Category Archives: Personal

Big Tuesday Going On “Somewhere out there”

I’m going out to go vote right now…… and I’ve already said “go obama” and all that…
But in reality, I’m much more fixated on virtual reality right now, as I’ve been working with a group of people called “The Wishfarmers” that you’re going to hear me start yappin’ about… as is my way… when I get infatuated with a new project.
Come to my metaverse playpen, and click “play” on your video and audio controls.
It’s pretty cool, courtesy of
Electric Sheep Artist Spot Draves.
Spot will be doing an exhibit in the
Node Zero Galleries in early March.

Teleport

Making Blogging a Priority Again

Hey gang.
I’ve been promising a lot of people, including myself, that I’d start blogging again soon.
Well the time has come.
It’s rather ironic that, right when my life’s getting rather interesting — at least it seems that way to me 🙂
— I suddenly become too busy to blog — and for like two or three years, I guess.
Well, I’m back. And I’m here to stay, I hope.
There’s too much going on. Too much to talk about. Too much to share. Too much to learn.
’nuff said!

So Happy To Be Playing Music Again

This is just a catch up note from last weekend on how much fun it’s getting to be playing parties and events and things again…
I guess I used to get nervous and couldn’t allow myself to enjoy the moment as much as I can now, now that my groove has become a second nature.
Now I don’t have to think about what I’m doing. I just go into some kind of trance or something…
But what a rush last weekend to notice that everybody in the building I was playing in was smiling and digging it. They had my music piped in throughout the building (it was kind of an office/client party type thing) — and everyone was moving their heads back and forth…and smiling.
And they’d walk in and out of the room I was actually in and look over at me, and smile, and kinda say “thanks” and “hey what’ssup?” at the same time with a nod of their heads as they were walking through.
It was a peak experience for sure.
Ready for more of those!
link to info on upcoming shows

Show went great! Dates For New Shows November 11 and 30th!

Hey my show went great! There were lots of people there and the geeky part of the evening I hoped would take place, did!
To my delight and surprise, John Perry Barlow, John Gilmore, Annie Harrison and Brian Zisk all stopped by.
There were EFF and Internet Archive folks there too! And lots of other cool friends I’ll get around to talking about later.
Anyway huge success.
Next shows at the same place (Ireland’s 32, SF) will be:
1) November 11 – my birthday party (b-day the 10th) 9pm – midnight+
2) November 30 – Friday night 7-9 (woot!)
I’ll have video going up soon too!
Thanks again to Ron Taylor and my sister for making it all possible.
(I was off playing hookey at the Singularity Summit hanging out with Jamais Cascio during most of what was supposed to be our practice time on Saturday!) (Soooo much more on all that later!)

Back From Vancouver and LA

Wow. That was a long trip. Two weeks of good friends, incredible technology, and serious soul searching.
So good to be home now – but so much to do!
Lots to tell you about everything.
talk soon,
lisa

W00t – My First Twittered Second Life Party Invite!

Me at the Second Life Salsa Party – They’re line dancing!


Ok it just happened! Something I’d only dreamed of just a few weeks ago:
I was literally twittered in first life about a party going on in real time in second life. So I clicked on the slurl that was provided in the twitter post, and was teleported to the Salsa party.
(Well yeah, and I had to close SL first to get it to work, because that just seems to be the norm with slurls these days. The “secondlife://” links that go direct seem to work more often than the slurls, but still not often enough. And I find myself having to close SL for whatever doesn’t otherwise take to take in the Mapping/teleport process. – That’s why this goes under quick tips too.)
This kind of SL/web integration is what I’ve been waiting for for so many reasons…where do i begin? 🙂
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Iladil/167/227/72
I’ll put up a little movie I made of it tonight.
But right now, on a more personal note, I must work on some actual paying Second Life consulting work. The transition is complete..w00t!
That’s why the a-z index is slow coming together…but it’s coming. Don’t you worry. It’s coming 🙂

Still working out the kinks of the information structure for my Second Life data

Ok so some of you may have noticed that there’s a Second Life A-Z Index kicking around, but I’ve been kind of hedging on its existence because it wasn’t until late yesterday that I figured out how the indexes are going to best fit together.
So basically, I still need this external document, but it will still link, for the most part, back to blog posts *of indexes* of things. Like the one I just put up for “Places to Go Practice with Objects.”
(Note just saying hi to the two or three people on the planet that this level of detail is of interest to.
You rule. The four of us should get together some time. Now back to the rest of the world 🙂
Now where was I? Ahem. Yes, so anyway. I think I’ve figured it out and that’s why I’ve been dinking around on announcing it. I’ve been sneaking links to it into old posts, so I don’t forget to do that later. But it really didn’t feel like anything worth announcing until it had some meat on its bones. (And I’ve got a freezer full!) (no offense to you veggies! I have um. tofu in the freezer too!)
So now I’ve had a nice sleep, where I remember having a nice dream about my new information architecture, and “how interesting…this *does* seem to fit in there” and, “why yes, I wondered about that too, and I just happen to have a little list of how to fix that right over he-are.”
And then I awoke, because it was just a dream. And I, of course, won’t know for a week or two if mine’s even going to work. But it will be fun trying.
Me parachuting in Second Life

Slinging Hash Day for Video

Alright, all my hard drives are completely filled up with video I’ve taken the time to prepare to blog, and never blogged. (DOH!)
Now I have to throw this stuff up…and quickly. Or forget about it for the time being. (eeek! noooo!)
So I’m gonna try to have a slinging hash video day – where I’m just throwing stuff up without much else.
I might end up going back later and filling stuff in. It will depend.
There’s just been so much going on so quickly. I’ve been able to document it all accordingly to explain to you, but haven’t had time to organize it and get it up. This last week, I did get it organized, just still haven’t put it up. Now…it’s a goin up!
more later… for now…. another song from June 10!

Colbert’s “Americone Dream” Really Is Ice Cream At Its Finest

The first time I tried this ice cream, I kinda ate a half pint of it without stopping.
The cone always was the best part of an ice cream cone. How brilliant to break it up, cover it with chocolate, and throw it in with some caramel.
(Shhhh. No worries Steven, my love — I won’t jeopardize your marriage by sitting on your lap like that brazen hussy Jane Fonda did — we can play footsie under the table during the interview while no one’s watching 🙂