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Recovering the Dedric Mauriac Flickr Archive
After finally regaining access to my long-dormant Dedric Mauriac Flickr account, I raced to recover more than 1,500 Second Life snapshots before platform changes erased them. A custom API script and digital archaeology helped restore the archive. Read More
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Restoring Blue Hair: A Digital Archaeology Project
A forgotten virtual-world podcast is reborn through archival digging, audio restoration, and digital forensics. From dusty USB drives to the Wayback Machine, Blue Hair now lives again, preserved for future explorers of early metaverse culture. Read More
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Blue Hair #16: Panorama Worlds and a Podcast Revival
Blue Hair returns with Torley’s krpano panoramas, Real Life Plus news, and a tour of the Clued Up murder-mystery game, showing how Second Life, web technology, and new virtual worlds were converging into interactive, shareable experiences beyond the grid. 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 #2: Podcamp, Poets, and Pixel Economics
Dedric Mauriac reports from Podcamp SL, explores podcast jingles and social media, helps a struggling builder turn guns into a business, investigates virtual investment schemes, and collaborates on magical visual-effects classes, capturing Second Life’s vibrant mix of creativity, commerce, and community. Read More
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Blue Hair #1: Dogs, Bots, and Podcamp in Second Life
Dedric Mauriac launches Blue Hair inside Second Life, sharing stories of his programmable virtual dog Odin, AI chatbots, particle labs, and Podcamp meetups. It’s a snapshot of early metaverse culture where creativity, code, and community collided. Read More