Linden Lab, the company that runs Second Life, just announced that they are launching a $10,000 "Linden Prize" for "an innovative inworld project that improves the way people work, learn and communicate in their daily lives outside of the virtual world." The criteria include: Work in Second Life that also achieves tangible, compelling results outside…
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Hello Kitty Online in-game charity raise $12K for UNICEF and Youth Orchestra
According to Virtual World News, Sanrio Digital has donated $12,000 to the charities UNICEF and the Asian Youth Orchestra based on virtual items collected during a Hello Kitty Online charity event called "Food for Friends" earlier this month. According to the original announcement: "For this event, guild mates will have to cooperate and gather as…
I saw this on purpose: “High School Musical III”
High School Musical 3 Now Or Never Video Envoyé par JoeLeMort sur wat.tv "My heart just doesn’t know it’s in high school." — Gabriella Montez, "High School Musical III" My curiosity about the latest installment of the "High School Musical" series got the better of me this weekend. The first theatrical release in the series,…
Tai Chi in Cuyler Gore park in Fort Greene (video)
I overslept and missed Quaker Meeting this morning. So I decided instead to do some tai chi chuan in Cuyler Gore park across from my apartment in Fort Greene. It was a brisk but sunny Fall morning, with the breeze whipping around the orange and yellow leaves. Lovely conditions for some tai chi. Here’s a…
My cat Mole in the pants drawer
Don’t leave a drawer open in my apartment, or this is what you find.
“Appleseed: Ex Machinima” mini-review
This weekend, I watched on Netflix-on-Demand "Appleseed: Ex Machina," (2007) an action-packed anime scifi adventure based on the manga series by Masamune Shirow and produced by John Woo. A definite improvement in both technical achievement and plot than the previous "Appleseed" movie from 2004, it’s still a fairly pedestrian story with some amazing visuals and…
Leaked memo from Chris Hughes to Change.gov web developers
By now, you’ve probably seen Obama’s new policy website Change.gov. The media and blogosphere have reported on how ground-breaking and historic this "open government" website is, allowing the public to be involved in the public policy-making process in ways impossible to imagine before. What has received less attention is the intensive web development process that…
PMT does Thriller in Washington Square Park
Here’s a video of some fellow hip-hop dancers from PMT Dance Studio doing a really neat "Thriller"-esque dance performance on Halloween in Washington Square Park. The routine is much harder and more involved than the one I learned for the Halloween Parade. Awesome work, guys!
Machinima Expo this Sunday November 9 in Second Life
Phil Rice reminds me that the International Machinima Expo (MachinExpo) will be taking place all day on Sunday November 9 in Second Life, featuring over four hours of great machinima from around the globe, a "Women In Machinima" discussion panel, a number of live events as well as several interactive exhibits for featured artists and…
Blog Block
Apologies for not having written here for a couple of days. After all the excitement of the Halloween Parade and Obama’s amazing win on Tuesday, I just can’t seem to write anything. I’m sure I will be blathering away again soon, rest assured.