Weblog of Thursday 04 September 2008

Orban tweets Wikipedia article about Memetics:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memetics

Pavig tweets Google launching its own browser, called Chrome:
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/09/02/can_google_build_a_better_browser-2.html

Second Life releases SLim, an instant messaging client for SL (including voice messages):
http://blog.secondlife.com/2008/09/03/connecting-second-life-to-real-life/

Grace tweets that There.com also released a lite messaging client:
http://mashable.com/2008/09/02/there-virtual-worlds/

Squid tweets the birth of the internet:
http://www.cracked.com/video_16610_insane-true-story-behind-birth-internet.html

Logon to SLim:
http://secondlife.com/SLim

Tateru on SLim:
http://www.massively.com/2008/09/03/hands-on-the-second-life-slim-client-is-here/

Pavig tweets Wikiversity Film-Making:
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Topic:Narrative_Film_Production

Virtual Greats, a platform to bring copyrighted material to virtual worlds:
http://www.virtualgreats.com/
In fact, they have exclusive distribution rights for virtual goods associated with Justin Timberlake, Raven Symoné, Snoop Dogg, Tila Tequila, Paris Hilton, Marvel's Incredible Hulk, and the Estate of Elvis Presley!

Blender video tutorials (Pavig again):
http://www.totallyblended.com/Tutorials.html

Orban live blogging from Virtual Worlds Expo:
Live blogging from the Virtual Worlds Expo - Day 2

Google tweeks Chrome license (tweeted by Kronos):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7597699.stm

Ugo Trade tweets from VW Expo: Colin Parris IBM now talking about integration of Lotus Sametime with OpenSim (as a plugin VW to Sametime)