So I am back in Second Life, everyday I wake up go to school and log into my second life. Above you can see my avatar Naly Heron. She is my digital representation in Second Life. I notice that these days I am wondering off and getting things for her that I want for myself in my real life. For example I bought Naly Heron some blue eyes… I have always wanted blue eyes. I also bought her some tattoos - I would never get a tattoo, Naly Heron has one tho! I really enjoy mixing realities, either putting digital characters in real life or vice versa, inserting real life characters in second life. You can do this in either video or still format. Video of course is much cooler but more difficult. Stills are pretty simple…. Check out the video below for some really cool blended realties video footage.

Did you know about the labs? Google Labs that is …

Labs.google.com is Google’s technology playground.
Google labs showcases a few of our favorite ideas that aren’t quite ready for prime time.

Your feedback can help Google improve them.

Google is always working on new stuff and they give users the chance to be apart of the developement.

Below are a few “graduates” from Google Labs

If you want to keep on top of Google Development this is definitely a place for you to check out.

	Google Suggest As you type your search, Google offers keyword suggestions in real time
	Google Transit Plan trips using public transportation
	GOOG-411 Search for local businesses using your voice, from any phone, for free. Dial 1-800-GOOG-411.
	Google Reader Use Google’s web-based feed reader to keep track of your favorite web sites
	Google Notebook Clip and collect information as you browse the web
	Google Docs & Spreadsheets Create, store and share documents and spreadsheets on the web
	Google Video Search TV programs and videos

Time: September 7, 2008 at 7pm
Location: General Motors Place

Street: 800 Griffiths Way
City/Town: Vancouver BC
Website: http://www.livenation.com/e…
Event Type: concert
Organized By: Live Nation

Backstreet is back!!!! Tonight at GM place the backstreet boys (minus 1) will be performing at GM place. They have not toured in a while and if you are up for a night of remembering the past then tonight is your night. Tickets are still available at ticketmaster and craiglist! 

Time: September 4, 2008 at 6pm
Location: General Motors Place
Street: 800 Griffiths Way
City/Town: Vancouver BC
Website or Map: http://www.livenation.com/e…
Organized By: Live Nation

Last week I had the chance to visit New Jersey. This was the first time that I had been there, and wow it was quite the time. The highlight of my trip was visiting Morey’s Piers. This place is just absolutely the funnest amusement park that I have been to EVER! 

With three amusement piers and two beachfront waterparks over six beach blocks, they have the rides and concessions to delight parents and kids.

Wildwood attractions is the site to visit to see how fantastic this place is. They also have great hotel and motel listings to help your New Jersey Vacation be a great one.

Located on the boardwalk in Wildwood, New Jersey, next to historic Cape May, New Jersey, and not far from both Ocean City and Atlantic City, Morey’s Piers offers over 100 exciting amusement park rides and attractions. They also have the coolest Water Park I have EVER BEEN to!

They have beaches as well which is a great place for a family beach vacation

What’s really cool about this place is that they have weekly specials. Every weekday is special from June 29 through August 27- so it’s not an expensive trip for you and your family. I highly suggest visiting Morey’s Pier next time you are in New Jersey, in fact … I would plan a whole vacation around it! Where else can you ride roller-coasters, lay on the beach or enjoy a water park all in one day? 

Have you ever been scammed online? Have you ever visited a website and then BOOM… you have a virus!! Don’t you think there should be some sort of tool out there that would help you assess a websites trustworthiness?!?!? Well there is! This fantastic tool is called Web of Trust. They use a traffic light system to let users know what sites are safe and which ones are not. Green let’s the user know that the site they are visiting is A OK! Yellow- Cautions you and Red is a no no- There are also setting to show if a site is suitable for children. This is a great tool to help you steer away from viruses and fraudulent websites!

Click to see video below: 

Google is launching a new satellite on September 4th. This satellite will provide google earth and it’s users high resolutions pictures of earth. The satelltite is called GeoEye-1 and is the highest ground resolution and colour publicily available. 

“ It is our goal to display high-resolution imagery for as much of the world as possible, and GeoEye-1 will help further that goal.” — Kate Hurowitz (Google)

With Google updating these images once a month… these images will be more up-to-date than their current system.

Google Chrome is Google’s newest addition to their large family. Chrome is the new internet browser that Google has been working on for quite some time. The browser is completly open source and is built towards handling all types of media. The beta version is going to be release tomorrow September 2 2008 only for windows. The Mac and Linux versions are yet to come.

“So why are we launching Google Chrome? Because we believe we can add value for users and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the web.

All of us at Google spend much of our time working inside a browser. We search, chat, email and collaborate in a browser. And in our spare time, we shop, bank, read news and keep in touch with friends — all using a browser. Because we spend so much time online, we began seriously thinking about what kind of browser could exist if we started from scratch and built on the best elements out there. We realized that the web had evolved from mainly simple text pages to rich, interactive applications and that we needed to completely rethink the browser. What we really needed was not just a browser, but also a modern platform for web pages and applications, and that’s what we set out to build.” From TheGoogle Blog

Click Here to View the Google Chrome Comic