- About Virtually Olivia -

Welcome to the chronicle of places I go, and events I attend in my Second Life travels. I post lots of photos and landmarks to get to stops I recommend. Most of this blog - but not all - is dedicated to educational builds or places pertaining to education. I am an ardent Second Life traveler, and this blog reflects that. Olivia Hotshot. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr

28 September 2009

October 2009 Wallpaper - Burning Life 2009

Download it if you want it.

donpatchy_dagostino


donpatchy_dagostino, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

High in the sky at Tokoyo Plaza.

Donpatchy building Tokoyo PLaza.
(35,253, 50)
Burning Life - Steamboat

27 September 2009

R - Evolution


R - Evolution, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

Cienega Soon
Out of the Box Not Allowed
Burning Life - Zero Mile

Earthquake Baroque


Earthquake Baroque.jpg, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

)'( ----> [ Cabaret of Flames ] - By Poid Mahovlich

☑ Virtual Art. ☑ Fire. ☑ Community. Fire walk with me ... an area in which to fire dance or watch fire spinners. BURN IT ! BURN IT GOOD !

Burning Life-Rabbithole/54/149/26

26 September 2009

Marko Seurat


Marko Seurat.jpg, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

Marko Seurat in Burning Life
taken at Denio

25 September 2009

Bane_Riddle_on_Calico

Bane Riddle walking round his creation and creating tones.

Interactive Mandals
by Bane Riddle
(68,26,25) on Calico

24 September 2009

23 September 2009

moon_goon on the playa


moon_goon_001.jpg, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

from Torley's windlight - new set

Dakhla Juran, the builder of The Playa Tower on Steamboat


BL09_9_23_010.jpg, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

Burning Life 2009 - 9/23
using Torley's windlight Strummer

To find out more about what is going on in Burning Life, who is doing it and where you can find it: http://burninglife.secondlife.com/whatwhere

By the way, Dakhla is standing on the Burning Life Map.

Hall Interior


3LEI Hall interior, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

GeoFrank Taurog, who build sims for NASA, was our guest speaker for the SLER meeting on September 22.

Thanks again Frank!

21 September 2009

ETSU Campus


ETSU_campus_001, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

even has a basketball court - would love to see if they actually use it.

Microsoft's Virtual World Presence Moves to ReactionGrid

"Microsoft Island on Second Life is shutting down on October 31 2009. The SL .NET User Group, IT Pros in SL, and all other Microsoft Island user groups are encouraged to head to http://reactiongrid.com and join fellow Microsoft professionals and enthusiasts on ReactionGrid for user group meetings, events, and a bit more space for everyone."

"A farewell / welcome party is planned for October 31 on both Microsoft Island on Second Life, and on ReactionGrid, to celebrate the move, and there will be some freebies that attendees can win during the event, including a full copy of Visual Studio 2008 Professional edition."

Read the rest of the article:
Chris Hart's blog about ReactionGrid & the Metaverse Microsoft's Virtual World Presence Moves to ReactionGrid http://bit.ly/NuUjw

20 September 2009

Burning Life 09 - 9/20


BL09_ 20_004.jpg, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

becoming more and more populated.

SLER 9_15_09


SLER9_15_09_010, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

http://virtualworldsedu.info/slroundtable/090915.html

Transcript of Second Life Education Roundtable: Sept. 15, 2009

Communities of Practice: Discussion on Presentation Tools

18 September 2009

16 September 2009

Burning Life 2009


Burning Life 2009, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

Australian Policy Online Uses My SL Image


Australian Policy Online
australianpolicyonline says:

Thanks from Australian Policy Online. This pic is our feature image for APO's homepage for a week from 17 September 09. See apo.org.au/justice (illustrating a report called 'National and international dimensions of copyright's public domain (an Australian case study)')

Burning Life 2009


Burning Life 2009, originally uploaded by Cienega Soon.

Oh yeah.

Holy mackerel! We got a theme camp!


BL09_15_002.jpg, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

This image is from the parcel we won in the land rush. Soon we will be giving this up and building in the theme camp area. I am THRILLED!

15 September 2009

Live Stream Demo at SLER 9_15_09


Picture 6, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

[That's me in the middle.]

14 September 2009

Burning Life 09


BL09_011.jpg, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

BL09_landrush


BL09_landrush12.png, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

BL 09 land rush.
Pyramid

Burning Life 09


BL09_013.jpg, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

yes, we got a parcel in the land rush at Pyramid.
The team - Sand Grubs

Geofrank Taurog
Miko (who nabbed the land)
Omen
and me

BLO9 rough map with Sims


BLO9 rough map with Sims, originally uploaded by Ronon Carver.

Thanks Ronon!


Our parcel is on the south east corner in Pyramid.

13 September 2009

Review of seven Second Life language translators by Apollo Manga

Comprehensive article well worth a Diigo bookmark and a Twine to be used as a resource.
Thank you to Claudia Linden for Tweeting this story:

"About 54% of Second Life members live in non-English speaking countries. Most speak widely used languages like German, French, and Spanish, but others speak languages such as Portuguese, Turkish, and Korean. Many also speak English, but often not well. How do we communicate with them when we meet them? We can and should learn foreign languages, but no one can learn them all. Is there another way?"

"Yes. Over a half dozen automatic language translating HUD’s are available in Second Life. Some of them are free. Each of them translates at least 32 languages. The odds are that one of them will work for you. They only translate typed text at present – automatic translation of speech will be a major technical challenge – but they should allow you to hold a basic conversation in a wide variety of languages."


Continue to Apollo's blog.

12 September 2009

tgif


tgif_005.jpg, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

last night. exhausted, but still set up sale of property to the Grant. I am happy to achieve so much of the goal. Good luck to Builder Flux.

11 September 2009

10 September 2009

SLER_9_08_09


SLER_9_08_09_010.jpg, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

Proud to contribute to the SLER group and act as meeting moderator for the Pedagogical / Andragogical Issues in Second Life conversation.

The transcript can be found here.

treet.tv- Television for Virtual Worlds

watching Miss Treet.tv, Lauren Weyland, do her stuff.
What a funny show.
You might also want to check out http://www.treet.tv/
Thanks to Bettina for the last minute TP. I am glad I went. Some pretty funny lines.

07 September 2009

das fog


das fog_001a.jpg, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

Torley's das fog windlight setting.

06 September 2009

IBM - A Machine's Dream


IBM__015.jpg, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

slurl.com/secondlife/IBM%202/130/190/77

A Machine's Dream

windlight_at_home


windlight_at_home.jpg, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

Torley's Dusk - Strummer windlight setting with my twist on it.

fire fire


Picture 31.png, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

he burned last night.


Picture 17.png, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

04 September 2009

Burning Man - longing for Burning Life


Picture 14, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/burningman-live

if i cannot go for real, then i am going to go virtually.

Ski is there now - at the real one. This is a photo of him at BL last year.

My photos from last year's BL: http://bit.ly/16RBtJ

wordtree_008.bmp
The two of us in Strawberry Holiday's sim.
wordtree_004.bmp

02 September 2009

Builder_Flux


Builder_Flux_001, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

the new kid in town.

01 September 2009

SLER9_01_02_009


SLER9_01_02_009, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

The author of the book Coming of Age in SL, Tom Boellstorff, was the speaker at today's SLER meeting. Needless to say the crowd was packed in and it was a great time for everyone. Each of us got the first chapter to his book in the form of a ThinC object.

To the transcript of the event: http://virtualworldsedu.info/slroundtable/090901.html



Thanks Tom. It was a great presentation. And thanks to AJ Kelton to pulling this off with great aplumb.

To Tom's book on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Age-Second-Life-Anthropologist/dp/0691135282

SLER9_01 right side of the theater


SLER9_01_02_006, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

The author of the book Coming of Age in SL, Tom Boellstorff, was the speaker at today's SLER meeting.
Needless to say the crowd was packed in and it was a great time for everyone. Each of us got the first chapter to his book in the form of a ThinC object.

Thanks Tom. It was a great presentation. And thanks to AJ Kelton to pulling this off with great aplumb.

To Tom's book on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Age-Second-Life-Anthropologist/dp/0691135282

SLER 9_01_Meeting


SLER9_01_02_014, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

The author of the book Coming of Age in SL, Tom Boellstorff, was the speaker at today's SLER meeting.
Needless to say the crowd was packed in and it was a great time for everyone. Each of us got the first chapter to his book in the form of a ThinC object.

Thanks Tom. It was a great presentation. And thanks to AJ Kelton to pulling this off with great aplumb.

To Tom's book on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Age-Second-Life-Anthropologist/dp/0691135282