Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!(And don’t overdo the Pine Sol, kids!)
OnRez gets you in “The Loop” about cool places and events in Second Life
If you downloaded the latest Onrez Second Life client, you will notice that there is a new "The Loop" icon in the upper right corner of the nav bar. Clicking it brings up the new website "The Loop" which is billed as "your place for all things cool and new in Second Life." I was…
“Keeping Kids Safe” music festival tomorrow in Second Life
Tomorrow, come by "Keeping Kids Safe," a full day of live music for the benefit of Life Learning Programs. On Saturday, December 22 from 12:30pm to 9pm PST,nine musicians will be performing their own music and some special holiday songs on Oleander Island (teleport SLURL). The performances will be followed by a live auction with…
Put out to pasture
Yes, the stories are true. I got laid off. Me, along with apparently 21 other employees of the Electric Sheep Company, were informed on Monday that their positions were terminated. I am not at liberty to discuss the details behind the decision (so please don’t ask). There are lots of other blogs where folks are…
Filipino-themed Christmas parties December 18-19 in Second Life!
Isadora Fiddlesticks sent me the news that there will be filipino-style Christmas parties happening tomorrow and the day after at Momill (teleport link). Tomorrow the "pasko" party gets started at 8PM PST, and then on December 19 there’s another shindig at 6AM PST, to try and accommodate people in different time zones. I’m there now…
Gold (a poem)
For Bettina, who loved this piece. I still miss you. GOLD The winter light is gold, Like a million bucks, pouring Through the dust and grime On my bedroom window, brilliant, blinding. I can never get enough light in winter: I need bay windows and track lighting And 150 watt bulbs everywhere. Maybe we are…
Virtual Harlem: a 3d immersive homage to the Harlem Renaissance
I got a chance to explore briefly the new Virtual Harlem sim last night (teleport link), the latest in a number of New York City recreations in Second Life. The brainchild of Dr. Bryan Carter, an assistant literature professor at Central Missouri State University, Virtual Harlem is a "collaborative learning initiative whose purpose is to…
Holiday cards and other emphemera in the digital age
By Dazed81, re-posted under a CC-license Sending out holiday cards is a favorite Christmas tradition of mine. For almost 20 years, I have gone to some effort to design, print and hand-write notes on the 50-plus holiday cards I typically send out. That said, holiday cards are starting to seem like an antiquated custom from…
Machinima recap of first CSI:NY mystery game
For those of you who have not been in to check out the cool "CSI:NY" mystery games that the Electric Sheep Company been producing, you can see a nice video recap of the first mystery game on YouTube. I like how closely the style matches the aesthetic of the show. As a long-time CSI fan,…
SL fundraiser party for equine therapy center this Sunday
Veri Oddfellow reminds me that this Sunday is the fundraiser party for Great Strides, a Maryland-based therapeutic center that employs horses to help people with mental disorders. On Sunday, December 16, from 11am-2pm PST, DJ Nexeus Fatale will be the featured entertainment during the Great Strides charity dance party at AMO Island in Second Life…