Tintable Suspenders!!!

Wearing suspenders has been my 'trademark' since the early Eighties.There is hardly a day I do not have them clipped to my trousers, be it short, long, jeans or tailormade. All my theatersuits have braces too. So you can imagine that my first transaction in XStreet has been, ..........yes! A pair of braces, and Tintable. L$20,- maybe a bargain or not, I am very pleased them and I hope you like them too. I wonder how much the sixpack will be?

XStreet Exchange/107/85/27

XStreet is a partner or part of LindenLab. The sitebanner says it is an official part of Second Life. You will find terminals validate your Xstreet account everywhere in-world. The combination enables you to buy stuff when logged in SL as well as on the webbased marketplace. I stayed with a terminal for quite a while and saw many people integrate both accounts. I just bought myself a set of suspenders in XStreet. I can change them in any colour I like. Seems to me that the economies of SL and RL are almost one system. The system is robust and solid. It would be a fine thing if other marketplaces make this merge too.

Skinningrove Jetty Halve Maen /32/48/21

Steve Thompson, Teeside University in the UK is doing some fine work in SL and RL by showing a replica of the Skinningrove Jetty in-world. He was assisted by a lot of friends in SL to get this done and the result is great. The project was also recorded in a 7 minute animation, taken in-world. On YouTube you will find a preview of the final version, presented in RL next thursday. This article will tell the reasons behind this wonderful project. If you want to know more I suggest you use Google Earth, or Wiki on Skinningrove and Jetty. The in-world jetty can be found here.

BETT2009 Best Practice Seminar

I can finally present the results of my in-world research to you. All my results are published on Kennisnet, the Dutch national educational portal. In Dutch! You can view and download the pdf you from the url below. It will give you access to my slides and the complementary text of my presentation. I hope you enjoy it and that it meets your expectations. Feel free to contact me if you would like more information or some knowledge on the matter.

http://issuu.com/jpvanschie/docs/bett_2009_for_issuu_1.0

This Second 201/28/22

One would expect a crowd at noon in the World Bank in SL. I met Joni and that was a nice surprise, au contraire the empty chairs all over the sim. According to the map doing business in 2009 is not all that fun, especially when you go below the equator. Even Russia is not green, allthough I know a few dutch millionaires doing business there. Crisis? Yes, certainly in terms of numbers of interested avatars.

Happy New Year

I wish you all a very Happy New Year. In good health and happiness, in Real - and Second Life, or in any other world. May 2009 bring you peace, love and maybe some luck in matters that are important to you.

Learning in Second Life

Leren in Second Life, summarising the results of my research among early adopters in using SL as a tool for learning and teaching. In Dutch, but I will produce an English summary after Xmas. Hopefully you like the pictures if you cannot read dutch. If you have any questions or would like to receive the conclusions from the transcript in english, please send me an email.

Architecture Island 32/97/23

Amazing island with lots of buildings that express creative thinking and showin g on designing and building modern places to work and live in. Sustainable and some of great interest and beauty. I did not find a modern school building yet, but no doubt, soon to come.

Romeno 8/11/22

This office shows some understanding on how Avatars would like to design their own office in-world. You might dislike the colours, the absence of abundant decorating or even the structure. But its certainly built to use and has a wonderfull navigation format. Strolling is easy and the structure is transparant. You always know where you are in this building and visible from all sides.

Stillman 143/236/26

In search of examples of innovative and inspiring architecture I started to wander around in the creative tub called Second Life. So far the only place I stumbled upon is this one. Nice place, looks well, different and maybe worth another call later.