Second Life Scripting - The Garage Door Script
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Tonight I’d like to show you how to create a simple electric garage door in Second Life. This simple object will open or close when touched (clicked with the mouse). Here’s the open door:
And here’s the […]
I Don?t Own a PrinterYesterday, I found myself on a Skype call with a colleague of mine and we were editing a Google document on the fly preparing for another three way Skype call that we’re having today. I was sitting there watching the document screen refresh every time my collaborator stopped typing, watching his […]
Internet Driver?s License
Today I received one of those silly “forward this email to your friends and Microsoft will send you money” emails. I was in a mood to rant (err, I mean educate) and wrote the following response. I carefully extracted every email address in every previous forward of the message and probably made 97 […]
SecondCast #46 - The Diva The SecondCasters interview TheDiva Rockin one of the contestants competing in Big Brother Second Life. Be sure to visit her and the other contestants in the King of Media sim. And Torrid, here is the link you didn’t think I’d bother […]
LAYING DOWN ROOTSFrobozz and Glitter Netroots move into the metaverse. Inspired by BarCamp, the ad-hoc open conference system, RootsCamp merges that format with Net-driven political activism with a left-of-center bent. Perfectly timed to launch in the wake of the mid-term elections, the…SLHamlet
Secondcast #26: In The Pink Johnny and the Secondcasters interview Randy Moss of the American Cancer Society and Second Life resident Jade Lily. The group discusses the 2nd Annual SL Relay for Life and fundraising in virtual worlds. Torrid describes her team’s fundraising strategies and Johnny ends the show explaining […]
Computer Training in Seattle
Earlier this week I attended an all-day training event for a top-secret pre-release software product.
The event was conducted in a very nice training facility in Kirkland, operated by Computer Classrooms in Seattle. There was a very professional central reception facility and a nice kitchen. The training rooms were equipped with high […]
Blogs as ResearchI’ve been playing around with Google Reader and just noticed an interesting thread between the first two posts that I shared to my public page. First, David Weinberger:I came away realizing why media literacy programs often bother me. Frequently, the idea even is that we have to teach our children how to recognize […]