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Blue Hair #20: Interviewing Starla Huchton – NaNoWriMo to Print and Audio Drama
Dedric Mauriac chats with author Starla Huchton about The Dreamers Thread—a NaNoWriMo novel turned full-cast serialized audiobook. They cover dreamworld inspiration, casting across countries, music choices, Second Life influences (including Dedric), and plans for print, e-book, and a future sequel. Read More
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Blue Hair #19: Copybot, Content, and Control
Dedric Mauriac traces how CopyBot, OpenGL extractors, and third-party viewers reshaped Second Life’s economy. He weighs copyright, DMCA tools, and viewer licensing ideas, arguing that creators need better ways to back up, verify, and protect their digital work without killing openness. Read More
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Blue Hair #18: Rebuilding, Machinima, and Free 3D Tools
After his computer crashes, Dedric Mauriac rebuilds his digital life with Songsmith, machinima, and new tools. He hands Woodbridge to Korii Tiger, celebrates CSC’s Second Life feature, and explores Microsoft’s newly free trueSpace for advanced 3D and sculpted-prim creation. Read More
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100 Word Stories: Duplicate Daughters, Divided Dad
A 100-word story became a tiny film project, recorded in Second Life/OpenSim and edited with pro tools, complete with sound design, machinima camerawork, and multi-platform sharing—a playful reminder of how imagination, technology, and community collaboration came together into something joyful. Read More
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Relay For Life: Team Meeting Notes
During a Relay for Life team meeting in Second Life, volunteers coordinated donation kiosks, vendor placements, and event ideas to raise funds for cancer research. The discussion balanced humor and logistics while organizing grassroots fundraising efforts across the virtual world. Read More
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Blue Hair #12: Vista Troubles, Relay Wins, and Voice in SL
Dedric returns with a new Vista laptop and a podcasting-software headache, then dives into photoreal avatar skins, Relay for Life results topping $120,000, Voice arriving in Second Life, and a wave of sculpty tools—plus wikis, job posts, and Shop On-Rez. Read More
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Blue Hair #11: The FBI, Virtual Money, and Real-World Law
Dedric reacts to FBI scrutiny of Second Life casinos, warning that age and location verification could expose residents’ private data, while also blaming gambling sims for crippling lag, falling land values, and hurting honest in-world businesses. Read More
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Blue Hair #10: SheepLabs, Privacy, and the Price of Discovery
Dedric tests SheepLabs’ new Second Life search engine that indexes every object for sale, discovering hidden markets, accidental listings, and privacy risks as residents’ homes and personal belongings suddenly become searchable across thousands of interconnected virtual regions. Read More
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Blue Hair #8: Paradise Blankets, Face Animations, and Matzohenge
Dedric Mauriac explores in-world photography, book-making with the THiNC Printing Press, Paradise Blanket scene-rezzing, Relay for Life concerts, emotional avatar faces, self-configuring doors, and a surreal Matzohenge house—revealing how Second Life blended art, tech, and playful absurdity. Read More
