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

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