Month: July 2012
VB39 – Pink & Blue
PICO PICO LIFE, LEA19, 21 July — Even in our 21st century moment much of Western Culture…
VB39 – Cast
PICO PICO LIFE, LEA19, 21 July — Today 21 intrepid avatars celebrated the 21st of July by…
21 July – Day 16
Today’s outstanding Second Life event was undoubtedly Vaneeesa’s “Pink & Blue” performance at Mikati Slade’s equally outstanding…
20 July – Day 15
Today I’ll be cheating a bit and share a picture that was taken about a week ago….
Gimme Six: Yordie’s Second Life – Part 2
This is the second part in my Gimme Six list: Role Play in Time A World of…
Meditation on The Burning House Meme
The Burning House asks people: If your house was burning, what would you take with you? It’s…
20 July – Happy Ramadan
In the photo: Strawberry Singh Location: Second Life Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic Calendar…
How 2 Read
The iRez Virtual Salon’s Home Page has all the latest news from our many virtual worlds and…
20 July – Day 14
This is a picture taken just before dinner, while anguishing over the thought “OMG, I still haven’t…
The Facebook Says: Culture & Technology
SUBMERGED WITHIN THE ACOUSTIC TONES OF YOUR DIAL-UP INTERNET, 14 July — On Thursday I asked a…
Feeding the Zuck
MENLO PARK, CA, 19 July — Mixed reality artist Kristine Schomaker joined the iRez group of authors…
LEA or Bust
Yesterday, I received an email from Rowan Derryth that the Linden Endowment for the Arts (LEA) was…
The Bald and The Beautiful
So in April I was sitting at work in a busy ER and I had an ‘aha’…
19 July – Day 13
Today’s picture is of an uneventful day (by Second Life standards…). At the “Kou!” sandbox (see my…
Safety Not Guaranteed
MADRID, 1615 — Following up on his publication of El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha…
The Power of Touch
As some of you may have noticed from my posts, I’ve had an innate fascination for…
18 July – Day 12
Although it doesn’t look like it, this picture was taken at a Second Life beach party some…
Nike Gamifies… Games!
BEAVERTON, OR, 29 June — Today Nike, Inc. launched Nike+ Basketball and Nike+ Training launch. They…
17 July – Day 11
Last night we misbehaved a bit. Our comrade SaveMe Oh, who is the most (for lack of…
Half Lives
For obvious reasons, a recurring theme in art history since the beginning of times, and in every…
17 July – Restless Heart
In the photo: Strawberry Singh Location: The Returning It’s no secret that I’m a huge Bollywood fan….
16 July – Day 10
Meta_Body is a very interesting project by two Portuguese Second Life artists, Mello Minotaur and CapCat Ragu….
Virtually Ethical
As a qualitative researcher, one of my primary areas of concern when conducting research in a RL…
My Genetic Muse
This is my Aunt Natalie with two of her five hundred dolls. In addition to being an…
Minecraft Olympics!
LONDON, 15 July — The crew from The Yogscast takes us to The London Games, The Minecraft…
15 July – Day 9
A while ago today we found our friend Eupalinos Ugajin blending in with a part of Lollito…
14 July – Cloud Party w Trilby & Ironyca
LOCATION: Cloud Party / Botgirlland IN PHOTO: Vaneeesa Blaylock & Trilby Minotaur Trilby and I are at…
July 14: Geisha Yordie
Photo: Geisha Yordie Location: Japan Kansai, Second Life As an apprentice geisha, I received my training…
14 July – Day 8
If there’s one location in Second Life that truly deserves the adjective “fantastic” it’s surely Omega Point,…
When the going gets surreal . . .
“Life: Surreal and Real” is the video version of two stories I wrote for Sunday’s Relay…