Why is Kanye Interrupting Obama's Speech?

When congressman Joe Wilson called Obama a lier by shouting out "you lie" while the president gave a health care speech, we all knew this would end up on youtube.....

Depp Doesn't Watch his Movies.....

This probably has nothing to do with class but Im a huge fan and found this pretty funny

More on Second life

I got home and wanted to know more information on second life and found this very interesting hope yall like it

CSI Second Life New York Crime Scene Investigates

CSI in Second Life, an example of participatory culture. It's interesting how we can take a television show from television and incorporate it into this alternative world.

Ohio State Goes Second Life

Here is an example of a university that uses Second Life as a resource for educational instruction... Kind of creepy, kind of cool. But will it lead us to become like our future selves seen in such films as Wall-E? Or make us more prosperous? I guess only time will tell.

iPad Gaming Guide

For anyone interested or just curious, Kotaku has a frequently updated page on iPad games.

http://kotaku.com/5502258/ipad-games-the-ultimate-gamers-guide-to-apples-ipad-[updated]/gallery/

Check it out!

~JV

Why second Life scares the hell out of me

Imagine a world where there are no boundaries, no limits to who a person can be and no limits to the imagination. That world is second life. For some reason as I read all about this virtual world filled with everything from lessons on how to build a piano, to learning in a virtual classroom I am reminded that there is lacking (in my view) a human element in this medium. I am fully aware however that some would say it is the human element that makes this medium what it is. But what of the face to face element of communication? Is it really possible to live in a world that in all respects is real except for the fact that humans can never physically touch one another? Second life reminds me of a dream world where the participants practice "lucid" dreaming-that is, where you know you are dreaming and can control the dream, what the dream is, and what the dream does. No limits! You are the pilot of the dream. I have had such dreams and although these dreams can be pleasurable, they are not real. Second life is a powerful alternative to the real world and in my opinion has the potential to be as addictive to some as crack cocaine. It reminds me of an episode from Star trek Voyager where the crew had discovered this alien species that lived their lives asleep in the "waking world". This alien life form lived out its life in a dream state instead and what was dreamed was actually the alien's real world. But in reality the aliens body had become weak and easily conquered because all the energy was focused in the dream world state rather than the one in the waking world. This dream world actually made it vulnerable. I think second life is fascinating, yet terrifying because it has the ability to totally consume the energies that could otherwise be spent building a real, physical, relational, emotional world in the physical life. It looks like a substitute for what we as humans were meant to be-real, breathing, bleeding human beings connected via touch and face to face contact.