1 Comment on Alt Avatar Blogger Ball!?
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Alt Avatar Blogger Ball!?

Avatar Blogger Month Agnes and I were talking about June is Avatar Blogger Month, and she had…

 6 Comments on You know those sundays
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You know those sundays

When you log in and find yourself wearing all the shirts from your inventory you can wear…

 8 Comments on SMO10b
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SMO10b

BREAKING NEWS — LEA11 — 25 May — Despite the shocking news that Vice President Hamlet has…

 0 Comment on LEA11: Quest for Virtual Haptic
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LEA11: Quest for Virtual Haptic

Agent Cyan The Quest for a Virtual Haptic: Hello everyone, my name is Agent Cyan. I have…

 1 Comment on Happy Grandmother’s Day!
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Happy Grandmother’s Day!

My father’s mother, Sarah Dukelski, died when I was very young. I don’t have any “real” memories…

photograph of Vanessa Bartlett's race number for Sunday 12 May Chester Half Marathon
 5 Comments on #vb131
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#vb131

Straight from the London 2012 Games to your PC or Mobile, British track star, and my “Internet…

Vaneeesa Blaylock walking on a treadmill, surfing the web, and reading blogs on her virtual treadmill desk
 154 Comments on June is Avatar Blogger Month!
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June is Avatar Blogger Month!

Avatar Bloggers Unite! By proclamation of, well, me, June is Avatar Blogger month! WHO: Any Avatar Blogger…

 3 Comments on Diary #39 – Fiona Blaylock Naked Art Show Raided by NTPD!
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Diary #39 – Fiona Blaylock Naked Art Show Raided by NTPD!

(Diary #39 – Mom’s Instagrams of me ‘n Fiona in ballet clothes)   You know how agent…

 0 Comment on Memory Box Workshop @LEA11
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Memory Box Workshop @LEA11

Saturday’s Memory Box Workshop @LEA11 had 5 intrepid participants who thought about ways to bring the images,…

 8 Comments on How to stage a dance production in Second Life
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How to stage a dance production in Second Life

What started as a crazy idea around a kitchen table in early February is now less than…

 3 Comments on Slapping My Snotty Sister
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Slapping My Snotty Sister

My stupid sister Fiona opened an art gallery featuring pix of OUR FAMILY NAKED!? Is she stoopid?…

Instagram photo of a small, delicate, pink box filled with various objects and with the text "Memory Box Workshop" superimposed on top of it.
 2 Comments on Memory Box Workshop
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Memory Box Workshop

Make a Secret Place As part of the Alice in Cornelland Quest for a Virtual Haptic, we…

two avatars in a grassy plane. Xue Faith wears a sweater and rides a bicycle. Miso Susanowa stands in an elegant black dress
 1 Comment on Poem Readers Wanted!
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Poem Readers Wanted!

Second Life / Virtual Artists’ Alliance / Haiku Speedbuild event wants YOU to read poems! For our…

 6 Comments on What’s in a Meme?
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What’s in a Meme?

Before I get into the post, I must apologize as I haven’t posted here in over a…

 4 Comments on Meeting Donna Haraway
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Meeting Donna Haraway

Earlier this month, Trilby’s typist had the opportunity to hear Donna Haraway speak in real life. Haraway…

 0 Comment on Haiku Speedbuild #2
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Haiku Speedbuild #2

This week we’re at the just announced LEA11 (Linden Endowment for the Arts) project Alice in Cornelland….

Photograph of Beth Griffenhagen autographing her book 'Haiku for the Single Girl' - image shows a book on a table with a pair of hands (Griffenhagen's) signing on the title page
 2 Comments on Dear Beth Griffenhagen
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Dear Beth Griffenhagen

Hi Beth — congratulations on your wonderful book Haiku for the Single Girl! You’ve done a really…

 7 Comments on The Piano Player – Part II/II
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The Piano Player – Part II/II

A week, only a week until that day when he lost her… He was used to the…

 2 Comments on The Piano Player – Part I/II
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The Piano Player – Part I/II

The piano player sat at the edge of the cliff. Beside him, the unused telescope monitored the…

 10 Comments on How to start singing live in Second Life
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How to start singing live in Second Life

Welcome back me! You might be wondering: “Who the heck are you and why are you in…

photo of a fair complected girl with pink and black hair and contrasty makup holding two giant pink easter peeps
 0 Comment on Haiku Sculpting – March Schedule
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Haiku Sculpting – March Schedule

New Haiku Sculpting host Xue Faith reveals the schedule for March 2013 with 5 exciting Sunday events!

Photograph of Xue Faith standing on the dock at Gallery Xue / Port of Long Beach with the words "Haiku Sculpting" floating in space and curving around her
 1 Comment on Haiku Sculpting?
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Haiku Sculpting?

In 9 days Xue Faith takes over as host of VAA’s Haiku Speedbuild. Here she proposes changing the event’s name to “Haiku Sculpting.”

 4 Comments on Searching For Cyanide Seelowe
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Searching For Cyanide Seelowe

Xue circumnavigates the virtual interwaters in search of traces of Virtual Artists’ Alliance’s charismatic founder Cyanide Seelowe.

Selenium toned black & white photograph of Xue Faith & Peri Afarensis
 3 Comments on Peri, Dave & Cor
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Peri, Dave & Cor

  I had some great meetings last week! On Monday I met with Peri Afarensis, on Wednesday…

 1 Comment on My Valentine
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My Valentine

“Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.” Kahlil Gibran I just wanted to…

 2 Comments on Of A Valentine’s Past…
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Of A Valentine’s Past…

Andrea66 Resident sent you a notecard. He hesitated, his heart hammering wildly while the notecard loaded. It…

 1 Comment on Jane McGonigal in my Tanning Bed!?
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Jane McGonigal in my Tanning Bed!?

As I’m sure you’ve noticed, I’ve been hitting the tanning bed pretty heavily for the past 18…

Frame from The Matrix where Neo says "No," stops the bullets heading toward him, and holds one between his fingers and examines it.
 1 Comment on Own It (Consciousness)
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Own It (Consciousness)

Neo touching the bullet with his fingers, and processing the experience with his eyes, gives rise to a form of consciousness that may be the key to creating haptic experiences in virtual worlds.

Bing world map focused on South America and with a pushpin on Caracas, Venezuela
 2 Comments on Internet Time
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Internet Time

How 5 seconds becomes an hour, or why I had to go to Caracas to edit my blog post!

 3 Comments on Roses
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Roses

This is my 25th post on iRez and I wanted to do something really exciting and spectacular…