Month: July 2012

Vaneeesa Blaylock wearing a recreation of Charlotte Moorman's "TV Bra" by Nam June Paik
 5 Comments on Hot Summer!
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Hot Summer!

PICO PICO LIFE, LEA19, 21 July — Today begins 3 Saturdays of VB/CO’s HOT SUMMER! (with, uh,…

 5 Comments on Descartes’ Imagination
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Descartes’ Imagination

All this talk about Cartesian Dualism and Daniel Dennett’s entertaining interpretations of what it could mean in the…

 10 Comments on 13 July – Day 7
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13 July – Day 7

Adventure being always around the corner for us in Second Life, for today’s entry I chose this…

 25 Comments on Gimme Six: Yordie’s Second Life – Part 1
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Gimme Six: Yordie’s Second Life – Part 1

I love what others have done with this Gimme Six series and I digging into my list of Second…

 0 Comment on Virginia Heffernan
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Virginia Heffernan

CAMBRIDGE, MA, 27 March — Harvard English Literature PhD, former New York Times columnist, and current Yahoo!…

 1 Comment on 12 July – Day 6
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12 July – Day 6

That’s me hovering, on the bottom left corner of the picture, while exploring DaRk tEaRs with Kikas. We…

 6 Comments on One Day, One Cat
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One Day, One Cat

Ok, so this has absolutely nothing to do with Virtual Education or virtual anything for that matter….

 23 Comments on “Gimme Six!” – A Tourist Guide to WoW pt. 3 – Leisure and Spa
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“Gimme Six!” – A Tourist Guide to WoW pt. 3 – Leisure and Spa

Vaneeesa has asked the iRez authors to “share 6 of their favorite, must see, places in virtual…

 6 Comments on Cartesian Sins and Virtues
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Cartesian Sins and Virtues

It may seem ironic, at first glance to be “dissing” Cartesian philosophy on a blog titled “I…

 1 Comment on 11 July – Day 5
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11 July – Day 5

Today’s picture was taken at Second Life’s replica of the Terracotta Warrior Army, life-size statues of mostly…

 6 Comments on 11 July – Blonde Berry
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11 July – Blonde Berry

In the photo: Strawberry Singh Location: Second Life I’ve been recently experimenting a lot with different hair…

 2 Comments on 10 July – Day 4
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10 July – Day 4

This picture was taken in Seraph City, a Second Life destination for “dieselpunk” role-playing. Unfortunately, as in…

 0 Comment on 10 July – Cloud Party
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10 July – Cloud Party

LOCATION: Cloud Party IN PHOTO: Vaneeesa Blaylock Yesterday Botgirl posted an invitation and link to her installation…

 5 Comments on 9 July – Yordie
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9 July – Yordie

LOCATION: Billingsgate, Second Life IN PHOTO: Yordie Sands & Vaneeesa Blaylock I had a chance to drop…

 4 Comments on Enter a 3D Virtual World in Less than a Minute
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Enter a 3D Virtual World in Less than a Minute

If you’re using Chrome or Firefox, this link will take you directly into my Pixels and Plastic…

 12 Comments on Networked Imagination
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Networked Imagination

Reading  Vaneeesa’s interpretation of what is presence in virtual worlds made me think of an article I…

 3 Comments on 9 July – Day 3
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9 July – Day 3

This is me and Kikas in a sky platform experimenting with “wears” (poses associated with props and/or…

 4 Comments on 9 July – Meeroos!
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9 July – Meeroos!

LOCATION: Second Life IN PHOTO: Trilby Minotaur, Pet Meeroo Hi Ravanel, and Vaneeesa, Those Orokeets sure are…

ScreenCap from Star Wars: The Old Republic, in front of the old Jedi Temple on Coruscant, a large tile floor with Ravanel's avatar sitting on the floor and her pet Orokeet facing her
 3 Comments on 9 July – It’s turquoise and it squeeks
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9 July – It’s turquoise and it squeeks

LOCATION: In front of the old Jedi Temple, Coruscant (Star Wars: The Old Republic) IN PHOTO: Ravanel…

 19 Comments on An Island of Sanity
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An Island of Sanity

In the not too distant past, I was watching some old Vanessa Redgrave movies. It all started…

 10 Comments on 8 July – Day 2
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8 July – Day 2

Today being a lazy Sunday, I decided to go somewhere specific in Second Life to take a…

 3 Comments on World Today – Update
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World Today – Update

Remember that we have “Photographers” and “Authors” only because that’s what we thought you might do more…

 5 Comments on 7 July – Jackie
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7 July – Jackie

LOCATION: GRAVES Leather Latex Metal, Oxymoron, Second Life IN PHOTO: Jackie Graves & Vaneeesa Blaylock Inspired by…

 1 Comment on 7 July – Day 1
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7 July – Day 1

This is my first entry following Vanessa’s very flattering invitation to join the World Today section of…

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Author Help Pages

Greetings iRez Authors! We’ve added a couple new categories on the home page “About” Menu: • Blogging…

 5 Comments on Word Viruses and Other Pre-Recordings
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Word Viruses and Other Pre-Recordings

Not surprisingly, my favorite writer of all times is William Burroughs. I went so far as to…

Nathan Shafer holding iPhone running AR app that shows the former extent of the now receded glacier behind it
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Kickstarter: Nathan Shafer

AR in AK Guest Post by Nathan Shafer There are just a few hours left to pledge…

 31 Comments on “Gimme Six!” – A Tourist Guide to WoW pt. 2 – City Break
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“Gimme Six!” – A Tourist Guide to WoW pt. 2 – City Break

Vaneeesa has asked the iRez authors to “share 6 of their favorite, must see, places in virtual…

 0 Comment on 5 July – Mikati
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5 July – Mikati

LOCATION: Pico Pico LIfe / LEA19 IN PHOTO: Vaneeesa Blaylock & Mikati Slade At Mikati Slade’s kinetic,…

 2 Comments on Transparency
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Transparency

I’ve been pondering how to make research more transparent for a few years now, and I have…