Mole Negro Originally uploaded by Swifty My roommate Swifty took this awesome picture of my cat Mole Negro. Yes, Mole always looks like that — perpetually shocked. So cute!
REMINDER: I’m speaking about Best Practices for Non-profits in SL TOMORROW at 8:30AM in Second Life
Just a quick reminder that tomorrow — Friday, February 8 at 8:30AM PST — I and a host of other great speakers will be presenting the best thinking around non-profit work in Second Life. The discussion is based on a white paper that I prepared for Global Kids on "Best Practices for Non-profits in Second…
I’m not Jackie Chan: Responding to subtle racism
Coming home from, of all things, breakdance practice, I encountered a subtle form of racism that is fairly common for me. I was coming out of the Atlantic Avenue subway station in Brooklyn when I heard someone yell out "Jackie Chan!" in my direction. I turned to see a group of young black men and…
Cute new icons on Windlight client for Second Life
I just installed the new Windlight client for Second Life. Don’t know how spry it is, but it sure LOOKS pretty. I like the new icons for "nobuild," "no script," especially "no push" on the top nav bar. That last one reminds me of a crash test dummy. Buckle up!
Yehoodi Talk Show #505: Presenting The Sausage Fest!
Episode #505 of the Yehoodi Talk Show has hit the interwebs! Spuds and I talk about a $10,000 lindy hop competition, a cool swing fundraiser for cancer research in Orange County, and, of course, the lovely Christina Oppold. More exciting, we do a launch of a new podcast for the lindy gentlemen called, ahem, "Sausage Fest."…
“Get Activated!” Leading Non-profits Discuss “Best Practices” for Activism, Collaboration, Education, and Fundraising in Virtual Worlds on February 8
As I previously reported, the white paper I prepared for Global Kids on "Best Practices for Non-profits in Second Life" is now out on the interwebs for your downloading pleasure. I’m helping organize an in-world event to talk about the findings of the paper, and engage directly with folks who have much more expertise on…
Biking through Prospect Park with Django (video)
I apparently have been on a video jag lately. Yesterday, I captured a quick bike ride through Prospect Park on an unseasonably warm and beautiful winter’s day. I then sped up the trip to a five-minute speed-through. Warning: it might make you a bit motion sick if you don’t like shaky camera technique. Click here…
Me Breaking to The Go! Team (video)
Click To Play I just got the awesome debut album of the group The Go! Team called "Thunder, Lightning, Strike." Sort of a cross between Schoolhouse Rock and Grandmaster Flash. Here I am doing some breaking to their song "The Power Is On." Yes, I know, my head is chopped off during my toprocking. My…
There are no fat breakdancers
There are no fat b-boys. Ok, there is this one guy. But seriously, nearly all breakers have ridiculous bodies. Breakdance is like gymnastics or ballet — it’s just not physically possible to do what we do unless you are in a least good to very good physical shape. B-boying just puts so many demands on…
Flesh Eating Beetles at the Field Museum!
This week, I was fortunate enough to get a guided behind-the-scenes tour of the incredible Field Museum in Chicago, one of the finest natural history museums in the country. The fascinating tour culminated in a visit to the "dermestid beetle room", where fresh carcasses are turned into skeletons. This is done through the very efficient…