Shava Nerad, Development Director of the TOR Project, is my new hero. Shava posted a couple of cogent and eloquent email responses in the midst of a debate on the SL non-profits listserv. Listserv members were arguing about whether or not activist groups were being co-opted by investing time and energy in a world dominated…
UK cancer support group Macmillan launches Second Life fundraiser campaign on Friday
This Friday, September 28, the UK-based Macmillan Cancer Support charity will be launching a Second Life version of their "World’s Biggest Coffee Morning" fundraiser, that has to date raised more than $13.5 million to support people affected by cancer. The newly opened Macmillan cancer information centre (teleport SLURL) will be equally about fundraising and awareness-raising. …
Curry Combo platter at New Malaysia Restaurant
For $5.50, you get this delicious combo of chicken and beef curries with a generous mound of rice seperating the two at the New Malaysia Restaurant in Manhattan’s Chinatown. Although not much of a "secret," going to New Malaysia is fun because its in the middle of a dark tunnel that runs from Bowery to…
Time for a Second Life non-profit job fair?
I just found this event notice on Eventful about the Dutch bank ABN-AMRO recruiting new employees on their Second Life island tomorrow. Several other tech firms like Microsoft and T-mobile have done similar in-world job fairs, which makes sense if they are looking for a particular brand of creative geek. Which makes me think that…
Buy 2 OLPC laptops — 1 for you + 1 for a poor kid
The One Laptop Per Child folks are offering a very special "twofer." If you buy two of their incredibly cute "XO laptops" for $400, one of them goes to you (or your kid) and the other to a child in the developing world. I would love to have one of these adorable little machines. Talk…
Congrats, Mister Jesse!
Image by Larry Kang Congratulations to my buddy Jesse Miner, whose swing music podcast "Hey Mister Jesse" was one of the featured ‘casts on Adam Curry’s Podfinder show this week. For those that don’t know, Adam Curry basically invented the term podcasting and is still a leading figure in the podcast community. So having him…
Jury Duty: meet fascinating people, and send them to jail
Just got home from my first day of jury duty in New York criminal court, just a few blocks north of my apartment. I realized again how jury duty puts you into contact with people from all sorts of subcultures and strata of the city that don’t often come into close proximity of each other. …
Global Aid Foundation seeks NGO partners to manage shared island in Second Life
I received this appeal from the Global Aid Foundation for help in keeping their sim Castella (teleport SLURL) alive: Global Aid Foundation has diligently been trying to establish a base of operations for our organization and to serve as well as a platform for other NGO’s. After almost a year of presence in SL and…
My new moo cards: The right hat is essential for the well-dressed avatar
My new batch of moo cards arrived in the mail on Friday. They are teh awesome!
An unexpected night stroll through lower Manhattan
Image used under a CC-license by SamPac. So it was supposed to be an uneventful Friday evening. I had decided that I was going to beg out of the various social engagements going on that night so that I could start packing for my big move on October 1st. Little did I know that by…