EDUCEDGE,

Ken Deanmead, May 13, 2009: “Twitter has of late been inundated by, shall we say, “normals.” What was once our little playground has become rather more populated. But that doesn’t make it any less effective a tool for communication. It just means we have to stick together, and keep the geek community thriving. To this end, GeekDad has assembled the following: a list of 100 awesomely geeky-geeks. These are great, creative gamers and chiptune artists, astronomers and LEGO builders. <…>

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/05/100-geeks-you-should-be-following-on-twitter/

http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2008/11/100-blogs-that-will-make-you-smarter/

http://tinyurl.com/3fcvog

Check out page 15!!!

I just discovered that i was a featured member on RezEd. So I wondered if I should change my photo from my M&M dude to my SL avatar. Which do you think carry more social presence via a pic?

http://www.rezed.org/profiles/blog/show?id=2047896%3ABlogPost%3A12963

My categories and tags have gone to the dogs. time to refresh, reorg, revamp.

Jeremy Kemp generously informed the SLED community on July 11, 2008 that he received inside info on Lively. Here is the link to his interview with ASU EdTec Sandra Andrews:
http://amazon.sjsu.edu/html-jkemp/SandraA_ASU_Lively.mp3

In this 30-minute interview she outlines general features, strengths and weaknesses of Lively as a teaching and learning tool and just a few hints on what’s next.

Other links of her projects:
http://whatscool.asu.edu
http://beta.asu.edu/myworld
http://alti.asu.edu

Some more background on this:
There were early rumors of this work in September:
http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2007/09/google-testing-.html

Also related: Google Sketchup models were rezzed in Multiverse in October: http://tinyurl.com/2fl88b

And don’t forget the Linden Lab CEO/CTO gave a bare-all demo on Google campus back in March ‘06:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5182759758975402950

More mock up of what a 3D gadget MIGHT be like:
http://googledesktopapis.blogspot.com/2008/07/gadgets-in-another-dimension.html

Also among the Google goodies, lively connection via cellphone (new cellphone OS: http://code.google.com/android

http://www.rezed.org/profile/SabineReljicWillowShenlin

Just saw the blog’s post: RC8 was released yesterday (23rd). I downloaded it and the lipsync works!!! This is so exciting.

RC7 was having too many issues so they withdrew it a few hours after the release. I am just amazed at the quick turnaround. This is so cool.

So while waiting for the main client to get the lipsync, go get it yourself at http://secondlife.com/support/downloads.php#download-Testviewers (as of today 5/24/08, it’s RC8: http://blog.secondlife.com/2008/05/23/new-release-candidate-viewer-120-rc8-available/)

I”ll post a machinima soon to celebrate this glorious day

A synchronious lip sync app!

lipsync viewer download (for PC and for Mac): http://www.creativemachinery.org/lipsync_viewer.html

Documents on Mm Alder/LipSync http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Mm_Alder/LipSync

Linden Lab is going to include it to the next SL client! Woop Woop! http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-4794

some other links
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Avatar_Appearance

http://irhbt.typepad.com/virtually_yours/2008/02/lip-sync-in-sec.html

	Spacecraft Eyes Venus for Active Volcanoes By Space.com Staff posted: 04 April 2008 04:36 pm ET

Venus may harbor active volcanoes that produce the high amounts of sulfur dioxide in its atmosphere.

http://www.space.com/

Earth Hour: March 29th, 2008, 8pm to 9pm local time, globally.

Check out http://www13.earthhourus.org/ to register and get other info on the event.

Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Hour to see which countries are participating to Earth Hour 2008

After over a hundred books and novels on sci.fi., Sir Arthur C. Clarke dies at 90 years old at his home in Columbo, Shi Lanka. A big loss for more than the scifi world. Beautiful and fruitful life of a great visionary. May your hair be discovered on the other side of the galaxy…

http://www.clarkefoundation.org/