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Giving this some publicity because I think it's pretty damn cool...

Purpose of the Rubyists of SL Group

• Promote Ruby through discussions / presentations / group projects
• Focus on Ruby technologies to augment the SL experience
• Explore techniques for virtual learning & collaboration in SL
• Meet people with similar interests

We intend to meet the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at 6:00 PM Pacific Time inside Second Life. We have a dedicated conference area for use by the group. The area was donated by Joi Ito of Internet fame.

How do I join Second Life and The Rubyists of SL Group?

• Basic memberships in Second Life are currently free.
• There are hefty bandwidth / computer hardware / graphics card requirements for SL, check http://www.secondlife.com for more details.
• After downloading the Client, and creating your Avatar, you can use this Second Life URL ( SLurl ) to ?teleport? to the Rubyists of Second Life meeting area
  The RoSL group members will help you get acclimated to Second Life. Contact avatar StarJunky Fermi at starjunky@gmail.com to arrange for an introductory tour of SL.

There is also an active Linux Users Group in SL, with a Linux SL Client in Alpha testing.

Who can I contact about the Rubyists of Second Life?

• Founder: Jesse Malthus ( mindtriggerz@gmail.com )
• Officer: Theodore Polonsky ( theodore.polonsky@gmail.com )
• Volunteer: StarJunky Fermi ( starjunky@gmail.com )

Second Life is a virtual 3D world and society. Visit http://www.secondlife.com for more information. Wikipedia also provides a good article about Second Life