Caledon Oxbridge Q&A for 2018-07-22
| 14:52 | lovejoy2199 | Greetings Chancellor |
| 14:52 | Brenda (brendaharden) | Hi, lovejoy |
| 14:52 | Brenda (brendaharden) | Hello, Chancellor |
| 14:52 | lovejoy2199 | Hello Brenda |
| 14:53 | Brenda (brendaharden) | Hi, Mr. Skysmith |
| 14:53 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Greetings |
| 14:53 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Hi Lovejoy, Brenda, Elf. |
| 14:54 | MilaSprinkles | that is a magic room lol |
| 14:57 | Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) | Kara2016 gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 14:58 | Gronk Seriman | Oh, No! A One Dean Night?!? |
| 14:58 | MilaSprinkles | =^w^= LIKE RAWR AND STUFF!! =^w^= |
| 14:59 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Andrea is in the Museum, I think |
| 14:59 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Well, Rainy is an Assist. Dean and She's on. |
| 14:59 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Andrea is at the museum. I told her to stay there and handle guests coming to her show. |
| 15:00 | Kara2016 | Its a fantastic show. |
| 15:00 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Phrynne is powering down because of T-Storms in her area. |
| 15:00 | Gronk Seriman | Can't forget Rainy! True! |
| 15:00 | RainyDayRecess | Hello everyone! :D |
| 15:01 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | So Rainy is here and saves me from having to move the apostrophes. |
| 15:01 | RainyDayRecess | ? |
| 15:01 | RainyDayRecess | no idea |
| 15:01 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | ty Rainy. |
| 15:01 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Dean's vs Deans' |
| 15:01 | RainyDayRecess | Ummm, you're welcome, I think |
| 15:01 | RainyDayRecess | Ah |
| 15:01 | Gronk Seriman | Single possessive to plural possessive. |
| 15:02 | renamarietepes | hi |
| 15:02 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Right, the announcements were all plural possessive. |
| 15:02 | RainyDayRecess waves ;) | |
| 15:02 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Hi Renamarie. |
| 15:03 | renamarietepes nods | |
| 15:04 | MilaSprinkles | purr |
| 15:04 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome to this week's Caledon Oxbridge Deans' Q&A (smiles at Rainy) |
| 15:04 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | This is an open meeting. All are welcome unless individual misbehavior requires otherwise. |
| 15:05 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Transcripts of the meeting will be posted after the meeting. |
| 15:06 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Hi Andrea. I did say that you could stay with your exhibit if you have people coming in. |
| 15:06 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | No it was a turn out. |
| 15:06 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | We ended at 3 |
| 15:06 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | (Reflections of Darkness; the National Museum of Caledon; Caledon II (164,52,22) ) |
| 15:07 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | May take more than one visit to get through |
| 15:07 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Click on the pictures to see Andrea's poetry. |
| 15:07 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Grab the freebie for a nc and freebie |
| 15:08 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Anything to report, including anything coming up on Tuesday, Andrea? |
| 15:08 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | No Nothing this week. There will be a fundraiser in august and october |
| 15:08 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | August will be the Christmas in August, since i missed July |
| 15:09 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | and October will be the annual Halloween event |
| 15:09 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Tuesday is up in the air right now |
| 15:09 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | looks back at Wordsmith |
| 15:09 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Gives a break from RFL donations, which isn't a bad idea. |
| 15:10 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Takes a quick break in RL. brb |
| 15:11 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Not a lot to report Oxbridge wise for this last week. I have pinged Lindal for an upload of the English sources for the tutorial posters. I'm pretty near a place where I can start working on getting language translations into graphics. |
| 15:13 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Last week, Andrea and I took care of most of the operating deficit since the beginning of the year. That allows the August fundraiser to focus on current operating expenses, which are about 107k $L per 13 week quarter. |
| 15:13 | RainyDayRecess | WOW! |
| 15:14 | RainyDayRecess | Very generous of you two! |
| 15:14 | Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) | Gronk Seriman gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:14 | RainyDayRecess | Thank you too Gronk ;) |
| 15:14 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I've a couple of mesh build projects that I'll retexture for the advent Calendar. Phrynne said earlier today that they are still a few gifts short of a complete combination plate. |
| 15:15 | Gronk Seriman smiles | |
| 15:15 | Gronk Seriman | And the bells ring!!!! |
| 15:15 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | ty Gronk. |
| 15:17 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Well, with the investment in the web-pages already good for another two years, and a lot of effort put into computational infrastructure, I'm not about to let Oxbridge sink beneath the waves as long as we can keep it viable. The tutorial translations may help in that direction. |
| 15:18 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Can't think of anything else for last week. |
| 15:18 | Gronk Seriman | Gah! Multilingual Donation Coins! |
| 15:18 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Phrynne said just more landscaping for her. |
| 15:19 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | She does a great job of keeping the appearance of Oxbridge fresh and seasonal. |
| 15:19 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Elfbiter continues with his Thursday at 11am writers' meetings. |
| 15:20 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Yup. |
| 15:20 | renamarietepes taking notes | |
| 15:21 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I've also been leading discussions of some sci-fi short stories on the 2nd Thursdays of each month (5pm) under the auspices of the Community Virtual Library group. |
| 15:21 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | The next one is Jack Finney's "The Love Letter". |
| 15:23 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | That alternates between the CVL sim and the VSTE sim (Virginia Science and Tech in Education) |
| 15:23 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Rainy, anything? |
| 15:23 | RainyDayRecess | Nothing from me this week, still working on the new horse |
| 15:24 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | New horse, because Animesh is on this grid now, although limited to one of the Release Candidate sims. Animesh = animation of non-avatar entities. |
| 15:25 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | With that, open for general questions and announcements. |
| 15:25 | RainyDayRecess | It's pretty much weight painted, now just the textures and animations |
| 15:26 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And Kara, thanks for giving me something to riff off of on ISC the other morning. |
| 15:26 | Brenda (brendaharden) | Chancellor? |
| 15:26 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Yes, Brenda? |
| 15:27 | Kara2016 | Smiles brightly. |
| 15:27 | Brenda (brendaharden) | Are there plans for re instituting the introduction to mesh classes? |
| 15:28 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | back |
| 15:28 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Definitely. It's my class, and I expect to have time to rewrite it and bring it up to date with some things like our SL15B build out of the way. |
| 15:28 | lovejoy2199 | Hello Dean |
| 15:29 | RainyDayRecess | Welcome back Phrynne ;) |
| 15:29 | Phrynne waves | |
| 15:29 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | wb |
| 15:29 | Phrynne | The storms left, and the power came back. |
| 15:29 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | yay |
| 15:29 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | They did not dare to disturb you more. |
| 15:29 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I'm hoping at least by week after this. |
| 15:29 | Kara2016 | smiles brightly. |
| 15:29 | Brenda (brendaharden) | Thank you |
| 15:29 | Gronk Seriman | Yay! |
| 15:30 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I hate not teaching it and I hate teaching a class that I know needs a serious update. |
| 15:31 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome, Phrynne. Anything to report apart from electron bombardment? |
| 15:31 | Phrynne | More flowers at Oxbridge, mostly. |
| 15:31 | Phrynne | And if anyone who hasn't given something for the Advent Calendar feels inspired to do so, there are still a few slots open. |
| 15:32 | Phrynne | If you're interested, contact me after Q&A. |
| 15:32 | Phrynne | That's it. |
| 15:33 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Oh, and I do have what we did for the SL15b build rezzed at Caledon SouthEnd (207,240,1201) |
| 15:33 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | (after forgetting to rez it with the right group tag and having to dig it back out of my lost and found) |
| 15:34 | Gronk Seriman | heh! |
| 15:34 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | (ADS = Addled Dean Syndrome) |
| 15:35 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | DABHW? |
| 15:35 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Anything else? Questions? Comments? |
| 15:35 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | DEans Affected By Hot Weather? |
| 15:35 | Kara2016 | ouch. |
| 15:35 | RainyDayRecess | :D |
| 15:36 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | That too, actually. Some monsoon moisture has been moving into California (yes, there is an American monsoon). |
| 15:36 | Phrynne | I think it skipped the midwest and hit my east coast area, too |
| 15:37 | lovejoy2199 | It never rains in California. |
| 15:37 | renamarietepes | its raining here |
| 15:37 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I've also been hit with having the siding replaced on my townhouse, which has released a lot of mold into the air, which knocks out my personal warp drive. |
| 15:37 | Phrynne | owww |
| 15:37 | Kara2016 | But it does mudslide in California. |
| 15:38 | renamarietepes | true |
| 15:38 | renamarietepes | and fire |
| 15:38 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | It does during the rainy (no relation) season, but that's not until late fall and the firestorm season has already started. |
| 15:38 | Kara2016 | and mold can be bad for ones health. |
| 15:38 | renamarietepes | y is that |
| 15:38 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Local heat takes a toll of my organic CPU as well... |
| 15:39 | lovejoy2199 | It pours. |
| 15:39 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And clay saturates and then slides. |
| 15:39 | lovejoy2199 | Showing my age with song lyrics. |
| 15:39 | MilaSprinkles | uhm |
| 15:39 | Phrynne | good lyrics are timeless |
| 15:40 | Gronk Seriman | As we ramp up our support for multiple languages, I still forget to wear a translator here. Is there an elegant object I can click before leaving my crummy Linden House that would put it on? Some thing I can make? |
| 15:40 | renamarietepes | a hat |
| 15:40 | RainyDayRecess | Great idea ;) |
| 15:40 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Actually a motto of a salt company. They added enough silicate that the salt wouldn't clump when it rained and the humidity was high -- With the slogan, "When it rains, it pours". |
| 15:42 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | "Or I may simply be a single drop of rain But I will remain and I'll be back again" |
| 15:42 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Pure salt grains, clumped when the humidity was high (as in raining) and didn't pour. |
| 15:42 | RainyDayRecess | Clever ;) |
| 15:43 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | A little history and science. |
| 15:43 | Kara2016 | smiles brightly. |
| 15:43 | renamarietepes smiles | |
| 15:44 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Let me think on that, Gronk. A translator "dress me" option. |
| 15:44 | Gronk Seriman | Yes! |
| 15:45 | Kara2016 | does it work like a HUD? |
| 15:45 | renamarietepes | it should |
| 15:45 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Yes. It is a HUD. Mostly click on/off but also taking a few chat commands. |
| 15:46 | Gronk Seriman | I don't want to add to the drag unnecessarily But when I come to Oxbridge to help, I SHOULD have the translator on.. |
| 15:47 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Well, I could write something that looks for Gronk at Oxbridge and sends a reminder. "Miss Gronk, you SHOULD have your translator on." |
| 15:47 | Gronk Seriman | I have over a dozen outfits I wear here. I suppose I could make duplicates with and without. |
| 15:48 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And Phrynne reminded me this morning to make a Prime Directive sign. |
| 15:49 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | (waits for someone to ask) |
| 15:49 | Kara2016 | ?? |
| 15:49 | Phrynne | what, no Star Trek fans? |
| 15:49 | MilaSprinkles | uhm may i ask a question? |
| 15:49 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | "what is Jeopardy?" |
| 15:49 | Kara2016 | laughing. |
| 15:49 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Yes Mila. Ask away? |
| 15:50 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | That's what we're here for (Q&A). |
| 15:51 | renamarietepes | I'll be going now |
| 15:51 | renamarietepes bows | |
| 15:51 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Thanks for coming. |
| 15:52 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Do come again. |
| 15:52 | MilaSprinkles | ok well i am from Germany and i have a little Problem like sure i can understand the lessons but for me the lessons are like really late/early sometimes and i wanted to know if that could change later |
| 15:52 | RainyDayRecess | Thanks for coming Rena |
| 15:52 | renamarietepes | I will come again |
| 15:52 | RainyDayRecess | Please do ;) |
| 15:52 | renamarietepes | yvw |
| 15:54 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | It can change, we have a very empty 8am slot on the schedules for example. But what I need are people with the experience in SL (and the right attitude to be student focused) to approach me.and want to teach. |
| 15:55 | Gronk Seriman | Mila, you have put your finger on a weakness of SL. It is very USA centric. It wants to be International, but it doesn't try very hard. |
| 15:56 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Yet we have tutors on the books who are German, for example. But they also have RL to handle. |
| 15:56 | Gronk Seriman | If we had Professors that would teach in Eurotime, We'd be glad! |
| 15:56 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And I'd be happy to schedule them. |
| 15:57 | MilaSprinkles | ok |
| 15:57 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | We have a couple of noon classes, intentionally. |
| 15:58 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And it's difficult to get teachers on board for any time. |
| 15:59 | MilaSprinkles | yea i guess its hard |
| 15:59 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | But, getting the mesh intro class going again, I'm not adverse to running an occasional one on an Euro time. |
| 16:00 | Gronk Seriman | This place should be busy 24/7. But for some reason, it isn't. |
| 16:00 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Just need to have some people come up and ask for it. Harder to do a regular schedule. |
| 16:01 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I'm also hoping to get the Oxbridge blog going again and put some scripting tutorials onto it. |
| 16:02 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Anything else? |
| 16:03 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Then we are adjourned, freeing Elfbiter to try for sleep and lovejoy to enjoy a good jump. |
| 16:03 | Gronk Seriman zips her lips | |
| 16:03 | lovejoy2199 | LOL |
| 16:03 | Phrynne | Thanks for coming |
| 16:03 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Gronk? |
| 16:04 | Gronk Seriman | Time is up. |
| 16:04 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Is Space down? |
| 16:04 | Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) | badgerofzen gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 16:04 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | ty Badger. |
| 16:04 | MilaSprinkles | oy i just noticed i am 1 week old yey |
| 16:04 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Yeah. I hope I can sleep properly for a change. |
| 16:05 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Hold the fort |
| 16:05 | lovejoy2199 | looks for his 'Beau Geste' |
| 16:05 | lovejoy2199 | outfit. |
| 16:05 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Doing well for a week old. And the tutors are also there to answer questions. |
| 16:05 | MilaSprinkles | i know and they do a great job :) |
| 16:05 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | It's good to see everyone. goodnight |
| 16:05 | Gronk Seriman smiles | |
| 16:06 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Be seeing you |
| 16:06 | Brenda (brendaharden) | Good night, Andrea |
| 16:06 | MilaSprinkles | every class you learn something and have fun :) |
| 16:07 | Brenda (brendaharden) | True |
| 16:07 | MilaSprinkles | to bad today`s class how to make a skirt was all empty except me |
| 16:08 | RainyDayRecess | Have a good jump Lovejoy ;) |
| 16:08 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | That's another one of the challenges. |
| 16:08 | lovejoy2199 shouts | TALLY HOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! |