Check out our machinima video for more holiday silliness (download or YouTube).
Virtual movie-going – is this the SL killer app?
In my teens in the 80s, I remember reading a book of futurist essays, one of which talked about how much more interactive traditional media was going to become in the next decade. The example the author talked about was a 3D projection of the TV show "M*A*S*H" which the user could participate in as…
Super new video on Net Neutrality from Save the Internet!
Here’s an awesome new video from the Save the Internet crew. Great message, great production values. Good job, guys!
“SL: the Official Guide” — good for n00bs, light on the tech
I finished reading Second Life: The Official Guide last night. I am perhaps not a good guage of how good the book is, since I’ve already drunk the Linden kool-aid. That said, I found it to be an entertaining and informative read from cover to cover. My only real complaint is that it’s not longer….
Where do undead avatars go?
With the recent passing of a Second Life resident, I have been wondering what happens to an avatar and its possessions when the person who owns it passes away? Apparently, according to the TOS, if you have a will that specifies who should be given possession of your avatar, Linden Labs honors that: Linden Lab…
Jammin with Blatmore Giles / J. Walter Hawkes tonight!
After a full weekend, I came home this evening to find a message from my friend Gigi Giles, telling me that her husband, awesome jazz trombonist J. Walter Hawkes, was playing in Second Life with his trio! I ‘ported over there as fast as the series of tubes could carry me to find J. Walter…
Remembering Bettina (1969-1995)
Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of my old girlfriend Bettina Erika Pruckmayr, who was killed during a botched mugging on December 16, 1995 in Washington DC. She was a tireless and passionate fighter for human rights who was one of the first of our generation to devote her career to the cause of…
Cindy and Rik’s Second Life (video)
Here’s a silly holiday video I created in Second Life to go along with a greeting card Cindy and I have been sending around to our friends. It’s pretty much our entire life re-created virtually, including our various crafts, food obsession, dancing, and lots and lots of cats. You can download a higher res version…
Why you should go to the Nat’l Conference on Media Reform in Memphis this January
There are lots of great reasons why you should plan on attending the National Conference on Media Reform from January 12-14, 2007. Here’s ten: It’s in Memphis. You know, Graceland, barbeque, home of the blues It only happens every two years Hang out with 3,000 media activists, bloggers, researchers, policy-makers, journalists and artists Come to…
Swingin Holiday Music that doesn’t suck
Around this time, the holiday music starts invading every public space, from elevators to restaurants to dance clubs. At swing dance clubs around the country, DJs are making innocent dancers have to endure countless "holiday mixes" of jazzy versions of "Here Comes Santa Claus," "Frosty the Snowman," and worst of all "Jingle Bells." Shudder. So…