Dana in Geeksville

Making Myself at Home in Second Life

As you know from my previous post, Becoming a Land and Home Owner in Second Life, I have been busy on my property in Second Life, making myself at home. Like the real world, this involved a lot of shopping, buying prims to decorate, animations to make it interactive, and my favorite, a TV so visitors can watch a selection of videos of my choosing.[Read More]

Posted at 12:44PM Sep 26, 2008 by dananourie in Virtual Worlds  |  Comments[0]

Becoming a Land and Home Owner in Second Life

If only buying land and a home in the real world were so easy!

This weekend I became the owner of a parcel of beautiful land in Second Life. Like the real world, land in SL can come empty or come terraformed with hills, grass, sand, or some other kind of terrain. For now I didn't want to start completely from scratch, so I bought a little over 4,000 square meters of terraformed property.

Posted at 09:33AM Sep 22, 2008 by dananourie in Virtual Worlds  |  Comments[1]

Visiting Virtual Pet Shops and Museums

This week I took some time to explore Second Life some more. I had seen animals running around in SL, as I mentioned in an early post  In Case You Thought SL Is Just for People. So, I set out and did a search on pets.[Read More]

Posted at 02:30PM Sep 16, 2008 by dananourie in Virtual Worlds  |  Comments[1]

Meditation and Buddhist Practice in Second Life

I've had a lot of requests recently about my meditation and Buddhist practices in Second Life (SL). Of course, you don't have to be Buddhist for the meditation aspect. But my interactions in SL with meditation and the places I go have piqued the curiosity of more than a few, so I thought I would blog about it.[Read More]

Posted at 04:17PM Sep 09, 2008 by dananourie in Virtual Worlds  |  Comments[2]

In Case You Thought SL Is Just for People

In case you thought that Second Life is just for people, here is proof that it's not. Although, you probably didn't really care either. Even so, I've been quite impressed with the non-people avatars and SL citizens I've come across.[Read More]

Posted at 02:59PM Sep 08, 2008 by dananourie in Virtual Worlds  |  Comments[1]

Learning in Second Life

Second Life (SL) is easy to misunderstand, and many people have the wrong idea that it is some kind of game environment, or a place where people just chat and act silly. On the contrary, Second Life has many places of learning from Science Friday, to Buddhist meditations, to technical seminars[Read More]

Posted at 10:16AM Sep 04, 2008 by dananourie in Virtual Worlds  |  Comments[0]

Shooting Northern California

To say that Northern California is beautiful is putting it mildly. It's a long drive up there from San Jose, but such an enjoyable drive. The terrain is diverse from vineyards, to mountains, to acreage of corn, to towering redwoods.[Read More]

Posted at 01:20PM Sep 02, 2008 by dananourie in Photography  |  Comments[0]