Archive for November, 2008

Virtual affair leads to real divorce for UK couple (Associated Press)

Posted by on November 15, 2008 * Comments(1)

Amy Taylor filed for divorce when she discovered her husband cheating in Second Life — an online community where players adopt personas called avatars, mingle with others and teleport themselves into a series of artificial worlds. –Raphael G. Satter [Satter cites Ellen Helsper from the Oxford Internet Institute, whose research shows people make a personal […]

category: Popular Culture, Rhetoric and Poetics, Technology    

Sol Men (Volume One)

Posted by on November 3, 2008 * Comments(0)

A quick listen to Irie Sol will have you coming away with a smile on your face and maybe a few shakes in your booty. Their polyrhythmic jams are always filled with enough funky bass and keyboard to give even the staunchest school librarian happy feet, but that isn’t where it stops. Pace and Matthews […]

category: Life, Popular Culture