The in game virus that was created some time ago and took a hold of World of Warcraft may now be used by scientists to simulate and observe how populations of people will react to an endemic such as bird flu. See the Sky News video report here
August 21, 2007
HiPiHi – one ring to ……
….. to rule them all
Having just read a post on TechCrunch regarding the ‘new’ virtual world offering of HiPiHi(rumoured to be owned by the famous Anshe Chung), it appears that HiPiHi have announced that they wish to persue standardisation and interoperability between virtual world platforms(TechCrunch mentions ‘interact and transact’ as possibilities for interoperability)
Now, ask yourself, why would HiPiHi be eager to do this ? Well, to me i think this is rather simple. (more…)
August 20, 2007
Sky News in SecondLife
My favourite/preferred news site/channel, Sky News, have taken up residence in SecondLife :
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91200-1276113,00.html
Some how i think they’ve been ripped off on that virtual studio build though ! I’m actually surprised the sim it occupies is even still running with the amount of active scripts that are cleary there. Watch the video and check out the number swirling script activity indicators !
Think i’ll be off to check that island out later today 
*finally* a new job !
A little while ago i got made redundant, not in the best circumstance either with the company i worked for having run out of funds, and not only having insufficient funds to pay even a minimal redundancy payment, they didn’t even have enough to pay me my final month’s wages, for which i have to now go through ACAS/DTi to try and recover !
Anyway i’ve spent the best part of 3 and a bit months looking for a new job, and finally i have been made an offer of employment as a Web Developer – HOORAY !
It has been an interesting few months how ever, dealing with many many many agents, being put forward for many many jobs, and attending many interviews(11). Some interesting points have come out of all of this for me though : (more…)
WebbAlert.com
Yep i know i have it listed on my blogroll over there –>
BUT
Whilst watching this this evening, i began to wonder ……. is there really any nessecity to be running this as a videocast(video pod cast, or what ever you call it), rather than just another tech blog ? Think about it, short of a lovely lady(Morgan Webb) presenting it, do we actually gain anything else in having the video format ? (more…)
August 18, 2007
Best Web2.0 Description Yet !
| #779320 | <dsully> please describe web 2.0 to me in 2 sentences or less. <jwb> you make all the content. they keep all the revenue. |
Funniest Video Clips
These video clips seriously crack me up
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yep i know the final one isnt a *video* – still rips me up though ! For more things that tickle my humour check these out :-
We Like The Moon (this must be an all time classic)
