tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2265659668411443893.post5334927322267417690..comments2023-11-02T02:20:42.056-07:00Comments on The Ephemeral Frontier: A new immersion experience -- British poets of the Great WarDiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14266713613721430111noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2265659668411443893.post-34896136040356986642017-02-15T09:03:12.885-08:002017-02-15T09:03:12.885-08:00ROBLOX is driven by a growing player base of over ...<b><a href="http://games-mmo.syntaxlinks.com/r/Roblox" rel="nofollow">ROBLOX</a></b> is driven by a growing player base of over 300,000 creator players who provide an infinite variety of highly immersive experiences. <br /><br />These experiences range from 3D multiplayer games and competitions, to interactive adventures where friends can take on new personas discovering what it would be like to be a dinosaur, a miner in a quarry or an astronaut out in space.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2265659668411443893.post-9650585673707425822009-11-18T09:45:07.719-08:002009-11-18T09:45:07.719-08:00Hey Emilly,
yes I enjoyed your very through comme...Hey Emilly,<br /><br />yes I enjoyed your very through commentary on the project. I find it interesting how you and I related to the exhibit in rather different ways, but still both found it very engaging and agreed that people should go see it. <br /><br />I was not in fact aware of Elri Merlin's connection to the project, though I did find it an odd little coincidence that it was being promoted by by a consulting firm called Brideswell Associates...<br /><br />d'oh. <br /><br />*heel of hand impacts forehead* <br /><br />Sometimes putting two and two together takes me a while.<br /><br />And for those who missed your post on the WWI poets build it may be seen at:<br /><br />http://razorblade-cookies.blogspot.com/2009/11/let-me-hear-you-roar.htmlDiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14266713613721430111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2265659668411443893.post-77177319632584697732009-11-16T17:43:18.225-08:002009-11-16T17:43:18.225-08:00And I just visited this a few days back, commentin...And I just visited this a few days back, commenting on it.<br /><br />Just FYI, in case you don't know--Laird Brideswell=Elrik Merlin, DJ @ Radio Riel, landowner, former employee of the BBC, I think, and VERY involved in radio theatre and recording. He's been pimping this on Twitter, which is why I went.<br /><br />*grabs the URL to the blog, dragging it off to the sidebar*Emilly Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2265659668411443893.post-82806100397677310362009-11-04T22:48:42.104-08:002009-11-04T22:48:42.104-08:00Oh, interesting thoughts there Asto, I wasn't ...Oh, interesting thoughts there Asto, I wasn't familiar with the Yeats poem.<br /><br />I find it intriguing that some of the most engaging experiments I've seen in SL have been related to literature, like this and the Macbeth build, or the ever-expanding supply of storytelling events in-world.<br /><br />But then, after all, social interaction in SL primarily takes place though communication, mostly in written form (voice is still, I think a bizarre and unreliable aberration). The fact that intense communication is at the heart of SL is one of the reasons why our social interactions on the grid are characterized by the accelerated and intensified building and demolition of relationships and communities.Diohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14266713613721430111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2265659668411443893.post-86020754860584555652009-11-04T11:37:45.750-08:002009-11-04T11:37:45.750-08:00Yes, a great writeup! Thank you for the in depth c...Yes, a great writeup! Thank you for the in depth commentary. I would agree that the title should specify "British." <br /><br />I had to remind myself that Stephen Crane died well before WWI, but his work has always struck me as contemporary to the Great War.<br /><br />"Do not weep, babe, for war is kind.<br />Because your father tumbles in the yellow trenches,<br />Raged at his breast, gulped and died,<br />Do not weep.<br />War is kind."<br /><br />On the other hand, my favorite WWI poet is Yeats, who wrote exactly one poem, "On being asked for a War Poem":<br /><br />"I think it better that in times like these<br />A poet keep his mouth shut, for in truth<br />We have no gift to set a statesman right;<br />He has had enough of meddling who can please<br />A young girl in the indolence of her youth,<br />Or an old man upon a winter’s night."<br /><br />But I'm cranky like that.Astolat Dufauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07471853946601881203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2265659668411443893.post-66383892585740127482009-11-04T01:10:27.504-08:002009-11-04T01:10:27.504-08:00Ahhh, them big ol' eyes o' mine ;-DAhhh, them big ol' eyes o' mine ;-DHeadBurro Antfarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855762117761362578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2265659668411443893.post-80259322206163556612009-11-03T08:14:52.755-08:002009-11-03T08:14:52.755-08:00Hey HB,
Yeah, ain't that a kick in the balls ...Hey HB,<br /><br />Yeah, ain't that a kick in the balls when you have written something fairly extensive and the giggling aether faeries spirit it away to the dark and mystic place where lost blog posts and the occasional sock from your dryer live out their days in a strange sort of never-never land...<br /><br />Anyhow, I was not aware that there is such a thing as knowing "too much about guns." That's like "eating too much chocolate." I am sure it does actually happen now and then, somewhere in the world, but I have never witnessed it myself.<br /><br />And I shall make a point of checking out Elle's blog. You have always given me good advice in the past (see above reply to Rhia) and I trust you won't let me down now.)Diohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14266713613721430111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2265659668411443893.post-18374219040728335792009-11-03T08:06:28.289-08:002009-11-03T08:06:28.289-08:00Hey Rhia,
Hmmm, Laird Brideswell? Is there a rl...Hey Rhia, <br /><br />Hmmm, Laird Brideswell? Is there a rl connection to this consulting company there? <br /><br />One of the interesting things here is the convoluted and interconnected and expanding ways we find things out. And the really funny thing about this one is that I found out about the new build from twitter, the siren call of which I was bravely fighting off. <br /><br />I only started using twitter just recently, thanks to Headburrow making big bambi eyes at me (metaphorically speaking, of course) and gently cajoling me into giving it a go. What pleasant surprise, finding in it clues that led me to a SL build that addresses a subject that I have such an abiding interest in.<br /><br />Anyhow Rhia, being as you say that you don't know much about this era, I will be very curious to hear your reactions to the build and what it says to you.Diohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14266713613721430111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2265659668411443893.post-67280357156396162082009-11-03T07:50:17.132-08:002009-11-03T07:50:17.132-08:00Hey Mah,
Actually, many segments of my memory h...Hey Mah, <br /><br />Actually, many segments of my memory have pretty much gone to shit. But thanks to Google and the fact that I remember bits and pieces of stuff, I can at least retrieve a good bit of what I used to know from a handy source.<br /><br />WWI, however, is one of those subjects that endlessly fascinates me, and when I have some spare funds, I still buy original photo postcards of Imperial German soldiers (the so-called "real photo" images which were one of a kind or done in very small batches, rather than being published in mass quantities for sale to the public) and patriotic/propaganda postcards from the era.<br /><br />Now mind you there are a lot of subjects that I don't care and/or known much about--I simply ain't gonna write about em here. Like String Theory. That shit utterly eludes me.Diohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14266713613721430111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2265659668411443893.post-74186990559854551752009-11-03T05:47:02.348-08:002009-11-03T05:47:02.348-08:00Grumble grumble - bloody Blogger ate my comment - ...Grumble grumble - bloody Blogger ate my comment - here's the potted version:<br /><br />1) You know too much about guns ;-D<br /><br />2) Great write up - I must go!<br /><br />3) SL really has the power to move us. I remember going to sim about the Darfur crisis and being very moved and Elle went to a sim about American Slavery and found it very moving - you should look for that on her blog... hang on...<br /><br />http://elinsl.blogspot.com/2009/06/remembering-middle-passage.html<br /><br />and <br /><br />http://elinsl.blogspot.com/2009/06/middle-passage-discussion.html<br /><br />Amazing stuff - her's is one of the best blogs around.HeadBurro Antfarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855762117761362578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2265659668411443893.post-61663536710858061882009-11-03T05:13:08.942-08:002009-11-03T05:13:08.942-08:00I saw the blurb from Laird Brideswell as well, and...I saw the blurb from Laird Brideswell as well, and made a note to see what the exhibit was about. I'm glad you beat me to it - you obviously have an amazing store of knowledge about, well, about a great many things, it appears. Including WWI, of which I know practically nothing. Thanks for writing it up.Rhianon Jamesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13627163137265856251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2265659668411443893.post-37903534174130437852009-11-03T04:22:48.662-08:002009-11-03T04:22:48.662-08:00I swear, Dio, I don't know how you retain such...I swear, Dio, I don't know how you retain such a massive amount of knowledge. I half expect to lift up your hair in the back and find slots where you've expanded your memory! <br /><br />Fascinating article, thank you for writing it. I'm going to try to go in world and visit this soon. <br />Sincerely, <br />MahailaMahaila Bertrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18413628980650211307noreply@blogger.com