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It’s my mutha&%$*ing 39th birthday, folks!  In between coordinating a virtual fossil dig and heading to Cali for a family wedding, I haven’t had any time to plan anything for my birthday, unfortunately.  I’m hoping to  rally the troops for some dance outing next weekend, though. Meanwhile, here’s some reasons why I’m not getting older,…

  Frank    Originally uploaded by ./Eli Happy birthday to one of my dearest friends and partner at Yehoodi.com, Frank "Frankyboy" Dellario.  He’s an great team leader, devoted friend, awesome machinimator, and uber-geek.  Oh and he’s the head of the legendary Machinima crew the Ill Clan. Happiest of Days, Frankyboy!

I have a friend who writes for a New York newspaper looking for people who work in Second Life real estate (ideally in the New York-area) to interview this week for an article.  If you are interested and available, contact me at rik @rikomatic.com.  Thanks, kids!

For some reason, I have been photoshopped by my roommate Swifty into a leprechaun. "Rik O’Matic," I get it. Har-de-har-har.

I’m trying to wind-up a call with my father this afternoon during one of our regular chats, when he mentions off-hand, "Oh yeah, the police were at my house at 5:30AM." "Excuse me?" I replied. "They knocked on the door at 5:30AM.  And not just one cop. There were a whole bunch of them." "What…

Coming home from, of all things, breakdance practice, I encountered a subtle form of racism that is fairly common for me.  I was coming out of the Atlantic Avenue subway station in Brooklyn when I heard someone yell out "Jackie Chan!" in my direction.  I turned to see a group of young black men and…

This week, I was fortunate enough to get a guided behind-the-scenes tour of the incredible Field Museum  in Chicago, one of the finest natural history museums in the country. The fascinating tour culminated in a visit to the "dermestid beetle room", where fresh carcasses are turned into skeletons.  This is done through the very efficient…

My roommate Swifty announced three weeks ago that he’s going to try and do the "52 self portraits in a year" challenge on Flickr. Here are his first three weeks of self-portraits, which are all gems.  I hope he can do a full year’s worth. The bathroom one is awesome! Our shower curtain might be…

My roommate Swifty recently loaned me Volume 1 and 2 of the Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series, thinking I would like it. Man, was he right.  Scott Pilgrim, by Bryan Lee O’Malley, tells the story of the title character, a Toronto slacker who’s only ambition it seems is to play bass with his band Sex…

Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!(And don’t overdo the Pine Sol, kids!)