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Archive for May, 2008

Spark on CBC Radio

Alright, I’m a very bad Canadian. I’m only just now discovering this incredible series. So sue me. Well… ok don’t sue me even though I’ve created this almost-logo above from some image snatched randomly on Google Image search, thus committing many an old-media faux-pas.
Spark is a radio show / podcast from the CBC, hosted by […]

Games Week on Orange Island

I “spoke” today on Orange Island to help them kick off Games Week. This was a text-only event, which is pretty hardcore oldbie stuff.
The Orange website has full details of the event series. Here’s the transcript:

Giant List Of Web 2.0 Company Name Generators

This is what happens when geeks rule the earth. Every company name ends up sounding like “Cyclofab” or “Ambertect” or “Nfish” or “random sylables go here”. Ah well, who am I to talk… I love the name “Clever Zebra“.
Try any one of these and you’ll have a company name that will make people stand up […]

Giant NES Controller

Giant NES Controller - Attack of the show’s stupidly monster one.

Giant NES controller coffee table - beautiful woodworked coffee table sized controller. And yes, fully functional.

Super Lego Mario (Level 1) - Well ok this has nothing to do with giant controllers but hey, this must have taken hours. Fans rule!

Say It With Me: “MEME”

So, we start with this 17 seconds of joy:

Zombie Kid Likes Turtles
Beautiful. Remixes ensue. The celebrity sing-along was my personal fave.
Now, the TV station picks up on it and says: “Why the hell is everyone so excited about this? Those remixes are getting massive attention! Let’s do the ULTIMATE remix and do an actual full […]

Twinity’s Beta

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I was reminded recently that Twinity was in open beta, so I signed up and took another look. For those of you not familiar it’s a Second Life competitor that has some real potential.
You customize your avatar in much the same way (except that you can upload a picture of […]

vBusiness Expo April 2008 - A Quick Look Back

Last night to my absolute joy I discovered that Draxtor Despres covered the vBusiness Expo:

More business than the Draxtor thinks - there is more business success in SL than the mainstream media thinks, heck, even premiere virtual journalist Draxtor Despres got it wrong last week with asserting non-profits are the only ones to gain traction […]