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Bettie Page – Playmate of the Day

Bettie Page That Pin-up sensation that shocked the nation during the 1950’s The reference used for this…

Parody poster for the film "Inception" featuring avatars in a virtual world as characters from the film narrative
 1 Comment on Berry’s Monday Meme: Inception
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Berry’s Monday Meme: Inception

Here’s my entry for Berry’s “Monday Meme Challenge.” Click the image to see it in full sized…

 3 Comments on Moments @ LEA11
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Moments @ LEA11

Even if LEA11 is developing more slowly than Dubai, it still is a fairly busy place ATM….

Exterior of a porch area in front of a brick building on the Goatswood sim in the virtual world of Second Life
 2 Comments on It Takes a Village – Chapter 12
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 12

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/11/chapter-11-the-barn/” bg_color=”#000000″ border=”#757575″]< Chapter 11: The Barn[/button] [caption id="attachment_18529" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Observer[/caption] Chapter 12....

Vanessa Blaylock at the Strawberry Singh Meme Gallery at the Alice in Cornelland installation at LEA11 in Second Life
 9 Comments on Berry’s Monday Meme Gallery
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Berry’s Monday Meme Gallery

Yesterday, like dozens of Monday’s before it, our own Strawberry Singh issued her weekly “Monday Meme Challenge.”…

 3 Comments on Pixel Potential – The ‘Minecraftian’
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Pixel Potential – The ‘Minecraftian’

 4 Comments on Draws Jaws Draws
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Draws Jaws Draws

JAWS – My drawing was taken from the movie poster for Jaws 2 It’s that time of…

dark scene inside a barn with a large chow standing in the middle of a dirt floor
 3 Comments on It Takes a Village – Chapter 11
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 11

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/10/chapter-10-the-church/” bg_color=”#000000″ border=”#757575″]< Chapter 10: The Church[/button] [caption id="attachment_18479" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Barn[/caption] Chapter 11....

Vanessa Blaylock's profile picture and cover photo from Facebook
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Vanessa Blaylock’s Online Identity

What is Vanessa Blaylock’s online identity? As tends to happen to women, I’m changing my name. Are…

High angle interior view of a church. Camera looks down on a tile floor as our view is surrounded by three large stone arches
 3 Comments on It Takes a Village – Chapter 10
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 10

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/09/it-takes-a-village-chapter-9/” bg_color=”#000000″ border=”#757575″]< Chapter 9: The Priory Ruins[/button] [caption id="attachment_18359" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Church[/caption] Chapter...

 4 Comments on Wonder Woman with her ‘Lasso of Truth’
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Wonder Woman with her ‘Lasso of Truth’

  The word that I selected to draw was  ‘Lasso’ My drawing was (of course) inspired by…

an ancient road with a stone wall to the right and an archway just up ahead
 2 Comments on It Takes a Village – Chapter 9
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 9

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/08/it-takes-a-village-chapter-8/” bg_color=”#000000″ border=”#757575″]< Chapter 8: The Market Square[/button] [caption id="attachment_18337" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Priory Ruins[/caption]...

 15 Comments on Avatar Blogger Month – Week 1 Gold Star
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Avatar Blogger Month – Week 1 Gold Star

A few ABC Gym members got together to celebrate the end of Week 1 & give ourselves…

low aerial image of a town square showing simple buildings on either side and a gazebo-like structure in the center
 2 Comments on It Takes a Village – Chapter 8
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 8

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/07/it-takes-a-village-chapter-7/” bg_color=”#000000″ border=”#757575″]< Chapter 7: The Indian Pavilion[/button] [caption id="attachment_18309" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Market Square[/caption]...

 2 Comments on My Typist Saw Star Trek Into Darkness & She Liked It
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My Typist Saw Star Trek Into Darkness & She Liked It

[box type=”alert”]Star Trek Into Darkness: Spoiler Threat Level: Mild[/box] What is Star Trek? A billion euro franchaise?…

Picture of an austere, stone building.
 3 Comments on It Takes a Village – Chapter 7
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 7

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/06/it-takes-a-village-chapter-6/” bg_color=”#000000″ border=”#757575″]< Chapter 6: The Gypsy Camp[/button] [caption id="attachment_18268" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Indian Pavilion[/caption]...

chart or datagraphic or visualization or data porn of dream levels in the film Inception
 7 Comments on Immersive Interactive Creativity Community Yay!
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Immersive Interactive Creativity Community Yay!

Saturday is going to be an IICCY day! And even though it’s pronounced icky, I think it’s…

A medieval or Victorian era clearing near the outskirts of a town, and two Gypsy wagons, mobile homes of the day, parked for the evening
 9 Comments on It Takes a Village – Chapter 6
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 6

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/05/it-takes-a-village-chapter-5/” bg_color=”#000000″ border=”#757575″]< Chapter 5: The Manor[/button] [caption id="attachment_18202" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Gypsy Camp[/caption] Chapter...

 15 Comments on Avatar Blogger Month – Reading the Blogs!
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Avatar Blogger Month – Reading the Blogs!

You’re all reading each other’s blogs, right? I mean, it’s no big deal to do a post…

 12 Comments on The new girl on the block
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The new girl on the block

Well hello there everyone! I would like to introduce myself to you all. Absolutely no idea what…

Goatswood
 2 Comments on It Takes a Village – Chapter 5
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 5

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/04/it-takes-a-village-chapter-4/” bg_color=”#000000″ border=”#757575″]< Chapter 4: The Mill[/button] [caption id="attachment_18118" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Manor[/caption] Chapter 5....

Photo of Twitter co-founder Evan Williams in a grey sweater with arms outstretched as he addresses an audience.
 4 Comments on Content Platforms: Authorea vs Medium vs Scalar
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Content Platforms: Authorea vs Medium vs Scalar

Avatar Blogger Month seems like the ideal time to think about the platforms we use to express…

steep up-looking angle on a classic Dutch-looking windmill in the Goatswood sim of Second Life
 4 Comments on It Takes a Village – Chapter 4
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 4

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/03/it-takes-a-village-chapter-3/” color=”black”]< Chapter 3: The Hot Air Balloon[/button] [caption id="attachment_18017" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Mill[/caption] Chapter...

Vaneeesa Blaylock at Treadmill Desk / Blogger Workstation at the Avatar Blogger Crossfit Gym at LEA11
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Avatar Blogger Crossfit – Day 3

Exciting times in the first week here at ABC. Today I wandered through the Goatswood RP sim…

Warm-toned, almost sepia in desaturation, image of a hot air balloon in a town square
 8 Comments on It Takes a Village – Chapter 3
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 3

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/02/it-takes-a-village-chapter-2/” color=”black”]< Chapter 2: The Inn[/button] [caption id="attachment_17997" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Hot Air Balloon[/caption] Chapter...

Virtual world image of an Inn perhaps from Victorian times. The setting of Chapter 2 of It Takes a Village
 8 Comments on It Takes a Village – Chapter 2
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 2

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/06/01/it-takes-a-village-chapter-1/” color=”black”]< Chapter 1: The Train Station[/button] [caption id="attachment_17986" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Inn[/caption] Chapter 2....

Two avatar bloggers walk on treadmills at treadmill desk workstations and work on blog posts at the desk / computer monitors in front of them
 56 Comments on Avatar Blogger Month – Participant List!
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Avatar Blogger Month – Participant List!

  Like the decathlon or the heptathlon, blogging requires many skills, and Blogger Crossfit is a fun,…

The Train Station from Lizzie Gudkov's fictional or "metafictional" story set in the virtual environment of Goatswood itself in the virtual world of second life
 6 Comments on It Takes a Village – Chapter 1
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It Takes a Village – Chapter 1

[button link=”http://irez.uk/2013/05/29/a-new-story-for-avatar-blogger-month/” color=”black” class=”alignleft”]< Introduction[/button] [caption id="attachment_17953" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Goatswood: The Train Station[/caption] Chapter 1. The Train...

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Dance Party!

My fellow avatars… times have been hard… financial meltdown… easy bake oven implosions… if you are an…

 8 Comments on A New Story for Avatar Blogger Month!
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A New Story for Avatar Blogger Month!

Introduction After a breathing spell of about a month, I am back with a new story, this…