some facts about second life

• in terms of fonts and languages, whatever Windows takes SL will probably recognize
• your inventory is the depository of everything, from note cards you get from people, objects to landmarks that gives you a shortcut to where you want to go. it also contains your clothing and everything else you've acquired.
• for clothing, click "search" and then "places", type Freebie and a bunch of places will pop up, Freebie beach is a good place to get started, it also has skins but unfortunately if you change your skin you won't quite look like yourself. Money Island and Money Tree Island are two more places where you can earn money and get some free stuff. Just click teleport under the picture of the place you selected to go there.
• you can also buy things in SL, right click on the object and select pay, your balance is on the top right hand corner. You can camp or fill out surveys to earn money. Surveys pay way more but they are a pain. Either ways you are interacting with an object (a poseball or a ATM object) to get started. For camping the best place is Woodstock Island but you have to join the group Hippie Free Spirit first, it has a slightly cumbersome procedure, if you need help, write me a reply. :)
• WORD OF CAUTION: SL is virtual, but it does have real world characteristics, hence you will see pornography and other R rated places. Teleport can always get you away from something that makes you feel uncomfortable.
• To set a landmark, simply click "world" - "create landmark here", or you can also say "set home here".

That's all I have for now!

Me

This is me in Second Life. :)

Finally figured out how to use the camera to take a nicer picture of myself.

Landmarks of interesting places to come.

i got a scottie! :D

so after days of camping, I finally saved up $500L for a doggy, he is a cute black scottie who follows me around and I haven't thought of a name for him yet

for this class, I am studying his scripts, including how to program him to do different things :D so far I have succeeded in making him walk closer to me and in a more natural manner (not rotating around me as was the default)

more reports later, but here's his picture right after I got him from D&D dogs

why second life is 2.0

* you are talking to real people instead of cartoon characters generated by system
* there is a real miniture economy existing through the buying and selling of linden $ using US$ and the buying and selling of land plots and islands (US$1000+)
*one can add to the environment by undertaking building projects. constructing a shop for example adds both to the landscape and to the online economy when goods are bought.

ways of interaction:
*with people - chatting, dancing, fraternalizing.. or even paying (does that ever happen?)
*with objects - through note cards, actions (as in you sit in a chair to earn money or you are expelled from an unauthorized territory)and learning the limits (private property wall).
*with the system - "WHY IS MY VIRTUAL MEMORY SO LOW???"

dr. morey is teaching dr. martin instead of us how to make a website
we are currently blogging......
and blogging...........
and blogging..................
and..............ZZZ....ZZZZZZZ.........ZZZZZZZZZ

Second Life

I have created a second life account and immediately found myself short on linden$s......

good thing is there are freebie islands to visit

bad thing is, my computer runs reeeeeeeeeally slowly as a result

I'm still getting used to how things are run that island, have to say that most people look slightly funny in the way they move about and observe surroundings

P.S. Apparently you can scrub floors to earn 1linden/15 minutes or camp out on the bench
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I shall now proceed to delete the comment made on my previous post ( as requested :) )

numero un

this is an activity tracker for my web2.0 class, where i say what i did and when (computer-related of course), so here it goes:

first day of class: i edited the wikileyan page, suggesting that green onions be added to jim morey's recipe of pancakes

i created my gmail account and this blog and my page on the course website