From a long Wall Street Journal story:
Is This Man Cheating on His Wife?
Nearly 40% of men and 53% of women who play online games said their virtual friends were equal to or better than their real-life friends, according to a survey of 30,000 gamers conducted by Nick Yee, a recent Ph.D. graduate from Stanford University. [...]

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One of the things I keep talking about is that we need a new vocabulary, if we’re going to keep distinguishing between virtual and physical space. Or we need to stop distinguishing.
I’m inclined to simplify and just say things like “we met a year ago” and let online be as valid a meeting as any [...]

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From an MSNBC article over the weekend, about a new study showing that Viagra raises oxytocin levels in rats:
Viagra may give men more than physical love
�I hope that this (finding) doesn�t cause some wild orgy of inappropriate recreational use.�
Sigh. I sure do. LOL

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I intended to post daily from the Second Life Community Convention — but then, I intended that at Internext, too. It’s amazing how busy a convention can be when you’re working. The sex & relationships panel today went well but as always we ran out of time for Q&A. Please, if you were there and [...]

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A reader (thanks, Robert!) forwarded me this link:
Bloggers in it for sex
In this week’s Media Guy column for Advertising Age magazine, Dumenco contends that knowledge of the hippest, hottest blogs can increase hook-up opportunities and boost sexual attractiveness. He maintains some people are using niche blogs such as Gawker.com and Defamer.com to gain pop cultural [...]

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Interesting combination of relationship and tech here:
� Software to ease divorce pains
If you went through a divorce during your life, you know it can be painful. Who will keep the house or the kids? How the money will be distributed? Even if professional mediators are involved, the process can really be unpleasant. According to LiveScience, [...]

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I just had to share this, because my photographer friend caught me in a moment of tranquility and I really like the picture. Those of you who’ve asked me for pictures other than the glamour shot on my bio page, here ya go.

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Does this mean I should start wearing makeup and practicing not giving myself a double chin when I smile?
BlueFire uTV
BlueFire uTV is unique entertainment systems for bars, night clubs, restaurants, malls, sports complexes and other venues where people gather for entertainment and fun and to socialize.
BlueFire uTV allows users to send picture from camera on [...]

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By the way, I’m planning to go to this, as an attendee, not as a speaker — how relaxing! — and if you read Sex Drive you’ll probably want to come too:

Arse Elektronika 2007
From the depiction of a vulva in a cave painting to the newest internet porno, technology and sexuality have always been closely [...]

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I walked out looking for groceries only to find that they situate the grocery store just too far away to walk, in heat and humidity, after one’s shower and dressing up for the kick-off networking event. Two miles is not that far to walk — but two miles roundtrip in 90+ degrees with humidity, in [...]

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Notice that half of the five top “prestige” jobs are also low paying jobs. (Most of the scientists, teachers, and nurses I know are not raking in the big bucks, let me tell you.)

Still Don’t Get No Respect: Poll Finds Journos At Bottom Of ‘Prestige’ Jobs
CHICAGO Hang down your head, journalist — your fellow [...]

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internext nsfw is the trade show for the online side of the adult business. why they need their own show — why the separation of “regular” and “online” — is beyond me, but then, so is the practice of having two newsrooms divided by output format instead of one big one focused on creating the [...]

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