| 15:01 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Welcome to this Sunday's Oxbridge General Q&A. Andrea and I are here to answer any of your questions about Second Life, Caledon, Oxbridge, Steampunk, Linden Lab, and anything vaguely related to any of the above. I'm also good at trivia questions. |
| 15:01 |
Carl Metropolitan |
If we don't know the answer, we can Google it. In other words, we know where to look, or at least can probably put you in touch with someone who does know the answer. |
| 15:02 |
Carl Metropolitan |
First, let me ask if Andrea has any news or announcements? |
| 15:02 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:02 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
watches the coin burn |
| 15:02 |
lovejoy2199 |
Greetings everyone. Just having some computer issues. |
| 15:02 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Thank you Andrea. |
| 15:03 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
Soup Jonson gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:03 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Do you have any announcements Andrea? |
| 15:03 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
We brought in 12,100 $Lindens at last nights Christmas/Winter party. |
| 15:03 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Thank you Soup, too! |
| 15:03 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Many thanks to those that donated. |
| 15:03 |
Gronk Seriman |
Gah! I missed it! |
| 15:04 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
I am working on a party for Caledon in the Governors mansion next sat. 6 to 8 ish |
| 15:04 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
Larky (larkylouz) gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:04 |
Carl Metropolitan |
So the Christmas party (that was not an official fundraiser) was a better fundraiser than the last fundraiser. I guess there is something to the whole "holiday spirit" thing! |
| 15:04 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Thank you Larky |
| 15:05 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
I hope to have the tiny carolers there at some point. still working on the details |
| 15:05 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Oh good. |
| 15:05 |
Soup Jonson |
Oh good I love them. |
| 15:05 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Be watching the ISC group notices as I get next week worked out |
| 15:05 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I need to be there if you will have tiny carolers going a waffling. |
| 15:05 |
Gronk Seriman |
"Merry Wootmass!" |
| 15:06 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
should be the usual Tuesday night party and blues with Poppy that Thursday. |
| 15:06 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
About sums it up. |
| 15:06 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
I know there is a bunch of stuff going on that Saturday. |
| 15:07 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Well, let's answer some questions. Who wants to go first? |
| 15:07 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
I'm hoping people will party hop. |
| 15:07 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
party |
| 15:07 |
Harry Dresden (redrakesun) |
*nods and taps his staff* |
| 15:07 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Please go ahead and ask. |
| 15:08 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Did you have a question, Harry? |
| 15:09 |
Harry Dresden (redrakesun) |
sorry, no, just acknowledging the greeting, with a little RL lag |
| 15:10 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Okay. Well, does anyone have any questions? If not, this will be rather an anticlimactic session? 19 people here and no questions :) |
| 15:10 |
Harry Dresden (redrakesun) |
Although, I do have a specific question. Someone used to have a forum in the lecture hall to answer specific questions |
| 15:10 |
Harry Dresden (redrakesun) |
does that still happen? |
| 15:10 |
Carl Metropolitan |
That is what this is. |
| 15:11 |
Carl Metropolitan |
General Q&A Session. |
| 15:11 |
Carl Metropolitan |
We do this three weeks out of the month. |
| 15:11 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Second Sunday is Q&A With the Deans. |
| 15:11 |
Harry Dresden (redrakesun) |
To put it more specifically, I learned how to make drawbridges and portcullises at that session |
| 15:11 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Andrea does double duty there. |
| 15:11 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
And one Sunday a month, the Deans of Oxbridge do a Q&A. Similar to this, but from the viewpoint of Oxbridge admin. |
| 15:11 |
Carl Metropolitan |
You mean a Building Q&A event? |
| 15:12 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Samm Florian does Q&As sometimes. |
| 15:12 |
Harry Dresden (redrakesun) |
That might have been it. Ok. It was a year ago, so I didn't remember. |
| 15:12 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
She teaches one of our building classes. |
| 15:12 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Look at the Building Classes, Harry. Usually they are small enough that Samm can divert off on to questions. |
| 15:13 |
Carl Metropolitan |
The next Building Basics class is tomorrow at 7pm |
| 15:13 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Okay. Next question! |
| 15:13 |
Harry Dresden (redrakesun) |
Oh good, I think I can make that. Thanks. |
| 15:14 |
Carl Metropolitan |
If you have a specific building question I may be able to answer it, too. |
| 15:14 |
Sandie Harbour |
I can try to help there as well |
| 15:14 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Or perhaps Sandie can. |
| 15:14 |
Soup Jonson |
Sandie is a fine clock maker and builder! |
| 15:14 |
Sandie Harbour |
(blushes) |
| 15:15 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Yup |
| 15:15 |
Gronk Seriman |
Sandie's Clock Making class later this evening is a great stealth building class, too. |
| 15:15 |
Sandie Harbour |
yes, we make lots of stealths! |
| 15:15 |
Harry Dresden (redrakesun) |
how stealthy can a clock be? :D |
| 15:16 |
Nomad Staff |
Touched. |
| 15:16 |
Mellie (musicalmelody7321) |
Ha! When I make them, believe me, it's stealthy. (sigh) |
| 15:16 |
Carl Metropolitan |
We have twenty people in the room, surely there must be someone else with a question? We will be happy to take questions about SL past, present, and future, too. And no question is a dumb one. There is always someone else who wants to know too and did not ask. |
| 15:16 |
Nomad Staff |
Touched. |
| 15:17 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Someone is touching that man's staff! This is an M-rated area; keep that sort of thing to A-rated areas! |
| 15:18 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Dresden blasting rod, probably.. |
| 15:18 |
Harry Dresden (redrakesun) |
Umm?? |
| 15:18 |
Skuld Aki (skuldaki) |
?? |
| 15:18 |
Harry Dresden (redrakesun) |
Is this awkward? |
| 15:18 |
Ligeia002 |
cof cof |
| 15:18 |
Skuld Aki (skuldaki) |
I do have a kind of stupid question |
| 15:18 |
Carl Metropolitan |
No. I am just not getting question, so I am being silly :) |
| 15:18 |
Skuld Aki (skuldaki) |
I am new but was wondering how long the ice skating rink stays up |
| 15:18 |
Kara2016 |
I like the Advent gifts. |
| 15:18 |
Skuld Aki (skuldaki) |
I enjoy it very much |
| 15:18 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Please go ahead and ask! |
| 15:19 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Phrynne usually leaves that up as long as there is snow |
| 15:19 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Most of the winter decorations stay up until Desmond brings on Spring ground textures. |
| 15:19 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Christmas Decorations go down around the 1st of January |
| 15:19 |
Harry Dresden (redrakesun) |
I know some folks find them old, but I kinda miss the snow goons |
| 15:18 |
ELO (eloelephant) |
Any idea how SL 2.0, aka Sansar, is doing? |
| 15:20 |
Carl Metropolitan |
ELO, Sansar is not coming along well at all. |
| 15:20 |
Calla Iris Waydelich (callidus.waydelich) |
The deranged, mutant killer monster snow goons? |
| 15:20 |
Harry Dresden (redrakesun) |
lovem |
| 15:20 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I'm going to quote my blog, as I wrote on the subject there. |
| 15:20 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Sansar, Linden Lab’s much-promoted and eternally in beta virtual world, appears to be taking on water. According to separate articles by virtual worlds reporters Hamlet Au and Ryan Schultz, Linden Labs has laid off twenty to thirty employees that were working on the next generation virtual world, and put it in “maintenance mode”. |
| 15:20 |
RossMetzger |
Last year there was a larger ice rink in SouthEnd, I believe. Will that be set up again this year? |
| 15:21 |
Kara2016 |
oh, dear. |
| 15:21 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I hope that means more engineering and programming resources moving back to Second Life. |
| 15:21 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I went to Sansar and was not really impressed at all. |
| 15:21 |
ELO (eloelephant) |
ohh - quite bad, then... |
| 15:21 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Ugly, laggy, and pointless. |
| 15:21 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Requires too powerful rig |
| 15:22 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
that was mine Ross. I have not planned on it. Caledon Downs is run by Cynthia Farshore and she usually has a skating rink up. |
| 15:23 |
RossMetzger |
Downs has some stuff up that's well worth visiting |
| 15:23 |
Carl Metropolitan |
https://jcarlhenders.tumblr.com/post/189138233104/sansar-sinking for more on Sansar, including links to other articles in the first paragraph. |
| 15:23 |
ELO (eloelephant) |
Thanks, Carl - that's very helpful |
| 15:24 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Okay. Next question? |
| 15:25 |
Kara2016 |
is the advent calendar seeing very much visitors? |
| 15:25 |
Cychwynn |
I have been loving the different types of gifts in the advent! |
| 15:25 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
about 250 a day |
| 15:25 |
Carl Metropolitan |
If you look behind the set, you can see a graphic that Wordsmith put up last week showing the clicks per item in it. |
| 15:25 |
Kara2016 |
Wow, that's a lot. |
| 15:25 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Keep in mind the current numbers will be much higher. |
| 15:26 |
Carl Metropolitan |
That only covered the first seven days of it. |
| 15:27 |
Carl Metropolitan |
This year's advent calendar has been very successful. |
| 15:27 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
The gifts have been very high quality. |
| 15:29 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I had my two gifts go out on the 12th. |
| 15:29 |
Carl Metropolitan |
A Steampunk version of my Basic Builders Grid and a Curved photo backdrop |
| 15:29 |
Sandie Harbour |
I made a gift a few years ago and was never asked again. |
| 15:29 |
Carl Metropolitan |
The texture is included in the free and full perms gift. |
| 15:30 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I don't think I have room for the photo backdrop, but it includes about 15 backgrounds (I think). |
| 15:31 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
This year is possibly the last year that we will have an Oxbridge Advent Gift program. Phrynne has said she doesn't want to do it again. It is a big job, requiring several months of commitment, but if you're interested, you may want to start working on it. |
| 15:31 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Yes. Fifteen plus a blue, white, and green screen background |
| 15:31 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Several of us are looking at ways to continue it. |
| 15:31 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Quite understandably Phrynne wants to be quit of it after five years! |
| 15:31 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Who should people talk to if they want to help, Carl? |
| 15:32 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I'm not sure really. It may be me; it may be someone else. |
| 15:32 |
Cychwynn |
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/LOVE-FAIRYTALE-MIRROR-A-HUNDRED-YEARS/17614438 |
| 15:32 |
Soup Jonson |
Advent must live on! |
| 15:32 |
Cychwynn |
Whoops sorry nvm!!! |
| 15:32 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Go ahead and talk to me, for now. |
| 15:32 |
Cychwynn |
wrong chat :) *shame* |
| 15:33 |
Carl Metropolitan |
At least you did not link to something embarrassing! There is plenty of that on SL Marketplace. |
| 15:34 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Okay. Time for more questions. |
| 15:34 |
Cychwynn |
ha yeah i did at least show something pretty lol *Still shame* |
| 15:34 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
If you missed the Q&A last week. See the transcript at the website. Phrynne explained why then. |
| 15:36 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I guess if there are no more questions, we will adjourn early. It seems a pity. There usually are more questions. |
| 15:37 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Did anyone want my Christmas card that may have missed getting it? |
| 15:37 |
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Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) is too tired to think of questions |
| 15:37 |
Calla Iris Waydelich (callidus.waydelich) |
It's a lovely card, too. |
| 15:37 |
Agatha Macbeth |
I got mine. Thank you |
| 15:37 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
has been raking wet leaves before the meeting |
| 15:38 |
Agatha Macbeth |
Leaf well alone I say |
| 15:38 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
My Christmas house is open to be explored |
| 15:38 |
Soup Jonson |
Landmark Lady Jones? |
| 15:38 |
Carl Metropolitan |
That is a huge chore. I was able to pay someone to do mine this year, and I am quite happy about that. |
| 15:38 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
let me know if you want the LM. I'll try to get Christmas park up later tonight. Kind of tired. |
| 15:39 |
Soup Jonson |
There is many published articles these days saying leave the leaves lay for environmental reasons. Good enough excuse for me not to rake this year! |
| 15:39 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Yes. It probably is best, but I feel bad when my leaves blow on to neighbors yards who then have to rake them. |
| 15:40 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
I raked them out of the street gutter cause it was blocking the water, smelling, and had trash in it. so of course the city won't pickup unless it's bagged. |
| 15:40 |
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Soup Jonson nods |
| 15:40 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
I put it in the garbage can |
| 15:40 |
Gronk Seriman |
I don't rake leaves any more. I just mow them. |
| 15:40 |
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Soup Jonson loved the leaves portion of the meeting! |
| 15:40 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
i need to mow would help. |
| 15:41 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
:-) |
| 15:41 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Any last questions? |
| 15:41 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
The party build is still up if you want to visit it in the Village. |
| 15:41 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Thank you, Carl, Andrea, all. |
| 15:42 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
I'll post pics now that i am home. |
| 15:42 |
Carl Metropolitan |
If not, I'm going to adjourn us for the evening. |
| 15:42 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Thank you Andrea. |
| 15:42 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Thanks for coming everyone |
| 15:42 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Look to the group notices. watch the top of your monitor. |
| 15:42 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I will see you all next week for another Q&A with the Deans |
| 15:42 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Thanks for coming. |
| 15:42 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Ooops. General Q&A! |
| 15:42 |
Gronk Seriman |
Thank you Carl, Andrea! |
| 15:42 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
RossMetzger gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:42 |
Carl Metropolitan |
General Q&A |
| 15:42 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I can't type. |
| 15:42 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
Kara2016 gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:42 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Or think, apparently :) |
| 15:42 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Me neither. |
| 15:42 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Bye! |
| 15:43 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Past my bedtime |
| 15:43 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Thank you Ross! Thank you Kara! |
| 15:43 |
Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) |
Calla Iris Waydelich (callidus.waydelich) gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:43 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
There will be Mr. Soups meeting next Sunday. |
| 15:43 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Thank you Calla, too! |
| 15:43 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Hold the fort. |
| 15:43 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Be seeing you. |
| 15:43 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
And when is yours meeting? |
| 15:43 |
Gronk Seriman |
Sleep well, Mr. Skysmith |
| 15:43 |
Calla Iris Waydelich (callidus.waydelich) |
Goodnight, Oxbridge. |
| 15:43 |
Soup Jonson |
Mine is Saturday at 2 |
| 15:43 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
ty for coming Calla |
| 15:43 |
Soup Jonson |
Elf's is Thursday at 11 |
| 15:45 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Well, I guess I'm off to put together the Transcript for Wordsmith to post. |
| 15:45 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Bye! |
| 15:45 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Bye. |