Caledon Oxbridge Q&A for 2016-11-27

14:57 star (astarynite) hit my head on the floor of this building too
14:58 Gronk Seriman Heh!
14:58 Gronk Seriman You flew up the hard way?
14:58 star (astarynite) with icarus wings
14:58 star (astarynite) not too bad
14:59 Wordsmith Jarvinen (rubs the spot where he hit his head on reality)
14:59 Gronk Seriman No, It's not. But I usually cheat and fly from the Atelier of the Sandbox. Gets you most of the way there already.
14:59 star (astarynite) I didn't know
14:59 star (astarynite) that
14:59 Gronk Seriman *or the Sandbox.
15:00 Wordsmith Jarvinen There is a TP panel at the chat circle below.
15:00 star (astarynite) I knew this building was abov eme but the ladies dressing room surprised me when i slammed into it
15:00 Gronk Seriman That's too easy.
15:00 star (astarynite) grins
15:00 star (astarynite) thanks Word
15:01 star (astarynite) makes room for Vespoer
15:01 Vesper Lynd (jucastt) my dear!
15:01 Vesper Lynd (jucastt) good to se you here
15:02 Wordsmith Jarvinen It comes up to the bronze panel just down the fron steps here (before you fall off the edge)
15:02 star (astarynite) ok, thank yu very much
15:03 star (astarynite) laughs
15:04 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome to the Oxbridge Deans' Q&A
15:04 Wordsmith Jarvinen AFAIK, it's a two dean night.
15:05 Wordsmith Jarvinen This may be a relatively short meeting.
15:06 Wordsmith Jarvinen Carl isn't feeling well. No word that I'm aware of on Brace.
15:06 Agatha Macbeth :(
15:06 Rєη Ɗяαgσηѕєєкєя (lvddawter) so there's usually more than two on stage?
15:07 Wordsmith Jarvinen Yes. Most often 4. Sometimes 5.
15:08 Wordsmith Jarvinen The various deans are listed on the admin page of the Oxbridge website at caledonoxbridge.org
15:09 Wordsmith Jarvinen Phrynne, did you have anything for today? (Phrynne being head Dean of Commons)
15:09 Phrynne Yes, I do -- the Advent Calendar is ready to go!
15:09 Agatha Macbeth Yay
15:09 RainyDayRecess Yay
15:09 star (astarynite) raises her hand
15:09 Gronk Seriman Yay!
15:09 Wordsmith Jarvinen Star?
15:09 star (astarynite) do we make a donation for it?
15:10 Phrynne We are going to be giving away a gift a day, Dec. 1 through Dec. 24, in the stained-glass gazebo.
15:10 Wordsmith Jarvinen A new box magically appears every day with the old ones staying present.
15:10 Phrynne Star, this is free -- it is Oxbridge's gift to SEcond Life -- though if you want to make a donation you are welcome to do so, but it's not required.
15:10 Phrynne All the boxes are available to whoever comes, not just on a specific day.
15:11 star (astarynite) ok, thanks, it is a nice gift to do that
15:11 Wordsmith Jarvinen Donations are always appreciated.
15:11 Phrynne The theme this year is Home -- and we are giving away homes, furniture, decorations and much more.
15:11 star (astarynite) are the gifts made bymembers of Oxford?
15:12 Phrynne The gifts are made by a long list of people who shall remain anonymous, both from Oxbridge and Caledon and elsewhere.
15:12 star (astarynite) ok, thanks
15:12 Phrynne I would strongly suggest opening the package you get up on the sandbox. Some of them are small. Some of them are houses.
15:12 Agatha Macbeth Oh my
15:13 star (astarynite) grins
15:13 star (astarynite) this is exciting
15:13 Rєη Ɗяαgσηѕєєкєя (lvddawter) Copy/mod?
15:13 Phrynne I also want to give a huge amount of credit and thanks to Asst. Dean Jorge Serapis, who had the idea for the theme, and who was there working on it with me every step of the way.
15:13 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) remembers opening a huge chess set in a wrong place
15:13 Phrynne Individual gifts have varying perms.
15:13 Phrynne I am not going to predict them here.
15:14 Agatha Macbeth applauds Jorge
15:14 Rєη Ɗяαgσηѕєєкєя (lvddawter) I suspected that
15:14 star (astarynite) giggles
15:14 Phrynne All the boxes will be available until the New Year.
15:14 Wordsmith Jarvinen Likely depending on the nature of the gift.
15:15 Phrynne Some are serious and some are just for fun.
15:15 Cpt. Jack Greenfox (jackgreen1) dreams of a tall ship and a star to steer her by...
15:15 Phrynne and I hope you will all come and take part .
15:15 Phrynne Unfortunately, Jack, I regret to say there are no tall ships in the boxes this year.
15:15 star (astarynite) smiles to Cpt Jack Greenfox
15:15 Wordsmith Jarvinen Sea Fever, Cpt Jack
15:15 Kara2016 Smiles brightly.
15:16 Cpt. Jack Greenfox (jackgreen1) aye sure got me good
15:16 Wordsmith Jarvinen Perhaps next year.
15:16 Agatha Macbeth Arr
15:16 Cpt. Jack Greenfox (jackgreen1) can still dream..
15:16 Wordsmith Jarvinen One can.
15:16 Phrynne I am also going to be redecorating for the change of seasons, but that will depend on when the seasons change, so if you see plants moving or objects coming and going, that is probably why
15:17 star (astarynite) raises her hand again
15:17 Phrynne Yes, Star?
15:17 star (astarynite) si the snow will come with the redecorating?
15:17 star (astarynite) so
15:17 Phrynne I have no control over the snow.
15:17 star (astarynite) hmmm
15:17 Alexandra de Thebes (antigonethebes2) : )
15:17 Agatha Macbeth Snow use
15:18 Wordsmith Jarvinen Anyone else want a copy of the poem "Sea Fever"?
15:18 star (astarynite) please
15:18 Phrynne The snow comes when Guvnah Shang wills it.
15:18 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) yes, sir
15:18 star (astarynite) ahhhhhh
15:18 star (astarynite) I can't wait for it
15:18 star (astarynite) thank you
15:18 Agatha Macbeth Freeze a jolly good fellow
15:18 Phrynne I hope to have a skating rink available, as well as various snowmen
15:18 RainyDayRecess :D
15:18 Rєη Ɗяαgσηѕєєкєя (lvddawter) boo
15:19 Agatha Macbeth Yay snowmen!
15:19 Gronk Seriman Ooo! And a snowball giver?
15:20 Phrynne smiles mysteriously
15:20 Wordsmith Jarvinen Andrea already has snow down on her parcels in Village.
15:20 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) wonders how many people he will end up ejecting this year for snowball fights.
15:20 Wordsmith Jarvinen One has a small skating rink.
15:20 Phrynne Yes, no snowball fights in the plaza...
15:20 Agatha Macbeth Aww
15:20 star (astarynite) fun
15:21 Wordsmith Jarvinen We might turn an eye if elsewhere if good judgment and mutuality are in place.
15:21 Phrynne And also if it is not in the plaza but over in the open area between the fountain and the chat circle
15:21 Phrynne or along the waterfront toward Cymru
15:22 Agatha Macbeth Da iawn
15:22 Phrynne yep
15:23 Phrynne Anyway, between the Calendar and the decorations, that's what is going on in Commons.
15:23 Agatha Macbeth W00t
15:23 Kara2016 smiles brightly.
15:24 Wordsmith Jarvinen Perhaps I should change the COLT to a holiday texture (after completing a house, of course)
15:24 Phrynne :)
15:25 star (astarynite) that sounds like fun
15:26 Gronk Seriman Maybe put antlers and a red nose on it.
15:26 Phrynne lol
15:26 Wordsmith Jarvinen I've nothing much specific to Oxbridge this week., however I have ridden on Jillian this past week (Jillian being a CAT airship)
15:26 Phrynne Where is she flying?
15:26 star (astarynite) is that the one that is coming back for repairs?
15:26 Wordsmith Jarvinen Oh, good idea, Gronk.
15:27 RainyDayRecess One stop is the Iron Cloud
15:27 Wordsmith Jarvinen She's flying out the the Iron Cloud.
15:28 Wordsmith Jarvinen I'm forgetting the rest of the stops. Actually because of a seating problem, I was playing crazy dean chasing the airship on an aether board.
15:28 star (astarynite) lol
15:28 Phrynne And no photos?
15:28 Agatha Macbeth 0.0
15:28 Cpt. Jack Greenfox (jackgreen1) smiles
15:28 Phrynne :(
15:28 RainyDayRecess :D
15:28 Wordsmith Jarvinen Rainy took some of the crazy dean, not sure if she caught the airship.
15:29 RainyDayRecess I have some photos :D
15:29 Agatha Macbeth On flickr?
15:29 RainyDayRecess No :(
15:29 Agatha Macbeth Aww
15:30 Agatha Macbeth loves to see crazy deans
15:30 Wordsmith Jarvinen Controlling an over-powred aether board at altitude becomes ...... interesting.
15:31 Wordsmith Jarvinen Something could likely be arranged and then announced.
15:31 Kara2016 smiles brightly.
15:32 Rєη Ɗяαgσηѕєєкєя (lvddawter) what is an aether board?
15:32 Wordsmith Jarvinen Which reminds me. Kara has her floor back. ;)
15:32 Kara2016 laughing.
15:32 Kara2016 i still have not figured that one out.
15:33 Wordsmith Jarvinen A flying contraption made by Ilsa munro some years back.
15:33 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Carriages?
15:33 Rєη Ɗяαgσηѕєєкєя (lvddawter) I've found flying ANYTHING to be diifficullt (skybvoxes, security obs....)
15:33 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) ducks
15:34 Agatha Macbeth Ducks are cute
15:34 RainyDayRecess :D
15:34 RainyDayRecess Still working on them
15:34 Rєη Ɗяαgσηѕєєкєя (lvddawter) disrobing at sim crossings....
15:34 Gronk Seriman No ducks, but we have exploding chickens in the Village.
15:34 Wordsmith Jarvinen I figured out where I had one that was not powered up, Elf.
15:34 Kara2016 and there is an exploding turkey at tanglewood.
15:35 Phrynne there is always an exploding turkey at Tanglewood, and if you are on the train it will chase the train.
15:35 lovejoy2199 WKRP
15:35 Rєη Ɗяαgσηѕєєкєя (lvddawter) OL
15:35 Rєη Ɗяαgσηѕєєкєя (lvddawter) LOL
15:35 Kara2016 Giggles/
15:35 Phrynne it has a stick of dynamite in its beak
15:35 Wordsmith Jarvinen But no security orbs below 500 m.
15:36 Phrynne There's also an evil My Little Unicorn in Wellsian that wants to push you into lava.
15:36 Agatha Macbeth Oh that I need to see
15:36 Kara2016 really?
15:36 star (astarynite) LOL Phrynne
15:37 Phrynne However, I have not seen the exploding penguins in a couple of years, so I hope they have gone elsewhere. They wer emessy.
15:37 Rєη Ɗяαgσηѕєєкєя (lvddawter) that sounds interesting
15:37 Cpt. Jack Greenfox (jackgreen1) migrated north perhaps..
15:37 Wordsmith Jarvinen Likely a good time to open it up for questions and announcements.
15:37 Agatha Macbeth has fond memories of exploding sheep
15:38 Kara2016 ouch.
15:38 Wordsmith Jarvinen Instant Haggis, Agatha?
15:38 Agatha Macbeth Could be sir
15:39 Wordsmith Jarvinen Elfbiter and Rowan, anything from the tutor perspective?
15:39 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) i now have internet in my apartment, so i can be online and on duty now
15:39 Phrynne hurray!
15:39 RainyDayRecess Yay!
15:39 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) i have been so limited lately
15:39 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) i feel strange being back
15:40 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Just the usual tomfoolery.
15:40 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Some of it rather..... rude
15:40 Kara2016 smiles brightly for Rowan
15:40 Wordsmith Jarvinen Good to hear, that you have better access.
15:40 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) I also still try to host the Writers' Meeting
15:41 Wordsmith Jarvinen Which is open to all interested?
15:41 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Yup
15:41 Wordsmith Jarvinen No manuscript required to attend?
15:41 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) No.
15:42 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) I have a prompt if somebody wants :-)
15:42 star (astarynite) please Elfbiter
15:42 Wordsmith Jarvinen Go ahead and give a SLURL.
15:42 Wordsmith Jarvinen and time.
15:42 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Thursday 11:00 AM SLT
15:42 Cpt. Jack Greenfox (jackgreen1) would like to attend and listen, but not brave enough to share his scribbles just now..
15:43 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Caledon Oxbridge Village (223,189,4002)
15:43 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) that is fine Cpt
15:43 ღ Mαyα ღ (mayaserenacenedra) would love to attend, but will be working at that time
15:43 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) jack
15:43 star (astarynite) thank you
15:44 ღ Mαyα ღ (mayaserenacenedra) Thank you
15:45 Wordsmith Jarvinen Anything else? Wishes? Annoyances? Desires (within reason, Sim rating, and mutual consent)?
15:45 RainyDayRecess :D
15:47 Wordsmith Jarvinen LL is planning to increase prim allotments for private sims (includes Caledon) within the next couple of months. That will up Oxbridge to 5000 from the current 3750.
15:48 RainyDayRecess Yay!!
15:48 Phrynne What that means, among other things, is that I will not have to juggle trees quite so carefully as I do now.
15:48 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) most excellent! huzzah!
15:48 Phrynne And it opens other possibilities as well.
15:48 Wordsmith Jarvinen Although watching Phrynne juggle trees ... now that's a demo.
15:48 Rєη Ɗяαgσηѕєєкєя (lvddawter) I suspect it willl be like highwways - no matter how wide they are, they're stilll too small
15:49 Gronk Seriman I wonder if that will apply to their Crummy Linden Houses, too.
15:49 Rєη Ɗяαgσηѕєєкєя (lvddawter) yes!!!
15:49 Phrynne It's more about the LI than anything else.
15:49 Rєη Ɗяαgσηѕєєкєя (lvddawter) i have a whopping 115 LI!
15:49 Rєη Ɗяαgσηѕєєкєя (lvddawter) 175
15:49 ღ Mαyα ღ (mayaserenacenedra) It did. The limit on mine is already higher
15:49 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) juggles oil tankers filled with leprecauns tattooed with scenes from the Water Margin.
15:50 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) does it apply to LI in general?
15:50 star (astarynite) does that mean more people can be at Caledon at one time?
15:50 Wordsmith Jarvinen It seems to be a result of sim hardware and software improvements since the original limits were set.
15:50 star (astarynite) say oin the New Resident area?
15:50 star (astarynite) in
15:50 Phrynne I haven't heard anything about avatar limit changes
15:50 Rєη Ɗяαgσηѕєєкєя (lvddawter) that would be nice.... but I suspect not
15:50 star (astarynite) ok
15:50 Wordsmith Jarvinen Appears to be across the board.
15:50 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) i own land on the mainland
15:51 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) i wonder if it will add LI hhehee
15:51 Rєη Ɗяαgσηѕєєкєя (lvddawter) mainlland should already have it
15:51 Wordsmith Jarvinen https://community.secondlife.com/t5/Featured-News/How-Those-Land-Impact-Increases-Impact-You/ba-p/3080262
15:51 Wordsmith Jarvinen That's the LL blog link.
15:52 Cpt. Jack Greenfox (jackgreen1) wonders if there are builders clubs or guilds, that take the intermediate and advanced classes further?
15:52 Wordsmith Jarvinen We've had building office hours before.
15:54 Wordsmith Jarvinen Could find someone to do that if there's enough continued interest.
15:54 Cpt. Jack Greenfox (jackgreen1) excellent, thanks
15:54 RainyDayRecess Like for mesh?
15:56 Wordsmith Jarvinen Well, need a lot more basic coverage for mesh clothing, depends.
15:56 Cpt. Jack Greenfox (jackgreen1) Yes for mesh, and grid building..
15:57 RainyDayRecess K :)
15:57 Phrynne I'm sorry, I need to go offline . Thank you all for coming -- and tell your friends about the Advent Calendar.
15:57 Wordsmith Jarvinen kk See what I can do.
15:57 Rєη Ɗяαgσηѕєєкєя (lvddawter) wishes she coould get Blender to simply load properly
15:57 Wordsmith Jarvinen Anything else?
15:57 RainyDayRecess Thank you Phrynne
15:58 RainyDayRecess Thank you Deans :)
15:58 Gronk Seriman wishes she could get Blender to do ANYTHING she wants.
15:58 Wordsmith Jarvinen Then ..... adjourned.
15:58 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) thank you
15:58 ღ Mαyα ღ (mayaserenacenedra) waits for someone to bang a gavel
15:58 Gronk Seriman Thank you, Deans!
15:58 Wordsmith Jarvinen Thanks you all for coming.
15:59 Cpt. Jack Greenfox (jackgreen1) thanks Wordsmith
15:59 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Bedtime for me.
15:59 Rowan Entilles (rowan900) take care Elf
15:59 Wordsmith Jarvinen Night, Elf.
15:59 RainyDayRecess 'Night Elfbiter :)
15:59 Vesper Lynd (jucastt) NINNI ELF