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ARCHIVE / January, 2007
Silent Protest
My stay was brief, due to Kids In Pool syndrome, but I did manage to get over to the RootsCampSL march on virtual Capitol Hill Monday night (”Virtual March for Peace”). I exchanged my cool sign that wasn’t able to be raised for one with an arm-pumping gesture, and then I teleported from Progressive Island [...]

Posted on Jan 30.07 to Communities, Cool Sites, Politics 2 Comments
WordPress 2.1: Smooth, smooth aftertaste
I continue to be thrilled by the WordPress community. The open source blogging application is by far the best project software I’ve ever used. It still is in need of some help in the administrative toolbox, but I am confident developments will continue to improve quickly as more and more people make use of it.
WordPress [...]

Posted on Jan 30.07 to BlogSchmog, Cool Sites, HCI Design, MetaSchmeta 3 Comments
Virtual March for Peace
At 5p today Bloomington time, I will be joining others around the country/world in marching on Capitol Hill. I’ll do this by opening up my laptop and launching the Second Life client and letting Old McDunnough, my avatar, do the legwork for me. There are many blogs about this event, and some press is expected [...]

Posted on Jan 29.07 to Communities, Cool People, Cool Sites, Politics Add a Comment
Give the planet a rest
A group of French environmental activists, L’Alliance pour la Planète, is asking everyone in their country to make our planet rest for five minutes this week Though the collective action will only last for five minutes — on Thursday, February 1st, from 7:55p-8:00p Central European Standard Time, six hours ahead of Bloomington — it is [...]

Posted on Jan 29.07 to BlogSchmog, In the News, Politics, Respectfully Submitted Add a Comment
CongressSchmongress
Ahhhh …. After a few months waiting around for new politicians and software upgrades, Fantasy Congress is ready to roll. Although my email notification on this past week’s release of a spiffy new version of the web-based game probably got trapped in spam filters, I did check back in to find lots of great improvements [...]

Posted on Jan 27.07 to BlogSchmog, Communities, Cool Sites, HCI Design, Politics, Sports Informatics 2 Comments
Just Common Sense
Don’t keep your Super Galactic jawbreaker on top of the damn refrigerator.
Probably, for that matter, don’t keep anything heavy, that rolls, above head. Ouch.

Posted on Jan 26.07 to Bad Mommy!, BlogSchmog Add a Comment
Activism in Second Life
My RootsCamp activities have unfortunately ground to a halt, due to a heavily scheduled semester and an unfortunate conflict with the weekly meeting time. A group of progressive activists are still meeting at 3p Eastern every Thursday in Second Life on Progressive Island, a new home they are trying to fill with meaningful content. Too [...]

Posted on Jan 26.07 to BlogSchmog, Communities, Politics Add a Comment

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