Links for 17-02-2008
The recession in Second Life (or not); geohacking; geotargeting (webdevs - take note) …
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1 - Second Life Economy: In Recession, Or Cultural Inflection?
“Is a society really in recession if a majority of the people in it don’t give a damn either way?”
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2 - Entropist: Top 5 Ways to Hack the Surface of the Earth
“… could we also hack the surface of the earth? Could we hack geology? Could we use plate tectonics to re-direct whole island chains, color rocks, print cities out of magma, and build mountains where mountains have no right to be?”
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3 - Live longer, live better: futurologists pick top challenges of next 50 years
“Better understanding of our genes could lead to more personalised medicines and longer, healthier lives; communication technology should get faster and cheaper; and we will hopefully find more sustainable ways of living in our environment.”
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4 - Escape into Real Life: by Erik Davis
“To truly accept our lives here, the lives we live as we pass such stupid ads on the way to work, could mean that we have to give up on the quest for reality itself …”
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5 - Geotargeting with PHP : A complete guide
Does what it says on the tin. Excellent.
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