when i think of the music that was a big part of my life in those later teenagers years cat stevens would have to be somewhere at the top. to this day, i still sit listen, feel.. he was already yusuf islam when i started listening to his music, so i it is just how i’ve known him. so today, we do a little then and now of two favs.
peace train then, and now with a twist
father and son now & then
i’ve been really poor with my uploading pics to my project 365 this past month. but for all the mothers out there from our front porch family to yours, Happy Mother’s Day
i’ve had a pretty good time of late discovering second life. caught this article by the center for parent/youth understanding on second life becoming more into first life.
Even
though just four years old and relatively unknown to non-cyberspace
dwellers, the last few months have vaulted SL into the public, real
world consciousness of advertisers, businesses, universities and
ordinary people looking for fun, companionship or something a little
different from the first life they are currently living.…
SL represents another step in cultural interaction. As with other Internet
advancements, the possibility of good and evil is present. I would
imagine, for the good, in the near future, churches may make use of SL
to promote events, hold services and even provide support networks.
However, I also imagine, for the bad, that evil influences will
continue to find ways to lure avatars (people) into dark places. So,
since SL and similar sites are here, let me offer a few suggestions and
observations:…
Cyberspace reality does impact the way one interacts in the real world. As demonstrated, the real world is cashing in on the real needs expressed in SL. It also has been demonstrated, more than once, that relationships built in cyberspace, even though beginning with the promise of confidentiality, find their way into the real world either by choice or by deception. The real world impact of SL conjures up the following questions: If SL users, particularly teens, can use the anonymity of SL to work through identity issues, how will that affect the struggle for identity in first life interaction? Furthermore, if avatars, who gather enough resources, can find life fulfillment in SL (friendship, security, sexual fulfillment, religious enlightenment, etc.), how will that affect the search for the fulfillment of those same needs in first life? Realize cyberspace does impact the way we live life outside cyberspace.
Don’t let your SL experience cheapen the way you view and live life in the real world. Even though real-world interaction and challenges have found their way into SL, and participants can lose real money in this virtual world, remember that there is a real life outside of SL where real people are living life in all its fullness, failures and pain.
i’ve run across this video a few times, last time was at the shift conference. i shared this as an add on to my presentation at the youth ministry institute retreat this weekend. i also showed this and a the last 10 minutes of this. the idea is that youth are heading into mass of unknown.. how are we helping to prepare them for this?
one the shows i’ve been getting interested in lately is gossip girl. since coming back on the scene with new episodes this new show, based off a series of books has some interesting hybrids and is meshing mainstream media with web2.0.
simple premise, think beverly hills 90210 characters move to upper east side new york, take on the charming care for human kind of cruel intentions, with the omnipotent narration of desperate housewives. mix in that, a blog. it could be a new favorite of mine.. when nothing else is on.
actually, i’m just intrigued how these characters are interlinked with a cyber media. with the target audience being teenagers i wonder what this might mean to the blog world. there are already enough gossip blogs, but when teens want to be somebody will similar blogs which talk of their happenings start popping up? as we know, it seems better these days to have people notice you with negatives rather than not be seen at all