Archive for June, 2007

3D Browser: SpaceTime is a Nice Change

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007

One of the websites I check on a regular basis is MIT’s Technology Review. A recent article led me to try out a new 3D visual browser, SpaceTime.
At first glance, this browser looks like a nice improvement over what we’ve had to choose from up until now. I did a quick ebay search on “books” and I really [...]

Rob Sawyer: Visit Recap

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

We had a wonderful visit from author Robert J. Sawyer last night at the Science Fiction Library in Second Life. His avatar, SF Writer, chatted with us for close to two hours about a number of interesting topics including his newest book, Rollback.
Rob is always a pleasure to listen to (or in this case, to [...]

Real Life Author to Visit Second Life!

Monday, June 18th, 2007

Robert J. Sawyer will be visiting the Talis SciFi & Fantasy Portal, which is a library of science fiction and fantasy in Second Life. His newest book, Rollback, is the selection for this month’s book discussion, and we are delighted that the author will join us for this event with the help of his avatar, [...]

Where on Earth have I been? : )

Sunday, June 10th, 2007

I’ve been off the blog for the entire month of May, haven’t I? I’ve been swamped with other things and have unfortunately been too busy to blog about it all.
I started May with a week of lectures on Dr. Dobb’s Island in Second Life. Dr. Dobbs is a tech journal put out by CMP Publishing. [...]

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