Notes from the Tigers Cave

Waseda University in Tokyo has opened a “virtual campus” in Second Life, a virtual reality game you can play (and make money playing) on the Internet. Waseda University plans to use their virtual campus to “meet” students from Princeton University, USA, which also has a campus set up in Second Life.

Second Life, created by Linden Studios, is set in a virtual world where players interact using avatars. You can go shopping, play games and buy gear that has been designed by others.

You can also offer your own virtual goods and services and offer them for sale in Second Life.

This is where it gets interesting for the Internet marketer.

Since goods and services can be bought and sold, Second Life has a virtual currency called Linden Dollars, which can be exchanged for real dollars, so it is perfectly feasible for people to get paid to play Second Life online!

In fact, in November 2006 the first real-dollar Second Life millionaire was reported in Business Week. Check this link and scroll down.

It certainly beats commuting to work every day!

David Hurley

http://grasp-the-nettle.com

In my nocturnal meanderings around cyberspace I recently came across a fine recommendation for a healthy snack that would go just great with “space beer” (see previous post)…

All the way, and only, from Japan, green horseradish flavoured dried peas! Japanese horseradish is called “wasabi” and is green in hue and all hues excels in heat. Typically, you will find a splodge of it on a plate of sashimi (raw fish) or sushi.

You are supposed to plop it into your little bowl of shoyu (soy sauce) and dip your raw fish or bit of sushi into it before you wolf it down.

If you are a masochist as I am, you will take great delight in loading your slab of raw fish with lashings of the stuff, fully aware that it will be a fast train to Brain Pain City, all the way up the line via your adenoids, just ten seconds from now.

But the wasabi is not limited to raw fish. You can enjoy it as part of an otsumame drinks snack, in the form of “wasabi beenzu” aka dried peas coated in dried horseradish!

They are great with beer, and not really so hot as compared to wasabi fresh and in the raw.

Anyway, here’s that great tip I picked up recently and have just tested and not found wanting…

Want a great beer snack that is also pretty healthy? Try mixing wasabi peas with salted almonds! Fantastic!

Get 12 x mini packs of Wasabi Peas Shipped Directly To You From Japan For Just $5 Plus Postage!

David Hurley

http://grasp-the-nettle.com