Caledon Oxbridge Q&A for 2018-08-19
| 14:39 | lovejoy2199 | Greetings Chancellor |
| 14:42 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Hi lovejoy. Welcome once again. |
| 14:44 | lovejoy2199 | Hello Dean |
| 14:44 | Phrynne | hello Lovejoy |
| 14:45 | lovejoy2199 | Meow!!!!! |
| 14:48 | Ingo (tkb158) | Greetings, Chancellor |
| 14:48 | Ingo (tkb158) | Hey, Lovejoy |
| 14:49 | Mesh_MESH TIP TOE FEET Right | Press [Edit] button to synchronize |
| 14:50 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Hi, Andrea. |
| 14:50 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | waves weakly |
| 14:50 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Hi, Ingo. |
| 14:50 | Ingo (tkb158) | Greetings, Andrea |
| 14:50 | Phrynne | hi Andrea, hi Rainy |
| 14:50 | RainyDayRecess | Hello everyone ;) |
| 14:51 | Ingo (tkb158) | Greetings, Rainy |
| 14:51 | lovejoy2199 | Hello Rainy |
| 14:52 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | oops wrong chair |
| 14:52 | Ingo (tkb158) | ROFL!! |
| 14:52 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | sets that aside for later |
| 14:53 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | At least it was not the beheading chair |
| 14:53 | RainyDayRecess | :D |
| 14:53 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | I have seen those |
| 14:54 | Ingo (tkb158) | Is the electric chair the door prize for today's meeting? |
| 14:54 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | no, i've been off line all weekend |
| 14:58 | Ingo (tkb158) | Greetings, Gronk |
| 14:59 | Gronk Seriman | Hello Ingo, everybody! |
| 14:59 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And the horses laid down with the lions ..... |
| 14:59 | lovejoy2199 | Hello Gronk |
| 14:59 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | and thought of themselves as friends, not food. |
| 15:02 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | kk Just got the last call out now, so we'll wait a couple of minutes for those who wait for that. |
| 15:02 | Gronk Seriman | I know Ingo has access to Taco Bell. Raw horse would be way down on the list. |
| 15:03 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome, A K |
| 15:03 | Ingo (tkb158) grins | |
| 15:03 | A K (ak521pg) | ty |
| 15:03 | A K (ak521pg) | ©©♠Smiles♠©© |
| 15:03 | Ingo (tkb158) | puRrrRrRrrrrRrr |
| 15:04 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Hello, Sio (coughs at the particulates) |
| 15:05 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Okay. |
| 15:05 | Phrynne hands Word a cough drop | |
| 15:05 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Welcome to this week's Caledon Oxbridge Deans' Q&A |
| 15:06 | Gronk Seriman wrapped in wax paper to not make a crinkly cellophane sound. | |
| 15:06 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | This is an open meeting; all are welcome except if some individual misbehaves and we kick their butt out |
| 15:07 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Transcripts will be posted after the meeting (just not good at doing it before). |
| 15:07 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Phrynne, anything from you? |
| 15:08 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/qna/qna_index.php |
| 15:08 | Phrynne | I've been adjusting the flowers and trees for the end of summer, and added a few wandering bunnies. And helping people in the plaza at all sorts of hours (my schedule off-line in RL got erratic) |
| 15:09 | Gronk Seriman | Do any of the bunehs 'splode? |
| 15:09 | RainyDayRecess | :D |
| 15:09 | Phrynne | Anyone who has offered to give me or Star something for the Advent Calendar gifts needs to let me know if it will be coming by Sept. 15, in case we need to find replacements. |
| 15:09 | Phrynne | And no, none of the bunnehs explode. |
| 15:09 | Phrynne | that's all from me. |
| 15:09 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Thanks, Phrynne. |
| 15:10 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And thanks for the beautiful look of Oxbridge. |
| 15:10 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Andrea? |
| 15:10 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | (Hi Kara, Welcome) |
| 15:10 | Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) | Kara2016 gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:11 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And thank you. |
| 15:11 | Kara2016 | Smiles brightly. |
| 15:11 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Looks at Andrea. |
| 15:12 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | The COU August Fundraiser is set for August 31st. Ms Cynthia Farshore will be our DJ, An event was set in the aether calender. As soon as I confirm if there will be any bands the that afternoon. We will send out a poster, to be made. |
| 15:12 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Someone is heading that up for me |
| 15:13 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Great, good to be able to delegate a bit. |
| 15:13 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | We have a Santa bag of gifts with toys, will have some give aways for being there, and one special product , A observation telescope, to be auctioned off. |
| 15:13 | Kara2016 | wow. |
| 15:13 | Ingo (tkb158) | cool |
| 15:14 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | I'll look around for anything else for auction. though I'm not concentrating hard on that as I have fundraisers in the past. I'll come up with something for making a donation. |
| 15:14 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | If you have something to donate for the fundraiser, lease let me know |
| 15:15 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | It doesn't have to be an object btw |
| 15:15 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | if you want to do a portrait for a bidder, or something along those lines. that would be ok as well |
| 15:16 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | other than that. not much, I've been afk most of the weekend |
| 15:16 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Offer of service |
| 15:16 | Ingo (tkb158) | Auctioning off an observation telescope. |
| 15:16 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | the dance Tuesday with dj Pipper, will be in the swamp in Southend. |
| 15:17 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | may be the last dance there. I may drop those parcels this next week. |
| 15:17 | Gronk Seriman | Gah! |
| 15:17 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | I did have Prof Samm set up her SLB castle build in the village on a platform. |
| 15:18 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | See notices for the LM |
| 15:18 | Gronk Seriman | But the Wallet Knows. |
| 15:18 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | looks back at Wordsmith |
| 15:18 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Thank you, Andrea. |
| 15:18 | Gronk Seriman | Andrea Rocks! |
| 15:18 | RainyDayRecess | Yes, she does! |
| 15:18 | LadyLyndon nods a late hello | |
| 15:18 | RainyDayRecess waves ;) | |
| 15:19 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Elfbiter continues with his 11am SLT Thursdays Writers' meetings. (with prompts) |
| 15:19 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Yup |
| 15:19 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Want one? |
| 15:20 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Put one in chat if you wish. Good example. |
| 15:20 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | - * accountability, statue, supergroup * beloved, school life, remote viewing * bridal store, tabard, superficial * fractal, skating, exorcist * melee, war artist, naval architecture |
| 15:21 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | So, take one of the sets and write something with those words? |
| 15:21 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Or get inspired by them |
| 15:21 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Whatever works for you |
| 15:22 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Nice. |
| 15:23 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | My efforts during the week, apart from saying farewell to Caledon Llyr, have mostly been work on the new mesh class and on beginning a series of blog posts on scripting. |
| 15:24 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I also ran the financials for the quarter (July to Oct) so far: |
| 15:24 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | - Current account balance 239,905 Tier cost from 4 July to date (45 days) 36,964 Estimated stipend cost 08-12 to 08-18 2,500 Total income needed 4 July to 8 August 39,464 Desired starting base, 4 July 225,000 Desired current balance 264,464 Deficit 24,559 |
| 15:24 | Gronk Seriman | Nobody likes that last number. |
| 15:25 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | That is with Andrea and myself both tossing in 10k $L at the beginning of July. |
| 15:25 | Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) | lovejoy2199 gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:25 | Gronk Seriman | OMG! |
| 15:26 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Wow. ty lovejoy. |
| 15:26 | RainyDayRecess | Thank you Lovejoy ;) |
| 15:26 | Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) | Ingo (tkb158) gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:26 | RainyDayRecess | Ty Ingo ;) |
| 15:26 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | Much appreciated. |
| 15:26 | Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) | LadyLyndon gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:26 | Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) | A K (ak521pg) gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:27 | Oxbridge Donation Coin R1 (Alternate Lecture Hall) | Gronk Seriman gave a generous donation to help support classes and tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge Gateway. |
| 15:27 | RainyDayRecess | TY LadyLyndon, AK and Gronk ;) |
| 15:27 | A K (ak521pg) | yw |
| 15:27 | LadyLyndon | yw :) |
| 15:27 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Caledon is smaller than it used to be. RFL runs a long season. While I don't think that it's a zero sum game, my theory is, that after a certain point, people start transferring donations from one to the other. Limited elasticity. |
| 15:28 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And thank you folks. I'm literally overwhelmed. |
| 15:28 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | We do have Mrk Kas's new class. |
| 15:29 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | I can tweet Oxbridge blogs, and with the right hashtags pull in some attention. |
| 15:29 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | So we aren't just sitting passively. |
| 15:29 | LadyLyndon | Sorry but what is the Mrk Kas's class about? |
| 15:30 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | It's a gamified instruction on camera control |
| 15:31 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Starts at Oxbridge and goes to the Hong Kong University Education Sim where he has a pirate battle at historic Verona. |
| 15:31 | LadyLyndon | Oh sweet. Thank you. :) |
| 15:31 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Something in terms of a collaborative effort we've never done before. |
| 15:32 | LadyLyndon | So will the class be a long runner or a one time effort? |
| 15:32 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Lindal replied that she will start uploading tutorial sources in the next few days so I can do the graphics translations. |
| 15:32 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | At this point, it's regularly scheduled. |
| 15:32 | LadyLyndon | Thank you :) |
| 15:33 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Lindal also suggested getting a tour class going again. I pulsed Aevalle if she'd like to do that again (message left). |
| 15:34 | Gronk Seriman | Tour of? |
| 15:34 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | SL sims considered to be of interest. |
| 15:35 | Gronk Seriman | Ooo! |
| 15:35 | Ingo (tkb158) nods | |
| 15:35 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Not likely to be just shopping trips. |
| 15:35 | LadyLyndon | :) |
| 15:35 | RainyDayRecess | :D |
| 15:37 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And Andrea's use of an auction at the fundraiser, can help also. I've known RL organizations that have kept above the waves doing that. |
| 15:38 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And Llyr is now flattened, it will have the new name of Caledon Dream, and Lucy is to be the new Duchess. |
| 15:39 | Gronk Seriman | Progress, I guess. |
| 15:39 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | And that's the news from the last week. |
| 15:39 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Open for general questions and comments. |
| 15:40 | LadyLyndon | I'd like to ask if Mr. Skysmith's mustache is made of hair or metal but that might be irrelevant :) |
| 15:40 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Elf, your option? |
| 15:41 | LadyLyndon blushes at her awful intervention | |
| 15:41 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | It is clockworkd moustache |
| 15:41 | LadyLyndon | Thank you :) |
| 15:42 | lovejoy2199 | Orange????? |
| 15:42 | RainyDayRecess | :D |
| 15:42 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Found from the bygone shop of Balpeen Hammerer. IIRC, who used to teach the vehicle class |
| 15:43 | Gronk Seriman | Just thack it with your finger. If it goes "conk!", it's metal. |
| 15:44 | LadyLyndon | I wouldn't dare |
| 15:44 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | The word "bygone" reminded me of something I jotted down last week in a reflective mood: Time both creates and obliterates. All that was is consigned to memory and what never was is swept into the present. Coping with change is the skill of surfing time. |
| 15:44 | LadyLyndon | (and in SL hair could be scripted to go "conk" when touched) |
| 15:45 | Jolt18 | Hi. I have a question. Where can I learn to make a HUD and script for finding set objects attached to avatars? And is there a tutorial for Blender for SL. Sorry i'm new |
| 15:46 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | For non-rigged items, Blender for SL isn't different from Blender in general. I'm currently working together a class that will cover that. |
| 15:48 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | For a HUD, the screen height is taken to be 1 meter. An object becomes a HUD by being attached to a HUD attachment point, is 2D onscreen, showing the negative X side of the object. |
| 15:49 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | If one is the avatar that things are attached to, then you are part of the linkset. If you are thinking another avatar, I can't answer off the top of my head. |
| 15:50 | Ingo (tkb158) purr | |
| 15:50 | Gronk Seriman wonders why all the lights are turned off tonight. Dark in here! | |
| 15:50 | Ingo (tkb158) pur | |
| 15:50 | Kara2016 | <..scratches between Ingo's ears. |
| 15:50 | LadyLyndon | Budget cuts? hehe |
| 15:50 | RainyDayRecess | ;) |
| 15:51 | Gronk Seriman | Yay! |
| 15:51 | Ingo (tkb158) purr | |
| 15:51 | Gronk Seriman | It's a miracle! |
| 15:51 | Gronk Seriman | i can see! |
| 15:51 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Wonder that a bit sooner, Miss Gronk, and you'd have lights on sooner. |
| 15:52 | Ingo (tkb158) | puRrrRrRrrrrRrr |
| 15:53 | A K (ak521pg) | **i wondered also,, but i have my own light |
| 15:53 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | There is information of creating HUDs on the wiki: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Creating_HUDs |
| 15:53 | Ingo (tkb158) | puRrrRrRrrrrRrr |
| 15:54 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | https://community.secondlife.com/knowledgebase/english/heads-up-displays-huds-r34/ |
| 15:54 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Anything else? |
| 15:55 | Jolt18 | Thanks |
| 15:56 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | You're most welcome, Jolt. |
| 15:56 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Any other matters (or anti-matters)? |
| 15:56 | LadyLyndon | :) |
| 15:56 | LadyLyndon | A class on surfing time soon? :) |
| 15:56 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | In that case, |
| 15:57 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Hopefully not negative or dark matters..... |
| 15:57 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | we are |
| 15:57 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | adjourned. |
| 15:57 | A K (ak521pg) | ©©♠Smiles♠©© |
| 15:57 | Sio Qwerkus (qwerkus) | *blinks* |
| 15:57 | RainyDayRecess | Thank you Deans :) |
| 15:57 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Thank you all for coming and participating. And many thanks for the contributions. |
| 15:57 | Gronk Seriman | Thank you, Deans! |
| 15:57 | Jolt18 | Thank you. |
| 15:57 | LadyLyndon | Thank you Deans :) |
| 15:57 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | We are working together to keep Oxbridge above the waves. |
| 15:57 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | I have to try to get some sleep, again |
| 15:58 | RainyDayRecess | Sweet Dreams Elf ;) |
| 15:58 | Sio Qwerkus (qwerkus) | *nods* |
| 15:58 | A K (ak521pg) | sleep well Elf |
| 15:58 | lovejoy2199 | TC |
| 15:58 | Gronk Seriman | Sleep well, EB! |
| 15:58 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Hold the fort |
| 15:58 | Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) | Be seeing you |
| 15:58 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | NIght eb |
| 15:58 | Phrynne | g'night, Mr. E |
| 15:59 | LadyLyndon | Good night everyone |
| 16:00 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Good night, LadyLyndon. |
| 16:00 | Kara2016 | <..gently scratches between Gonks Head. |
| 16:00 | Phrynne | good night |
| 16:00 | Kara2016 | *uumm..ears. |
| 16:00 | Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) | night all. Ty for the support |
| 16:00 | RainyDayRecess | 'Night Lady Lyndon ;) |
| 16:00 | Kara2016 | Thank you, Deans. |
| 16:01 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | yw, Kara. Keep the smile. |
| 16:01 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Transcript captured. |
| 16:02 | A K (ak521pg) | good night all |
| 16:02 | Wordsmith Jarvinen | Night, A K. Thanks for coming. |
| 16:02 | A K (ak521pg) | ©©♠Smiles♠©© |
| 16:09 | lovejoy2199 | Take care. Music is over. |