A couple of recent reports from Free Press and Ovum consulting reveal a couple dramatic trends in broadband penetration and access. Ovum issued a report on September 4 which shows that within a year China will soon be the largest broadband market, with 79 million users in 2007 and 179 million in 2010. No wonder…
Les Paul’s bootleg apartment radio station / jam session from the 40s
Modern Mechanix blog has a cool re-print of Les Paul’s very bootleg radio station / jam session he set up in his apartment building in the 40s. The pictures are great, expecially "Static" the cat, who you can see after the jump. Great, now I have to get another cat named "Static." For those who…
Metaverse Meetup Sept 22 in Brooklyn
Jerry Paffendorf of Electric Sheep Company sends out an invitation virtual worlders to gather in Williamsburg, Brooklyn for some drinks, food and metaversal discussion: After the Metaverse Roadmap event at Eyebeam a bunch of us wanted to keep getting together in person to hang out and talk about our virtual world projects. On Friday, September…
Second Life 9/11 commemorations post-script
I did a quick survey of some of the organizers of Second Life commemorations of 9/11 yesterday, just to find out how their events went and how much turn-out there was. It sounds like they were a great success.
September 11: five years ago, only yesterday
After a very long day I headed out at around midnight with my roommate to check out what was going on at Ground Zero, which is only a couple of blocks from my house. It was a circus of humanity, a riot of emotions and colors and noise that looked like it was going to…
We will never forget.
Vote for Ill Clan machinima for BitFilm Festival!
My buddy Frank (aka Ill Bixby) at Ill Clan productions tells me that their machinima movie on Second Life has been nominated for an award in the BitFilm festival. The machimima "TrashTalk with ILL Will" features talk show host Ill Will and his sidekick / missile Mal skewering the Second Life universe, where they find…
Light a virtual candle for the 9/11 victims & families today
"It’s better to light a candle than to curse the darkness." Wherever you are, you can bring light into dark places, even in Second Life. Two sims have offered up spaces where residents can go and light candles to which you can attach your own wishes and prayers. One is in Darkwood Cathedral (pictured) and…
1st FCC hearing on Media Ownership Oct 2 in LA
The Federal Communications Commission has announced the first of a series of public hearings on media ownership, to take place October 2 in Los Angeles. This is an important opportunity for Americans to get their voices heard on the kind of media they want. From the press release, FCC chairman Kevin Martin is quoted as…
Joystiq on Gov Warner virtual campaigning
Dennis McCauley in his latest column on Joystiq has a nice summary of the Second Life virtual campaign stop of Governor Mark Warner. He makes the important point that Warner’s visit was good for the reputation of online gamerz everywhere: For the online game community, the former Virginia governor’s Second Life stop was a definite…