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The Evolution of Virtual Worlds A brief overview @ OSCC this Saturday   This Saturday @ 10am PST in Keynote 1 Open Simulator Community Conference       It can be said that I have a very excellent ability to see the writing on the wall and predict the trends before they happen when it comes to various things.   After all, I predicted that the Cubs would win the World Series this year (and how it would happen), I�ve predicted that real world locations would become sponsored locations for mobile gaming to entice players to visit (Pokemon GO), and even in a comprehensive report for Sears Holding Company that the future of retail is Zero Barrier (everything is tagged and automatically scanned just by walking out with it) which Amazon is now testing in live physical stores.   So you can imagine that I get asked the sixty-four thousand dollar question about the future of the Metaverse quite a lot�         While I cant get into ...

The Griffin The Worlds Filled With Love 1968 us fabulous colorful beat psychedelia vinyl edition Griffin was an obscure flower power pop psych band  with their 1968 ABC label album, optimistically titled �The World�s Filled With Love.� And anyone with a sweet tooth for the first two Strawberry Alarm Clock long players, or the mystical but still pop-centrific later Monkees albums, or anyone who still believes the world is filled with bunnies and pink cotton candy clouds, will find Griffin �s na�ve but surprisingly trippy outlook on life pretty reassuring.   Griffin summoning up their inner Kahlil Gibrans when they sing �Know thyself is just a phrase, till some have passed through the haze. I�ve figured out the maze, in my other life.� As Ravi Shankar�s dad, I�m guessing, since they surround it with the same kind of floaty, mystical sitar and tabla head zones that George did on his passages to India , all bellydancing rhythms, snakey sitar lines and om-like chanting background v...