Archive for August, 2006

Aug 21 2006

Second Life Mosh Pit?

Muscial artists current and past are extending their careers in Second Life.

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Aug 21 2006

Human Frogger

Published by Andy Rush under Audio & Video

He almost makes it to the next level.

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Aug 19 2006

Embedded Media HTML Generator

Published by Andy Rush under Audio & Video

I try to keep up with this stuff, I really do, but sometimes a desperate plea from a colleague, leads me to discover resources as yet unseen. The latest is a site created at the University of California, San Francisco in their Center for Instructional Technology, for embedding media into a web page. A couple [...]

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Aug 14 2006

Google Flight Sim

Published by Andy Rush under General

Google Maps and Flash gives you this. Hours of fun flying over DC (and other neat places . . . the Moon. Mars), though if I spend too much time crashing into landmarks, I might get a visit from my government. Thanks to Adobe Blogs.

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Aug 14 2006

Star Trek 40th Anniversary

Published by Andy Rush under General

The original Star Trek had this strange ability to be overwrought with seriousness and, at times, still make fun of itself. This “inspirational poster” is a tribute to the latter. It is avalable at, of all places, Star Trek Inspirational Posters. September 8, 2006 is the 40th anniversary of the airing of the first ever [...]

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Aug 10 2006

Does This Scam Really Work?

Published by Andy Rush under General

I had a little chuckle with an email I received. The text of the message started out like this: Dear Customer, We recently reviewed your account and suspect that your University of Virginia Community Credit Union Banking account has been accessed by an unauthorized third party. Protecting the security of your account and of the [...]

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Aug 08 2006

Floyd ????

Published by Andy Rush under General

Floyd !!!!!! Originally uploaded by Hugo*. Many people know that I’m a cyclist. Every year I ride the 150 mile, 2-day event called the Virginia Dare, a ride to raise funds for the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Some people even ask me when I’ll ride the Tour de France, like it really is a “tour” and [...]

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