I went to the Linden Labs SecondLife recruiting party in Boston a few weeks ago. Talk about a mind-blower. I ran into people that I worked on virtual environments with almost 15 years ago and made some new friends as well.
Speaking of SL, the new atmospheric rendering from WindLight is major coolness.
Even more SL: GregPC caught myself and John Lester doing some late-night canoing after a long conversation at Dante after the last WebInno event in Cambridge.