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My Mission: Arming Ewoks with light sabers

Posted on November 8, 2006 by

Sitting in an ouzo bar late at night in Athens last Friday, I got asked by a colleague out-of-the-blue what my "vision" was. Never an easy question to answer whether enebriated or not (I wasn’t.) I think I replied something along the lines of, "Hey, how about that Acropolis!" Sitting on the subway this morning,…

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Video of virtual showing of Machinima Fest, uh, videos

Posted on November 8, 2006 by

Here’s some recursive fun for you: I was sent a link to a video of a bunch of Second Life avatars watching the live video feed from the Machinima Festival last weekend where various Machinima videos were shown. Whew! I wish more of the side-chat was shown in the video, which was often quite funny….

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7,679 Online Now” / “Grid Closed for Maintenance”?

Posted on November 8, 2006 by

Hmmm, odd log-in screen this morning on Second Life.  Either Linden Labs have hired a boatload of new employees (perhaps they really are "outsourcing the metaverse") or their online counter is stuck.  Someone go kick the server over there in San Francisco.

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Random Coolness: Your image as 1,024 fans or dancers

Posted on November 7, 2006 by

I was reading Torley’s always odd blog, which referred me to a cool Japanese site called www.madin.jp where you can transform any simple graphic into 1,024 very tiny people either dancing or holding up signs like at a ballgame. Or as Babelfish translates it: The device where the cheerful 1024 people of the systemic tights…

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“And the Mackie Goes to”: Machinima awards announced

Posted on November 6, 2006 by

For those who weren’t there for the awards ceremony either live or in Second Life at the Machinima Festival this weekend, here’s the breakdown of who won what.  It was a tough field this year, with excellent films in every category. Glad I wasn’t doing the judging. And the winners are… Best Picture: The Adventures…

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Save State of Play IV!

Posted on November 6, 2006 by

Just got a message from some of the organizers of the conference "State of Play IV" scheduled for January 7-9, 2007 in Singapore that they are in dire need of additional sponsors for the event. Organized by Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, New York Law School, Trinity University, and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore,…

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The dirty, decaying, chaotic pleasures of Athens

Posted on November 5, 2006 by

After the frenzy of the Internet Governance Forum, I decided to spend a couple of days in Athens getting to know the city. Athens seemed like just the kind of place that I would like — full of rich history and urban grit. I had few preconceived notions about Athens, just a desire to see…

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The Internet Governance Forum 2006 : A Tentative Success

Posted on November 5, 2006 by

As I write this I am flying back to New York from Athens where I attended the first ever Internet Governance Forum. It’s been a tremendous experience that I feel very fortunate to have been able to be a part of.  What follows is a quick flyover of how the whole deal went down and…

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Pics from the Machinima Fest Awards last night – congrats all!

Posted on November 4, 2006 by

Here are some pics from the Machinima Festival final awards ceremony last night, that look place in the real Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, NY and was simulcast in a packed Virtual Laguna Beach Theater in Second Life.  I was on a somewhat sketchy wifi connection in Greece, but it seemed like a…

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Machinima awards, IP roundtable, tech showcase, and more today!

Posted on November 4, 2006 by

Here’s the schedule of Machinima Festival events that will be broadcast in Second Life today in the Laguna Beach Theater.  Be sure and drop in and check them out: Machinima 101              11:30-12:15 Interfacing Creative Expression             12:30-01:30 Intellectual Properties Roundtable             02:00-03:00 Machinima with Issues…

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