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Near London shuns humanoid avatars; visitors are instead represented by a colored shaft of light. "If you give them bodies, it gets in the way of the experience," says Alex Wrottesley, founder of Near Global, the firm behind the London site. Because you're shopping for yourself, not your avatar. Moreover, he adds, humanoid avatars "really don't look very good." You can also access Near London through Facebook, which means friends can browse and shop together in real time. (Talking to strangers is not allowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: London Shopping Stressful? Try Virtual Oxford Street | 12/12/2009 | See Source »

...breakfast to undergraduates, what faster way to make money than allowing a couple production companies on campus? I’m more annoyed by the daily, “So, even if you’re one of the greatest presidents in US history, you can still get the shaft. HAHAHA,” that I hear tour guides yelling every single day than I would be by my class being moved so Justin Timberlake can act like a nerd in front of Emerson...

Author: By Kathryn C. Reed, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rant: Filming on Campus | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

Roll call of minorities: “Santana. Wheels. Gay kid. ... Asian. Other Asian. Aretha. And Shaft...

Author: By Luis Urbina | Title: Recap: "Throwdown" | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

...CAPTION]: Big beams hold up the ceiling of this old freight elevator shaft. Hanging on the wall is a small puppet of Baruch Spinoza, the subject of her most recent book...

Author: By CATHERINE J. ZIELINSKI, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Cribs Presents: Steven A. Pinker | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

Roll call of minorities: “Santana. Wheels. Gay kid. ... Asian. Other Asian. Aretha. And Shaft...

Author: By Luis Urbina | Title: Recap: "Throwdown" | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

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