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Billie Holiday: Distorted & Re-appropriated

Posted on August 4, 2007 by

I love Billie Holiday, I love electronic music.  I should love, "Billie Holiday: Re-mixed and Re-imagined," right?  Well, not exactly. I met some lindy hop friends at the South Street Seaport last night to catch a performance by some of the DJs and musicians featured on the new Billie Holiday album.  It was a pretty…

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A Brief Interview with the YearlyKos Organizers

Posted on August 3, 2007 by

The YearlyKos Convention has started in Chicago and in Second Life (teleport SLURL) It’s amazing seeing the parallel tracks being broadcast in the different meeting areas they have set up in-world, and the avatars gathered to participate virtually.  Unlike real conferences, you can instantly teleport around to the different sessions, checking in on a panel…

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Many Eyes: Cool community-based data visualization tool

Posted on August 2, 2007 by

                                                            A few weeks ago a colleague sent me a link to IBM’s data visualization project called "Many Eyes." Basically its a community-based website that enables anyone to upload data, examine existing datasets,…

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New Castronova book examines how virtual worlds impact our real lives

Posted on August 2, 2007 by

University of Indiana professor Edward Castronova has a new book examining the real life impacts of our increasing involvement in virtual worlds, such as World of Warcraft and Second Life. Entitled Exodus to the Virtual World: How Online Fun is Changing Reality , it looks like an interesting read. From the book description: Virtual worlds…

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Opening Keynote tonight for YearlyKos featuring Dean and Durbin

Posted on August 2, 2007 by

Dire Lobo, one of the organizers of Second Life section of the YearlyKos Convention, reminds folks that tonight at 5PM SLT Senator Dick Durbin and Governor Howard Dean will be speaking at the opening keynote (teleport SLURL.)  I asked Dire how preparations for the convention were going.  He reported that they are wrestling with some…

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Rik Panganiban, the Redshirt

Posted on August 1, 2007 by

I got an email about a month ago from my friend and novelist David Mack, informing me that (1) I was a character in his latest Star Trek novel and that (2) I died in a particularly gruesome fashion.  Thus fulfilling a fond wish of mine to be a redshirt in Star Trek.  I rushed…

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I’m headed to SLCC in Chicago!

Posted on August 1, 2007 by

"I’m going to Chicago, I’m sorry but I can’t take you…." I got a call on Tuesday from Barry at Global Kids asking me if I wanted to help out with the non-profit / philanthropy theme at the Second Life Community Convention. Oh, would I!  SLCC is happening this year from August 24-26 in the…

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TakingITGlobal moving to the virtual world

Posted on August 1, 2007 by

Catching up on old emails, I found a press release about the new virtual home of the youth-oriented international non-profit TakingITGlobal.  It seems that the Starwood owners of the Aloft Hotel in Second Life have decided to donate their sim, which has outlived its usefulness to Starwood.  So instead of letting it lie fallow like…

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My new favorite ice cream flavor: Swedish Saltlakrits

Posted on July 31, 2007 by

I love black licorice and foods in general that are black.  So when I saw that they had salty licorice ice cream in Sweden, or "saltlakrits" as its called, I had to try it.  Definitely not for everyone, but I love it.

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YearlyKos is this weekend!

Posted on July 31, 2007 by

This weekend, August 2-5, progressive activists, bloggers, and politicians from all over the country (and the world) will be gathering in Chicago for the Yearly Kos convention. Joining them will be all the major Democratic Presidential candidates, as well as Democratic party leaders, so you know its going to be quite the shindig. If like…

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