KerryJ’s Neotenous Tech

So many ideas for great blog posts - so little ambition. From a rant about the LOUD family living next door - to mulling over McD’s new virtual space for kids and the joys of Twittering — I just don’t feel like writing lately. Not sure why, but I’ve decied to try a [...]

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If you haven’t seen it yet, the ExitReality plug-in for Internet Explorer aims to present the 2D web in 3D. It’s in Beta at the moment and I gave it a rough and ready test drive today.
While I don’t think it’s a virtual world replacement — I can’t help but be impressed that they’re [...]

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When you first start driving a car, you very conscisouly went through self-talk to ensure you were doing it all right.  Seatbelt on, mirrors adjusted, look in all mirrors, reverse, angle wheels so don’t bottom out the car, straighten wheels, put in drive, signal, move into traffic flow… There’s often no time to enjoy the [...]

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Nathan entranced by his circus toy
Originally uploaded by kerryank

For 7 days Paul and I had a mission - to play with the technologies that most intrigued and entertained us, to give ourselves up to all that was geek, to exhale and to enjoy.
My geek week was largely spent in Second Life, learning some bits about [...]

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Being the Second Life officianado I am, I was looking forward to trying out Google Lively - http://www.lively.com.  Everyone seems to be looking for the “SL killer” — so I wondered, was this it?
I was able to create an account fairly easily and within minutes was styling my new avatar. Hairstyle, haircolour, and a few [...]

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