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	<title>Lost in Bananaverse</title>
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	<link>http://www.bananaverse.com</link>
	<description>Left Coast Blog on Real and Virtual Space featuring Santa Cruz and the Metaverse</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 01:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Meta Magic Studio</title>
		<link>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/12/meta-magic-studio/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/12/meta-magic-studio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 23:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Banana Schilling</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[metaverse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Meta Magic Studio]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[SL Brand has changed its name to Meta Magic Studio.  The &#8220;naming&#8221; party was a hoot&#8230;..
I thought Freakin Bad Ass Marble Company was cool.  
Update - Temporary Logo

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		<title>OpenMetaverse</title>
		<link>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/12/openmetaverse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/12/openmetaverse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 20:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Banana Schilling</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Second Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[metaverse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[metaverse roadmap]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[open source]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bananaverse.com/?p=220</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of the SL™ trade mark fallout, libsecondlife and the other open source groups renamed themselves OpenMetaverse.  Their wiki can be found at http://openmv.org/wiki/OpenMetaverse.
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		<title>Christian Renuad Speaks</title>
		<link>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/12/christian-renuad-speaks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/12/christian-renuad-speaks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 19:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Banana Schilling</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Second Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Social Networks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[metaverse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cisco]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[virtual worlds]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bananaverse.com/?p=219</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The best way to predict the future is to invent it. - Alan Kay
Trying to keep tabs on the development of the metaverse is a full time job.  The rate of new introductions and platform offerings is astonishing.  My Google alerts are daily hitting me with the latest news.
While I would like to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help!  I am drowning in Social Networks!</title>
		<link>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/11/help-i-am-drowning-in-social-networks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/11/help-i-am-drowning-in-social-networks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 20:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Banana Schilling</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Random Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Second Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Social Networks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[metaverse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[social]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bananaverse.com/?p=218</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How many social networks can one be in?  Or more precisely, how many social network tools do I need?
Jeez, I am in the following:

Second Life - 18 Groups
SL Bloggers Network
Face Book
My Space
Linked In
Flicker
uTube
MyBlog Log
Type Key
Twitter
Digg
Technorati
Stickam
StumbleUpon
Yahoo Answers
Santa Cruz New Tech Meet-up
Hash House Harriers - Websites &#38; Local Running

Not to mention the ones I just dabble [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ask A Ninja #71 - Dos and Don&#8217;ts</title>
		<link>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/11/ask-a-ninja-71-dos-and-donts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/11/ask-a-ninja-71-dos-and-donts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 18:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Banana Schilling</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Cool]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ninja]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bananaverse.com/?p=217</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Ninja pontificates on the Dos and Don&#8217;ts of being a ninja.
Source - Ask A Ninja

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		<title>I am EASILY Amused - Issue #2</title>
		<link>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/10/i-am-easily-amused-issue-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/10/i-am-easily-amused-issue-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 20:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Banana Schilling</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Random Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Santa Cruz]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sci Fi]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Code Monkey]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Coulton]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bananaverse.com/?p=216</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Time for another round up of &#8220;I am EASILY Amused&#8221; and this week I was.

Local Comic - Subconscious Comics
Cell Phones - Instinct vs iPhone
Over at Laughing Squid - This American Life Segment
As a minister of the Universal Life Church, I am not sure how to feel about this offering from SubGenius.
Read an example of self [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World of Warcraft - The Death Knight class</title>
		<link>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/10/world-of-warcraft-the-death-knight-class/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/10/world-of-warcraft-the-death-knight-class/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 19:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Banana Schilling</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Geek]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[gaming]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[metaverse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Death Knight]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gnome]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[World of Warcraft]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wrath of the Lich King]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bananaverse.com/?p=215</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lots of information coming out from Blizzard on the upcoming Death Knight class that will be making its appearance with the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, World of Warcraft.  This class is the first &#8220;Hero Class&#8221; which have have been part of Warcraft lore since the real-time strategy game days.
Over at GameSpy, they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EDGE QUEST - Win US $10,000 and Cisco Router</title>
		<link>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/08/214/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/08/214/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 18:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Banana Schilling</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Geek]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[gaming]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ASR 1000]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cisco]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Edge Quest]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bananaverse.com/?p=214</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Note - As always, I am Cisco Systems developer in Second Life.  This is NOT a paid advert.
For all of my gamer friends - chance to win $10,000 US and a Cisco Router (worth $35K) - Check out the game at least - It is silly - It is fun - and you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Santa Cruz New Tech Alliance Meetup</title>
		<link>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/08/santa-cruz-new-tech-alliance-meetup/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/08/santa-cruz-new-tech-alliance-meetup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 17:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Banana Schilling</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Geek]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Santa Cruz]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ceboa]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Evernote]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Meetup]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[PhotoCrank]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[UCSC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bananaverse.com/?p=213</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I went to the Santa Cruz New Tech Alliance Meetup last night (May 7) with 60+ other geeks and even our Santa Cruz Mayor Ryan Coonerty.  Sponsored by Ceboa who paid of the pizza and soda (mucho props!).  Overall I rate the night a 4+ on a scale of 5, my only complaint [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women 2.0 in Business Conference (May 10)</title>
		<link>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/08/women-20-in-business-conference-may-10/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/08/women-20-in-business-conference-may-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 17:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Banana Schilling</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Geek]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Santa Cruz]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[conference]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[entrepreneurs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Women 2.0]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bananaverse.com/?p=212</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Got a message from a friend about an upcoming event for women in the Bay Area
A friend of mine is the co-founder of &#8220;Women 2.0&#8243;, an organization
that aims to increase the number of young women entrepreneurs by
encouraging women to work with and in the field of technology,
providing resources that will lead to the launch of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music Thursday - Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies</title>
		<link>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/08/music-thursday-institutionalized-suicidal-tendencies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/08/music-thursday-institutionalized-suicidal-tendencies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 08:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Banana Schilling</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Institutionalized]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Suicidal Tendencies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bananaverse.com/?p=211</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite college thrash bands was Suicidal Tendencies  &#8212; almost as good as Onion Diet (very few people ever had the privilege of seeing them!)
&#8220;All I want was a Pepsi!&#8221;
So here today for your enjoyment is Suicidal Tendencies with Institutionalized &#8212; How do you know what is my best interest?

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		<title>Second Life Usage Demographics</title>
		<link>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/07/second-life-usage-demographics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/07/second-life-usage-demographics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 17:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Banana Schilling</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Second Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[metaverse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[demographics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[virtual]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bananaverse.com/?p=210</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Second Life® has released its April demographics and it continues to be heavily used by older people.  According to Linden Lab™, 83.79% of the population is 25 years and older, and the older users spend far more time in Second Life than younger users with those 45 and older continuing to be the heaviest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Metaverse Advertising / Marketing</title>
		<link>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/07/metaverse-advertising-marketing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/07/metaverse-advertising-marketing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 17:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Banana Schilling</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[metaverse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pepsi]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[virtual]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[vMTV]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bananaverse.com/?p=209</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The virtual world is the newest venture into successful marketing, according to a recent study by Pepsi and MTV.
The major push, it seems, is coming from a new case study of Pepsi&#8217;s work in vMTV. An online survey of 600 consumers conducted for MTV Networks in January by Harris Interactive and MauroNewMedia looked at 300 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Los Arboles Update - Second Life®</title>
		<link>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/06/los-arboles-update-second-life%c2%ae/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/06/los-arboles-update-second-life%c2%ae/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 04:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Banana Schilling</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Second Life]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Cosa Nostra]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[CosaNostra]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Los Arboles]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Night Owl]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pizza]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SL Brand]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Snow Crash]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Windlight]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We are getting close to finishing the update of Los Arboles in Second Life®.  Main building is done, the office complex is complete, the theater has been completely revamped to inlcude some of the art I have been collecting and tonight the Night Owl and CosaNostra Pizza got a complete rework.  All I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avatar Rendering Cost - What is Best for Your Community?</title>
		<link>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/05/avatar-rendering-cost-what-is-best-for-your-community/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bananaverse.com/2008/05/05/avatar-rendering-cost-what-is-best-for-your-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Banana Schilling</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[avatar rendering]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bananaverse.com/?p=194</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Last week, Pastrami Linden posted a blog about a tool that calculates Avatar Rendering.  I will let you read the article on the Second Life® blog to see how it is done, so please forgive me for not giving more detail but basically an avatar with no attachments will equal 1.  See picture [...]]]></description>
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