1 Comment on 16 July – Day 10
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16 July – Day 10

Meta_Body is a very interesting project by two Portuguese Second Life artists, Mello Minotaur and CapCat Ragu….

 4 Comments on Virtually Ethical
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Virtually Ethical

As a qualitative researcher, one of my primary areas of concern when conducting research in a RL…

 6 Comments on My Genetic Muse
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My Genetic Muse

This is my Aunt Natalie with two of her five hundred dolls. In addition to being an…

Image from Yogscast YouTube channel of cartoon guys at computer screens and microphones
 0 Comment on Minecraft Olympics!
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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,…

 0 Comment on 15 July – Day 9
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15 July – Day 9

A while ago today we found our friend Eupalinos Ugajin blending in with a part of Lollito…

 3 Comments on 14 July – Cloud Party w Trilby & Ironyca
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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…

 11 Comments on July 14: Geisha Yordie
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July 14: Geisha Yordie

  Photo: Geisha Yordie Location: Japan Kansai, Second Life As an apprentice geisha, I received my training…

 1 Comment on 14 July – Day 8
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14 July – Day 8

If there’s one location in Second Life that truly deserves the adjective “fantastic” it’s surely Omega Point,…

 0 Comment on When the going gets surreal . . .
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When the going gets surreal . . .

  “Life: Surreal and Real” is the video version of two stories I wrote for Sunday’s Relay…

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…