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At Most Quaker Meetings, People Keep Their Pants On.

May 13th, 2007 · by John · 6 Comments

It started out like any other meeting for worship. I got there a bit late, and several people were already sitting quietly. I sidled over to an empty seat where I could see the “Peace” banners waving in the wind outside. I noticed that the clerk and the greeter were plain dressed, […]

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Tags: Quakerism · Second Life

Wednesday Challenge: Get a (Second) Life.

May 9th, 2007 · by John · 9 Comments

It figures. Finals loom, so I not only go and get myself a new hobby, I get myself a whole ‘nother life. Enter Second Life.
Second Life is a huge virtual world (inspired by Snow Crash, Miko). But let me say this first: IT IS NOT A GAME. It’s part gigantic graphical […]

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Tags: Second Life · Weekly Challenge

It’s a Movie…You Should Do Something.

May 8th, 2007 · by John · 4 Comments

I’m not sure what it is about this video, but I’ve watched it dozens of times in the past week:

Every bit of this video is dense with artistry–the expressions on the father’s and the grandma’s faces and the stories embedded in them, the lines of the apartments in the background, the washed out coloring. […]

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Tags: Japan · Media and Design · Personal · Second Life