2014 1stHELP: About this blog. Mission, goals, themes

About this blog. Mission, goals, themes
Updated 9/26/2015

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Objectives, main themes, invited articles, blogroll: The goal of this blog is to show people what they need to know to get the best out of virtual worlds and to suggest lines of creative thinking on how to exploit the potential of virtual worlds.  
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If you know where you are going,

you can figure out how to get there.

2013 TKR: Resolutions and How To Break Them

Resolutions and How To Break Them (1)
Self-help--Thinkerer
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Scene: The Head Room (imaginary room in the head). Decorated as for a New Year’s party. 

• The people in your head. Be everyone you can be
• Use your head! They always tell you that. They never tell you how

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Cast: 

• Un, 
• Vulcan, 
• Engineer, 
• Explorer
• Hunter
• Whys Guy
• Canter
• Networker
• Storyboarder

At center stage: the Un, the Vulcan, the Engineer, and the Hunter. The Un and the Storyboarder wear festive hats.
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Un: New Year’s resolutions. That’s our turf. Everybody makes resolutions. Everybody expects to break resolutions.
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Explorer: Everybody does break resolutions.
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2013 1stHELP: Defense against the Dark Arts

Defense against the Dark Arts 
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• Real cautions
• "Dangers"
• Safety Rules
• Safe and Damage places
• Stop Animations 
• Annoying Sounds:
• Chat not showing me what I type
• Voice 
• Voice -- -  MUTE
• Can't hear
• Voice -- annoying echo
• Voice breaks up 
• Voice not connecting
• Name tag clutter
• Smoke, fire, lots of flying things 
• Pushing me 
• Abuse report (AR)
• Someone is rude
• Reduce lag  
• Inventory lost
• Suddenly lost all my Lindens
• Big viewer problems
• Avatar not loading

You can search any web page in Chrome with Ctrl + F. This hot key  gives you a search bar (upper right of page).  Other browsers may also have a search-on-page feature. 

2013 ART: Campus d'Art.

Cecilia's Campus d'Art.  
Over 900 paintings, photographs, sculptures.

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Map of the Campus

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http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Schwanson%20Schlegel/109/135/22
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A Campus d'Art Milestone in Second Life

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Musée d'Art Classique

The original 4-floor museum.

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Main Floor:  "Abstract Art, Early to mid-20th Century"  (37 works by 20 artists)

                      "Piet Mondrian" (18 works)
                      "Joel Greene" (12 works).
Lower Mezzanine Floor: "California Impressionism Landscapes,  1910-30".  30 works.
Upper Mezzanine Floor:  "The Quilts of Gee's Bend" (16 works)
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Mondrians inside

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Galleries and places

•  Delacroix Gallery - Photography by Cecilia Delacroix.  51 photographs for sale: "Images of the Pacific Northwest"  &  "Reflections of Las Vegas"
• Gallerie du Coeur - Contemporary Glass Art.  94 examples;  both RL and virtual works.  Delacroix Gallery West - "The Tulip Fields of Skagit Valley" (Western Washington)
• Gallerie d'Art Nouveau Southwest - Digital works by SL artist Ronin Shippe.
• Kinetic Sculpture Pavilion & Sculpture Plaza -  Sculptures by many SL artists.
• Delacroix Hall -  Venue for dances, concerts, lectures.  There's even a green room!
• Galleria Bella Vida - 79 works by Second Life/RL artiists. Dulcis Taurog, Gracie Kendal, Milly Sharple, Faubio Alter, Orsini Tarantal & others.
• Gallerie d'Art Vins Tasting Room - Over 60 wine label posters & wine tasting bar.
• Gallerie M - Works by photoartist Em Larsson.
• Cecilia Park and Ampitheatre.  Landscaped by Hylee Bekkers.
• Plein Air Gallery - Photographs by Cecilia Delacroix - "Magical Longwood Gardens"
• Gallerie d'Art Nouveau - 75 works by Second Life/RL artists: Nevar Whitfield, Fabilene Cortes, Lou Portsmouth, Schmonson Dalglish, and others.
• Rothko Gallery - Mid-20th Century paintings by Mark Rothko.  9 works.
• Gallerie d'Art Nouveau East - Works by SL painter Slaaaaa Tenk, and  13 SL sculptors.
• Ancient Grounds Coffeehouse - Coffee art posters, pastries, espresso and chess.                Come listen to the jazz and relax.
• Gallerie d'Art Classique, East Annex - "The Art Deco Era".  99 examples.
• Diebenkorn Gallery - Mid-20th Century paintings by Richard Diebenkorn. 28 works.
• Plein Air Gallery North - "Primagery".  Works by SL artist Sledge Roffo.
• Delacroix Pavilion.  Venue for guest artist exhibits, dances, events.
• Gallerie du Centre - Currently:  Works by SL artist Fiona Leitner.
• North Promenade Exhibit  -  OPEN DEC. 2011:  Works of Guido Borelli .  (40 works)
• Gallerie de Fleurs - Photographs by Cecilia Delacroix - "Meadow Flowers of Summer"
• Lake House Gallery - Southeast Australia Impressionism: A gallery featuring oils by Ritchey Jacobus (RL artist Ritchey Sealy).  14 works.
• (NOT SHOWN ON MAP - South of Landmark No. 10) - Guest Artist Walk.  (10 works) Currently:  Melusina Parkin:  "Second Deco" - Second Life photos of Art Deco builds.       

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"WELCOME TO "CONTEMPORARY GLASS ART"
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"There are 2 basic types of glass art:  sculptured glass and blown (or "kiln-formed") glass.
This exhibit focuses mostly on the latter.  This "duo exhibit" displays virtual glass sculptures by SL artist Eliza Quinzet and also photographs of RL glassworks."
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"The majority of Art Deco-influenced architecture took place in cities outside of Paris:  Miami, Florida;  Mumbai, India;  Havana, Cuba;  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  In the U.S., opulent interiors were created in numerous cities for movie theaters, nightclubs, hotels, restaurants, ocean liners, banks, lobbies, and elevator doors.  Different regional variants within the U.S. used different cultural elements.  For example, Mayan and Aztec influences were to be found in southern California, and tropical influences - with its pastel shades of flamingo pink, sea green and banana yellow - were used in Florida."
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Twistee art

The ultimate guide to prim twisting

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Art

• Art done in virtual worlds Summary  2012
• Linden Endowment for the Arts

     
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Video-Machinima

• Videos from virtual worlds Summary 
• Hobbies: Doing video/machinima in virtual worlds
• Music Videos from virtual worlds Summary 
• Art videos from the virtual world
• Comedy videos from the Virtual World

      

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• What do we do in Virtual Worlds? 
• Search on page with Google Chrome: Ctrl+f, search bar upper right 
• Google search this blog, column on right
• or put site:virtualoutworlding.blogspot.com at the end of the search terms
• What is Second Life?
• Annotated screen shots made with Jing
• Creative Commons License, attribution only.
• Second Life, Linden, SLurl, and SL are trademarks of Linden Research Inc.
• This blog is not affiliated with Second Life or anything else.  
• Ads are  from Google

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• Drop by my place in Second life
• Location Link. Click to go or drag to the viewer screen:
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cookie/136/100/22
• Feel free to send me an IM, notecard, or friend request.
• Thinkerer Melville/Selby Evans

  

2013 HELP: V3.2 Building 101 Beginner's building

Beginner's building in OpenSIm
Updated 3/28/2019
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The instructions here are for Firestorm. The details may not always apply to other viewers.
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Land Right-click Window 
Right click on the parcel land

Click picture to enlarge

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If you don't own land, you can practice building on one of the sandboxes listed here:

Sandboxes

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Vocabulary

• Prim: Basic unit of construction.  Like a piece of wood to a carpenter.
• Megaprim:  A prim with dimensions over 10 x 10 x 10.  Obsolescent term.
• Sandbox: a parcel that lets anyone build (create, rez) things and has autoreturn set to several hours.
• Autoreturn:  A parcel setting that causes objects to be returned after a fixed time unless they set to the controlling group.
• Land Right-click Window:  A window offering access to the things you want to do with a parcel or the land in it. The secret of the right-click windows
• Edit Window and Tabs: A window with multiple tabs, each offering information and control related to aspects of building.  The tabs important to new learners are: General, Object, Texture, and Contents.
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• V3.2 Build Button (hammer)

Click on Build to create an object.  Cursor becomes your magic wand.  Click on the ground and you create a plywood box .5 meters on a side.  This is a prim.

2013 VIDEO: AVATARZAN, from SpotON3D

AVATARZAN, from SpotON3D
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The first theatrical production in SpotON3D
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STARRING:
Avatarzan, an orphan -- Francisco Koolhoven
Greetah, a chimp -- Ixmal Supermarine
Bezig-zag, a hummingbird -- 10 goosson
Jane Seeker-Grant, a scientist -- Eva Moon
Malkia, Queen of the Jungle, a lioness -- Tessa Harrington
Archibald Moncrieff, a hunter -- Michael Somerset
Stage Manager -- Felonious Nitely
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SCENE 1. The digital jungle in 1929. A crashed plane sits high in a tree in a tropical mangrove...
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Scenery by Phoenix DaVinci and Felonious Nitely. Costumes by members of the cast and synergy.com creators.
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This video was a live capture and edit by Geo Meek 
In the World of SpotON3D - https://spoton3d.com
A comedy spoof using voice -- show lasts about 30 minutes.
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2013 1stHELP: Communication. Using Notecards: how and why

Using Notecards: how and why 
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Start a new notecard

V3.2 Inventory button (suitcase)

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A notecard is somewhat like e-mail.   You

• Write it, 
• Review it,
• Send it to one or many people,
• Keep a copy in your inventory for reference.

The recipient can 

• Keep the copy on file,
• Refer to it later for details,
• Copy part of it into a response,
• Forward it to other people.
• Copy/paste it into a blog, webpage, or forum.

Make a notecard: 

• Open Inventory: V3.2 Inventory button (suitcase),
• Click + sign (bottom of inventory window),
• Click "New Notecard" in option list,
• Find entry "New Note in Notecards folder of  inventory
• Right click, select "Rename", give it a name you will remember 
• Enter text in the blank notecard if it has opened
• Double click on the name in your inventory if needed to open the norecard
• Type or copy-paste from any text document. 
• Click "Save" (bottom of card window)

Problem Solving and cautions

• Save often. Expect that Save will fail every so often.
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• If  save fails, highlight the entire text and copy it to a text file on your computer.
• Delete the notecard that failed to save. 
• Wait a few hours, make a new notecard with the text you saved.
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• Notecards don't always get to the recipient.
• If sent with a group notice, probably don't reach more than 500 people.
• Are not always usable when received.
• To be sure that it was received, check by IM.
• MySL (see below) may be more reliable.

Send a notecard to someone

• Drag from inventory and drop onto the avatar if present.
• Otherwise, open the profile and click IM button:  
•  V3.2. Profiles. Yours and theirs 
• Drag the notecard into the IM text window.

Get and open notecards

• You get a notice about notecard sent (upper right).
• You click notice, see window, click Show.
• The notecard may open for you to read.
• If not, type first part of notecard name in inventory search bar.
• Double-click on notecard name in inventory.

Manage notecards

• To be sure of finding it again, rename it with keywords.
• To reply, copy the notecard (right-click, copy)
• Paste the copy back into the notecard  folder (right-click, paste)
• Rename the copy to include the name of the originator and your name
• Edit the copy and send the edited copy back to the originator

Notecards can carry assets

Notecard with embedded assets

• Drag objects, notecards, or other assets, from your inventory. 
• Drag one from your inventory onto the notecard, drop it there.
• It will leave a graphic and the name of the asset.
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• To recover an asset from a notecard, click on the name.
• The offer you get will depend on the type of asset.

Distribute a notecard widely

• Send a notecard to a group you are in:
• V3.2 People button  (2 heads) -- groups -- notices
• Send a notecard to a group of your friends
• Have an object give a notecard: Giver script in Hobo Kit
• Use a notice list to give notecards

Other features that you might use instead of notecards

• Private communications in SL, Forums, MySL, IMs
• Promote your projects on your MySL feed
• MySL, Private messages, offline 

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• What do we do in Virtual Worlds? 
• Search on page with Google Chrome: Ctrl+f, search bar upper right 
• Google search this blog, column on right
• or put site:virtualoutworlding.blogspot.com at the end of the search terms
• What is Second Life?
• Annotated screen shots made with Jing
• Creative Commons License, attribution only.
• Second Life, Linden, SLurl, and SL are trademarks of Linden Research Inc.
• This blog is not affiliated with Second Life or anything else.  
• Ads are  from Google

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• Drop by my place in Second life
• Location Link. Click to go or drag to the viewer screen:
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cookie/136/100/22
• Feel free to send me an IM, notecard, or friend request.
• Thinkerer Melville/Selby Evans

  

2013 HELP: Logs of local chat and IMs --Store

Store logs of local chat and IMs: 

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You can  keep logs of your communications.  Here is how:

• V3.2 Preferences button (gears)
• Privacy tab
• Save nearby chat logs to my computer (Check)
• Save IM logs to my computer  (Check)
• Add timestamp to each line in chat log    (Check)

I prefer to leave the default destination file unchanged, because it seems to be common across viewers.  If they all put the logs in the same place, I don't have to wonder where to look.  You may want to copy the destination file name while you have the window open.

2013 HOBBIES: Water Sports: Public Rezz place

Water Sports: Public Rezz place
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Rezz you boat on the target

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from Wildcat Furse

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I opened up the corner on my land so anyone who is interested in water sports activities can enjoy it. The land is located on the South East corner of the Neobelow sim and is connected to hundreds of public Linden sims. If you are sailing in the Dire Straits region or you need a temp location to rezz your boat, please be my guest anytime. 

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2013 Kit: Login fails? Lots of logouts? Summary

Login fails?  Lots of logouts?
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I have not seen many of these problems in recent months, but I have been collecting reports of solutions.  Here is what I have gathered.

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General suggestion

• Turn off automatic download/install. (Preferences--Setup window).
• Download manually and put the link to the set-up file on your desktop.
• Reboot your system. 
• Install the viewer before you open any other program.