First Impressions of Second Life

by JS on May 21, 2006

I decided to check out Second Life because I figured the only way to really answer my questions about it (starting with, what is the appeal?) was to explore on my own. In a very short time, I’ve come up (…)

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chocolate, a penguin, a new bag, and more

by JS on May 21, 2006

It was opening weekend for the South End Open Market this weekend, and we picked up a few goodies: The bag place doesn’t have a website up. The chocolate sauce place does, but all you really need to know is (…)

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D’oh! Don’t leave home without it

by JS on May 16, 2006

There is a guy in shiny red spandex, a gold cape, and bug-eyed goggles flailing away at something in the butcher’s shop across the street. I’m not leaving the house without my digital camera ever again. He’s being filmed. Before (…)

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Just bury your head in the sand

by JS on May 14, 2006

MySpace is so big, it is the #1 upstream provider of traffic to Google. Last month, MySpace and facebook were both in the top ten sites as as measured by page views. What to make of these statistics? Well, if (…)

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Facebook tries to grow up, should you care?

by JS on May 12, 2006

I’ll just be honest about it: I’m way too old to have joined as an undergrad — or even grad student, either time. But I’m in facebook now. A couple of weeks ago, facebook opened up to certain companies, and (…)

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