When you Google the search term “metanomics,” the first link you click takes you to a company that pioneers the discipline of Metabolic Functional Genomics, “the direct linking of genes to functions in metabolism and physiology.” If you stop there, you'll miss links that take you to something entirely different: an emerging field of academic study that deals with the economic, legal, and more...
Professor Robert Bloomfield and his alter ego—avatar Beyers Sellers—have been active in the business and academic communities exploring the use of virtual worlds for policy research and electronic commerce. Together with Nick Wilson (formerly of metaversed.com), he started the weekly series called Metanomics (a term he coined) to address issues such as contract law, government, taxation, in-world business, economics, and interoperability standards among worlds more...
The chaotic scene at JT Financial was not unlike the stock market crash of 1929. Following Linden Lab’s January 8th announcement that it would give banks until January 22nd to “settle up on any promises” and “honor valid withdrawals,” harried Second Life avatars scrambled to withdraw
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Fool's Gold: The rise and demise of Second Life Finance
by Pollywog Gardenvale
Of the many stories unfolding in the wake of the Second Life banking crisis, the rise and fall of the Arbitrage Wise financial empire will be one for the books — or for Hollywood, if he’s lucky. At the height of his success, Arbitrage Wise oversaw an assortment of companies under the Wise Metaverse umbrella that included the SL Capital Exchange,
JT Financial, Wise Metaverse Ad Network (located on all ATMs), and the recently acquired SL Reports, along with additional companies in development. more...
Several years back, Microsoft introduced .NET. One of the benefits of .NET is the Common Language Runtime (CLR). This allows many different languages to be compiled into a universal language called Intermediate Language (IL). This IL, in turn, runs on any platform where the CLR is implemented. Microsoft, however, only provided the CLR for MS Windows. The Mono project is an open source project to port the .NET CLR to other platforms, such as Linux and more...
A field trip into Second Life for continuing education students? As announced by The Seventh Sun last week, tour guide avatars Randall (Cornish) Allen and Carolyn (O’Barr) took a group of students into the virtual world. First stop: avatar Champion Valiant’s more...
SPECIAL REPORT
The Newseum: The world’s largest newsstand comes to Second Life
by Pollywog Gardenvale Just as the cherry trees burst into bloom, the Newseum stands ready to open the doors of its long-awaited, new home in Washington DC. At a cost of nearly half a billion U.S. dollars, the monumental structure is seven stories of concrete, steel, and glass rising in the heart of the nation's capitol to serve as more...
In this interview, Larry Gillick discusses the origin of the Newseum project, and the challenges and opportunities ahead for the news industry as it prepares to embrace more...
Among American rock bands, very few have such a devoted fan base as Journey. At the height of their popularity in 1981-1982, Jonathan Cain, Ross Valory, Neal Schon, Steve Perry, and Steve Smith released the album Escape, including the classic song “Don’t Stop Believing.” The album went nine times platinum. more...
I am Captain QatanI’ sutai-DevnoH (QatanI Damdin in Second Life), Quadrant Commander of the Dark Phoenix. B ack when I first entered the online 3D world called Second Life, I joined the crew of the independent warship (Bird of Prey) IKV Bortas.more...
Did you know that 27,002 Second Life residents live in countries where freedom of expression is either restricted or forbidden? According to the most recent figures released by Linden Lab, 2% of Second Life residents live in countries where freedom of expression is not allowed, and another 3% reside in countries that permit only a limited degree of free expression.more...
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression... and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers.
—Article 19
Universal Declaration
of Human Rights,
UN General Assembly, 1948
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Among American rock bands, very few have such a devoted fan base as Journey. At the height of their popularity in 1981-1982, Jonathan Cain, Ross Valory, Neal Schon, Steve Perry, and Steve Smith released the album Escape, including the classic song “Don’t Stop Believing.” The album went nine times platinum. 
