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STA Travel in Second Life

May 18, 2007 at 2:00 PM | 0 Comments


Though it's certainly a smart move from a marketing standpoint, STA Travel's recent launch in Second Life, the wildly popular online virtual reality universe, kind of cracks us up. They've infiltrated the world of Second Life and put on virtual concerts, put up a Mayan Temple, and even opened a travel store. That's where the funny part really comes in. People are paying real money for fake stuff! Well, we guess we have some weird hobbies too.

If you want to keep up with STA in Second Life, this blog will certainly fill you in. They're hosting all sorts of Second Life events, such as travel trivia parties with questions taken from Lonely Planet books. Just remember that the hot young lady in the virtual low-cut STA tank top might not really be your type in first life.

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· STA Travel in Second Life [Official Site]

When the Internet's Mega-Pricey

July 7, 2005 at 2:10 PM | 1 Comment

Time is money, but that's especially true when you're traveling and paying through the nose for a slow Internet connection. Over at Macworld, Christopher Breen's reporting from aboard a ship charging $0.40 to $0.70 a minute for slow Internet, and he's trying to keep those costs down. Some of the instructions he gives are Mac-centric and require a little computer savvy, but the general principles, such as getting your browser to automatically open the Web sites you really need while you're doing something else, and configuring your e-mail program to only download the first parts of massive e-mails, can be applied to PCs as well.