My colleague Rafi and I just tried to connect to each other using the new Second Life instant messaging client "SLim." We are both on the Teen Grid as part of our educational activities at Global Kids. As I suspected, SLim does not appear to work for Teen Grid accounts. My guess is that this…
My post on MacArthur Foundation Blog: Global Kids’ Aha! Moments in 2008
The MacArthur Foundation "Spotlight" blog just published a post I wrote about some Global Kids "Aha!" moments we’ve had while conducting our virtual educational programs over 2008. Thanks to Barry Joseph for inspiring this post and suggesting the different lessons that I wrote about. This post is also a plug for the "sneak preview" of…
President Obama and the desire for ephemera
So many people around me agree that we are living in a rare historic time in history: we are about to see the first African-american serve as President of the United States. One thing that I have found remarkable about these times is how much people are clamoring for ephemera and objects to mark this…
Philip LOLlinden on Linden Prize: NEED NU STUFF
Sorry, love you guys at Linden Lab, but couldn’t resist.
Linden Lab offering $10K for projects that improve real life through virtual world
Linden Lab, the company that runs Second Life, just announced that they are launching a $10,000 "Linden Prize" for "an innovative inworld project that improves the way people work, learn and communicate in their daily lives outside of the virtual world." The criteria include: Work in Second Life that also achieves tangible, compelling results outside…
Hello Kitty Online in-game charity raise $12K for UNICEF and Youth Orchestra
According to Virtual World News, Sanrio Digital has donated $12,000 to the charities UNICEF and the Asian Youth Orchestra based on virtual items collected during a Hello Kitty Online charity event called "Food for Friends" earlier this month. According to the original announcement: "For this event, guild mates will have to cooperate and gather as…
I saw this on purpose: “High School Musical III”
High School Musical 3 Now Or Never Video Envoyé par JoeLeMort sur wat.tv "My heart just doesn’t know it’s in high school." — Gabriella Montez, "High School Musical III" My curiosity about the latest installment of the "High School Musical" series got the better of me this weekend. The first theatrical release in the series,…
Tai Chi in Cuyler Gore park in Fort Greene (video)
I overslept and missed Quaker Meeting this morning. So I decided instead to do some tai chi chuan in Cuyler Gore park across from my apartment in Fort Greene. It was a brisk but sunny Fall morning, with the breeze whipping around the orange and yellow leaves. Lovely conditions for some tai chi. Here’s a…
My cat Mole in the pants drawer
Don’t leave a drawer open in my apartment, or this is what you find.
“Appleseed: Ex Machinima” mini-review
This weekend, I watched on Netflix-on-Demand "Appleseed: Ex Machina," (2007) an action-packed anime scifi adventure based on the manga series by Masamune Shirow and produced by John Woo. A definite improvement in both technical achievement and plot than the previous "Appleseed" movie from 2004, it’s still a fairly pedestrian story with some amazing visuals and…