I will be speaking with Doug Thomas at the popular "Metanomics" talk show in Second Life on Monday starting at Noon PST / 3pm EST. Here are the details: Metanomics, the web’s premier program about the business and policy of virtual worlds, begins an exciting second season on Monday, June 23rd at Noon PST. For…
Introducing the Funkasaurus, My 1st Spore creature
Sorry to inflict this on you, if you have seen hundreds of other Spore creatures already. Here’s my "Funkasaurus" animal I created using the Spore Creature Creator. Funkasaurus is a fun-loving, hip-hop listening, b-boying vegetarian. The interface is super fun to play with, if you haven’t already downloaded it. At Global Kids we’re abuzz with…
The 2008 Mermaid Parade is this Saturday!
I’m excited as all-get-out that this Saturday, June 21, is the 25th annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade! For those that don’t know, the Mermaid Parade is a raucous and community-driven celebration of Summer, where tens of thousands flock to see an eclectic and wild mix of floats, bands, dancers, hula hoopers, vintage cars, and other…
Video: Friedrich’s “Ink Scanner” at Eyebeam Mixer
inkscanner @ eyebeam Mixer from Friedrich Kirschner on Vimeo. Here’s an awesome video of Friedrich Kirschner’s bootleg 3D "Ink Scanner" that he demoed last weekend with willing victims like myself at the Eyebeam Lab mixer. Much nicer than the video I shot, and shows more clearly the whole process. Friedrich promises me that I will…
10 things I love about Fort Greene
View Larger Map Ten Random Things I love about Fort Greene, Brooklyn: The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn play every Monday night at Chez Oskar Has only South African restaurant in the Five Boros (Madiba) I can be in downtown Manhattan in 20 minutes by subway or bike Red velvet cake from The Cake Man Has…
Congrats to J. Walter Hawkes for winning an Emmy!
Congratulations to my buddy J. Walter Hawkes for winning an Emmy, along with this musical team, for their work on the kids show "Wonder Pets." The Emmy was for "Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition." Along with his musical composition skills, J. Walter is a fine trombonist and ukelele player. He has worked on…
5 Finalists in USC Public Good & Second Life Community Challenge Announced — vote for your favorites!
We just announced in-world the five finalists in the USC Network Culture Project’s "Second Life and Public Good Community Challenge". They are: Ability Commons: Proposers Gentle Heron and Carolina Yeats Mauerkrankheit: Proposers Ping Rau and Nonny Writer Native Lands Cultural Project: Proposer Boondoggle Gruppman Texas Obesity Research Center: Proposer Sirena Felisimo Interactive Accessible Home: Proposer…
Real World Places in Second Life: The Seattle Sim
A couple of years ago, one of the first recreations of a real life building I encountered in Second Life was the Seattle Space Needle, created by Mattias Faulkner. At the time, I remarked that while the tower itself was impressive, it lacked the context of place, amidst a vibrant Pacific coastal city. In March,…
Brooklyn Bombshells bringing Busby Berkeley to the Coney Island Mermaid Parade!
Check out this wonderful Busby Berkeley dance scene from the movie “Gold Diggers” (1933) featuring Ginger Rogers. The song is “We’re in the Money,” of course. I love the awesomely weird Pig Latin bit toward the middle! I’ve been brushing up on my Busby Berkeley knowledge because Yehoodi’s “Brooklyn Bombshells” dance group will be performing…
VIDEO: Rik gets digitized at Eyebeam!
As I previously mentioned, my buddy Friedrich Kirschner invited me help test his new bootleg 3D body scanner at a mixer event at Eyebeam labs tonight. I joined a dozen or so other folks who gamely volunteered to shed most all of their clothes to participate. The technology Friedrich employs to create 3D body scans…