/wtf are we doing in your mailbox?


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/blogs/atmosfera




is weather a fetish? we don't know, but it's always worth a comment, a rant on the elevator, a sigh because of a blue sky and comfy climate... that's why we have atmosfera, a collective blog to talk about the weather. Milton Ribeiro defined it as "extraordinarily fool"; Flavio Prada saw it as "a praise to the introductions". different views -- but fact is there's a lot more people paying more attention to the sky. and better -- sharing it. so, how the weather touches your atmosfera?

* countries so far: Brazil (Porto Alegre, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Belem, Cuiaba, Londrina, Franca, Sao Bernardo do Campo, Santo Andre), US (Sacramento, New Orleans), England (London, Manchester), Portugal (Lisboa, Arco) France (Paris, Clermont-Ferrand), Italia (Riva del Garda and Trento surroundings), China (Shangai), Ecuador (Quito). don't see your city here? you're more than welcome to join us! send an email to atmosfera@verbeat.org for more info. all languages accepted! you can also send us a photo from your sky to be pictured on the blog!


/inversus


Second Life. metaverses. representations from life within a technological realm, using the internet as media. avatars that may fly and teleport, but shop; work to produce and consume. the apparent gender is the real gender, even when it's not the physical gender. and theft and terror and scared residents. choose as many alternatives below as you wish:

a) it all sounds boring.
b) it all sound confusing.
c) another scholastic-tech chat? no thank you.
d) I've heard about it. me thinks this is all sooo silly.
e) I've been there, but it's so hard to do anything!
f) oh! yes! I like it so much!

if you checked any or many of the above alternatives, you should read theKonstrukt magazine. if you haven't checked any, you should do it too. theKonstrukt is an international magazine that debates digital society within Second Life in many levels, from begginer to advanced. and now, Portuguese-speaker community counts with Konstrukt in their native language! get to know better about what the internet and society are becoming!

* English speakers should point their browsers to thekonstrukt.com.
** se você fala português e está perdido por aqui, acesse inversus.org para saber mais - e neste link para ler a versão em portugues desta newsletter.
Second Life® is registered trademark of linden research, inc. no infringement is intended.


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