How Far are we From a Virtual World?

The recent incident over at Eve Online has got me thinking about virtual and real and when the distinction will become blured to apoint of not being recognisable. Will it ever get to that point. There was a similar story over at TechCrunch today. First, check out the awesome video: Then, read the post at […]

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Joost Revealed

Thanx to Kayliz for suggesting I review Joost. We’ll look at a Walk-through, Pros and Cons. The screen shots are from Version 0.10.3, which has since been upgraded to 0.10.4. My Cons list may be longer than Pros, but I still love Joost! Walk-through I adding my email address at the URL www.theveniceproject.com/apply.html (which now […]

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Capture Live Internet Video

Today’s cool site is actually a really cool tool; a tool that I have been after for ages. Have you ever wanted to record live video off the internet? Maybe you are talking to someone who has their webcam on and you would like to record some of the video or maybe it’s just another […]

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When Virtual Turns Real

Anyone that has ever played a multiplayer game knows that a multiplayer game is never just a game. It’s real. An interesting article in the New York Times underscores this fact. Apparently, the administrators of Eve Online, a popular massively multiplayer online game, are going to hold elections to come up with representatives of the […]

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Making Money Online : A Comprehensive Guide

The following is the last of a series of posts. The introductory post is here. FACT:The internet, through new media, is where all the money is heading to. All other industries, traditional or not, will be affected by the internet. The good news is that there is enough money to be made by everybody from […]

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The Coolest Yet

The Best of the Best So far, we’ve had 16 editions of This Week’s Cool Sites on this blog. Since it is the start of yet another month and because I am concerned that some of the coolest sites featured here didn’t get enough exposure, I thought I’d do a nice little round up of […]

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Some Light reading for the Weekend

“Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare and serious disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her 5-year-old brother, who had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed […]

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