Epoq 2.2 Web links about Second Life
Dr. Anthony Curtis – University of North Carolina at Pembroke
News media in Second Life

Reuters Second Life The AvaStar
The Metaverse Messenger (The M2)
Second Life News Network (SLNN)
The Second Life Herald
Second Life World
Second Life Community Newsletter
Markee Dragon's Second Life News
Second Style magazine
Second Life Cable Network (SLCN.TV)
Second Life News all-in-one
Virtual Worlds News
Editior & Publisher: 'Virtual' Journalism in an Online 'Second Life'

News blogs about Second Life
New World Notes
Second Opinion Newsletter
Second Life Blog
Second Edition
Second Life Sketches (by Reuters' Warren Ellis)
Technorati
StonebenderŐs VoxBox
Millions of Us
The Click Heard Round the World
Ronin Kurosawa, Samurai Blogger
The Electric Sheep Company
In the Grid magazine
Onrez
3pointD
Second Life Profiles
Second Life Boxxet
Second Life Tribe News
Second Life Insider
Second Life MMOz

Second Life fashion and lifestyle news
Linden Lifestyles
Second Style Fashionista
Fashion World of SL

Second Life arts and entertainment blogs
SLATENight (SL Arts & Total Entertainment)
Second Life Art News

Second Life politics blogs
Second Choices
TechPresident Personal Democracy Forum

Electronic media, video movies, machinima, audio, podcasts
Second Life Community Media: video machinima, still photography
Second Life community videos
SecondLife podcasts and videoblogs
REZnation (podcasts)
SL Science Learning Opportunities
YouTube SL
Flickr Second Life groups

Some helpful basic information about using Second Life
The Linden Lab's Second Life website: Second Life
The Linden Lab's Second Life Grid website: Second Life Grid
The Linden Lab blog: official news from the owners of Second Life: Second Life Blog
Commonly used SL terms and abbreviations
Second Life ready reference Q&A
Second Life Inventory Guide
Downloads: Avatar files
Templates: hair, eyes, etc.
Free stuff: textures
Second Life: Scripting Guide

Places to see: out and about in Second Life
NOTE: some locales have some mature content
Baedeker: A Guide for the Second Life Tourist
Second Seeker: Unofficial Second Life Reviews
SL Community: Second Life Resident Sites
SL style: Linden Lifestyles
SL Community: Second Life Fashion

Educational and Library Resources
info island: an archipelago of islands with libraries, educational institutions and social organizations
Alliance Library System in SL: Library Services in a Virtual World A PowerPoint on SL libraries
Usage research: Top 20 Education Places in Second Life
Many many locations: Institutions and Organizations in Second Life
Many many places: SL Universities and Private Islands
Second Life: 101 Uses for SL in the College Classroom A .pdf file
Second Life: SL Educational Possibilities

SLURL's
SLURL's are direct links from the Web to locations inside Second Life
Second Life beauty: Lost Gardens of Apollo
Dragon Castle: Sirens Grotto
Libraries and colleges: Info Island
ARC: Automotive Research Center models of a human skeleton, swimming shark, a tiger
DoctorAnn Buchanan: Ann Myers Medical Center
NPL Exhibition: Aspects of Appearance
Avnet: Technology Museum
Caledon: Tesla Society
The Illusion Factory: Carl Sagan Pavilion
Better World: Center for Water Studies
CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Second Life: Computer History Museum
Health Info Island: Consumer Health Library
Sea Life Centre: Deep Sea Marine Aquarium
Second Life: Drexel University
Drexel University: Chemistry Corner
The Exploratorium: Eclipse Building
Ecosystem Working Group: Terminus
Nature Publishing Group: Second Nature 3
Gene Pool, Abbey and Tower: Mendel's Garden
Commonwealth Island: GeoGlobe
Commonwealth Island: Geyser
Commonwealth Island: Mudpots
Waterhead: Heart Murmur
IBM Sevices Sciences, Management and Engineering: SSME
Institute of Physics: Experimental Plots
Lupus: Institute of Temporal Dynamics
Spaceport Alpha: International Spaceflight Museum
Jean-Claude Bradley Center: Open Notebook
Jet Propulsion Lab: Explorer Island
Victorian Scientists: Marconi, Maxim, Tesla and Associates
Health Info Island: Medical Library
NOAA: Weather Lab
Nature Publishing Group: Nature
Neosome Institute: Institute of Geology See the caves beneath the building
OneClimate Island: OneClimate
SL Exhibits: Physics and Astronomy
Popular Science Magazine: Future Lounge
Prospero: Astronomy Gallery
Reef Ball Foundation: Reef Ball
New Media Consortium: NMC Research Park
Science Center Group: Science Center
Bell Library: Science Floor
University of Denver: Science School
Space Frontier Group: Space Frontier
Space Studies Institute: Space
Spaceport Alpha: Second Life Planetarium
Seifert Surface's Creations: Math Sculpture Garden
Seifert Surface's Creations: Hypercube
Seifert Surface's Creations: Crooked House
Slacker Astronomy Podcast: Planetarium
SS Research Lab: Social Simulation
Paradox Olbers: Spindrift
Patio Plasma: The 'Splo
Patio Plasma: Sploland
Stanford University: Science & Engineering Libraries
Star Trek: Museum of Science
University of Arizona: Timeline of Earth & Life on the Earth
UK National Physical Lab: TRUTHS Exhibit
University of California Davis: Virtual Hallucinations
World Wildlife Fund: XIBALBA
Stone's Point Park: Visitor Center
Stone's Point Park: Lighthouse
Stone's Point Park: Waterslide Waterpark
Stone's Point Park: Downy's Down
Stone's Point Park: Stoneflower Gallery
Stone's Point Park: Bathysphere
Stone's Point Park: Paddleboat Dock
Stone's Point Park: Llama ride
Stone's Point Park: Spelunkers
Stone's Point Park: Borg Cube Ground Station

Some stories about UNCP and Second Life
The UNCP Newswire story: UNCP journalism class gains experience in virtual world
The Pine Needle story: UNCP journalism students research Second Life

Some web links to Dr. Curtis in Second Life and elsewhere
Feature stories about things that I find interesting in SL: Second Edition blog
Linden Lab suggested an entry about my activities: Second Life Wiki
Rich Desoto blog: Second Edition Covers Desoto
Faculty web page: Dr. Anthony Curtis
Different topic: Space Today Online


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