The end of the summer is always a tough time – lots to do at work, prep for teaching and dusting off that pesky literature review.  I have been making a big effort to try to keep up with the SLED list especially since the weekly meetings seem to be on a break (although NMC is going to start a weekly Monday meeting).  Recently there was a post about a new group being started with weekly meetings on Tuesday night at 10pm EST – the Synthetic World Initiative at Indiana University.  It seems that this group started out of the work/research done by Ted Castronova in World of Warcraft.  The group is named the Kuurian Expediton after the original World of Warcraft guild.  The group is open to more then just educators – journalists, industry people, etc are involved.  It is not clear if this group is open to everyone but more information can be found on their wiki.

  On a another note – SL partner in crime, Heidi TeeCee, has a bought her self some new hair and skin.  Its about time – thank you Baccarra for convincing her!!!

Now all we need to do is get her some new clothes