Author: Vanessa Blaylock

As a virtual public artist my work invites avatar communities to express their identity, explore their culture, and demand their civil rights.
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How 2 Read

The iRez Virtual Salon’s Home Page has all the latest news from our many virtual worlds and…

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The Facebook Says: Culture & Technology

SUBMERGED WITHIN THE ACOUSTIC TONES OF YOUR DIAL-UP INTERNET, 14 July — On Thursday I asked a…

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Feeding the Zuck

MENLO PARK, CA, 19 July — Mixed reality artist Kristine Schomaker joined the iRez group of authors…

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Safety Not Guaranteed

MADRID, 1615 — Following up on his publication of El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha…

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Nike Gamifies… Games!

http://youtu.be/SjpYA95oxyA   BEAVERTON, OR, 29 June — Today Nike, Inc. launched Nike+ Basketball and Nike+ Training launch….

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Minecraft Olympics!

http://youtu.be/BB1s_KijmYw http://youtu.be/TkVw4mqeAKU LONDON, 15 July — The crew from The Yogscast takes us to The London Games,…

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14 July – Cloud Party w Trilby & Ironyca

LOCATION: Cloud Party / Botgirlland IN PHOTO: Vaneeesa Blaylock & Trilby Minotaur Trilby and I are at…

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Hot Summer!

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

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Virginia Heffernan

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

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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…

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9 July – Yordie

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

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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…

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7 July – Jackie

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

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Author Help Pages

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

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5 July – Mikati

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

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4 July – Laurel

LOCATION: Laurel’s Coffee Shop & Mr Ton’s Photo Studio IN PHOTO: Vaneeesa Blaylock and Laurel Leavitt I…

Image of Caitlin Upton answering her infamous question at the 2007 Miss Teen USA Pageant in Pasadena, California.
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Caitlin Upton

PASADENA, 24 August 2007 — At the Miss Teen USA Pageant held here tonight, finalist Lauren Caitlin…

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3 July – Tuna

LOCATION: The Tunaverse, Dragonhenge, Second Life IN PHOTO: Tuna Oddfellow, Vaneeesa Blaylock Feeding off some early morning…

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Nastia Liukin

SAN JOSE, 1 July — Reigning Olympic Gymnastic All-Around Gold Medalist Anastasia Valeryevna “Nastia” Liukin will not…

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A 36 Day Walk

CYBERSPACE, 2 July — From 27 January to 2 March of this year I went on an…

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The Jerry Maguire of Blogs

THE BLOGOSPHERE, 30 June — In the immortal words of Jerry Maguire… no, not those immortal words……

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Eloh Eliot Surfaces Briefly

THE METAVERSE, 17 June — Legendary Open Source Avatar Skin designer Eloh Eliot surfaced briefly today. So…

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iRez Author Reception Saturday!

NEW NEW YORK, 30 June — Please join us today for hors d’oeuvres & conversation with some…

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We’ve Been Scraped!

CYBERSPACE LABS, 27 June — No one knows less about content scraping than me, so hopefully someone…

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Alan Turing & Title IX

BLETCHLEY PARK / WASHINGTON DC, 23 June — Today is British mathematician Alan Turing’s 100th birthday! Today…

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iRez on Facebook

MENLO PARK, 22 June — Today this blog, I Rez Therefore I Am, has put up a…

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Diary #27

TIANANMEN SQUARE, 2000 — In a rare act of generosity Xue’s father flew her to Taipei for…

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The Facebook Says: Art 2

THE HAGUE, 21 June — After publishing the first batch of responses to The Facebook Says: Art…

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Gimme Six!

THE MULTIVERSE, 19 June — With iRez’ contributing authors now extending to multiple worlds, it seems like…

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Diary #26

ANGEL BEACH, 2009 — One day I had the sudden impulse to gather piles of finely ground…