Revisiting the Importance of Play

by | Feb 24, 2008 | On Mind

  “… If a single function can be ascribed to every form of play, in every playful species, according to this way of thinking, it is that play contributes to the growth of more supple, more flexible brains.” – NYTimes article, 2/17/2008 The...

If Artificial Intelligence Reaches Consciousness

by | Feb 17, 2008 | On Technology

I’m not usually one to endorse much in the way of advertising, though the video below has its share. I am neither for, nor against, the company advertised. This short movie is important as it maintains an eye towards the very important question: “What...

Neat Art Exhibits in SL

by | Feb 14, 2008 | On Technology

There are too many excellent art exhibits in SL for me to keep up with, but every once in a while I see one and just find myself sitting back and saying, “neat.” I took a couple of pictures of one I saw yesterday and have added a link if you’re...

Performances 2/16 – 2/21/08

by | Feb 14, 2008 | Performances

Nitida Ridge – Saturday, February 16th, 8am SLT/10am CST — Afterglow – Saturday, February 16th, 11am SLT/1pm CST — VJAZZ – Saturday, February 16th, 1pm SLT/3pm CST — Bliss-Basin – Tuesday, February 19th – 4 pm SLT/6pm...

VJazz Slideshow

by | Feb 11, 2008 | On Music

[audio:https://www.kouroshdini.com/645322kj/VJazz_Sample.mp3] Sunday afternoon’s VJazz experiment was a lot of fun. As an attempt to describe some of it, I present here a slideshow and a sample of the music involved. Altogether, it ran for approximately 20...

Virtual Jazz

by | Feb 7, 2008 | On Music, On Technology

Over the last weekend, I joined a creative experiment by way of invite from SL’s Eden Toll in what is called the Virtual Jazz (VJAZZ) experiment. Two graphic artists – Josina Burgess and Velazquez Bonetto and two musicians junivers Stockholm and myself,...

Upcoming performances 2/7, 2/9, & 2/10

by | Feb 3, 2008 | Performances

Thursday, February 7th – 9am SLT/11am CST – SL’ang Life Link to SL’ang Life Newspaper —   Nitida Ridge – Saturday, February 9th, 8am SLT/10am CST — Orange Island – Sunday February 10th, 8am SLT/10am CST Orange...
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