January 2007 - Posts

• Webkinz; MySpace Second Life mashup for 6-11 year olds

  I just discovered these adorable little plush animals called Webkinz that seem to be attracting kids to the Internet in the droves. Each animal comes with their very own secret code that if typed into the Webkinz site will take kids to an online virtual Read More... Posted 27 January 2007 14:44 by Heather McConnell | 2 Comments

• Scantly Clad Models Locked a Hotel Room

  What am I referring to in the post title? Is it the what was on the box of the DVD in the room of that creepy frat guy at college? No. Oh, wait, sure ... it's the premise to the new slasher flick from Quentin Tarantino, isn't it? Nope. I'm talking about Read More... Posted 27 January 2007 00:35 by Andrew Gay | 1 Comments

• The darker side of digital technology; get paid for spying

  The other day on the train I overheard a girl gabbing away on the phone about her company, stuff that could get her fired if it got back to her employer. I was thinking how easy it would be to capture this on my phone and post it to YouTube, send it to Read More... Posted 25 January 2007 15:46 by Heather McConnell | 4 Comments

• Circuit City and Sears come to Second Life

  After spending 20 minutes downloading updates for Second Life I was able to log in again tonight and do some exploring. I had read about IBM partnering with Circuit City and Sears to create virtual stores so I wanted to check that out. They've actually Read More... Posted 21 January 2007 20:39 by Heather McConnell | 0 Comments Attachment(s): cci.jpg