3pointD.com

I generally abhor posting about my own traffic stats (this will be the first time I have), but I’ve been waiting so long for this one that it seems worth a bit of hubris. (Actually, I’ve only been waiting three and a half months.) Seems 3pointD.com has finally broken into the top 10,000 blogs on Technorati. It’s at 9,254 right now, to be precise. Of course, I have little idea what this means in the grander scheme of things, but it’s personally pretty gratifying, and is actually really nice to think that so many people are interested in the emerging 3pointD space. That in itself is an interesting business indicator. (more…)

Second Life resident Tao Takashi has posted some nice screenshots on his blog of a replica of the London Eye that’s being built in Second Life by resident Timeless Prototype for the American Cancer Society’s Second Life Relay for Life fundraiser, scheduled for July 22-23. (There’s a video too.) Last year’s relay did really well and was a great time, to boot, and this year’s event is planned to be even larger. I’ve been on the real London Eye, and it’s a nice way to see the town from on high (very high). Should be a nice way to see SL as well, though processing power will prevent any but the most uber computers from really taking advantage of long draw distances. (What’s also cool about this image is that I discovered it while checking in with the 3pointD group on Flickr, which I started a while back and which is open for anyone to contribute to. Keep ‘em coming!) We’ll be interviewing the people in charge of organizing the SLRFL event on an upcoming episode of SecondCast, as well, so stay tuned for that. [Whoops, I unfortunately posted a draft of this post instead of the final version that was in my Word doc. Sorry for the amendment.]