On Monday, September 10, at 10:15AM PST, there will be a mixed-reality panel discussion on "From Global to Local: Virtual Worlds, Immigration, and Linguistic Diaspora," taking place both at USC Annenberg Island in Second Life (teleport SLURL) and the Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Santa Fe, in Mexico City. The panel will explore how "the interdependence of…
Lunch with Ruby Glitter in Chinatown
I just had a lovely lunch with Ms. Ruby Glitter today in Chinatown. She was in town for some meetings at the headquarters of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, where she works as co-coordinator of communications. I know Ruby through her other gig as coordinator of the progressive activist group RootsCamp in Second Life. It’s always…
Happy Birthday, Mole!
Today, my awesome kitty Mole Negro turns a ripe two years old! It’s neat seeing him mature and grow into an adult cat, with his own quirks, likes and dislikes. More pics of him in my cat gallery. By coincidence, dampcats.com (awesome blog!) ran the above picture of Mole after a bath, looking like he’s…
In search of the perfect Black and White cookie
My girlfriend and our friend Genevieve were talking about black and white cookies the other night. They cooked up the idea of "the Great Black and White Cookie Search" which they have posted on the community boards on the website I help run Yehoodi.com. I know that I recently posted about how I am searching…
Cyrus Huffines leading online community program at Interfaith Youth Core
Congrats to my friend Cyrus Huffines (RL: Bryan Campen) for getting recently hired as Online Community Coordinator for the Interfaith Youth Core. About the Core: There are millions of religious young people in the world interacting with greater frequency. That interaction tends either toward conflict or cooperation. Where so many of these interactions tend towards…
Anshe Chung donates second sim to Non-profit Commons
Frank Foley of TechSoup just announced that SL entrepreneur Anshe Chung has agreed to donate a second sim to the Non-profit Commons. We’ve been bursting at the seams and have more requests for office spaces than we can accommodate, so this is welcome news. I was in on some of the side conversations on this…
Suggest some low-carb, low-sugar snacks!
Lots of people (offline and on) have been very supportive of my diet and healthier living efforts, which is super sweet. Seriously, it has been nearly a painless, stressless process. My one fear is that I will get bored by my food options and slide back into carb and sugar binges. My tough times are…
The Cannery Art Gallery: merging Web2.0 and virtual world communities
As I write this, 50-some avatars are busy partying away in the new Cannery Art Gallery (Teleport SLURL), created by SL developer Rezzable. This is unremarkable in itself — there are parties going on 24/7 in Second Life. But what it represents for me is the coming together of Web 2.0 and virtual world platforms…
SL designers sought for “Pink for Life” Breast Cancer benefit
I just got this call for contributions for a mixed reality Second Life / real life benefit for cancer research called "Pink for Life." The European cancer research Gustave Roussy Institute is throwing a fashion exhibit and auction on the Champs Elysee in Paris from October 9-10 to raise funds and awareness towards breast cancer…
Rik’s weight loss secret: eat more, exercise more
Over the past three months, I’ve lost somewhere around 10-15 pounds. My doctor is very proud of me, and my girlfriend of five years said the other night that I’ve never looked better. Here’s the Rikomatic two-step plan for getting healthy and losing weight: Eat More Food Exercise More There really isn’t much more to…