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4th Annual VWBPE Conference

4th Annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference March 17-19, 2011 Second Life Title Digitally Preserving Spiritual & Cultural Heritage with Traditional Artists in Second Life Authors: Tonietta Walters, Jennifer Saxton Presenter: Xhyra Graf | Tonietta Walters Date Friday, … Continue reading

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Sunrise from the front porch

Sunrise from the front porch Originally uploaded by XhyraGraf And on the seventh hour She rested… Something appropriate about this picture because the sun was coming up like a big bald head [I wonder if anyone will get that reference] … Continue reading

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Starting Over…

Starting Over… Originally uploaded by XhyraGraf I’m not sure but I think OpenSim Stand-alone Xhyra Graf is not quite as beautiful as SecondLife Xhyra Graf.  See here: www.flickr.com/photos/xhyragraf/5163802066/in/photostream/ However, I am wearing clothes, shape, skin and hair that I made … Continue reading

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Need Machinima assistance in Second Life-February 2011

I need some help making a good record of the use the computer setup and the software demo at Flinders University Island and an in-world presentation of a paper about it. I would like to begin planning next month and … Continue reading

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Rearranging my Second Life

To follow up on this post finally… I’ve had this home for a bit. Well, since the first moments that SecondLife began offering them to premium members. However, I never really used it. Why? There are several reasons, the primary … Continue reading

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Art & Humanities Presentation @ MDC SL Island

Artwork by Pip Brant Artwork by Luisa Mesa Flow in the Zone: A Global Perspective on the Inner Experience of Traditional Artists Region: TAO:5448 Gallery, Virtual Montmartre Nine international contemporary fine artists contributed paintings, drawings and sculpture to this virtual … Continue reading

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Caerleon Museum of Identity

Caerleon Museum of Identity Originally uploaded by XhyraGraf At the opening. Let’s see… Good turn out! – Want to try out Second Life for yourself? Sign up at secondlife.com/?u=e7ea9faf244e97c1a4870b7b47d387dd

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It’s not much…

It’s not much… Originally uploaded by XhyraGraf but at least the builder’s [Project Mobius] signs are down and the Xhyra Graf signs are up, along with some artwork. Have to put in more and set some some sculpture for the … Continue reading

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Cosmoscope

From Chalmers’ Locke Lectures, Oxford 2010: P: microphysical/macrophysical truths in (final plus classical) physical vocabulary. Q: phenomenal truths (optional: secondary quality truths, intentional truths). T: a that’s-all truth I: indexical truths PQTI: P, Q, T, I plus laws/counterfactuals in PQTI … Continue reading

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Axis Mundi

To try to continue this: http://xhyra.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/free-harmony/ I need to remember not to be so hard on myself.  If things are difficult for me to articulate, that’s OK.  Maybe it’s because I’m trying to articulate the difficult to articulate [Duh!] lol. … Continue reading

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