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IN-WORLD SHOPPING OUTSIDE OF SECOND LIFE 265
TROUBLESHOOTING SHOPPING WOES 266
UNPACKING BOXES 266
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SKING FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE 267
FINDING WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR 268
MORE SHOPPING RESOURCES 269
SECOND STYLE 269
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INDEN LIFESTYLES 270
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ASHION PLANET 270
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OING BROKE WITH DAPHNE AND TAMARA 271
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IRTUAL SUBURBIA 271
SLS
HOPPER.COM 271
CHAPTER 13: BUSINESS AND MONEY 272
MONEY: THE COLD, HARD FACTS 274
WAYS TO PROFIT 276
PROFIT PROFILES 276
P
ERSONAL CHOICES 278
T
HE PLEASURES OF WORKING FOR PENNIES 280
PRIVATE BUSINESS 281
VIRTUAL MONEYMAKING 282
REAL VIRTUAL JOBS 284
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ECOMING A BUSINESS OWNER 299
CORPORATE MOVES 301
SECOND LIFE PROFESSIONALISM 306
THE SECOND LIFE SOLUTION PROVIDER DIRECTORY 308
SO … YOU SURE YOU WANNA DO THIS? 308
CHAPTER 14: A CULTURAL TIMELINE 310
FIRST ERA—2001 THROUGH EARLY 2003: PRE-HISTORIC, PRE-BETA 312
SECOND ERA—SUMMER 2003: NATIVES VERSUS COLONISTS 312
WAR OF THE JESSIE WALL 314
SECOND ERA—SUMMER 2003: REVOLUTION! 315
THE TEA CRATE REBELLION OF JULY ’03 315
THIRD ERA—WINTER 2003: A NEW NATION IS BORN 316
NOVEMBER 14, 2003: IP INDEPENDENCE DAY! 316
FOURTH ERA— LATE 2003 THROUGH EARLY 2004: EXPANDING THE FRONTIER 317
THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE 318
FIFTH ERA— MID 2004 THROUGH MID 2005: INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 318
MEETING THE LOVEMAKERS 320
SIXTH ERA—SUMMER 2005 THROUGH 2006: BOOM TIME 321
SEVENTH ERA—LATE 2006 THROUGH 2007: CONFLICT AND GLOBALIZATION 321
ADVENTURES IN MIXED REALITY 323
BUILDING COMMUNITY: BURNING LIFE 327
BUILDING COMMUNITY: MAKING A DIFFERENCE 327
LINDEN-SPONSORED EVENTS 328
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