Category Archives: Fun

Which ads do you like better?

When I did a presentation on web 2.0 tools some weeks ago, I talked about webmail and which free webmail services you can use. I personally like Google Gmail very much but I wanted to show some alternatives in my class.
When I presented Gmail along with Yahoo Mail, Zoho Mail and Microsoft Live Mail, I [...]

Two virtual tours that I made in SL this week

This week, I made two tours with my EVO2010 colleagues for the session “Teaching English in Virtual Worlds”.
You can find landmarks and screen shots on my other blog: Rent-a-tutor.com

Christmas advent hunt

I’m organizing a christmas advent hunt from Dec 1st. to Dec 24. using my proven and improved Ultimate Hunt Script. The Hunt will be organized by Second Presentation and all merchants who want to participate are welcome.
Sponsors for this hunt:
Biker Parties at  Weltenville.
Jeaniesing’s Things and Animations at  Pinastri.
vMotional Animations & Poses at Sinamatic.
Daemon’s Club and [...]

back to school hunt

Second Presentation is organizing another hunt using my “Ultimate Hunt” script and website. Hunt will start September 10 and will last until Sept. 27. People will hunt after school items like a blackboard, calculator, stack of books etc.
Update: The hunt is now finished. We had 3293 hunters looking for the hunt boxes. They have found [...]

The mark of zindra hunt

For all avatars who are age-verified and did not have a chance (or excuse) to have a look at the new adult-continent of Second Life called Zindra: Couldbe Yue is organizing the first treasure hunt on this new continent. It’s not just a regular hunt, it’s also a competition because all finds will be counted [...]

Happy Smiley Hunt+Race

Several SL-Merchants are starting a brand new sort of hunt+race in Second Life. We call it the “Happy Smiley hunt+race”. This is not a usual hunt. Here is why this is special:

creating cool sound effects with audacity

I’ve created a new screencast “creating cool sound effects with audacity” that is hosted on the video tutorial platform mindbytes.com. The screencast is part of a competition and it’s free to view during the competition, so please feel free to have a look and vote if you like it.
Here is the direct link to the [...]

SL-Hunts

Hunting for some free stuff is fun. SL is offering several grid wide hunts and I want to introduce you to two of them:
X Marks the Spot
This is a hunt initiated by Jeaniesing Trilling for her friends and merchands from XStreet-SL. The rules are easy: Go around and find an X-shaped object in the store. [...]

Working for Linden-Dollars (how much is ethical?)

Yesterday I received a group message in one of my subscribed SL-Learning groups. It was an educational institution (well, at least it looked like one) and they were searching for Researchers, Sales Managers, Musicians, a Personal Assistant and Teachers.
I was interested in the position as Personal Assistant, because I have two years of experience in [...]

New Live Music Video with Zaphod Theas

Hey! The new live event with Zaphod Theas on Corsica Island in Second Life is now online.
the Video is available on youTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR5vVHGw-Yg
and on blip.tv: http://blip.tv/file/508566
you can use the original Quicktime file link on blip tv to playback the video in world:
http://blip.tv/file/get/Jimgustafson-ZaphodTheasLiveConcert255.mov
But be warned, the file is about 100 MByte big and the video is [...]