Links for Monday, July 17, 2006

• Does Your Life Suck? – An oddly named yet worthwhile introduction to Second Life.
• The Educational Possibilities of a Massively Multiplayer Virtual World – “Our goals are to increase your awareness of current developments in computer games and simulations and to help you begin considering the educational possibilities of these emerging technologies, But most importantly, we want to encourage you explore virtual worlds, like Second Life, so you will be prepared to teach with this technology as it continues to mature.“
• Innovation Happens Elsewhere – Open Source as Business Strategy – “This book is intended for anyone considering using Open Source. It describes what open source is, discusses business reasons for using open source, and describes how an open source project works in a day-to-day manner.“
• Metaprogramming Ruby – Domain-Specific Languages for Programmers – “programming your programming.”