Rikomatic

Musings on Dance, Food, Geek Stuff

Menu
  • Check out my Professional Site RangerRik.com
Menu

“Doonesbury” strip features philanthropic use of Second Life!

Posted on September 10, 2007 by

Doonsbury_2

I got a tip from a comment on New World Notes by Neptune Rebel that the recent Sunday "Doonesbury" comic strip featured a reference to Second Life.  A character talks about how he has been fundraising for a charity using his "private foundation on Second Life," his avatar raising "nearly $600."  Great to see some of the charitable, non-profit work that goes on in-world being focused on by a major comic. Nicely done!

2 thoughts on ““Doonesbury” strip features philanthropic use of Second Life!”

  1. Beth Kanter says:
    September 10, 2007 at 6:27 pm

    I saw that too and really wanted to reblog the graphic, but wasn’t sure it because it copyright …

    Reply
  2. Beth's Blog says:
    September 10, 2007 at 6:27 pm

    Doonesbury Comic: How Young People Are Using Social Media To Do Good

    Donorschoose.org got a mention in today’s Doonesbury comic strip. Rick Federn enters his son, Jeff’s room. Jeff is on the computer. Rik asks him what he’s up to. Jeff replies, Dad, I spent the morning at my private foundation office

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Freestyle to “Booty Swing” by Parov Stelar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3pMWtX0DdE

Recent Posts

  • Pandemic Changes: Going Back to Quaker Church
  • Unlocked: Matrix Dip on Quads
  • What to Expect at a Virtual Quaker Meeting
  • A Skater’s Review of the Pivo AI-motion Tracker
  • Baking with Powdered Crickets for Fun and Food Sustainability

Categories

  • Books
  • Cats
  • Civil Society
  • Creative Writing
  • Current Affairs
  • Dancing / Music
  • Education
  • Family
  • Film
  • Food and Drink
  • Frankie Manning
  • Games
  • General
  • Health
  • Information Society
  • Machinima
  • Media Reform
  • Music
  • New York
  • Politics
  • Real World Places in SL
  • Religion
  • Science
  • SF Bay Area
  • Television
  • The Spirit
  • Travel
  • Uncategorized
  • United Nations
  • Virtual Worlds
  • Web/Tech
  • Weblogs

Tags

b-boy (74) breakdance (50) breaking (26) brooklyn (36) charleston (12) competition (11) coney island (10) dance (17) dancing (30) documentary (15) education (21) festival (12) frankie95 (16) frankie manning (51) frim fram (10) global kids (70) hip-hop (31) human rights (11) inaug09 (11) jazz (12) lindy hop (139) lindyhop (17) lowcarb (18) lxd (11) macarthur foundation (12) machinima (22) memorial (14) mermaidparade (22) mtv (13) performance (16) pmt (10) popping (11) quaker (27) recipe (36) rockclimbing (16) second life (81) shim sham (15) skating (19) soul music (14) swing (51) swing dance (45) united nations (10) virtual world (19) virtual worlds (29) yehoodi (38)
© 2021 Rikomatic | Powered by Superbs Personal Blog theme