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Gossip Girl's Second Life Secret
While we've been enjoying the stylish fashions and gadgets on Gossip Girl — and the fact that the show is about a blogger! - some fans have started enjoying Gossip Girl's neighborhood in Second Life experience called "The Upper East Side."
In case you didn't know, Second Life is a 3D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents.
Do You Pay Attention To Avatars' Bodies And Gender?
Naturally, I spend a lot of time playing video games and visiting websites that use avatars. I think of them as digital characters, that are human-like, but not necessarily reflective of what I think real people should look like. Aside from cracking a few jokes about the impossible curves of video game vixens - I mean, the Fantastic Four game even put Jessica Alba's body to shame - and the built-in stereotyping, I hardly ever pay attention to avatars.
Do You Participate in Second Life?
For those of you who only take light doses of geekdom let me explain: Second Life is a 3-D virtual world that's built and owned by its residents. It opened to the public in 2003, but is now inhabited by more than 6,240,591 people from around the globe, who create avatars of themselves, buy land, spend money, go shopping and do all the other things you might do in the non-virtual world. "From the moment you enter the World you'll discover a vast digital continent, teeming with people, entertainment, experiences and opportunity," says the Second Life website.
Now You Can Get A Statuette Of Your Mii In 3D
Who would have thought that Zach Braff would be such an adorable 3D Mii character (hint: blue T)?!
If you want to bring your own Mii avatar to life (or a fave celeb of course), then check out Fabjectory! This fabulous site can take your online Mii and transform it into either a 3-inch figure for $50 or a 5-inch figure for $100.
The 13 Most Beautiful Avatars Of Second Life
No this isn't a post about America's next top avatars contest, but it is about the model-like beauties of Second Life. Based on Andy Warhol's short films: 13 Most Beautiful Women and 13 Most Beautiful Boys comes a serious of canvas mounted portrait prints by the Italian artists Eva and Franco Mattes. Actual Second Lifers originally created these creative avatars.
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Daily Tech: Second Life Coming to Samsung Headsets
- At CTIA in Vegas this week, Samsung showed off handsets featuring the Second Life client for cellphones. — CrunchGear
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for PS3 will be hitting stores on September 16 in the US, with Australia and Europe to soon follow. — Kotaku
- iPod Nano's will not be banned from the London Marathon after all.
Sites and Tips For Better Customer Service
There is nothing fun about sitting on the phone waiting for customer service. Nothing. Unfortunately, it's a fact of consumer life.
Website Alice Shops For All Your Home Essentials For You
I won't bore you with tales of how busy I am these days, because come on — aren't we all?
Everyone around me seems to always be swamped, and rarely has time to shop for stuff that's essentials (not shoes, bags, and clothes. Somehow I always make time for that).
Website of the Day: Just Left Home
Feeling lost and like the Internet is your only connection to a home you left behind? The website Just Left Home was set up to be a resource for people who'd recently left whatever cushy nest they were used to and needed a resource for, well, everything in their life.
As they say, it's intended to be a "homepage-away-from-home cure-all miracle pill."
What Is Your Favorite Gadget?
It's been awhile since we discussed our favorite gadgets in the My Favorite Gadgets group, so I'm really excited and curious to know: since the release of the Nintendo DSi, iPhone 3GS, Kindle DX, and HP Mini (some of the best gadgets out there in my book) has a new gadget taken top rank in your life?
Personally, I'm pretty convinced that the iPhone will be my favorite gadget for quite a while, but what about you? Post and share your favorites in our My Favorite Gadgets group and tell us why your gadget is number one in your heart — you may even see it on the front page of geeksugar!
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