A Second Stab @ Second Life

By Aaron on April 13, 2007 at 12:32 am | In Blog Posts |

We have two new Second Life chats lined up for April! Join us for very informal cafe scientifique-style chit-chats. These are not formal talks, so anything goes!

Saturday, April 21 at 7pm EST (23UT/16SLT)
NASA CoLab
Dr. Phil Plait, as if he needs an introduction. Pshaw.
Dr. Plait will bring his skeptical mind and sharp wit to the virtual world for the first time. Maybe we can get the Cathedral of the Flying Spaghetti Monster ready for him to dedicate?
What is Second Life?
SL is an online virtual community. It’s like Everquest and World of Warcraft, except that it isn’t a “game”, has no fighting and the users create the world. It runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Being a user is free. You only need to pay if you want to buy land or other bells and whistles. Visit www.secondlife.com for more info and to sign up.

Both of these locations are in PG areas and should be safe for children. Screen shots and a transcript of our first chat with Dr. Stewart Lowe is available here.

Current SL users, click here for a SLURL link.
Aaron’s name is: Slacker Speedwell
Michael’s name is: Slacker Cleanslate
Feel free to add us as “friends” when you login and then join the Slacker Astronomy group.

Previous chat:

Monday, April 9 at 3pm EST (20UT/12SLT)
Slacker Astronomy Planetarium (Carmine 119, 30, 180)
Dr. Eric Chaisson, Director of the Wright Center for Science Education and Research Professor in the departments of Physics and Education at Tufts University.

Dr. Chaisson is a provocative fella who likes to tell it like it is. He is the author of the famous book, Hubble Wars, which told the behind-the-scenes story of HST’s construction and its mirror problem. His recent book, Cosmic Evolution, recent won the Kistler Book Award from the Foundation of the Future. He is also one of my two advisors at Tufts.