Rosanna

If you were to adopt a VKC Dog today, you would find a dog that already is completely capable. The dogs are born with Instincts that allow them to obey commands to stand, sit, beg, offer a paw, lie down, rest, show its belly, play dead, come and go, follow, wag its tail, sniff, bark, and howl. You can command the dog, but they also do these things on their own initiative.

This is pretty impressive as it is. But what really distinguishes Enrico Genosse’s dogs from any others in Second...

Among the purebred dogs in the Virtual Kennel Club is the Widget, absolutely the cutest and smartest mixed breed dog in all of SL. The Widget stands out in another important way: adopting a Widget means you simultaneously support a RL dog-related charity. Read more…

The theme of SL8B, The Magic of Second Life, got me to thinking of all the reasons I love SL. It's permeated with a kind a magic where dreams take shape, people pursue interests both realistic and fantastic, friends meet and get to know one another despite hundreds, sometimes thousands, of miles of physical distance.

When I was new to SL, I wondered how I would fit into this wonderland. As a complete noob in those days, I had no clue about building, texturing, scripting, or any of...