About a week ago Linden Labs announced the availability of a beta version of SL Enterprise, a product that had been rumoured for some time because people knew something was being developed under the code-name Nebraska. This has implications for our work.

A series of random hops over the web left me realising that I had no idea what the cbr file format was. I had been researching e-book formats for a course I am about to begin teaching. I had thought that I had the winners nailed down. They were pdf and epub. Then I found mentions of CBR, and wondered: what the hell is that?

I came across a nice site today that showed (amoing other things) that it is still possible for one person to do something interesting and useful on the web. This one is concerned with desktop wallpaper that is simple to the point of starkness.

So, here we are. The first snow of winter, with a picture to prove it.

According to Mitch Ratcliffe at ZDNet.com, “there are approximately 52 e-reader devices coming to market in the next 12 months”. I am therefore about to embark on a quick research project, with a group of students, aimed at creating a simple workflow for getting a range of material online in epub format.

A few minutes ago Johnny Bistrom pointed out to me that the new version of Unity 3D has been released – and that it is free. Unity 3D is a game engine and development platform that can be used to build games & worlds online, on iPhones and on the Nintendo Wii. It has been around for several years and we have both noticed its existence, but done very little more.