Happy Halloween!

Dusty Whittlesea

On Tuesday there was a NPR story about the online world Second Life. I went and checked it out, and by Wednesday I was totally sucked in.

Here is my alter ego, Dusty Whittlesea, at the coffee shop.

At any given time, there are something like ten thousand people logged in to Second Life that you can interact with. Tomorrow I might check out a concert--as far as I can tell it's an actual concert that is webcast through Second Life.

The time-sucking black hole of Sims is nothing compared to Second Life! If you'd like to join me, the software is free. Look me up and I'll show you where the coffee is. I'll do my best to remain available in the actual world as well.

Wildlife

Behold, the Great Blue Heron!

I snapped this fuzzy picture with my camera phone near the 10th tee at Arrowhead golf course. Arrowhead is right next to Cicero swamp, so there are tons of frogs and birds and such.

Rae's Birthday!

Today is Rae's birthday! One of my lovely nerd-wife's favorite presents is the Cadillac of label makers, the Dymo LabelWriter 400 Turbo. For the record, I did not get her this. I was much more romantic (external hard drive).

It apparently can make some mad crazy labels, but for now we've only made this little tester.