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	<title>Fleep&#039;s Deep Thoughts</title>
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		<title>Stickybits: Add digital content to barcode stickers with iPhone or Android app</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
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If you have an iPhone or Android phone, download the free Stickybits app and scan the bar code above.  Do you see the digital content I&#8217;ve attached?  If you click on &#8220;Add a bit&#8221; button, I THINK you can even leave me a comment..  weird!
Stickybits appears to have debuted at SXSW and it lets you [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">If you have an iPhone or Android phone, download the free <a href="http://stickybits.com/" target="_blank">Stickybits app</a> and scan the bar code above.  Do you see the digital content I&#8217;ve attached?  If you click on &#8220;Add a bit&#8221; button, I THINK you can even leave me a comment..  weird!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Stickybits appears to have debuted at <a href="http://sxsw.com/" target="_blank">SXSW</a> and it lets you download barcodes or buy barcode stickers that you can then attach digital content to &#8211; pictures, files, comments, videos.  When someone scans the barcode with the Stickybits app, they can see your content and leave comments.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The person who created the barcode can then see how many times the barcode was scanned, get email notifications, and.. in a creepy angle, even see if the barcode has moved and to where.  Cheap RFID?  Hmmmm!</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Not sure about the privacy implications of this, but definitely a technology/app worth checking out!  (And scan that barcode above so I can see how it works!)  :)</p>
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		<title>Recipe:  Fleep&#8217;s Fake Benihana Fried Rice</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fleep</dc:creator>
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For my friend Misquoted, my attempt at Benihana&#8217;s Rocky&#8217;s Choice which turned out amazingly well:

2-3 round tip steaks (cap off) salted and peppered both sides  (probably anything that&#8217;s super tender and works well for stir fry will do.  I did NOT buy the pre-cut up stir fry though because I like my steak rare and that stuff [...]]]></description>
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<p>For my friend Misquoted, my attempt at Benihana&#8217;s Rocky&#8217;s Choice which turned out amazingly well:</p>
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<li>2-3 round tip steaks (cap off) salted and peppered both sides  (probably anything that&#8217;s super tender and works well for stir fry will do.  I did NOT buy the pre-cut up stir fry though because I like my steak rare and that stuff cooks too quickly.)</li>
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<li>2-3 boneless chicken breasts, rinsed and patted dry.  Dice one chicken breast for use in the fried rice.</li>
<li>Cook 1 cup SUSHI rice according to instructions, should have about 3 cups when done.  I used Kokuho Rose brand sushi rice.</li>
<li>Toast about 3 tbsp sesame seeds, I used a 400 degree oven for about 10 mins maybe, shaking the pie pan every 2-3 minutes or so.</li>
<li>One large white and pretty onion, large dice</li>
<li>One bunch green onions, sliced on the bias, green parts only</li>
<li>2-3 carrots, small or fine diced to preference</li>
<li>1-2 cloves garlic, minced</li>
<li>1 medium zucchini, sliced (I like the skin, you can peel it too)</li>
<li>2 eggs</li>
<li>butter, 1/2 a stick softened</li>
<li>safflower oil, few tablespoons</li>
<li>salt and pepper to taste</li>
<li>soy sauce to taste, I like lots</li>
<li>I left out mushrooms because I don&#8217;t like em in this dish</li>
<li>I used two large skillets but if you&#8217;re more awesome than me could maybe do it all in one</li>
</ul>
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1.  Heat a couple tablespoons safflower oil over medium high heat, when it&#8217;s ready, dump in the onion, green onion, carrots, and garlic, cook till onions begin to be translucent, then add the diced chicken breast.  Stir frequently to keep from sticking or getting over done on one side.</p>
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2. When chix looks like it&#8217;s getting close to being cooked through, add a tad more safflower oil if needed, dump in all three cups of the cooked sushi rice, mix it all up with the chix and veggies, then add soy sauce (I dunno how much I used, 1/4 cup?) and let it all get good and fried up.</p>
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3. Clear out a spot in sort of the center of the fried rice and crack two eggs and plop in the hole there.  Let it set a bit, mix the eggs with the spatchula before it gets to scrambled eggs chunks though, and then mix it in with the rest of the rice.  Add sesame seeds.  The fried rice is pretty much done.</p>
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4.  In the other skillet, heat the skillet on medium high heat until it&#8217;s good and hot, no oil or anything yet.  Add 1/3 &#8211; 1/2 of the half stick of softened butter and toss in the steak before the butter burns.  I like my steak rare so I just like the sides browned, adjust to your own preference, and feel all awesome by cutting the steak up right there in the pan with your knife!  Pop those out, do the zucchini with some more butter as needed, again I like mine lightly cooked, so cook according to preference, and cut em up and pop em out and ditto the remaining chicken breast, though cook that all the way through so you don&#8217;t die of cooties.  ;)</p>
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Scoop out some rice, plop the steak, chix, and zucchini on your plate, and voila!</p>
<p>
I think the most important thing is the sushi rice.  I had some basmati rice on hand the last time I tried this, but the texture was ALL WRONG.  The sushi rice seems perfect.</p>
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PS I&#8217;ve never taken any kind of lessons or anything so I probably did something all wrong, but it really turned out well, so.  Sorry if I offended any of the chefs in the audience.  :)</p>
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		<title>Second Life Viewer 2.0 Beta &#8211; Quick Primer Pt 2 (Tips n Tricks)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fleep</dc:creator>
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Chilbo folks testing out the new Shareable Media option in SL Viewer 2.0
[If you didn't see Second Life Viewer 2.0 Beta - Quick Primer Pt 1 - you may want to check it out.  It has a collection of videos, slides, links, and other information about downloading and using the new viewer for the first [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Chilbo folks testing out the new Shareable Media option in SL Viewer 2.0</em></p>
<p><em>[If you didn't see <a href="http://www.fleeptuque.com/blog/2010/02/23/second-life-viewer-2-0-beta-quick-primer-pt-1/" target="_blank">Second Life Viewer 2.0 Beta - Quick Primer Pt 1</a> - you may want to check it out.  It has a collection of videos, slides, links, and other information about downloading and using the new viewer for the first time.]</em></p>
<p>Hi folks, still jotting down some notes for myself to go back and review when the <a href="http://www.nmc.org/2010-slpro/program" target="_blank">SLPro! conference</a> is over.  The last couple of days have been very exciting and a little overwhelming &#8211; not only has the conference had some really great sessions, but the conference itself combined with experiencing the world in a whole new interface has been fun, challenging, and a bit exhausting.  ;)</p>
<p>So here are my notes to go back and pore over when I get a minute to catch my breath:</p>
<h2><strong>A Few Bits I&#8217;ve Discovered (or more likely someone taught me)</strong></h2>
<ul>
<li>- V2 IM popups annoying? open panel_instand_message.xml (skins\default\xui\en) &amp; replace text with this one <a rel="nofollow" href="http://pastebin.com/7eZhHR82" target="_blank">http://pastebin.com/7eZhHR82</a></li>
<li>- Av not rezzing in V2? Re-wear your outfit in the &#8220;My Appearance&#8221; sidebar tab.</li>
</ul>
<h2>From the Lindens, Changes Coming Soon</h2>
<ul>
<li>-  Changes coming to search in the next few weeks, google standard HTML searches not internal SL searches, be patient.</li>
<li> &#8211;  Object Inspect will be coming back to right click on objects menu, just didn&#8217;t make it into this beta release.</li>
<li> &#8211; Shareable media fix coming soon &#8211; volume control on embedded media, so like controlling volume on a youtube vid on a prim.</li>
<li>- According to Q, search fixes are imminent (next couple weeks) and that includes events and classifieds.</li>
</ul>
<h2>About the Interface</h2>
<p><strong>Zha Ewry&#8217;s Suggestions for Uncluttering Things (++)</strong><br />
<a href="http://zhaewry.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/sl-2-0-beta-viewer-some-quick-tricks-and-a-few-impressions/" target="_blank">SL 2.0 Beta Viewer some quick tricks and a few impressions</a></p>
<p><strong>Grace McDunnough On The Bad Events Listing Interface<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://phasinggrace.blogspot.com/2010/02/finding-your-way-with-second-life.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+PhasingGrace+(Phasing+Grace)" target="_blank">Finding Your Way With Second Life Viewer 2.0</a></span><a href="http://phasinggrace.blogspot.com/2010/02/finding-your-way-with-second-life.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+PhasingGrace+(Phasing+Grace)" target="_blank"> </a></strong></p>
<h2>Analysis &amp; First Impressions</h2>
<p><strong>Hamlet Au at New World Notes<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2010/02/second-life-20-analysis.html" target="_blank">Second Life 2.0 Analysis: Epic Win for Userbase, Competition Killer&#8230; But Not Mass Market Game Changer (Yet)</a> </span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Rik Riel&#8217;s Take for Public Sector</strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; line-height: 16px; font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.betterverse.org/2010/02/why-the-new-second-life-viewer-is-good-for-nonprofits-governments.html" target="_blank">Five Reasons Why the New Second Life Viewer is Good for Education, Nonprofits &amp; Governments</a></span><a href="http://www.betterverse.org/2010/02/why-the-new-second-life-viewer-is-good-for-nonprofits-governments.html" target="_blank"> </a></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><strong>Prokofy&#8217;s Concerns for Rental Businesses</strong><br />
<span style="font-size: 15px;"><a href="http://secondthoughts.typepad.com/second_thoughts/2010/02/crumpled-up-in-sheer-despair-at-sl-20-viewer.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+typepad/SecondThoughts/second_thoughts+(Prokofy's+Second+Thoughts)" target="_blank">Crumpled Up in Sheer Despair at SL 2.0 Viewer</a></span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><strong>Gwynneth Llewelyn&#8217;s Take</strong><br />
<a title="Permalink to Second Life 2.0: The Revolution" rel="bookmark" href="http://blogs.betatechnologies.info/gwynethllewelyn/2010/02/24/second-life-2-0-the-revolution">SECOND LIFE 2.0: THE REVOLUTION<br />
</a></span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px;">Daniel Voyagers Pros &amp; Cons List<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://danielvoyagerblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/latest-viewer-2-0-public-beta-posts/" target="_blank">Latest Viewer 2.0 Public Beta Posts </a></span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">More to come soon&#8230;<br />
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		<title>Second Life Viewer 2.0 Beta &#8211; Quick Primer Pt 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Logging into Second Life with Viewer 2.o beta for the first time..
This is as much for myself as anyone else who might be interested.  Some resources related to Viewer 2.0 for SL users:
Download the Viewer
Second Life Viewer 2 Beta Download:   http://www.secondlife.com/beta-viewer
Tom Hale Keynote Slides

Video Links from SLPro! Keynote
Viewer 2.o Intro:  http://torley.s3.amazonaws.com/temp/Viewer2UI_640&#215;480.mov
Shareable Media:  http://torley.s3.amazonaws.com/temp/SharedMediaWebVideo_640&#215;480.mov
Shared Flash Media:  [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Logging into Second Life with Viewer 2.o beta for the first time..</em></p>
<p>This is as much for myself as anyone else who might be interested.  Some resources related to Viewer 2.0 for SL users:</p>
<h2>Download the Viewer</h2>
<p>Second Life Viewer 2 Beta Download:   <a href="http://www.secondlife.com/beta-viewer" target="_blank">http://www.secondlife.com/beta-viewer</a></p>
<h2>Tom Hale Keynote Slides</h2>
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<h2>Video Links from SLPro! Keynote</h2>
<p>Viewer 2.o Intro:  <a href="http://torley.s3.amazonaws.com/temp/Viewer2UI_640x480.mov">http://torley.s3.amazonaws.com/temp/Viewer2UI_640&#215;480.mov</a></p>
<p>Shareable Media:  <a href="http://torley.s3.amazonaws.com/temp/SharedMediaWebVideo_640x480.mov">http://torley.s3.amazonaws.com/temp/SharedMediaWebVideo_640&#215;480.mov</a></p>
<p>Shared Flash Media:  <a href="http://torley.s3.amazonaws.com/temp/SharedMediaWebVideo_640x480.mov">http://torley.s3.amazonaws.com/temp/SharedMediaWebVideo_640&#215;480.mov</a></p>
<h2>Scoble&#8217;s Interview with Mark Kingdon (SL: M Linden)</h2>
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<h2>Excerpts from Claudia Linden&#8217;s Email to SLED</h2>
<p><strong>Announcing Second Life Viewer 2 Beta and Shared Media</strong><br />
Today, we&#8217;re excited to announce the launch of Viewer 2 Beta, the next generation of Second Life viewers &#8212; combining an easy browser-like experience with shared media capabilities &#8212; providing what we believe is the best experience yet for accessing Second Life, and a new option to choose from among Viewer 1.23 and other Third Party Viewers. Our Viewer 2 blog post is here: <a href="https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/features/blog/2010/02/23/second-life-viewer-2-beta-now-available" target="_blank">https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/features/blog/2010/02/23/second-life-viewer-2-beta-now-available</a></p>
<p>Shared Media™, a standard capability in Viewer 2, makes sharing standard Web-based media and content in Second Life easy, and enables content creators to make more compelling, interactive experiences. Content creators can now place Web pages, video, Flash content, and other web media, onto any surface in Second Life. We expect that Shared Media will inspire a creative renaissance in Second Life as Residents explore more immersive and integrated inworld experiences and business opportunities such as gaming or theaters.</p>
<p><strong></strong><strong>Resources to Help You Learn Viewer 2 Beta</strong><br />
* Quickstart Guide (SL Wiki) <a href="http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Viewer_2_Quick_Start_Guide" target="_blank">http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Viewer_2_Quick_Start_Guide</a><br />
* Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) <a href="https://wiki.lindenlab.com/mediawiki/images/2/2d/Viewer_2_Beta_FAQs.pdf" target="_blank">https://wiki.lindenlab.com/mediawiki/images/2/2d/Viewer_2_Beta_FAQs.pdf</a><br />
* Release Notes (SL Wiki) <a href="http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_Beta_Viewer/2.0" target="_blank">http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_Beta_Viewer/2.0</a><br />
* Video Demos (YouTube)  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/secondlife" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/secondlife</a><br />
* SL Answers (SL Answers) <a href="https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/answers/v2beta" target="_blank">https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/answers/v2beta</a></p>
<p><strong>We Look Forward to Your Feedback</strong><br />
We need to hear from you! Participate in the Viewer 2 Forum (<a href="https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/forums/v2" target="_blank">https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/forums/v2</a>) and share your experience and suggest future enhancements. Then, go tell your friends! If you Twitter, then use the #SLViewer2 hash tag.</p>
<h2>T Linden: torely videos are here</h2>
<p><strong>Interface introduction</strong></p>
<p><object width="500" height="375"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9653821&#038;server=vimeo.com&#038;show_title=1&#038;show_byline=1&#038;show_portrait=1&#038;color=00ADEF&#038;fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9653821&#038;server=vimeo.com&#038;show_title=1&#038;show_byline=1&#038;show_portrait=1&#038;color=00ADEF&#038;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="500" height="375"></embed></object></p>
<p><strong>Appearance and Outfits</strong></p>
<p><object width="500" height="375"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9653452&#038;server=vimeo.com&#038;show_title=1&#038;show_byline=1&#038;show_portrait=1&#038;color=00ADEF&#038;fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9653452&#038;server=vimeo.com&#038;show_title=1&#038;show_byline=1&#038;show_portrait=1&#038;color=00ADEF&#038;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="500" height="375"></embed></object></p>
<p><strong>Automatic camera zoom </strong></p>
<p><object width="500" height="375"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9653519&#038;server=vimeo.com&#038;show_title=1&#038;show_byline=1&#038;show_portrait=1&#038;color=00ADEF&#038;fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9653519&#038;server=vimeo.com&#038;show_title=1&#038;show_byline=1&#038;show_portrait=1&#038;color=00ADEF&#038;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="500" height="375"></embed></object></p>
<p><strong>Context menu replaces pie</strong></p>
<p><object width="500" height="375"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9653584&#038;server=vimeo.com&#038;show_title=1&#038;show_byline=1&#038;show_portrait=1&#038;color=00ADEF&#038;fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9653584&#038;server=vimeo.com&#038;show_title=1&#038;show_byline=1&#038;show_portrait=1&#038;color=00ADEF&#038;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="500" height="375"></embed></object></p>
<p><strong>Giving inventory</strong></p>
<p><object width="500" height="375"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9653625&#038;server=vimeo.com&#038;show_title=1&#038;show_byline=1&#038;show_portrait=1&#038;color=00ADEF&#038;fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9653625&#038;server=vimeo.com&#038;show_title=1&#038;show_byline=1&#038;show_portrait=1&#038;color=00ADEF&#038;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="500" height="375"></embed></object></p>
<p><strong>Menus</strong></p>
<p><object width="500" height="375"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9656007&#038;server=vimeo.com&#038;show_title=1&#038;show_byline=1&#038;show_portrait=1&#038;color=00ADEF&#038;fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9656007&#038;server=vimeo.com&#038;show_title=1&#038;show_byline=1&#038;show_portrait=1&#038;color=00ADEF&#038;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="500" height="375"></embed></object></p>
<p><strong>Move and Viewer controls<br />
</strong> http://vimeo.com/9656028</p>
<p><strong>Navigation<br />
</strong>http://vimeo.com/9656031</p>
<p><strong>Notifications and Conversations</strong></p>
<p><object width="500" height="375"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9656035&#038;server=vimeo.com&#038;show_title=1&#038;show_byline=1&#038;show_portrait=1&#038;color=00ADEF&#038;fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9656035&#038;server=vimeo.com&#038;show_title=1&#038;show_byline=1&#038;show_portrait=1&#038;color=00ADEF&#038;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="500" height="375"></embed></object></p>
<p><strong>Preferences</strong></p>
<p><object width="500" height="375"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9656037&#038;server=vimeo.com&#038;show_title=1&#038;show_byline=1&#038;show_portrait=1&#038;color=00ADEF&#038;fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9656037&#038;server=vimeo.com&#038;show_title=1&#038;show_byline=1&#038;show_portrait=1&#038;color=00ADEF&#038;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="500" height="375"></embed></object></p>
<p><strong>Search</strong></p>
<p><object width="500" height="375"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9656039&#038;server=vimeo.com&#038;show_title=1&#038;show_byline=1&#038;show_portrait=1&#038;color=00ADEF&#038;fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9656039&#038;server=vimeo.com&#038;show_title=1&#038;show_byline=1&#038;show_portrait=1&#038;color=00ADEF&#038;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="500" height="375"></embed></object></p>
<p><strong>Shared Media<br />
</strong>http://vimeo.com/9656041</p>
<p><strong>Sidebar<br />
</strong>http://vimeo.com/9656046</p>
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		<title>Scoble asks, Is Second Life about to enter its “second life?”</title>
		<link>http://www.fleeptuque.com/blog/2010/02/23/scoble-asks-is-second-life-about-to-enter-its-%e2%80%9csecond-life%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fleep</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deep Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virtual Worlds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[futuretech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metaverse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#b43]]></category>
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Robert Scoble, the guy with one of the loudest voices on the internet, just posted about Second Life and an upcoming announcement that he suggests might breathe some life back into the platform.
Considering I&#8217;ve been working there pretty much full time the last few years, I didn&#8217;t know it was dead.   
OK that&#8217;s not [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://twitter.com/scobleizer" target="_blank">Robert Scoble</a>, the guy with one of the loudest voices on the internet, <a href="http://scobleizer.com/2010/02/22/is-second-life-about-to-enter-its-second-life/?success" target="_blank">just posted about Second Life</a> and an upcoming announcement that he suggests might breathe some life back into the platform.</p>
<p>Considering I&#8217;ve been working there pretty much full time the last few years, I didn&#8217;t know it was dead.  <img src='http://www.fleeptuque.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>OK that&#8217;s not fair, the hype cycle of 2007-08 came and went and it&#8217;s had a palpable effect to be sure, but those kinds of posts always make me vaguely defensive even though I have my own criticisms of the platform and the company running it.</p>
<p>I started to write a response in his comments, but I lost my text twice (I think it&#8217;s Chrome&#8217;s fault) so finally I said heck with it, I&#8217;ll put it here instead:</p>
<blockquote><p>Whatever the failings of the platform or LL&#8217;s specific implementation of it, they were hugely successful at introducing the concept of a non-game-based virtual world to millions of people, and most importantly IMO, a world created by the users rather than the company.  User generated content and crowd-sourcing is practically passe now, but back in the day, those were still very untried, untested concepts.  The idea that an immersive 3D space could be populated with content using the same community/random user model as Wikipedia was definitely not a given.  That it succeeded at all in Second Life still seems miraculous to me, especially given the technical skill required and the dreadful interface.</p>
<p>As it stands now, Linden Lab&#8217;s biggest advantages are 1) that enough of us who saw the potential in those early years have managed to stick it out and continued to populate the world with experiments, interesting use cases, and compelling content, and 2) they got a very lucky reprieve, just when things started to not just plateau but decrease, the economic crisis dried up a lot of funding for potential competitors.  Anyone professionally interested in the future of the metaverse has little choice at the moment BUT Second Life (or its cousin OpenSim).</p>
<p>Hopefully it will give them enough time to fix what&#8217;s broken, especially with the interface and new user experience, but just as importantly with the scalability issues and lack of APIs that have hindered integration with other platforms and enterprise data systems &#8211; it&#8217;s the latter holding back increased institutional adoption more than the former.</p>
<p>Either way, whether Second Life as a platform (or Linden Lab as a company) endures through the ages is less interesting to me than seeing where the concept of the metaverse goes from here.  I still think robust competition from some wholly different conception of a virtual world will be the best medicine for Linden Lab, but I worry that they&#8217;ve got such a corner on the still relatively small market that currently exists that it&#8217;s actually stifling innovation in other directions. It wouldn&#8217;t be so troubling if I saw more evidence that they could continue to innovate, but the Second Life we use today is not _markedly_ different than the Second Life I logged into in 2003.</p>
<p>Perhaps whatever they&#8217;re going to announce will prove that statement wrong, but if my long experience in Second Life has taught me anything, it&#8217;s not to get my hopes up too high.</p>
<p>Having said all that, I still give them all due credit for what they&#8217;ve accomplished, and for what they&#8217;ve made possible for people who have had the patience and foresight to understand that this is still very, very early days for the metaverse indeed.</p></blockquote>
<p>Scoble promises an announcement tomorrow at <a href="http://www.building43.com/" target="_blank">Building43</a>, I plan to tune in and see what&#8217;s got him so excited.</p>
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		<title>My Favorite Wordpress Plugins</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fleep</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deep Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plugins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wordpress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wordpress plugins]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[WP plugins]]></category>

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I&#8217;ve recently updated the list of Wordpress plugins I use across the various websites I maintain.  I&#8217;ve also included links to the sites themselves so you can see how they look in action.  I think most of the names are pretty self-explanatory.
Is there a must-have plugin I&#8217;m not using?  Let me know in the comments!  [...]]]></description>
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<p>I&#8217;ve recently updated the list of <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/" target="_blank">Wordpress plugins</a> I use across the various websites I maintain.  I&#8217;ve also included links to the sites themselves so you can see how they look in action.  I think most of the names are pretty self-explanatory.</p>
<p>Is there a must-have plugin I&#8217;m not using?  Let me know in the comments!  <img src='http://www.fleeptuque.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<h2 id="toc1">All in One SEO Pack</h2>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/</a></p>
<p>Installed on:</p>
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<h2 id="toc2"><a name="Wordpress Plugins-Blog Reordering"></a>Blog Reordering</h2>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/blog-reordering/">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/blog-reordering/</a></p>
<p>Installed on: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://chilbo.org/places">http://chilbo.org/places</a> | <a rel="nofollow" href="http://chilbo.org/directory">http://chilbo.org/directory</a> |</p>
<hr />
<h2 id="toc3"><a name="Wordpress Plugins-Extended Comment Options"></a>Extended Comment Options</h2>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/extended-comment-options/">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/extended-comment-options/</a></p>
<p>Installed on: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://chilbo.org/places">http://chilbo.org/places</a> | <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.chilbo.org/blog/">http://www.chilbo.org/blog/</a> | <a rel="nofollow" href="http://fleeptuque.com/">http://fleeptuque.com</a></p>
<hr />
<h2 id="toc4"><a name="Wordpress Plugins-Search Everything"></a>Search Everything</h2>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search-everything/">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search-everything/</a></p>
<p>Installed on: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://chilbo.org/places">http://chilbo.org/places</a> | <a rel="nofollow" href="http://chilbo.org/directory">http://chilbo.org/directory</a> |</p>
<hr />
<h2 id="toc5"><a name="Wordpress Plugins-Page Links To"></a>Page Links To</h2>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/page-links-to/">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/page-links-to/</a></p>
<p>Installed on: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.chilbo.org/blog/">http://www.chilbo.org/blog/</a> | <a rel="nofollow" href="http://fleeptuque.com/">http://fleeptuque.com</a></p>
<hr />
<h2 id="toc6"><a name="Wordpress Plugins-Twitter Tools"></a>Twitter Tools</h2>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/twitter-tools/">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/twitter-tools/</a></p>
<p>Installed on: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.chilbo.org/blog/">http://www.chilbo.org/blog/</a> |</p>
<hr />
<h2 id="toc7"><a name="Wordpress Plugins-Wordpress.com Stats"></a>Wordpress.com Stats</h2>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/stats/">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/stats/</a></p>
<p>Installed on: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.chilbo.org/blog/">http://www.chilbo.org/blog/</a> |</p>
<hr />
<h2 id="toc8"><a name="Wordpress Plugins-Google Calendar Widget"></a>Google Calendar Widget</h2>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-calendar-widget/">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-calendar-widget/</a></p>
<p>Installed on: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.chilbo.org/blog/">http://www.chilbo.org/blog/</a> |</p>
<hr />
<h2 id="toc9"><a name="Wordpress Plugins-Exclude Pages from Navigation"></a>Exclude Pages from Navigation</h2>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/exclude-pages/">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/exclude-pages/</a></p>
<p>Installed on: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://fleeptuque.com/">http://fleeptuque.com</a></p>
<hr />
<h2 id="toc10"><a name="Wordpress Plugins-Fast and Secure Contact Form"></a>Fast and Secure Contact Form</h2>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/si-contact-form/">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/si-contact-form/</a></p>
<p>Installed on: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://fleeptuque.com/">http://fleeptuque.com</a></p>
<hr />
<h2 id="toc11"><a name="Wordpress Plugins-flickrRSS"></a>flickrRSS</h2>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/flickr-rss/">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/flickr-rss/</a></p>
<p>Installed on: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://fleeptuque.com/">http://fleeptuque.com</a></p>
<hr />
<h2 id="toc12"><a name="Wordpress Plugins-Google Analyticator"></a>Google Analyticator</h2>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-analyticator/">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-analyticator/</a></p>
<p>Installed on: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://fleeptuque.com/">http://fleeptuque.com</a></p>
<hr />
<h2 id="toc13"><a name="Wordpress Plugins-PixoPoint Menu Plugin"></a>PixoPoint Menu Plugin</h2>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pixopoint-menu/">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pixopoint-menu/</a></p>
<p>Installed on: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://fleeptuque.com/">http://fleeptuque.com</a></p>
<hr />
<h2 id="toc14"><a name="Wordpress Plugins-Subscribe To Comments"></a>Subscribe To Comments</h2>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/</a></p>
<p>Installed on: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://fleeptuque.com/">http://fleeptuque.com</a></p>
<hr />
<h2 id="toc15"><a name="Wordpress Plugins-Twitter for Wordpress"></a>Twitter for Wordpress</h2>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/twitter-for-wordpress/">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/twitter-for-wordpress/</a></p>
<p>Installed on: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://fleeptuque.com/">http://fleeptuque.com</a></p>
<hr />
<h2 id="toc16"><a name="Wordpress Plugins-WP-PageNavi"></a>WP-PageNavi</h2>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-pagenavi/">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-pagenavi/</a></p>
<p>Installed on: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://fleeptuque.com/">http://fleeptuque.com</a></p>
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		<title>On Fear of Blogging: Optimist: Speaking with your Digital Voice: Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.fleeptuque.com/blog/2010/02/10/on-fear-of-blogging-optimist-speaking-with-your-digital-voice-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fleep</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deep Thoughts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Digital Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metaverse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital voice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public v private]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is one of those self-indulgent, reflecting on my own blogging posts, so if you hate that sort of thing, stop reading now.
Wherein the Optimist Wins the Internal (Eternal?) Debate:  To Blog or Not To Blog
A friend and I recently got into a heated debate about blogging.  The context isn&#8217;t important so much, but it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>This is one of those self-indulgent, reflecting on my own blogging posts, so if you hate that sort of thing, stop reading now.</em></p>
<h3>Wherein the Optimist Wins the Internal (Eternal?) Debate:  To Blog or Not To Blog</h3>
<p>A friend and I recently got into a heated debate about blogging.  The context isn&#8217;t important so much, but it made me reflect a bit about my own blogging.   (Though I do wonder if I am alone in thinking that sites like <a href="http://slashdot.org/" target="_blank">Slashdot</a> and the <a href="http://www.drudgereport.com/" target="_blank">DrudgeReport</a> &#8211; no matter how they may have started &#8211; are not &#8220;blogs&#8221;. They are or have become news sites, and news sites are not the same thing as blogs, in my mind.)</p>
<h4>What is a blog anyway?</h4>
<p>First, I had to separate out what _I_ do that I consider to be blogging.  Is <a href="http://twitter.com/fleep">Twitter</a> a blog?  People say it&#8217;s a &#8220;micro-blog&#8221; but it rarely feels that way to me.  It feels more like a group IM conversation with an archive instead of a reflective piece of writing.  I think my core definition of blog includes that &#8211; a reflective piece of writing is a main feature of the vast majority of blogs.  It may reference other sites, it may incorporate different kinds of media, but <strong>the essence of the &#8220;web log&#8221; is a person logging their thoughts, experiences, results, art, images, whatever documentation that can be submitted to the &#8220;web log&#8221; system</strong>, so that others can learn and share from our experiences, so we can learn from the experiences of others, and so we can contribute some part of ourselves to .. well, the world &#8211; the world wide web log system, the internet, the metaverse &#8211; whatever you want to call it.</p>
<p>This is my blog.  This is where, when I can, from time to time, I try to share something of interest to the world.  Whoever&#8217;s listening, whoever&#8217;s reading, whoever shares a passion for the same things I do &#8211; here&#8217;s the stuff I&#8217;m working on.  I&#8217;m trying to &#8220;web log&#8221; my work, parts of my life, parts of my family, parts of me.  I don&#8217;t get as much time to do it as I wish I could, I&#8217;m not nearly as skilled at all the different forms of media as I wish I were, and I often self-consciously worry terribly about what people will _think_ of what I say or what I do &#8211; but I want to try to share my stuff with people who might care, and I want to have a web log for myself, so I can go back and reflect on what I&#8217;ve said, reflect on how my views have changed, or remember why it was that I chose some path that didn&#8217;t work out at all like I intended.</p>
<p><strong>A &#8220;blog&#8221; to me is personal.  This blog is personal.</strong></p>
<p>And in this age of .. such rapid change, with all notions of privacy being challenged, of a time in my life when I wear so many hats I couldn&#8217;t print a business card that would fit, when my work (which I personally define as attempting to study and help provide answers to the questions:  What&#8217;s happening on the internet and particularly in that part of the internet they call &#8220;virtual worlds&#8221;?  What implications does it have for education and for society as a whole? What or which of these tools are most effective for teaching, learning, sharing ideas, and instigating positive change?) is studying a rapidly, constantly dynamic phenomenon that I can only study by doing and being involved in to understand the technology <em>well enough to study it</em>..  What part of my life or my work is personal?</p>
<p>Isn&#8217;t ALL of it personal?</p>
<p>Is that a stupid question?</p>
<h4>Why teachers, professors, and educators should blog</h4>
<p>I try in my workshops to talk about how a technology can be used, for teaching, for personal discovery and learning, for organizing distributed workforces or volunteers, for communicating with constituents &#8211; but essentially, I don&#8217;t know if any of it makes sense until you&#8217;ve done it yourself &#8211; for yourself.  It&#8217;s hard to understand the real <em>power</em> of a &#8220;web log&#8221; until you&#8217;ve done it and seen how much it improves <em>your own</em> learning.</p>
<p>For every instructor or faculty member who has asked the question &#8211; why would _I_ want to blog?  That would be my answer.   We talk about experiential learning, and reflective writing, and all the appropriate buzzwords, but in terms of a tool that <em>really truly</em> enhances and promotes experiential, self-reflective learning, I almost can&#8217;t think of a better tool than a blog.  Telling a story, to yourself or someone else, and creating or finding the media, creating the narrative, and sending it .. out there, into the big world of all the people in the world having a conversation or sharing in the big web log system, is, frankly, a thrilling experience.  Or it can be, it should be.  The ability to create something, share something, document some part of your experience, communicate with others who share your passions, create an archive for yourself to learn from too &#8211; it&#8217;s journaling in the 21st century.  All of the great forebears of science, philosophy, and human knowledge recorded their experiences, publishing research is the heart of academia, and the web simply provides a better way to do it.</p>
<p>The &#8220;blog&#8221; &#8211; no matter how far they stretch the term in the media &#8211; is a reflective piece of writing that exists for its own sake or ties together all of the elements of an &#8220;entry&#8221;  that is thrust into the global web log system of human knowledge.  When you put it out there, you&#8217;re talking to everyone, anyone.  You&#8217;re talking to the person who is reading it now, and the person who will read it tomorrow, and all the people who will read it in the future to come.</p>
<p>What do you have to share with the world of now and the world of tomorrow?  What do your students have to share?</p>
<p>Education, at its core, is about training people to think rigorously.   It is about teaching people how to distinguish between signal and noise,  correlate data, understand cause and effect, think broadly about the  implications of our choices, and <em>contribute something meaningful to  society</em> as a result of this training.</p>
<h4>Speaking with your Digital Voice</h4>
<p>To me, this is the beauty of blogging, of twittering, of connecting..  Watching the &#8220;web log&#8221; and learning from it, seeing my experiences echoed in it, recognizing and appreciating the art in it, applying what I take from it (to my own life and to my work), these things make blogging and participating in the conversation worth the investment of time.  The reward, the return, is enormous.  The power of finding the information I need or want when I need or want it, of finding the people I need or want when I need or want to talk to them, <strong>running across information <em>I didn&#8217;t even know I needed</em></strong> &#8211; this stuff has changed how I work, how effective I can be, how many people I can reach, teach, learn from &#8211; it allows me to be my own teacher, my own guide, and still find the wisdom and the guidance from others <em>whenever I am receptive and ready to learn from them</em>.</p>
<p>Podcasting, videos, virtual worlds, blogging, twitter, social networks, social media, wikis, YouTube, they&#8217;re all elements of the same thing &#8211; using your digital voice to speak.  It is simply another mode of human communication, one with many implications for changing society in the future, and every student, and every teacher, should learn to speak with their digital voice.  When you do, the results of what you share are better indexed, searched, and located, which allows others to find you and you to find each other so that between you &#8211; between us &#8211; we can do a better job of.. whatever it is we want to do (or need to do).</p>
<h4>Using our Digital Voice to Solve Real (Big) Problems</h4>
<p>The people of the world seem to agree &#8211; global warming is real.  The people of the world seem to agree &#8211; solving the energy crisis is one of the great challenges of our time.  The people of the world seem to agree &#8211; giving every child an opportunity to live, grow, and learn in safety is a priority.  The people of the world seem to agree &#8211; actually on quite a number of things.  And what we disagree about, what we argue and debate about, the choices we make in our real lives as a result of our experience or nature or knowledge &#8211; <strong>the web log system is one way we are working it out</strong> and looking for answers, looking for solutions, or maybe just the right questions.</p>
<p>Everyone I know these days is saying and thinking, &#8220;There has to be a better way of doing things.  The world seems like a mess.&#8221;   We, as a people, have unprecedented power to reach each other, learn from each other, and work together using our digital voices.  Why aren&#8217;t we using it to solve the big problems ourselves?  Why does it seem everyone is waiting for Them to come up with the answers?  Institutions, governments, NGOs, charities, your boss, the board, the People In Charge.</p>
<p><strong>I&#8217;ll ask again &#8211; why aren&#8217;t we solving the big problems ourselves?</strong></p>
<p>I think I&#8217;ve come to the conclusion that not enough people with not enough of the right skills know how.  I don&#8217;t know how, myself, I&#8217;m trying to learn.  I&#8217;m trying to understand how my own actions help or diminish my own cause(s), I&#8217;m trying to understand how best to leverage my time and my resources to help solve common problems &#8211; or is that ridiculously naive?</p>
<h4>A Bad Addiction or Addicted to Empowerment?</h4>
<p>Maybe I&#8217;m just addicted to the fire-hose, watching the next generation&#8217;s version of the boob tube on endless repeat except there&#8217;s no repeat &#8211; just a steady stream of fresh data, fresh experiences, fresh laughter, fresh music, fresh conversation, fresh opportunities, fresh challenges.. all of the stimulation, freedom, creativity, joy, efficacy, acceptance, and .. empowerment.. that I feel quite denied in the &#8220;real world&#8221;.</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t afford to drive all over and pay for concerts.  I don&#8217;t have the right credentials to help plan cities or communities or spaces in the real world.  I don&#8217;t have the right wardrobe to attend certain kinds of functions.  I don&#8217;t have the capacity to hop-skip around the world to meet a colleague for coffee and chat when I have time.  But I can do all of these things online.  I can practice at any number of things that relate to people, to creating, to  planning, to experimenting.. with virtual things instead of physical things.  Virtual resources are, electricity permitting, infinite.  Time is not.  Talent is not.  But if I need to get people together to help me solve a problem, or create a community, if we collectively are going to solve the really big challenges of our time, I&#8217;m more convinced than ever that we&#8217;ll need our digital voices to do it.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s my optimistic answer for why you should blog, why I should blog, why my mom should blog, why teachers should blog.  I dunno if that&#8217;s right though. The pessimist wins some days.</p>
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		<title>Cincinnati Restaurant Review:  Queen Mary Family Restaurant</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
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@Sine922 in front of the Queen Mary Family Restaurant
Braving the Snow for a Hearty Breakfast
Before he passed away, my grandpa loved to take us out to breakfast at locally owned  &#8220;hole-in-the-wall&#8221; style diners.  It was a family tradition to get up early on Sunday mornings and trek out rain or shine to whatever business [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em><a href="http://twitter.com/sine922" target="_blank">@Sine922</a> in front of the Queen Mary Family Restaurant</em></p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">Braving the Snow for a Hearty Breakfast</h2>
<p>Before he passed away, my grandpa loved to take us out to breakfast at locally owned  &#8220;hole-in-the-wall&#8221; style diners.  It was a family tradition to get up early on Sunday mornings and trek out rain or shine to whatever business he&#8217;d decided to favor.  In the spirit of finding a similar place nearby, Madre and I braved the cold and snow to try out a newish local  restaurant right up the street in Cheviot.</p>
<p>From the outside, the building certainly looked like a Dad-style joint, but as we walked through the doors we knew right away this place was too fancy for Dad &#8211; it had cloth napkins, tablecloths, and art on the walls!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Table at Queen Mary's" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4338270582_ddfbab5590.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="326" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Bright morning sun streams in on a table at Queen Mary&#8217;s Family Restaurant in Cheviot.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Despite the fancy linens, the menu was more in line with Dad&#8217;s pocketbook &#8211; great recession-friendly prices that won&#8217;t break a family&#8217;s budget if you want to come for regular meals.  The two pancake breakfast looked like a steal at $2.50 but Madre decided to have the most expensive item on the breakfast menu.  The Queen Mary Omelet Surprise rang in at $6.35, but according to her, it was worth every penny.   (And had a surprising ingredient, so the omelet lived up to its name!)  I had a simple eggs and bacon breakfast, but it came with delicious fried potatoes and a side of toast included.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Breakfast is served" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4338270516_ab97032b88.jpg" alt="" width="395" height="295" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Breakfast is served &#8211; including delicious fried potatoes<br />
which won the seal of approval from these two Irish gals.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The menu has traditional American fare, so you can get burgers and fries or steaks and chicken, that sort of thing, but it also has a number of ethnic offerings I can&#8217;t pronounce but want to try the next time we go for lunch or dinner, including shish kebob, Macedonian sausages, Sarska Pleskavica, Karadjordjeva, and Hungiarian Beef Goulash, to name a few.  It was a nice surprise to find some unusual but delicious sounding dishes, and we spent more time than we should have drooling over the dessert case.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">We had a terrific first experience at Queen Mary&#8217;s and plan to make it our regular breakfast spot.  Not sure how Dad would have felt about the Karadjordjeva, but he definitely would have liked the prices and the great coffee!</p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">Queen Mary Family Restaurant</h2>
<p style="text-align: left;">The Queen Mary is located at 4050 North Bend Road, just across from Harvest Home Park in Cheviot, OH.  They&#8217;re open from 8AM to 10PM Monday &#8211; Saturday, and 8AM to 8PM on Sundays.  They offer casual dining with American and ethnic fare, a take out/To-Go menu, and catering services (including roasted lamb and whole roasted pig!) for special occasions.   (513) 661-8400</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
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Check the conference info at the Ohio Educational Technology Conference 2010 page, or see the schedule to be streamed into Second Life starting today at the University of Cincinnati Second Life Project website.  I&#8217;ll be heading down shortly!
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<p>Check the conference info at the <a href="http://www.etech.ohio.gov/conference/" target="_blank">Ohio Educational Technology Conference 2010 page</a>, or see the schedule to be streamed into Second Life starting today at the <a href="http://homepages.uc.edu/secondlife2/?p=342" target="_blank">University of Cincinnati Second Life Project website</a>.  I&#8217;ll be heading down shortly!</p>
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		<title>Set Tivo to Stun, Must Watch!  digital_nation: life on the virtual frontier (PBS) 2/2 9PM EST</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Be sure to set up your Tivo/DVR to record the PBS premier of digital_nation: life on the virtual frontier this Tuesday, 2/2 at 9PM EST.  Besides knowing some of the people in the show, I&#8217;ve been watching the submissions and postings on their website for a good while and I think it&#8217;s going to be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Be sure to set up your Tivo/DVR to record the PBS premier of <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/" target="_blank"><strong>digital_nation: life on the virtual frontier</strong></a> this Tuesday, 2/2 at 9PM EST.  Besides knowing some of the people in the show, I&#8217;ve been watching the submissions and postings on their website for a good while and I think it&#8217;s going to be interesting.  I couldn&#8217;t get the nerve to submit a video myself, but I look forward to seeing other Second Life residents in the mix!</p>
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