Google Lively

Google announced its Virtually Reality Web Site. It is slow, like second life, easier to use, but geared towards children. I was hoping that they would have a nice API so I could create some content. No content yet, though and the only avatar that you can make is about 14 years old. (I was disappointed that they didn't have over-weight, out-of-shape old guys as an option.)

Here's my blues harp room. I have Carlos playing on the jumbotron and my Lava Lamp playing on a wall TV.

Go to www.lively.com to get the software - it's a browser plug-in.

4th of July Quote

I am a big John W. Campbell, Jr. Fan. As a person, he seems to have been a jerk, but as an editor, he created modern science fiction. As a writer, he was mostly readable. He's  known mostly for writing Who Goes There?, which has been made into a movie called The Thing, twice.

History doesn't always repeat itself. Sometimes it just screams, "Why don't you listen to me?" and lets fly with a big stick. - John W. Campbell, Jr.

Wil Wheaton Links In

Wil Wheaton's blog linked to this site (the cliches list) and instead of 300 distinct users and 500 page views a day, I jumped up to 1500 distinct users and 3000 page views per day for the last few days. Actually that's not a lot compared to my other sites, but it is interesting that a Trek star reads my site.