Sorry, for not updating Bananaverse. Between work and social, I have not been sleeping, nor had any time for the blog. But here is some quick news of what I have been doing.
On the work front, I am knee deep in four projects including some fun stuff with Cisco and a cool sim [...]

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Over at VentureBeat, they have posted an excellent article on Virtual goods starting to pan out for Facebook game app developers, and not just the venture-funded ones.
While this article talks about just application being built just for Facebook®, I see this type of economic opportunities happening all over the place.  I especially am intrigued with [...]

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Not sure if I am going to watch this new series from the creators of Battlestar Galactica…. ah, who am I trying to fool - I see naked chicks!

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Most of my friends consider me to be brain dead, so when last week started, none of them saw a change in me or my activities. Yet I saw a big difference. I had no brain power. None. Nada. Zip.
I realized early on Monday that I was in trouble as [...]

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World of Warcraft Dispatch
On Saturday, July 12, 2008, at 12:47 pm PST, the Gnome Warrior Bananadoo-Ravencrest of the Knights with Honor guild attained the level of 70 while questing in the Blade’s Edge Mountain. While this moment has long been overdue, it is still a milestone for the gnome.
The level 70 barrier was attained [...]

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Old time Punk - The Ramones’ I Wanna Be Sedated
I am just getting over a head cold (from THE NIECE!) and I wanted was to BE SEDATED

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Started working in Google’s Lively yesterday so these are my initial reactions. In one word - disappointing.
In more words - Google has a long way to go, but some things they got right.
It is a 2.5D approach to interactive worlds. It is better than Active World but not even close to Second Life. [...]

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At 10:45 am today, receieved an email from Linden Lab:
Hi Guy,
We’re contacting you about your use of the name SL Brand. As you know, you’ll need to change the name to comply with our trademark policy at http://secondlife.com/corporate/brand/trademark/. The name SL Brand — indicating Second Life Brand — is extremely likely to create confusion about [...]

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As the Olympics in China are approaching, I thought I should share one of my adventures in China.
Back in 1988, the ol’ Banana took a trek through China. I wasn’t old at the time, being only 26, but I felt that I was an experienced world traveler and the thought of exploring China was exciting. [...]

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I am interested in getting two iPhones for some time, one for me and one for my better half.  I had elected to wait for the next generation models to come out in July. Yet, as an AT&T subscriber, I am reluctant to sign another contract just to get these phones.  So I was [...]

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Once again, another collection of useless sites and infos:

French Fries - So my niece asks me, why French Fries are called French Fries. Good god I had no idea. So off to Wikipedia we went.
How to Obscure Any URL - Tricks of the internet, some of them out-dated
Why does hydrogen peroxide foam [...]

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The Wrath of the Lich King Beta Opt-In program, which gives players a chance to win an invitation to the upcoming Wrath of the Lich King beta has opened.
From Blizzard:
For The Burning Crusade beta, we randomly invited players from the entire World of Warcraft community. With the Opt-In, our goal is to strengthen the beta-testing [...]

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One of my favorite Dire Straits songs - from 1980 - featuring the newly released Walkman

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Sometimes I should not answer my emails, then again, sometimes I should not post items to my blog. Then again, that is the purpose of this creation.

A “so-called” friend sent me a link on Top 10 Drinking Achievements Before You Die and asked a simple question; “How many have you completed?” When [...]

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In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot that slowly begins to become sentient inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
Generally kids movies are not my thing. The only time I watch them is when THE NIECE or any other of the semi-related offspring spend time [...]

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