The Faux Press in Second Life

Washington Square by Henry James | In its Entirety

2010-05-20T10:24:00.001-04:00

"Washington Square" by Henry James in a single .mp3.

This version of the free audiobook is NOT in the public domain as the single chapters are.This is released under a CC 2.0: Attribution, Non-Commercial-Share Alike License.

Moreover, I think you should spend something on it, if not on MY behalf, then certainly on the behalf of your local library or Project Gutenberg. I leave it to you to place a value on it.

Formats available: MP3 Audio (.mp3)

Tags: washington, square, henry, james, audio, book, audiobook, jan, mclaughlin

Public Domain Tibetan Meditation Bell

2008-02-29T07:03:00.001-05:00

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An error log has been reported to support@blip.tv.

Philosopher Says 20% Chance First Life is Just a Sim

2007-08-14T08:15:00.001-04:00

I KNEW it!

clipped from www.nytimes.com

My gut feeling is that the odds are better than 20 percent, maybe better than even. I think it’s highly likely that civilization could endure to produce those supercomputers. And if owners of the computers were anything like the millions of people immersed in virtual worlds like Second Life, SimCity and World of Warcraft, they’d be running simulations just to get a chance to control history — or maybe give themselves virtual roles as Cleopatra or Napoleon.

WBurg.TV :: Second Life :: The Electric Sheep Company

2007-06-11T04:15:00.001-04:00

Jerry Paffendorf leads a double life. In meatspace, he's high geek. In Second Life, he and his colleagues make machinima and work to create a virtual 3-D Williamsburg, Brooklyn online (among many other things). The Electric Sheep have a regular Friday meetup at Williamsburg's Barcade, where we finally met the metaverseical & regally mayorial Paffendorf in person.

Jerry and others from The Electric Sheep Company rock digital worlds:

"The Electric Sheep Company is the largest company in the world dedicated to designing experiences and delivering add-on software for 3D virtual worlds. Our Professional Solutions team delivers strategic, creative and technical insight and services to global organizations. Our Software team is building a suite of information services to enhance virtual world experiences, such as trending and measurement tools, e-commerce, and social networking.

We support multiple virtual world platforms, and have implemented major projects on both Second Life and There.com technologies. We are an active participant in the Second Life open source community, are driving new advances in virtual world usability, and closely review emerging technologies such as Google Earth, Multiverse, and Areae.

We see the Web evolving to support an ecosystem of metaverse applications. If your creative plans involve the intersection of virtual worlds, games, avatars, simulation, user-creation, shared social spaces or 3D construction, The Electric Sheep Company is here to help."

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv), Portable (iPod)

Tags: williamsburg, brooklyn, 11211, jerry paffendorf, electric sheep company, barcade, meetup, second life, 3d, virtual worlds, meatspace

nscape 2

2007-05-02T08:28:00.001-04:00

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Formats available: MPEG4 Video (.mp4), MPEG4 Video (.mp4), Flash Video (.flv)

Tags: videobloggingweek2007, secondlife, machinima

How to Machinima w/Aren Mandela

2007-05-02T08:19:00.000-04:00

A great condensation of machinima workflow with Aren Mandela @ Mefeedia, including how to animate avatar mouths, HERE.

Tags: Faux Press Road Node 101 Second Life machinima

The Beauty of SL Twittering w/Twitterbox

2007-05-02T08:00:00.001-04:00

The Beauty of SL Twittering w/Twitterbox
Originally uploaded by Dagny Hemingway.

Courtesy of Ordinal Malaprop's Twitterbox.

Watching Videoblogs in Second Life

2007-04-07T10:17:00.001-04:00

I've seen David's device in action and it works pretty darned well.

clipped from mmeiser.com

Videoblogging in Second Life

As part the Videoblogging Week 2007 theme "crossing borders", Lisa Rein has done an excellent series of posts on videoblogging in Second Life. As part of the series Chicago based videoblogger Davide Meade has created this amazing video of an interface he's created for videoblogs in Second Life. Complete with a channel changer and multiple screens. If you have second life installed you can check it out by visiting the below SLURL... that's a Second Life Uniform Resource Locator or Second Life URL for you geeks. :)

See it in Second Life: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Gyeongju/113/158/74

Mashup for Videoblogging Week 2007

2007-04-07T08:57:00.001-04:00

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Mashing up Francisco Daum and Michael Verdi as Aren Mandala in SL.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: faux_press, mashup, videobloggingweek2007, michael verdi, fransicso daum, aren mandala, second life, machinima, secondlife, robot, water

Why SL Fails Marketers :: GapingVoid Finds SL "Creepy"

2007-04-06T07:13:00.000-04:00

I have deep respect for Hugh MacLeod's marketing saavy.

But this MacLeod comment makes me shake my head

"...Second Life is PRETTY DARN CREEPY."

SL isn't creepy if you've purpose in being there. Whether it's scripting or building or making machinima, or listening to ten cutting-edge nanotechnologists theorize about the future.

MacLeod links to a GigaOM piece that explores the failure of SL marketing efforts in depth. Read the comments.

What digital marketers fail to respect is the idea that the Internet wants to remain free. More than that, eyeballs are gained by engaging those eyeballs in productive activity.

Create a space in which avatars have something to DO, be, create. Give 'em purpose.

Giving useful stuff away works, too.

The benefits of the best digital marketing - as with most digital benefits - are largely indirect, and comprised of multiple layers of good will. And good will takes time. Time for word of mouth. Time to build streed cred.

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Faux Press Second Life

Re-Vlog :: My Buddy Clark of ZipZapZop.com

2007-03-29T16:46:00.000-04:00

Play Quicktime Version

ZipZapZop.com is in SL. Know Clark Saturn from the Vlogosphere. He's one helluva guy. His regular vlog always surprises. Mr. Saturn often reads from the Tao Te Ching, writes and plays his own music, and at least used to do "naked Fridays" that always gave me a tingle.

We've been out of touch for a while since he moved upstate and will any day now be a father.

This is the first of his machinima I've seen.

Way to go, Clark.

Tags: Faux Press ZipZapZop.com Second Life machinima

Ban Lines :: No Entry!

2007-03-27T13:22:00.001-04:00

From the Grid
Originally uploaded by Ordinal Malaprop.

Gah. Ugly. Ugly.

Seeing "No Entry" scripts makes being in SL suck. Might as well be in the real world.

Thank, Ordinal, for ramping up the discussion.

Visit Pulveria. Waiting for you in Second Life

2007-03-21T20:12:00.001-04:00

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SLURL to Pulveria.

Their note from Blip:

A tour of Pulveria. Narrated by Jeff Pulver. Visit Pulveria today in Second Life

[source]

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)

Nikola Tesla, NYC

2007-03-18T20:19:00.000-04:00

tesla, nyc
Originally uploaded by Jannie-Jan.

This bust of Nikola Tesla appears in front of the church that sits between 5th and 6th Avenues on the north side of 25th St. in New York City.

As a steampunk wannabe in Second Life, thought it would be appropriate to share.

Tags: Faux Press Second Life machinima

Jumpin' Jehosephat! Supply v. Demand

2007-03-14T15:03:00.001-04:00

And so it goes...

clipped from secondlife.reuters.com

BREAKING NEWS: Linden limits new Second Life signups

Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:03am PDT
By Adam Reuters

SECOND LIFE, March 14, (Reuters) - Linden Lab blocked new registrations to Second Life on Wednesday in an attempt to cope with a surge in population growth that has caused repeated problems on the grid.

Meta Metaverse :: Machinima Advertising

2007-03-13T09:04:00.001-04:00

Thanks to Twitter-pal Prokofy Neva, this video.

Does that make this vlog post 'meta-meta-metaverse'? I think so.

clipped from www.youtube.com

Finally :: An Alternative to Text Chat in SL

2007-03-12T04:12:00.001-04:00

Yes! I'm bored with text. It's too slow and furthermore, texting leads to misunderstanding. Here's to emotional information.

clipped from blogs.electricsheepcompany.com

We spoke tonight…

A year ago at GDC I met with the folks from Vivox which resulted in the blog entry, Voice you on Sheep Island. So it is with great satisfaction that a year later, Linden Lab has announced VOIP integration with SL and tonight the SL Voice beta group was invited to give it a try. The client ran awesome (on my Intel Mac), the voice quality is better than Skype, the 3D proximity chat works great and the experience was amazing.

A Conversation with Miss Odinal Malaprop

2007-03-11T13:15:00.001-04:00

A Conversation with Miss Odinal Malaprop
Originally uploaded by Dagny Hemingway.

Lovely to see the amazing Miss Malaprop again, and to learn she's creating and building as ever many magical things in Second Life. She's making machinima, too.

Power Move for Ze Frank

2007-03-04T10:55:00.001-05:00

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From Second Life. This is an example of the heart of viral advertising, people. Move a community to bring the best parts of themselves forward. Ze Fuckin' Frank gets it. Not everybody has what it takes to build a community. It is a rare and beautiful thing. Jay Dedman's got it, too. This kind of leader is charisma on crack. This is something that cannot be taught, bought or bottled. Valuable on the scale of supply & demand. Ze Frank moves me. I'd sooner be addicted to movement than sugar.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)

Tags: faux_press, faux press, ze frank, power move, second life, dagny hemingway, marketing, advertising, charisma, leadership, community

Time :: $ :: Illusion

2007-02-26T09:20:00.001-05:00

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Video poem in Second Life machinima.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)

Tags: faux_press, poem, secondlife, second life, machinima

SL on CBS Sunday Morning with David Pogue

2007-02-22T17:28:00.000-05:00

Watch the video that features Eric Rice (known in-world as Spin Martin) HERE.

How did they do that Pogue morph at the end???

Here's Pogue's NY Times blog post on Second Life.

Wish CBS allowed its videos to travel down RSS pipes.

Sigh.

Tags: Faux Press Second Life machinima

News Flash: Potato Monster Invades 2nd Life

2007-02-21T16:58:00.001-05:00

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Second Life has been invaded by a potato monster.

More footage at 11:11.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)

Tags: faux_press, second_life

Fire Vultures for Media Equity :: Second Life

2007-02-21T07:54:00.001-05:00

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Playing with Second Life machinima. Getting the process down. Learning curve: steep.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)

Tags: faux_press, faux press, secondlife, second life, fire eagle, vulture, media equity

Listening to Radio in Second Life

2007-02-15T16:18:00.001-05:00

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Reading the NY Times while listening to the Presidential Podcast in Second Life.

Uh-oh.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)

Tags: faux_press, second life, secondlife, podcast, rant, politics, machinima

An Invitation to Second Life Machinima

2007-02-15T11:36:00.001-05:00

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Stop by Road Node 101 Second Life. Click HERE to teleport there and/or download Second Life.

IM me, Dagny Hemingway.

Let's do something together.

Machinima of any kind of interest isn't done alone.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: faux_press, faux press, second life, machinima, road node 101, collaboration, invitation, film making

Valentine's Day :: Spring Fever

2007-02-14T15:58:00.001-05:00

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Oh. Got it bad.

I'm as restless as a poet on a string.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)

Tags: faux_press, valentines day, valentine, valentines, restless, spring fever, poet

Advice to Marketers Who Would be Avatars...

2006-12-21T10:08:00.000-05:00

Good advice from What's Next Blog.

Tags: Faux Press Road Node 101 Second Life machinima

Nixie Tube Steampunk Christmas Ornament, Anyone?

2006-12-21T08:41:00.000-05:00

From Make Magazine who got it from Instructables. Click the Instructables link to learn how to make this Nixie Steampunk Christmas Ornament yourself.

[source]

Tags: Faux Press Road Node 101 Second Life machinima

Testing BlogHud from SL. What an advantage to be able to communicate with first life from within virtual life. Here goes nuthin\'.

2006-12-20T12:37:00.000-05:00

posted by Dagny Hemingway on Phoenix Enlightened using a blogHUD : [permalink]

The Infinite Mind interview with Kurt Vonnegut live from Second Life

2006-09-28T08:58:00.000-04:00

"Author Kurt Vonnegut is interviewed by host John Hockenberry, live from Second Life. The interview was for the "Through the Looking Glass" series, from the national, weekly public radio program, The Infinite Mind, which featured the first live broadcasts from virtual 3-D cyberspace."

Almost machinima vlogging. "The Infinite Mind" goes digital with a videoblog. It's the first national broadcast to establish a base of operations in Second Life. Unfortunately, their site is not RSS-enabled. Videos are Google-hosted in flash and there's no subscribe button.

Suzanne Vega is the first major musician to appear in concert in Second Life. See the Suzanne Vega video here.

Wowowow.

Geek Entertainment TV::Interview w/Hamlet Au (nee Linden)

2006-07-22T06:41:00.000-04:00

GET interviews James Wagner Au / Hamlet Au (nee Linden) in the flesh.

Great to see the man behind the white suit who was so generous in helping us raise funds for the Creative Commons earlier this year at our Second Life Burns Night Supper.

In-world, Hamlet Au is publisher of New World Notes. In first life, James continues to write his book.

Geeky? Check out Geek Entertainment Television.

Tags: Faux Press Road Node 101 Second Life Geek Entertainment TV Hamlet Linden

Robert Scoble Banned From Second Life? Maybe. Maybe Not.

2006-07-12T06:13:00.000-04:00

While at Gnomedex, Scoble contracted his 12-year-old son to make some builds for him in the adult grid with a Linden Lab employee in Gnomedex attendance. They were "toast".

Here is Scoble's follow-up to the incident. You'll find a link to an interview with LL employee Beth Goza there, too.

Interesting issues here on lots of fronts.

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Faux Press  Road Node 101 Second Life

Second Life::Google Map

2006-04-09T15:44:00.000-04:00

You can now give dimension to your Second Life / First Life parallel existence with a special Second Life Google Map from Community Walk.

Thanks to a heads up from Walker Spaight and his multi-media blog at http://3pointD.com which covers all things digitally three-dimensional.

Tags: Faux Press Road Node 101 Second Life machinima

New Steampunk Sim Raising Funds

2006-04-09T09:47:00.000-04:00

The Steampunks group has united to raise money to create a Steampunk sim. Here's a wee tour with Ordinal Malaprop and her doppleganger butler.

Visit Jefferson Gould's 3-D map at Steampunk Headquarters in Caledon.

Music courtesy U.C. Santa Barbara Library Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project.

_____

Thanks to 3pointD for the nod.

Tags: Faux Press Road Node 101 Second Life machinima

A Hotlink to a Ben Linden film on the New Followcam Functionality

2006-04-09T08:40:00.000-04:00

Check it out, new followcam scripting options illustrated in a motion picture.

But as Ordinal Malaprop points out, "...it appears that only attachments and vehicles can control the camera as yet, which is something of a blow." You said it, Ordinal. That said, I'm confident that camera controls scripting and future menu options will flourish soon.

Tags: Faux Press Road Node 101 Second Life machinima

2006-04-08T09:31:00.000-04:00

Second Life Music, Part II

Watch the video

A St. Patrick's Day reflection on the state of music in Second Life.

The short version is: music thrives.

Visit Robbie Dingo's store in Second Life by clicking HERE.

Lawrence Lessig::Second Life

2006-03-18T16:51:00.000-05:00

The Faux Press reports on Lawrence Lessig who's on tour with his book, "Free Culture" and spent some time in Second Life talking about the Creative Commons.

Tags: Faux Press Road Node 101 Second Life Machinima

George Méliès' "La Voyage dan La Lune (A Trip to the Moon)"

2006-03-15T09:22:00.000-05:00

I've taken on the idea of populating the Steampunk Manor house with late 19th and early 20th century motion pictures and audio. Couldn't find a copy of George Méliès' "Le Voyage dans La Lune (A Trip to the Moon)" on the web in Quicktime format, but Google Video had it and this is a test as to whether Google Video's Flash-formatted videos will pass through to aggregators.

Here's a link to a site with more information on this seminal steampunk film.

Thanks to Steampunk Coke Bernstein for the heads up.

Tags: Faux Press Road Node 101 Second Life machinima

Building the Camera Obscura::Jefferson Gould / Steampunks

2006-03-13T12:42:00.000-05:00

Jefferson Gould is rather an amazing inventor and industrialist of the Steampunk stripe. Visit his Manor House and Adventurers' League Headquarters at Caledon. Word has it that the Difference Engine installation is in progress.

Tags: Faux Press Road Node 101 Second Life machinima

Second Life Dreams

2006-03-10T15:11:00.000-05:00

Report from the land of dreams.

Pal o' mine Alex helps me make my dreams come true.

Tags: Faux Press Road Node 101 Second Life machinima

Fine Old Scots Clock for Second Life

2006-03-06T05:33:00.000-05:00

Listen.

So lovely!

IM me for pieces of the sounds.

Tags: Faux Press Road Node 101 Second Life

Carp [sic] Diem / Machinima Experiments

2006-03-04T10:37:00.000-05:00

An SL commercial created with SL pal Kevin Hauptmann for my FL vlogging friend Eric Nelson of Bottom Union fame to his "carp caviar" theme.

Satchmo Prototype suggests linking the PC to the G4 via s-video cable and playing the game on the PC while recording with the mac. Sounds like it would work well, in theory.

The alternative is to film to tape from the wall using a projector to play the game from the PC, similarly hooked up with s-video from PC to projector. The exposure might be tricky, but think it will render the smoothest rendition possible.

Plan to A/B the experiment in the coming week.

Road Node 101::Media Van-in-Progress

2006-03-04T07:05:00.000-05:00

I've a notion to outfit a van with everything needed to make media, even in the absence of electricity.

Concieving and manifesting in Second Life is much easier since it is 3-D and my feeling is that the translation from imagination to fruition will be similarly easy.

Link to Road Node 101::SL

2006-03-03T16:47:00.000-05:00

Come visit me in Second Life.

In Search of Sound Effects

2006-02-19T12:11:00.000-05:00

Industrialist Jefferson Gould's Tesla Nixie Type-o-Graph on working roll-top table.
Photograph by Dagny Hemingway.

A Manhattan soundscape with SL in view.

Second Life Machinima

2006-02-04T11:50:00.000-05:00

One of my Second Life friends/collaborators is a west coast mystical DJ who hosts a weekly live jazz jam at station "radio.urbanjazz.us:5190".

Subtle Petion.

Equally cool, Subtle and I are working on a video camera. The camera's currently able to play videos in its viewfinder (you can change the media textures to add whatever you like) as well as lists who's around, and at your request, puts you in the pose of a filmmaker. Our hope is to have the camera actually record video to hard drive via voice command.

Road Node 101, on the move.

Who Said Academics Can't Dance?

2006-02-03T08:08:00.000-05:00

Who Said Academics Can't Dance?
Originally uploaded by Dagny Hemingway.

Professor Lawrence Lessig attended our Burns Night Supper that raised more than L37,000 for the Creative Commons. He looks pretty good dancing a jig.

Hamlet Linden wrote about it here.