THIS IS CHINA TRACYIdeal viewing over the weekend: China Tracy’s art project mentioned here recently hit the SL machinima stream, and it’s beautiful, meditative, sometimes sardonic, but ultimately moving and hopeful. As a movie, you may see the influence of Wong Kar-Wai and…SLHamlet
NECC 2008 in San Antonio??Remember the Bloggers!?Plain and simple, despite some down moments, this was the best NECC I’ve attended. It was, for the most part, a fun, creative, good space to be in, and I learned a great deal even though I realized yesterday that I hadn’t attended a formal session. (That is actually […]
Tateru’s Mixed Reality HeadcountThe L Word Rallies for the last week of Pride Month; NBA misses the shot; Holland’s tulips blooming The L Word has picked up with a final burst of events for the last week of Gay Pride month, though still…Tateru Nino
A Couple of Days of Reality?My wife Wendy grew up in Georgia, went to Georgia Tech, and spent a lot of her summers as a kid with her “Granny” down in the southwestern part of the state. The last couple of days, we headed down that way to visit with one of Granny’s best friends, […]
Bigger ChallengesThose of you who have read this space for a while know that Lawrence Lessig is one of my heroes. I know…it’s somewhat of a geeky choice. But he’s without question been one of my greatest teachers in the last six years. I’ve seen him speak on about half a dozen occasions, and each […]
SecondCast Live Recording on April 4thSecondCast will be recording episode #56 with live audience participation on Wednesday, April 4th at 10:15 EST. If you would like to listen in from the web or want to be one of our live callers, head over to our show page on TalkShoe by clicking the link below!This […]
Links for Monday, June 18, 2007
Astronomy Picture of the Day: Analemma over the Ukraine - “If you took a picture of the Sun at the same time each day, would it remain in the same position? The answer is no, and the shape traced out by the Sun over the course of a year is […]
Interview with Eggy Lippmann aka Jorge LimaThis interview with long-term residen Eggy Lippmann was made a while back, after the SLDEVU in London in December 2006. We talked about the past and future of Second Life and also mentioned the opportunities and problems of an open source client (which wasn’t released back then but was […]
Giving First Life Gifts in Second Life using Amazon.comIn the virtual world Second Life it is easy to form very close friendships with someone you may never have the opportunity to meet in person. Second Life residents celebrate First Life holidays like Valentine’s Day and Christmas as well as personal celebrations; birthdays, weddings, anniversaries […]