Monthly Archives: January 2011

Short Story: Part 3: “Dust”

Posted on January 30, 2011 by

Previous parts: Part 1: “Jetpack” Part 2: “I am Anomaly” Here’s Part 3. “Dust.”

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Authentic Animal Conversation #4: “Starbro”

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

“Fred, where the hell is the ocean?” “I have no idea.” “And what are we sitting on?  This is definitely NOT the beach.” “Just calm-” “Dude, I’m freaking out!” “Steve, calm down.  We’ll get through this.” “Can you hold my … Continue reading →

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My interview with Paisley Beebe on “Tonight Live”

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

On January 23rd 2011, I was an invited guest on Paisley Beebe’s “Tonight Live” show in Second Life.  Thank you again to everyone on the Tonight Live and Treet.tv team for working so hard to put on such a professional … Continue reading →

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Authentic Animal Conversation #3: “Biscuit”

Posted on January 25, 2011 by

“This is nice.” “Yeah.” “Is that a biscuit on the floor over there?” “Stop looking at it.  You’re not going anywhere.  I need your body heat right here, right now.” “I swear it’s a biscuit.” “It’s an inedible chewed rubber … Continue reading →

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Hypergrid Adventurers Club meet #33+34: Visiting “Romenna,” a Tolkien-themed 16-sim cityscape.

Posted on January 24, 2011 by

I’m often impressed by the things we discover in our club’s travels across the Hypergrid. Opensim is a pioneering platform where everyone is building anew, and that pioneering spirit brings out an amazing level of creativity. But on this particular … Continue reading →

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Authentic Animal Conversation #2: “Fascinating”

Posted on January 15, 2011 by

“It’s fascinating, really.” “I’m half asleep.  You’ll have to be more specific.” “The fact that we are the same species.  I mean, look at our size difference!” “What?” “You’re 10 times my size!  You’re gargantuan!  Yet we are both Canis … Continue reading →

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Introducing Authentic Animal Conversations

Posted on January 14, 2011 by

I’ve been getting into creative writing lately. When I was in high school, I used to write a lot.  Mostly short stories.  I really enjoyed it, and apparently I was pretty good at it too.  As a junior in high … Continue reading →

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Hypergrid Adventurers Club meet #31+32: A Message in a Bottle for StaminaGrid

Posted on January 13, 2011 by

For this Sunday meeting, we made a couple very special excursions on the Hypergrid. Instead of discovering strange new worlds and interesting new creations, we found an empty and vacant place. So we left a message in a bottle.

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Hypergrid Adventurers Club meet #30: Exploring giant geometric models and mathematics

Posted on January 11, 2011 by

At this meeting visited the region Wizzy on ReactionGrid.  At this location, Wizard Gynoid has created a giant model of the E8 Polytope, one of the most complex and elegantly beautiful geometric objects known to mathematicians. Read on for a full transcript … Continue reading →

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The next 4 meetings of the Hypergrid Adventurers Club will be hosted by Vanish Seriath

Posted on January 10, 2011 by

I’ll be offline for a week starting Jan 12.  So I won’t be around to host the next four meetings of the Hypergrid Adventurers Club. But the show must go on! Vanish Seriath frequently attends our club meetings, and he has … Continue reading →

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