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The expansion of real-world-like activities being experimented with in Second Life is reported by a Washington Post article. Singer Susan Vega reccently did a small concert in Second Life via her avatar. There’s a long way to go to make virtual reality appealing to the average person, but the appeal is identified in this quote: "A virtual world brings something ...

I  am here at San Francisco.  Last night there were a ton of live entertainers from SL up on the convention center stage.  Frogg Marlowe and others brought their guitars and keyboards to play live for the audience.  It was very cool to meet numerous SL Residents face to face and have the very real and sincere handshakes and conversations. ...

The ACS pantheon of web sites has an new member: relayforlife.org. It’s a platform for Relay For Life enthusiasts–and there are many. It’s the beginning of a RFL ecommunity. You can participate in forums, have a blog, and form a buddylist. Check it out!

Our work of organizing people in the fight against cancer hinges on where the people are. Currently, our volunteer base is organized, for the most part, via the workplace. The workplace has morphed over the past decades, from a place where people knew there was a mutual longterm commitment to that of a much more loose and flexible arrangement. A ...