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Blogs are back woot!

Great to see the blogs back. Look forward to keeping up with everyone again and donating some miscellaneous ramblings. http://flickr.com/photos/30456505@N06 for the latest pics from our OpenSim grid. Looking forward to pics from all other virtual worlds!

Posted on October 10th, 2008 at 7:00am —

Home Health Care Returns! OpenSim running on SQL Server on Windows Server 2008 enables it securely...

Here we have OpenSim running on the very same hardware as the website that manages the web admin in the previous post, Live Meeting and any other desktop or web application you would like to integrate your world with. Windows Server 2008 is recommended by many OpenSim developers due to it's memory management and native .NET environment. Our client PFH is aquiring new Dell laptops for patient use to allow for secure, in home one on one visits. OpenSim… Continue

Posted on August 30th, 2008 at 3:30am —

Sneak Peek at one possible management tool for OpenSim, Live Maps and Second Life virtual worlds.

Below represents a typical login sequence for a simulator administrator: Step 1-Login via the optional Windows Live ID system. In order to use this system an anonymous ID is given to the administrative SQL Server database. There is a standard login as well separate from Live ID. OpenID will soon be supported. Note-Click to enlarge any image. Some data has been grayed out for privacy.

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Posted on August 29th, 2008 at 7:00am —

World War 2 Technology and Speculation Mirrors Today's Technology R&D & Fuels Future Visions

I would like to point out some really cool thoughts and people who have also imagined a future where your life is logged digitally is possible and even probable. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memex . Vannevar Bush the subject of the aforementioned link makes a case similar to my previous post but at a time with a far lower level of technology. Now zip forward to today and look here http… Continue

Posted on August 29th, 2008 at 6:00am —

A future where your Avatar grows with you from Birth

You know the box people keep trying to think outside of? I'm about to light the box on fire and then acid bath the ashes. Future concept coming! Some assumptions: 1-The brain stores your memories and somehow manages your real-time thought process based on memories and your current state of mind. 2-This memory will likely be one day able to be read by computer systems or something we created beyond the definition of computers today. They easily could be considered soon relics compared to the 50… Continue

Posted on August 28th, 2008 at 10:30am — 3 Comments