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Turkey, palabok, pumpkin pie and maja blanca: Fil-Am Favorites at the Santos Clan Thanksgiving Party

Posted on November 28, 2008 by

I had a really nice time with the Santos clan enjoying the company of the extended family on my mom's side.  As usual we had a ridiculous spread of food for the 20-some guests, including both American traditional favorites and festive filipino dishes. Among the main course offerings: juicy turkey made by my sister, lovingly…

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Giving Thanks in Cali

Posted on November 27, 2008 by

I'm in California with my parents and my sister Cori for Thanksgiving.  Most of my time has been in Pleasanton in the San Francisco Bay Area at my mom's house.  As usual, it's been all about cooking and eating over here, barely one meal finished while we are planning the next one. Then on Wednesday,…

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Thomas Kelly on the spiritual discipline of saying “No”

Posted on November 25, 2008 by

This passage from the Quaker mystic Thomas Kelly's book A Testimony of Devotion really speaks to my condition: "The concern-oriented life is ordered and organized from within.  And we learn to say No as well as Yes by attending to the guidance of an inner responsibility. Quaker simplicity needs to be expressed not merely in…

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Speaking about the UN, civic engagement, new media, and virtual worlds

Posted on November 24, 2008 by

I had the pleasure of speaking to my friend Josephine Dorado's class on "Collaboration in Networked Environments" that she is teaching at the New School this semester.  The course apparently this week is exploring virtual worlds and MMOs, after delving into a range of other social media, from social networks to micro-blogging to mashup technologies. …

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Jenny and I dancing to “Roll Em Pete”

Posted on November 23, 2008 by

Here's the lovely and talented Jenny Sowden and me dancing last night to Count Basie's "Roll Em Pete." This was at a social dance after a show by Emily Vartanian's dance theater group "General Mischief." Video courtesy of my buddy Will. Thanks, dude.

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Final breaking performance today

Posted on November 23, 2008 by

The PMT Breakers did our final performance today for the Fall Showcase.  I'm happy to report that everyone brought the fun and in-your-face spirit of b-boying to the stage.  Thanks to Pavan for coming up with the overall vision for our piece, and then giving us the freedom to create our own personal moments throughout…

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Metaplace has the awesome-est EULA of any virtual world

Posted on November 22, 2008 by

I have heard rumors that some educators have been invited to be part of the Metaplace beta testers group for this new virtual world environment created by Raph Koster. According to one of those rumored educator beta-testers, Metaplace is "one of the most powerful, user-friendly web-based / flash-driven virtual platforms out there."  But of course,…

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Awesome breaking performance last night!

Posted on November 22, 2008 by

Last night at PMT Studios, my breaking performance group and I were the opening act for the Fall Dance Showcase.  It was a packed audience — including a good 15 or so of my friends, family and co-workers, which was super awesome.  It's both great and nerve-wracking going first in the lineup because you don't…

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Playing with YouTube Annotations

Posted on November 21, 2008 by

I like the new "Annotations" feature on YouTube. Opens up interesting possibilities for contexualizing video content in interesting ways, from adding speech bubbles to highlighting certain parts of the shot for the viewer. Now anyone can create a popup music video! Here's my first experiment with using annotations, using a video of me getting body…

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Cypher Time: Breaking performance tonight and Sunday!

Posted on November 21, 2008 by

Tonight's the night! wup wup! Tickets are certain to sell out for tonight's Fall Dance Showcase at 8pm at PMT Studios in the West Village. The Sunday show at 3pm is probably still going to have tickets at the door. So excited!

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