i’ve long been a fan of the world news show, which used to play at 3 pm on my local npr station in the d.c. area. i worked an early shift, 6am-3pm, so i used to catch it on my way home. unfortunately, they don’t have too many podcasts, but a new one, the world in words, has been a great find for me. it takes me back to my linguistic days at unc.
of course the moomintrolls, or muumit in finnish, have been something i’ve known all my life. i’ve read various children’s books from the series to my own kids. but the children’s books are quite different from the original muumi books. that’s why i decided to go back and read the original book that started it all. Continue reading
Metaversum, developer and operator of the 3D online world Twinity, has been awarded funding from the mutli-agency IDM R&D Programme Office hosted by the Media Development Authority of Singapore to develop geo-tagging and geo-located media streaming in Twinity. In another part of this project Metaversum will also development advanced virtual city building tools to facilitate the construction of virtual Singapore in Twinity. Metaversum has already begun signing up local media, content, and brand partners in preparation for next year’s launch of virtual Singapore in Twinity. Continue reading
i just installed this ping.fm plugin, after reading this discussion. i’ve tried posting some stuff, but it’s not quite working out yet. let me see if i can figure that out. you should be able to see updates in the sidebar soon.
i’ve resisted using twitter up until now because i always thought it was too much information, or just information overload, and because i had enough things to manage already.
but, i have to say, now i’m seeing some value in it. using ping.fm and a twitter rss feed makes it pretty simple. so my twitter page is http://twitter.com/halffinn. feel free to follow.