Posted in Bits'n'Bobs on Sep 22nd, 2006 No Comments »
Indulging in a little Internet fun I am apparently a ‘mid-rank nerd’…
So, of course, I must appreciate things like USB Batteries (thanks to cousin Tony - whos ‘wrightsite’ is 5th in Google rank for ‘wrightsite‘ - that’s pretty “nerd’y” too) - original battery story via Boing Boing…
But that is not half as nerdy.. umm.. /… [...]
Posted in Bits'n'Bobs on Sep 19th, 2006 No Comments »
Having, over recent times, posted ad-infinitum about the ‘metaverse‘ I thought I’d jot down some other web links :)
Jethro Tull is touring in the USA in late September and October - don’t miss ‘em (and a BBC interview with Ian in March).
I wasn’t sure about the whole concept of video-blogging until CC pointed out this [...]
Posted in SecondLife, The Main Thread on Sep 14th, 2006 2 Comments »
Let me start with a clarification because by the nature of my topic this is going to be a critical post.. critical review .. not specific criticism of Second Life (SL) or Linden Lab (LL)..
I am a fan of the technology of Second Life, its potential applications, and have quite a bit of admiration for [...]
Posted in SecondLife, Video on Sep 14th, 2006 No Comments »
The previously noted “Second Lives” short films are available via Google Video:
Tim Guest
Alayne Wartell
Steve Millar
John Palmer
Posted in SecondLife, The Main Thread on Sep 12th, 2006 No Comments »
In the spirit of keeping one eye firmly on reality whilst the other one is wandering around the virtual…
The numbers quoted in the BBC piece quoted in my previous post were the usual stuff..
Justin quotes “640,000 residents”
Justin also said - “they know ‘people’ earning upward £50,000/year by selling virtual land”, and finally
Julia quotes “nearly 700,000 [...]
Posted in SecondLife, The Main Thread, Video on Sep 12th, 2006 No Comments »
The BBC’s Breakfast program had a slot on Second Life today - you can view it online - as part of a week of featurettes on the theme ‘Where for the web?’. Live it was complemented by a (very brief, as they always are) couch side chat with the reporter, Julia George, and [...]
Posted in Cultural, SecondLife on Sep 7th, 2006 No Comments »
Well it’s on until the 15th of September so check out some of the builds…
The ‘Women Working’ build by Jade Opel provoked thought and some laughs - my idea of a good ‘art piece’ (snapshot to the right & SLURL).
I also like Osprey Therian’s ‘Mankind’s Giant Footprint upon the Earth’ (SLURL), because it asks you [...]