about such topics as racism, the genocide in Darfur, public diplomacy, and the digital divide.
And Global Kids has also developed strong collaborative projects with Youth Venture, an international organization that supports young people to create positive change in their community.

SallyYV Lungu said "Outside of SL, Youth Venture works in 14 countries to inspire and support youth to create thie own clubs, organizations, and bussiness that have a postive community impact"

The DIDI program supports youth through the process of brainstorming an idea, building a team, developing an Action Plan (like a business plan), all the way through successfully launching and sustaining their initiative.. They have  supported over 2,000 teams of youth around the world to launch their own community enhancing ventures.