Here are my notes from Wednesday, Sept 3rd Meet-Up. Disclaimer - these are my notes, so please do not think the speakers actually said or claimed anything I wrote down.
Santa Cruz New Technology Meet Up
September 3, 2008
Message from Doug Erickson -

Agenda
Silicon Valley Meet Up next Tuesday
House Keeping

Sponsor - Soquel Group

Local [...]

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Working in Second Life has it rewards and trials. There are good days and bad days. Hell it is bleeding edge technology.
Now I believe with all of my soul that Linden Lab makes every attempt to provide a good working grid, but the complexity of this world makes 100% testing impossible. Things [...]

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This evening I attended the monthly Santa Cruz New Technology Meetup which was once again held at the Santa Cruz Police Department’s Community room. The event was sponsored by Soquel Group.
I encourage all of my local friends to join the Santa Cruz New Tech Alliance Meet-up Group. The event is free, you get [...]

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Over on David Beach’s blog, he wrote on August 1st about Apture, which is a new tool for bloggers. He states:
Apture for bloggers is a tool that you can install on your blog that allows you to easily link to media across the web. Once installed and you are logged in, you can highlight [...]

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I am interested in getting two iPhones for some time, one for me and one for my better half.  I had elected to wait for the next generation models to come out in July. Yet, as an AT&T subscriber, I am reluctant to sign another contract just to get these phones.  So I was [...]

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Summer arrives and what to do with the kids?
Growing up, part of my summers were spent at camp, overnight and day types. Some were up in the mountains, such as Catholic Youth Organization, while others were at local school such as the soccer camp at Santa Clara University. Some were overnights, while others [...]

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Disclosure: I am a contractor for Cisco Systems and I develop their Second Life Virtual Campus. My opinions are my opinions!

Yesterday, Tuesday, June 24, I was at Cisco Live! SL all day. Lots of very well attended events going on throughout the days. Here are just three highlights:
11:00 am - John Chambers, [...]

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The ever so brilliant Talia Tokugawa of Second Life scripting fame has sent me on a web journey with some great sites.  Once again, I am Easily Amused!

Me.dium - Not just another social media site, but a social media tool!
WOWIO - Free EBooks - readers can legally download high-quality copyrighted ebooks from leading publishers for [...]

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Great event tomorrow (map link — event link)
Visions of the Future Game Design and Digital Media
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
The Digital Media Factory

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Very intriguing event that is coming up on June 6, 2008.
You are cordially invited to attend the opening of the third annual UCSC Digital Arts and New Media (DANM) MFA Exhibition, entitled Bureau of Disruptions, on June 6 from 7-10pm in San Jose. Our students have drawn from a variety of backgrounds such as computer [...]

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As I am waiting for the “ALL CLEAR” from Linden Labs, just doing some reading. Great blog today from Giff Constable (COO Electric Sheep) on the many adoption issues for Second Life - technology, usability, etc.
Read It - Comprehend It - Live It - wooooooo - Second Life for Second Life? - Out [...]

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The Onion’s latest video segment is a newscast from a future where humans are subservient to robots. Damn good!

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The F-117 is retired, a victim to the budget.
CNN article

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Reading Dedric Mauriac’s blog tonight and saw a write up on url on a prim in Second Life. Thanks to Dedric or I would have missed this information.
A couple pics from my little trial with this set-up. Basically it works just like video media does in Second Life. The “snap shot” of [...]

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Excellent article….
” Holman, a professional inventor, helped build Hackerbot, a robot that sniffs passwords over WiFi and then rolls over to the insecure user and shows them the intercepted password. ”
Wired
quick and fast hardware - jeez, I remember waiting months for a “tool” to be developed just so we could test a concept…..1

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