I just re-discovered these pics from January of my friends Tomo, Swifty, Lilieblue and Westiegrrl and me wearing some silly white sunglasses that my sister got me. These pics just make me smile, so I thought I paste them together into one collage. Taken at Autour Du Monde cafe in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
New Fund to help aging lindy hoppers in need
New York lindy hopper Carl blogs about a new "Lindy Hopper’s Fund of America" that aims to assist elderly swing dancers who have any kind of pressing financial need. It’s great hearing about lindy hoppers taking care of their own. Here’s the fund description: The Lindy Hopper’s Fund of America is a nonprofit, national human…
Online Machinima Film Fest, May 10 in Second Life
Machinima Premiere announces that they will be holding the second annual Online Machinima Film Festival awards ceremony on May 10 in Second Life: The full list of finalists will be announced for the first time, with clips from the festival submissions being screened. There will also be live entertainment. Everyone will then be welcome to…
Chinese gangsters, the LAPD asian gang unit… and my dad
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…
Shane’s Chicken and Waffles – the perfect weekend brunch
Here’s a delicious plate of fried chicken and waffles from Shane’s Cafe in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Upon reflection, I probably should have got the white meat. But somehow I managed to choke it down anyway. The side of grits and strong coffee certainly helped. The occasion was a lovely brunch for my friend Lilieblue’s birthday,…
“In the Pink” virtual show to combat gender violence premieres this Saturday
On March 8 and 9, a collaborative of Second Life residents will be presenting an original production called "In the Pink," a series of one-acts intended to fight gender violence. The inspiration is Eve Ensler’s play "The Vagina Monologues" and co-incides with a series of real worlds events called "V-Day" to draw attention to the…
A 2 minute tour of Whyville virtual world for tweens (video)
Sharon Burns posts another in her series of explorations of virtual worlds, this time focusing on the "tween" focused virtual world Whyville. Check it out here. Nicely done!
“The Making of Second Life”: stories from the pretend world and the real people that live there
I just finished Hamlet Au’s awesome new book The Making of Second Life. In some ways, it reads like the "greatest hits" of his influential blog "New World Notes," including some of his most popular stories such as the griefer war against the French Fronte Nationale party, the Copybot scandal, and the prim tax revolt…
Intel “Sunflower” promotion in SL benefits Conservation International
Intel has launched an interesting virtual promotion for their new non-lead-based, more eco-friendly chip that uses "45 nanometer Hafnium-based High-k metal gate transistor" technology, whatever that is. To celebrate their new chip, Intel has created a sunflower field in Second Life. If you head to Intel island (click here to teleport) you’ll find dozens of…
How to eat a stroopwafel, the finest cookie ever devised by man
Click to Play This is a pretty useless tutorial on how to eat a stroopwafel cookie, which in my estimation is the finest baked good ever created. YMMV. I apologize ahead of time if you are nowhere near a place that sells stroopwafel. Awhile ago, I saw a Starbucks selling them in New York. I…