Today is a great day! In Second Life, I visited The Infinite Mind, which will be open to the public soon. I got a sneak peak, and you can find out more about what exactly this is all about, including the big celebration opening, at the corresponding The Infinite Mind home page.
Now since that's covered the meat and potatoes, I'll continue with a Torley commentary: I originally heard of TIM through Boliver Oddfellow aka Drew Stein, who told me the TIM team wanted me to be on their advisory board. What for? Asperger's Syndrome, which I have, and which mentions of on my blog are many. It was like the culmination of a full circle, because I used to write extensively about my experiences with AS, until my focus (and obsessions) shifted to other topics. Nowadays, seems to be most people won't even know I have it unless I bring it up. But it's an integral part of me, and I'm really, really fascinated by issues concerning how humans use those brains in their heads to figure out the world around them.
The other day, I did a voice interview for The Infinite Mind with Quirky McArdle aka June Peoples. 'Twas a lot of fun and I laughed a lot. Hopefully you'll see that up soon. I think it was pretty progressive because I really haven't been doing much with my voice ever since hyperacusis took my good hearing away. But things change, and now I grow bolder, yet not colder. 
The builds on TIM are the masterwork of several dedicated artists. Shukran Fahid, who also worked with Boliver to make the Dublin sim in SL, did many of the builds, and my Ravenelle Zugzwang created a museum and a park. The whole theme is reminiscent of what Iconoclast would be if extrapolated from text into 3D graphics. A post-contemporary setting with sleek lines, angular architecture, and memorable spaces. That's a very good thing.
It occurred to me that while visiting with the other guests, I was actively using my noggin to process, digest, and come to conclusions about what I was experiencing, really turning the whole thing on its head. No, I didn't see a building with a brain for the highest floor and a spine for an elevator, but one (me) can only hope…
Thank you graciously to Quirky McArdle, Jeanette Hailey, Boliver Oddfellow, and Bill Lichtenstein for the nice tour.
Enjoy these snapshots. I had a lot of fun taking them.
-Torley, 2006.07.29