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Second Life vs. Unreal 2004

MellaniuM is a small company that’s representative of a few hundred unsung hero companies of the metaverse, in my opinion. They fill a niche with virtual worlds technology in a way that can have a serious return on investment.
In their case, they create renderings of real-world constructions. You can walk around them, see how they […]

Dusting Off My Tinfoil Hat

Well… for what it’s worth:

2012: The Year The Internet Ends

2012: The Year The Internet Ends
http://ipower.ning.com/netneutrality

I Power:
http://ipower.movielol.org

TANIA’S PICS OMG
http://ipower.ning.com/profile/Tania

Athene:
http://athene.movielol.org

Athene movie:
http://www.wrathofthe1337king.com
If I had the choice between two ISPs, and one had a clear and public Net Neutrality policy, I’d go with that one without hesitation. A lack of net neutrality could be a major expense for companies […]

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 […]

Oh Yeah… People!

More amazing work from Draxtor Despres:

Non Profit Commons: the Second Coming of SL - While corporations may be fleeing SL, the non-profits are coming in droves….One group in particular has set out to coordinate the efforts of over 60 socially active organizations from all over the globe. So: as the SL brand is still evolving, […]

3D Mouse For Second Life

I was spammed a press release for this 3D mouse demo, but the video was pretty cool so I decided not to be irritated. This mouse does everything with a very easy interface. Check it out:

Hooray for gadgets!
Forbes fed out the press release as if it’s a regular news article, so check it out if […]

Oh Goodie: Shocking Videos

I’m not about to dive into a censorship debate. If you’re interested in that, go find another blog. There’s really only one thing you can count on when it comes to opinions: everybody’s got one, which means that there just isn’t much of a market demand for them. I’ll just save it for now.
So recently […]

New Social Content Platform Day!

Yay, a new social content platform came out today! It’s called BricaBox! How random! Woooo!
What’s that?
Oh it’s… like… you make your own Flickr, YouTube, Wiki, link-sharing, whatever mashup social website of your dreams via a simple drag and drop interface. Free! (Insert blinking red and yellow “FREE” animated GIF here.)
Hate reading? Of course you do! […]

The Techno-Priest

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We spoke earlier about how virtual world professionals and web2.0 obsessoids, well, we’re not completely understood by our friends and families. What if we were? What if that turned into a bad thing somehow? Herein I play a Techno-Priest zealot some years hence. Take it for what it’s worth.
Blessings […]

Strange Places We Walk

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I’m experiencing the Digital Divide, redux. What I’m discovering this time around, however, is that there’s no “right side” of the divide.
I’ve taken technologies like Voice over IP and virtual worlds for granted. They’re things that have become obvious to me, simple conventions that I use to get things […]

Newt In Second Life

Everybody is quite excited about Newt Gingrich visiting Second Life. I don’t know or care about him, so I’ve been spending a lot of time shrugging and looking for more interesting things.
Today someone emailed me the following under the subject heading “Read this and THINK”. I offer it to you unabridged, unedited, and uncommented. Do […]