For those of you just now stumbling into the sexrev2.0, here’s a bit about how and why it began: Plugged into sex & technology

Here’s that piece I kept Twittering about, finally finished after a month that included a death, a wedding, and the beginning of my move back to northern California. My Computer Made Me Gay A computer game introduces one woman to bisexual experimentation?and a girlfriend. By Regina Lynn. “I see an exciting adventure in your future, a new sexual experience that forever changes you,” she said, tracing the sole of my foot with one...

Got this in my Sexual Intelligence newsletter this morning and thought it was pretty good, so here it is with my notes: Dear President Obama: For months, I’ve been predicting that when you win, nothing will change regarding sex. I’ve said you won’t stop the government’s War On Sex; you won’t demand respect for sexual rights as human rights; you won’t prevent religious fanatics from controlling non-believersR...

… I’m a Tango blogger crush of the week. I’m writing the threesome/Onyx article in thirds and have completed the first third. Between deaths, weddings, travels and day job crises, I’m way behind. Many thanks to my editor Maureen for understanding. I will earn that crush, you’ll see …

The Tanni Machine is a lightweight, lovely functional art piece made of oak that makes it possible to penetrate yourself without an awkward reach. It costs about $200, comes in Natural or Black, and while it doesn’t match the smooth, hands-free glide of the Monkey Rocker, it’s also a quarter of the price. The comparison is inevitable. Both machines are hand-made. Both aim for a subtle aesthetic, not an industrial or high-tech vibe. A...

I just got an interview request from a journalist working on an article for a big men’s magazine on the following topic: ..this is the 2nd great sexual revolution - the first, in the 60s, when abortion & the pill shifted sex from being about procreation to recreation. Along with other scientific advances, I think it fundamentally led women to ask the question: do we need men at all? Driven by sex-machines and love-computers (ie vibrat...

One benefit to audio erotica is that it keeps your hands and eyes free, unlike books and videos. It’s also a convenient way for two or more people to experience the story simultaneously. But I was neutral about the newly launched clickforeplay and its adult radio plays … until I listened to a sample. Hot. My hopelessly Californian ears can’t identify the type of accent other than “sexy British” but honestly that was...

In a tip almost worth of Sexier Sex, entertainer Aubrey O’Day gives women a sex-tech tip for safe steamy sex: watch your homemade sex video — and then watch your man delete it. O’Day Insists Boyfriends Delete Sex Tape Footage The singer admits she gets turned on by filming her steamy sex sessions and then watching them afterwards but she takes precautions to make sure the footage never ends up online or on a DVD. She tells Com...

The Calgary Herald has a nice introductory piece about consumer-grade teledildonics: Sending good vibrations over the Internet Cyber sex isn’t just the late-night pastime of techno-tarts, sex addicts and pedophiles. [snip] “That mental and emotional connection you make during cybersex, even when you’re just typing words or sending emoticons or photos, makes the body respond. Now there’s a physical device that — albe...

The second life/ohmibod party starts at 10pm in-world time, which is Pacific time for those of you who only have a first life. *evil grin* I’m going to the in-person event since it’s only 20 minutes away, but if I can get on a machine, I’ll be there in SL too. I asked Stroker Serpentine when the HUD/toy demo would occur and he said “early,” and I have the impression that they’ll try to do it within the first h...

I got this nice-but-also-sad email just now, from the Playboy Radio producers I work with: First and foremost I want to say thank you so much for being a part of our team and doing our Sex in the News for so long. We've absolutely LOVED having you on! Due to our merger w/ XM Radio, which launches on Monday, Sirius has asked us to make some changes to the show. We are taking the Sex in the News segment and the show in a different direction and ...

Here’s a badly cut-out screenshot of the OhMiBod HUD (”heads-up display,” or in normal-people talk, “controller”): You can use the keyboard and drumpad (which looks like the Simon Says game) to create your own sounds for the OhMiBod vibrator to respond to, or bring in music tracks for a richer experience. I haven’t figured out yet how to grant someone else control of my OhMiBod but I’m pretty sure that&#...

It seems like someone picked up the calendar by February and tilted it so that all sex-tech events fell into September: this Saturday in particular. I can’t get up to San Francisco for Arse Elektronika after all, for a variety of personal reasons (and I’m very sorry about that, I hate to miss you), but because the live celebration of the OhMiBod / Second Life interface is happening in Los Angeles, I will be able to go to that. The li...