This is a picture of where the Obama in-world event will NOT take place. SLNN reports that presidential contender Barack Obama will be appearing in-world in avatar form as part of a webcast on March 31 at 1PM PDT. Interestingly, the in-world event will take place, not in the grassroots "Obama ’08" build (teleport SLURL)…
Category: Virtual Worlds
My mooooooo cards are here!
Hurray, my Moo business cards arrived in the mail today! Man, that was fast, considering they were produced in the UK. I needed business cards both for my work with Yehoodi.com and my Second Life activities, so I figured I’d combine the two. Silly emote facial expressions provided by the great Mr. Yadni. My friend…
More Meta-coolness: Watching my avatar watching Tom Servo watching a movie
Had a really fun time tonight at the MST3K group showing of the brilliantly cheesy "Gamera Takes on Guiron". Lots of silly remarks during the viewing, which really enhances the experience. I love watching movies in SL.
Viacom takes down SL fan video of Stephen Colbert
<rant> This just steams my beans. Stephen Colbert nearly pleads for this kind of fan adoration, and when some enterprising SL machinimators create a video in homage to him, his parent company Viacom issues a DMCA takedown on their ass. Next up: NBC goes after children creating shadow puppets that resemble characters from "Lost." </rant>…
New additions at virtual Capitol Hill; a quick peek at Presidential hopefuls HQs in Second Life
Tonight I dropped in on virtual Capitol Hill (teleport SLURL) to check out the new interactive tools the owners have put in place. As much as I admire what the Clear Ink guys have done creating the faux government sim, I have been discouraged by the lack of interest in the sim, mostly due to…
Feeling edgy and blue: time to armor up
I’ve been feeling on edge and sad lately. I’ve been coping by rocking out to old Live albums "Throwing Copper" and "Mental Jewelry." I’m not really a rock music person, but when you are feeling shitty screamed vocals, dissonant electric guitars, and pounding drums have a nice cathartic effect. Oh, and I’ve been shopping… or…
Animal welfare group’s virtual HQ griefed: show some love, people!
Click To Play (I’m hesitant to post this, cause it just gives publicity to some anonymous griefer. But it’s for a good cause.) So tonight I was zipping by Progressive Island in Second Life, visiting the new space created for the International Fund for Animal Welfare, when I was immediately assaulted by obnoxious music and…
“THIS…. IS … SECOND LIFE!” Cool virtual promotion for “300”
(Sorry, that joke is already old.) I’m eagerly anticipating seeing "300" tomorrow at my local IMAX with my geeky friends. To prepare, I headed over to the fun SL build (teleport SLURL) created in conjunction with the film, which was a nice way to wet my appetite for the swords and sandals epic. After the…
Ordered my Moo Cards!
I just ordered a batch of Moo cards, catching the meme way too late, as usual. I’ve been to at least six meetings in the past couple of weeks where having a personal card would be useful. So I spent this morning taking silly pics of my avatar using Yadni’s free EmoteHUD. I got one…
Virtual activism for real world change
I was contacted recently by a Joshua Levy (that’s his avatar on the right), a new resident who is interested in creating a documentary about progressive activism in SL. Joshua has created a blog to track his project and his journeys in-world. He asked me to respond to some of his concerns that he raised…