May 08
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Weblins - another transitional step to 3DWeb?

I was hanging out with @malburns and @tarayeats yesterday evening in Chilbo and we were having a wide ranging discussion of all things Second Life, Web 2.0, and virtual worlds more generally, when Malburns mentioned this cute little program at http://weblin.com. He was describing how it gives you a little avatar and you “teleport” [...]

Author: Fleep
Apr 30
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Essayish: Traditional Learning Spaces in Virtual Worlds

What follows are some thoughts that have been percolating since I read Peter Ludlow’s critique of virtual campuses in Second Life (Chronicle article) back in early December (talk about a long tail, eh?) and recently re-sparked by some conversations on the SLED listserv. In any case, the question about traditional learning spaces keeps coming [...]

Author: Fleep
Feb 24
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Fleep’s First Machinima

Today I added 2GB of RAM and 1TB storage to my home system with a SimpleTech Duo Pro External HD in an attempt to solve my Machinima Problem - namely that Fraps kept freezing because my poor machine was steaming and I had less than 1 gig free space left. Doh.
Determined to make machinima, the [...]

Author: Fleep