Musings on Dance, Food, Geek Stuff
We had a beautiful Quaker meeting for worship in Second Life this morning with about 16 or attenders filling the benches . I had recently discovered that if you put your computer to sleep without logging out of SL, the program sort of freezes the last scene in place. When you re-open your computer, it appears…
My buddy Spuds and I recorded the second video podcast of our long running swing dance program the "Yehoodi Talk Show" a few days ago. We talk about Christina’s latest swingin video, how to take care of your Aris Allen shoes, Columbian "boogaloo" salsa, and lots of other silliness. Check it out via direct download…
I had the pleasure of meeting Hamlet Au of New World Notes today over burritos at Papalote’s on Valencia Street in San Francisco. It was cool chatting with him about Hamlet’s forthcoming book with Harper Collins that I can’t wait to read. We also discussed political action in SL, whether in-world voice chat is a…
It’s been awhile since I’ve gotten a spammish e-mail from someone purporting to be working for the United Nations. So I was delighted to find this "job offer" in the mail yesterday from Mr. "Patrick Evans": United Nation International Children and Educational Fund (UNICEF), a humanitarian organization under United Nation Organization (UNO) urgently needs you…
sliced sf skyline Originally uploaded by on2wheelz. I’m in the San Francisco Bay Area for a few days, to get my lasik-ed eyes looked at by my optomitrist and spend some long-past-due family time. I was actually expecting to go under the laser again today, but my doctor told me yesterday that he didn’t think…
Cindy and I were bored the other night so we rented the dance movie “Step Up” which came out a few months ago. I’m kind of a sucker for these formula dance movies which always seem to have the same basic plotline: Uncouth street dancer meets prissy “professional” dancer through some contrived scenario (community service,…
Gotta love this new video from the SavetheInternet.com folks. It clearly and cogently describes the issue and what you can do to defend freedom of expression on the internet. Awesome stuff.
I had a beautiful day at the New York Comic Con hanging with my buddy Frank and thousands of other comic lovers. Despite the teeming hordes, I actually ended up running into several people I knew, which was fun, including scifi author David Mack, who had a couple of his books for sale at the…
So I’m off to New York Comic Con in just a few minutes! Zillions of comic, manga, graphic novel, action figure, and gaming exhibitors crammed into the Jacob Javitz Cetner. I’m so excited about all the nerdy goodness! W00T!
Speaking of games to educate about the UN Millennium Development Goals, here’s an example of a Jamaican game that relates to Goal 2 "Achieve Universal Primary School Education." UNESCO sends out news about an innovative computer program in Jamaica called "Easy Skanking" that combines computer gaming and reggae music to teach literacy to young people…