Bearing Witness in Second Life

Denver's Chanel 9 News reported about Fanny Starr, a Holocaust survivor who regularly speaks in Second Life about her experiences (2Life reported several times about events with her). Here the video.

Fiddler on the Japanese Roof

The internet is full of little fun things to discover, like this one here: a Japanese version of Fiddler in the Roof. If you visit the YouTube site, you even find more songs from this American musical. Enjoy.

Living Virtually

Don Heider, dean of the school of communication at LOYLA university of Chicago, wrote a book a book about life in the age of Web 2.0. The title: Living Virtually. 2Life Magazine is also mentioned in it (if you go to the Amazon website and click on book preview, you can find the entry, it is on page 280). On YouTube I found the interview with him about this project. Sounds interesting. Maybe 2Life can obtain a review copy.

Living Memory

She might not be the oldest Second Life user, but with 87 years, Colorado resident Fanny Starr is one of the oldest (the oldest is, by the way, 97 years old, as reported in the New World Notes). In January, she spoke about her experiences during the Holocaust to an audience of avatars. The New World Notes reported here about it. The YouTube video above gives a little of the atmosphere during the event. Let's hope that this event can be repeated some time in the near future.

Renate in SL Israel

I love Machinima. Well, some of them. Yes, I know, there are some poorly done ones, and yes, the one you can see here might not be the most exciting one, but you know what, it covers SL Israel and for those of you who understand German, it might be fun to see.

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