Caledon Oxbridge Q&A for 2016-07-31

15:02 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome to this week's Oxbridge Deans' Q&A. Our chance to mention anything we have on Oxbridge and your chance to ask questions about Oxbridge, SL, and beyond (your mileage or km-age may vary).
15:02 Wordsmith Jarvinen (works better in this window)
15:02 Brace Coral ty everyone for sitting CLOSE up :)
15:03 Brace Coral can FEEL the love!
15:03 Wordsmith Jarvinen (Looks closely and Brace to check for exploding watermelons)
15:03 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) takes her hand back
15:03 Brace Coral lol
15:03 Brace Coral LOVEJOY!!!
15:03 Brace Coral speaking of...
15:03 Brace Coral watermelons
15:04 Wordsmith Jarvinen The admin staff for Oxbridge and responsibilities is listed at http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/admin.php
15:04 Brace Coral points to her head
15:04 Brace Coral meet Hilda!
15:04 Agatha Macbeth Oh my
15:05 Wordsmith Jarvinen Phrynne (dean of commons) wasn't feeling well today but has been working on lining up gifts for next winter's advent calendar.
15:05 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) makes a note to take some pics for that
15:05 Agatha Macbeth Aww
15:05 Brace Coral yesh
15:05 Wordsmith Jarvinen Tasha, anything from the tutor side?
15:06 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) not much... I was away last week and could not get into SL on my parents very rural 'net connection
15:06 Wordsmith Jarvinen (first time I've noticed Tasha mostly not moving)
15:06 Brace Coral lol
15:06 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) looks round for coffee
15:07 Wordsmith Jarvinen Any new tutors under consideration (names not necessary)?
15:07 Brace Coral I have a Caledon mug somewhere...
15:07 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) a couple of interested parties who are hanging in the Plaza to get to know us
15:08 Wordsmith Jarvinen Or (and our tutors can join in on this), any tutor needs?
15:08 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) Elf? Rowan?
15:08 Brace Coral We send hopefuls in Tasha's direction?
15:08 Wordsmith Jarvinen Yes.
15:08 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) yes
15:09 Brace Coral cool
15:09 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) i would like to know what portuguese/spanish etc places are available to send people to,
15:09 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) i have a good idea but some places are wonky or not up
15:09 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) LM were published in the Faculty group
15:09 Badass Fae (larkylouz) I have a card. I'll send it to you. Mostly Unihispana and Aprender de Tod@s
15:09 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) okay
15:09 Brace Coral nods
15:09 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) that last one is new to me
15:09 Wordsmith Jarvinen Larky, are you up on that or is that going to be Phrynne.
15:10 Badass Fae (larkylouz) Am I up on?
15:10 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) aprehend da toads!@
15:10 Brace Coral cookies!
15:10 Wordsmith Jarvinen The hispanic places.
15:10 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) we can publish them again in the Faculty group
15:11 Wordsmith Jarvinen Which seem to exist much as a lava lamp.
15:11 Agatha Macbeth Up and down?
15:11 Wordsmith Jarvinen Swirling and changing sims and rating.
15:11 Brace Coral publish again sounds good :)
15:11 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Moving, vanishing, redocerating, going Mature..
15:11 Brace Coral yeah is hard to keep up. I'm out of the loop
15:11 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) there is also a Turkish club that is will to take new Turkish people, but it is not actually a help region
15:11 Badass Fae (larkylouz) We've been using them for a while. Unihispana caters to both Portuguese and Spanish speakers, and is being added to on a regular basis. Aprender de Tod@s not only has a good orientation, but has a very active set of classes and help chat.
15:12 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) wow cool
15:12 Brace Coral yeah
15:12 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) but Turkish speaking help places do not even get into the lava lamp category
15:12 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) i did not know these things
15:13 Wordsmith Jarvinen Any other Tutor needs?
15:13 Badass Fae (larkylouz) I also discovered that Unihispana has dressing rooms. I've got a LM if anyone wants it.
15:13 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) not from me
15:13 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) oh that would be good
15:13 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) our dressing rooms might not be sufficient
15:13 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) except to thank the tutors for their hard work
15:14 Wordsmith Jarvinen Indeed.
15:14 Brace Coral .•*♥¨`• Applause•¨`♥*•.
15:14 Badass Fae (larkylouz) knowing the word for them might be helpful in getting them to the dressing rooms, is my thinking.
15:14 Badass Fae (larkylouz) Vestuarios.
15:14 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) scfibbles this down
15:15 Wordsmith Jarvinen Brace, did you do a total on your last Salsa?
15:15 Brace Coral I didn't.
15:15 Brace Coral I need a better way to tally
15:16 Brace Coral I usually eyeball it from daily intake via dashboard
15:16 Wordsmith Jarvinen kk I'll go back and look at that and you'll have another coming up shortly (like this next week)
15:16 Brace Coral yup :) was gonna announce it
15:16 Brace Coral next Wednesday August 3rd at 7pm SLT
15:16 Wordsmith Jarvinen You've go the floor.
15:16 Brace Coral Salsa Dance Party FUNdraiser!
15:17 Wordsmith Jarvinen Come on in and have a seat Thought.
15:17 Brace Coral Welcome Thought :)
15:17 Thought Bubble hi
15:17 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) welcome
15:17 Brace Coral I've been away, my RL has been a bit of a struggle
15:18 Brace Coral so no general updates on Development.
15:18 Brace Coral However
15:18 Agatha Macbeth Aww
15:18 Wordsmith Jarvinen Glad to have you back!
15:18 Brace Coral Oxbridge is still here, so I figure we didn't go BROKE while I was AWOL
15:18 Brace Coral LMAO
15:18 тαℓıηα ℜoѕє (talina718) I have a question ,
15:18 Wordsmith Jarvinen No, I paid out another quarter's tier to Des.
15:18 Brace Coral so mini fundraiser right now: go ahead and toss in a linden or two at this gold coin right here
15:19 Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) Brace Coral gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway.
15:19 Brace Coral Yay!
15:19 Wordsmith Jarvinen Talina?
15:19 Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) Badass Fae (larkylouz) gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway.
15:19 Brace Coral I love those coins :)
15:19 Brace Coral so shiny!
15:19 Badass Fae (larkylouz) ;^)
15:19 тαℓıηα ℜoѕє (talina718) How does one become a helper here , is there a class
15:19 Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) lovejoy2199 gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway.
15:19 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) and you can sit on them
15:19 Brace Coral you can????
15:20 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) regrets this already
15:20 Brace Coral lol
15:20 Brace Coral awesome!!!
15:20 Badass Fae (larkylouz) oof, Now I'm dizzy!
15:20 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) hahahha
15:20 Wordsmith Jarvinen Our formal helpers are the tutors, and Tasha is the one to contact.
15:20 Brace Coral weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!
15:20 Brace Coral DONATE OR DIE!!!
15:20 Badass Fae (larkylouz) staggers back to her seat, regretting that move.
15:20 Agatha Macbeth Erk
15:20 Badass Fae (larkylouz) LOL
15:21 Brace Coral ❇.¸¸.✯ Ғаiɳʈѕ Ɗгаɱаʈiᴄаllƴ ✯´¯`❇
15:21 Brace Coral ( º O º )
15:21 тαℓıηα ℜoѕє (talina718) ok thank you
15:21 Wordsmith Jarvinen Just remember, Brace, a big enough donation spins that faster and sets it on fire.
15:21 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) we have a process
15:21 Brace Coral learn something new every day :)
15:21 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) we have a NC on what the role means
15:21 Brace Coral I have see the glow and the fast spin
15:21 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) and an application form
15:21 Brace Coral Andrea tosses in the big bucks
15:22 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) we are looking for a range of skills, but being helpful, tech knowledge and a commitment to Oxbridge are big pluses
15:22 Brace Coral Talina you looking to be a Tutor? :)
15:22 тαℓıηα ℜoѕє (talina718) I was thinking about it
15:22 Brace Coral Yay!
15:23 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) wonderful
15:23 Brace Coral you can ask Tasha anything
15:23 тαℓıηα ℜoѕє (talina718) even thought I been in sl for a while there is a lot I don't know
15:23 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) looks scared
15:24 Brace Coral well, the Helper Org I founded, NCI - the motto is: Everyone Helping Newbies
15:24 Wordsmith Jarvinen We didn't say you will answer anything, Tasha. :P
15:24 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) we cannot expect tutors to know everything, and we share knowledge and tips
15:24 Brace Coral which means, everyone has SOMEthing to offer :)
15:24 engacia i like that concept, miss coral
15:24 Brace Coral :)
15:25 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) and if I get a question on fashion, all mine... scripting, I go to Word
15:25 Badass Fae (larkylouz) :^)
15:25 Wordsmith Jarvinen One can hang with the tutors as long as you are willing to follow their direction and as long as the sim isn't full.
15:25 Brace Coral Fashion Questions! whooohooo
15:26 Badass Fae (larkylouz) We have lots and lots of resources, too. A good part of the job is being willing to dig for info you don't have yourself.
15:26 Brace Coral I use google a lot to get Second Life info links
15:26 Brace Coral eg: Second Life what is a prim
15:26 Brace Coral and Google tells me!
15:26 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) eep Brace knows r
15:26 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) Rowan's secret
15:27 Wordsmith Jarvinen What exactly is a prim, Brace, beneath the surface appearance .....
15:27 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) I use Google images to get the SL Viewer interface windows that are different from Firestorm
15:27 Brace Coral http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Primitive
15:27 Brace Coral omg I FOUND OUT where prims come from, Wordsmith!
15:28 Wordsmith Jarvinen OMG
15:28 Badass Fae (larkylouz) giggles
15:28 Wordsmith Jarvinen Before Brace takes us too far afield. .....
15:28 Brace Coral they grow underground, and have to be mined. I saw a prim mine!
15:28 Brace Coral If you ever meet a Mole, ask them about it :)
15:28 Badass Fae (larkylouz) Well, I knew they could hold diamonds, so go figure! That makes sensse.
15:28 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) pours something soothing into Brace's coffee
15:29 Badass Fae (larkylouz) can't type for giggling.
15:29 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) hahhaha
15:29 Brace Coral loool Tasha :)
15:29 Brace Coral (it won't work tho!)
15:29 Wordsmith Jarvinen I finished going over the "watchover" script by which the airships communicate with the watchtowers, skimmed the ETA script which is short enough to finish up on today, then onto route mapping.
15:29 Brace Coral great!
15:30 Badass Fae (larkylouz) thanks Word for his work not only on keeping the scripting for Oxbridge going, but also working on projects to benefit greater Caledon.
15:31 Wordsmith Jarvinen Also worked on the first floor of a small Victorian house for 512 sqm parcels (mesh of course). Looking forward to the advent calendar and when the scripting part of my mind is shot.
15:31 Brace Coral very cool :)
15:31 Brace Coral not many ppl build for 512 plots
15:32 Wordsmith Jarvinen That's based on this floor plan (but rescaled a bit). http://www.housemouse.net/houseplanmonth07.htm
15:32 Brace Coral wow
15:32 Wordsmith Jarvinen So, it's at 12m x 12.5m which fits nicely on a 16m x 32m parcel.
15:33 Brace Coral can't wait to see when its done
15:34 Wordsmith Jarvinen I got the first floor shape done and uploaded, then on Phrynne's advice expanded it a meter in both x and y.
15:35 Badass Fae (larkylouz) nifty
15:36 Wordsmith Jarvinen Seems workable. Without any work on lower LODs or optimizing the physics shape, the first floor uploaded at LI of 21. Since that has the stairs, it's also going to be the more complicated.
15:37 Brace Coral I applaud the project!
15:37 Brace Coral .•*♥¨`• Applause•¨`♥*•.
15:37 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) yep, cool and useful
15:37 Brace Coral I mostly build stuff to wave around while you dance :)
15:37 Wordsmith Jarvinen I've heard an number of times where people bought a house and then discovered it was too big for their parcel.
15:38 Brace Coral yeah
15:38 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) raises a hand... Shack1 was like that
15:38 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) nods
15:38 Wordsmith Jarvinen Phrynne mentioned that Jorge is also contributing a house and she may work on one also.
15:38 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) houses are very good
15:39 Wordsmith Jarvinen Totally open for questions at this point.
15:39 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) hey Boomer, welcome
15:39 Brace Coral oh! nearly forgot
15:39 Wordsmith Jarvinen Yes?
15:39 Badass Fae (larkylouz) She's also really looking for household items for the Advent Calendar. In particular.
15:40 Agatha Macbeth Pikachu! ♥
15:40 Brace Coral Click to catch him!
15:40 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) is sure she is not using her cell phone app... but there si a Pokemon
15:40 Brace Coral hehehe
15:40 Brace Coral in case you had pokemongo withdrawals
15:40 Agatha Macbeth Does he evolve?
15:40 Brace Coral prolly not
15:40 Agatha Macbeth Aw
15:41 Brace Coral Toady made him! so maybe you could put in for a custom one that does lol
15:41 Agatha Macbeth puts her thunderstone away
15:41 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) a cuddly pikachu that stays always the same and cuddly
15:42 Brace Coral are we officially open for Questions?
15:42 Brace Coral hey Boomer :)
15:42 Wordsmith Jarvinen We are.
15:43 Boomer Singh Evening, Miss Coral, Miss Queen.
15:43 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) hopes there aren't any on infectious diseases... only up to F in the alphabetical listings
15:43 Brace Coral eek?
15:43 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) giggles
15:43 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) is it only me or are there much fewer visitors to Oxbridge now?
15:44 Brace Coral school is in?
15:44 Brace Coral or out?
15:44 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) school in rl should be out
15:44 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) out, most places
15:44 Brace Coral Some schools are on multiple tracks, like in Los Angeles
15:44 Wordsmith Jarvinen It's down. We suspect that LL has cycled Oxbridge out of some of their entry sim landmarks.
15:44 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Waxes and vanes
15:44 Brace Coral WORD they BEST not!
15:45 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) i was feeling overwhelmed for a while, before this
15:45 Brace Coral all helper orgs supposed to have permanent priority listing
15:45 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) can we find out if that is true? and fix it?
15:45 Brace Coral don't make me call up Ebbe
15:45 Badass Fae (larkylouz) Carl talked about this last week in the meeting, and chalked it up to the vagaries of LL.
15:45 Brace Coral ahh ok
15:45 Brace Coral the ebb and flow thing
15:46 Wordsmith Jarvinen I don't know. Marion Questi who does the newcomer stats mentioned not being able to access places to check.
15:46 Brace Coral hmm
15:46 Badass Fae (larkylouz) http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/qna/qna_20160724.php
15:46 Badass Fae (larkylouz) Carl's comments are at the above transcript of last week's Q&A
15:46 Brace Coral Thank You!
15:46 Brace Coral I always forget we do transcripts
15:46 Wordsmith Jarvinen Was just going to mention that the transcript is up, but Larky had the link.
15:47 Brace Coral also, just to let yall know
15:47 Brace Coral I WILL be doing a photo op afterwards
15:47 Brace Coral stick around if you wanna :)
15:47 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) ^-^
15:47 Brace Coral trying to get back into the swing of things
15:47 Badass Fae (larkylouz) Carl was going to try to create a newbie account on a server that SL wouldn't recognize the IP for, as I opined that I thought they didn't send established IPs to the same places they send true newbies.
15:48 Brace Coral ooo hadnt thought of that
15:48 Brace Coral I do test newbies a lot
15:48 Brace Coral doh
15:48 Wordsmith Jarvinen A couple of announcements. One since Andrea isn't here. For next Tuesday eve (6pm): Andrea has a little shack with a attached dance floor in the bayou back in Morgaine in a Cyprus grove, and we are all invited to a party there.
15:48 Brace Coral Yay!
15:49 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) Momma warned me about bayou dance shacks, but i guess this will be okay!
15:49 Brace Coral lol
15:49 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) checks the time difference from the UK... 2 AM for me
15:49 Wordsmith Jarvinen And, at Rocca Sorrentina (an 18th century Italian exhibit created by Brown University): "The Prince of Whales: Flawed Royalty and the Joy of Political Cartooning in the Mis-United Kingdom, 1785-1830."
Exhibit Opening Reception
15:50 Brace Coral >_<
15:50 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) can't we move the uk closer to us?
15:50 Agatha Macbeth Ooh
15:50 Brace Coral since yall Brexited, can go anywhere. I can lassoo yall closer lol
15:50 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) smiles... or the whole world could start using GMT... would make everything much easier
15:50 Brace Coral GASPS!
15:50 Wordsmith Jarvinen I've the notecard on that if anyone is interested. And the Rocca Sorrentina sim itself is an amazing exploration.
15:50 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) i mean, if it is only an engineering challenge, i'm up for it
15:51 Brace Coral yes please Word :)
15:51 engacia yes, pls, mr jarvinen
15:51 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) well, in a PERFECt world.....
15:51 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) The only form of perfection is being perfectly as you are
15:51 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) please,
15:51 engacia ty, sir
15:52 lovejoy2199 So, SLT becomes GMT?
15:52 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) who let Melinda in?
15:52 Brace Coral I still dunno why I get multiple accept buttons on my FS
15:52 Agatha Macbeth IM Ed Merryman :p
15:52 Wordsmith Jarvinen Anyone else on the Rocca Sorrentina event/sim?
15:53 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) sure
15:54 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) !
15:54 Brace Coral Row
15:55 Wordsmith Jarvinen bail
15:55 Brace Coral yall so polite
15:55 Brace Coral just go on and blurt out ya questions and stuff :)
15:55 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) 4 min to midnight, in danger of turning into a pumpkin
15:56 Brace Coral tucks Tasha into bed :)
15:56 Wordsmith Jarvinen Adds a glass of Port.
15:56 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) gets a duvet and crashes right here
15:57 Brace Coral hehehe
15:57 Badass Fae (larkylouz) hums a lullaby.
15:57 Brace Coral 4 mins till pic time!
15:57 Wordsmith Jarvinen It's not storming over there is it, Tasha?
15:57 Brace Coral Larkyyy tsk tsk that's not how you do it
15:57 Brace Coral HAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
15:57 Brace Coral YEAH! YEAH! YEAAAH!
15:57 Brace Coral lol
15:57 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) in Europe, yes... not the UK
15:57 Brace Coral pops them off to sleep everytime :)
15:58 Wordsmith Jarvinen Can't just give you any old port then.
15:58 Agatha Macbeth Any port in a storm
15:58 Brace Coral any last questions?
15:58 Brace Coral grins at Agatha :D
15:58 Wordsmith Jarvinen And I mentioned your Tues Bayou dance Andrea.
15:58 engacia thot her screen was dirty and tried to wipe the medal off mr jarvinen's lapel
15:59 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Waves
15:59 Wordsmith Jarvinen Exactly, Agatha. ;)
15:59 Brace Coral lool engacia
15:59 engacia :)
15:59 Brace Coral I'm also giving out parachutes for any who wanna base jump with me after pic
16:00 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Just wanted to mention that Mr Palmer has a new event starting this Sunday. Please look in the ISC notices for details.
16:00 Brace Coral Yay!
16:00 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) very good!
16:00 Brace Coral love the bells :)
16:00 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) This tues night will be a Bayou themed dance.
16:01 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) pumpkin time... be seeing you
16:01 Brace Coral rest well :)
16:01 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) bye
16:01 Agatha Macbeth hands you a glass slipper
16:01 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) of port?
16:01 Wordsmith Jarvinen https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/bells
16:01 Tasha (natashafetishqueen) bye!
16:01 Wordsmith Jarvinen Glass slippers make fine port glasses.
16:02 Brace Coral a poem!
16:02 Brace Coral Thank You!
16:02 Wordsmith Jarvinen On bells.
16:02 Brace Coral so I see :)
16:02 Wordsmith Jarvinen Anything else last minute?
16:02 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) DID a announcmenet get made onth last tues nightgs donation dance?
16:03 Wordsmith Jarvinen No, want to make one?
16:04 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Last Tues nights Dances was made a COU fundraiser at the last min. We raised, I believe it was 2100 Lindens
16:04 Brace Coral .•*♥¨`• Applause•¨`♥*•.
16:04 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) I'll have to check and see what the total was.
16:04 Brace Coral Yay!
16:04 Wordsmith Jarvinen Thank you!!
16:04 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) Might have been more
16:04 Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) nods
16:05 Wordsmith Jarvinen Then 42 and thank you all for coming; that's 30 for this edition.
16:05 Wordsmith Jarvinen Thank you all for coming.
16:05 Brace Coral 10-4!
16:05 engacia 420
16:05 Brace Coral line up next to me for pic :)
16:05 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) pi minus 1
16:05 Thought Bubble 6
16:05 engacia pokes miss rowan in the ribs
16:06 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) heheh
16:06 Brace Coral face outwards
16:06 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) X=2(C+N^8)
16:06 Brace Coral and look CUTE as possible
16:06 Brace Coral LMAO