I'm in Cali with the family preparing to celebrate Christmas in the usual ways: making lumpia shanghai eggrolls with my sister, taking mom to Christmas Mass at our family church, and wrapping presents for our family's raucous gift exchange tomorrow. Cori dug up some old Christmas photos, including this one from 1980 of my cousins…
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Scary dental implant illustrations!
I have resolved that in 2009 I'm finally sucking it up and getting a tooth replaced that fell out about a year and a half ago. It's going to be expensive — somewhere between $2,000 and $5,000 to get a new dental implant. And it might take up to a year for series of surgical…
“Stuff I’m Into” as organizational chart
I was playing around with the bubbl.us’s cool web chart creation tool and decided to map all the stuff I was "into." No wonder I’m so scattered at times. It’s a wonder that I can plan my day at all. Click on the image for a larger version.
Thanks for the link luv, Gothamist, Kotaku, New York Times, etc!
I didn’t expect such a fuss when I blogged about the 9/11 memorials in Second Life and Madeleine Albright speaking in SL from UT Austin. But I guess others found those topics interesting, because I got several mentions on prominent political, news and gaming sites. Thanks to: Gothamist Kotaku Game Politics The New York Times…
Congrats to Coreina Grace & Jade Lily on getting engaged at SLCC!
Here’s the perfect metaverse romance: At the Second Life Community Convention in Chicago last year, Global Kids’ own Coreina Grace (aka Meghan in real life) met in the flesh her friend SL developer Jade Lily (aka Keith in real life). They apparently hit it off because they began dating and then moved in together soon…
1,5001 blog posts on Rikomatic!
I just realized that today’s post about COBU is the 1,500th blog entry to Rikomatic.com! The image here is the actual first blog post to the previous version of this site, that I created in Plone starting in May 2004. Yes, I know, it’s so so pretty. It’s hard to believe that I’ve been blogging…
It’s my sister’s birthday — buy one of her bags!
Happy birthday, to my lovely, crazy dope sister Cori. You’re not just my favorite sister, you are my ONLY sister. Love you! (And if anyone wants to get a really hip, handmade handbag or clutch for yourself or a loved one, Cori designs these lovely Mean Bags. Tell her that her big brother sent you.)
Dammit, someone stole my Brompton bike!
Me on my Brompton folding bike in February 2003, right after purchasing in London, UK. Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. My Brompton folding bike got stolen tonight. It was locked to a "No Parking" sign on Broadway and 13th Street. Sometime between 7:30 and 9:30pm, someone took it from in front…
Angelic Accordians at Green-Wood Cemetery
This Saturday I went to a lovely installation / performance art piece called "Angels and Accordians" in the magnificent Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. My dancer/jewelry designer/vintage hound friend Laura was performing as one of the angels, so I knew it was going to be fun. It was a nearly perfect Fall day to be viewing…
Serenity is mothballed: the definitive word from Joss Whedon on “Firefly”
So this is the official word from Joss Whedon, the creator of short-lived, much-beloved scifi series "Firefly": Hi boys and odd, smooth, compellingly bumpy non-boys. I’m in Liverpool, on Alexis’ lap… sorry, laptop, checking in and seeing all sorts of nonsense about a sequel to something… There’s no sequel, no secret project regarding Serenity or…