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Reflections of a Second Life
Reflecting on my transformative experience in Second Life, detailing how it provided social connectivity, creative freedom, and personal growth. From discovering gameplay opportunities to building a thriving business, facing challenges, including financial stress and personal conflict. Read More
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Restoring a Second Life Identity
Revisiting my Dedric Mauriac Second Life archive, I rebuilt thousands of images into a searchable static site and blog. What began as preservation became reflection—reconnecting a virtual life with my real one, and understanding how it shaped who I am today. Read More
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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 #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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Blue Hair #17: NASA CoLab and the Reality of Virtual Work
Dedric interviews Charles White (Jet Burns), a JPL knowledge-management veteran inspired by Carl Sagan, on why NASA explored Second Life. They discuss science visualization, training, anonymity, and collaboration—arguing that while the world isn’t “real,” the communication absolutely is. 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