Info Island this week
Introduction to Machinima Session – Hands-on
We will be trying out the keyboard shortcuts and using the camera tool
to set up and shoot short video clips.
You will need to have the latest version of Quicktime Player loaded on
your computer:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
Please join the group, Machinima Institute, before class.
Using the built-in file | start/stop movie to disk
Saturday, Nov. 10
10:00 – 11:30 AM SLT
ALA Arts InfoIsland – 179, 150, 31
http://slurl.com/secondlife/ALA%20Arts%20InfoIsland%2C%20Machinima%20Institute/179/150/31/
Note: some systems are not able to capture video using the built-in
function. IM me in the week if you want to test it out. If you have
questions about third-party software (SnapzPro or FRAPS) we can cover
that in the last 30 mins.
For more information contact HVX Silverstar
Caledon
Book launch display: “There Ain’t Nothin’ Like a Dame”
Thu, November 8 – Mon, November 12
At the Caledon Library’s Vannevar Bush Reading Garden, Caledon —
SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon/87/91/23
Hard Headed Cecil Publishing Group announces the much anticipated launch of There Ain’t Nothin’ Like a Dame, the book by 1wuz Gray. This tome commemorates the heroic efforts of its subject, Lapin Paris (created Dame Lapin by the Vicereine of Caledon) in her capacity as captain of Team Caledon in the Second Life Relay for Life, and contains many good wishes and congratulations to our wonderful new Dame. The author felt moved to express his deep admiration of the former Ms Paris and felt that including as many people as possible in the project was appropriate. THiNC books were the perfect medium and the otter set to with furvor. Here then is the result. The volume will be on display in the Caledon Library’s Vannevar Bush Reading Garden for four days, and free copies will be available to visitors.
Caledon Library Book discussion and Mad Tea Party
Sun, November 18, 2:00 – 4pm SLT
Whitehorn Library, Caledon VictoriaCity
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/35/180/23
The Caledon Library’s Books of the Month for November are Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carrol
These works are both well-loved children’s classics, and masterpieces of literary absurdity. They have been turned into sugary animations, and loving explored and mined by critics, philosophers, legal theorists and logicians. The result of a mysterious synergy between The Liddell sisters, Ina, Alice and Edith, and a brilliant and odd mathematician, the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, these works have a dreamlike weave of sense and nonsense that invites the reader to fall down a rabbit hole, partake in a mad tea, and play croquet with a queen.
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In celebration of these works, the Caledon Library invites you to Take Tea with the maddest of the mad: the Librarians and the Literary Enthusiasts of Caledon. Costumes are heartily encouraged: March Hares, Cheshire Cats, Knaves of Hearts, Flamingos, Hedgehogs, Chess Pieces, and all manner of characters from the Works of Lewis Carroll are most cordially invited.
Copies of the Works may be had at the library, or found at the following Aetheric Locales
Alice in Wonderland
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/9/0/3/19033/19033-h/19033-h.htm
Through the Looking Glass
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext91/lglass18h.htm
HealthInfo Island
Carolina Keats is pleased to present the following classes and events during the week of November 5. All are held at Healthinfo Island (99,194,25).
Looking for Health
Monday November 5, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. SL time
Do you search for health information for yourself or family? This one hour class is focused on advanced Google techniques and MedlinePlus, a great ‘portal’ site for reliable health information. Come prepared to explore and share! Carolina Keats will be offering an informal tour following the class.
Roots & Wings: Children’s Health Resources
Friday November 9, 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. AND 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Part of a series about key areas of health concern, Roots & Wings is a walk through MedlinePlus with an emphasis on resources about children’s health.
Healthinfo Island Tour
Friday November 9, 8:15 a.m.
Curious about what’s up at Healthinfo Island? Come with questions – and learn about our grant-funded projects for consumer health information. Meet Carolina Keats at the main teleport area for Healthinfo Island (130,141,22)
The Sci-Fi & Fantasy Portal’s events:
November Book of the Month discussion~
Wed. 11/21 at 6:30 pm (SLt) and Sat. 11/24 at 12 noon
The Wheel of Time series by Robert R. Jordan
There are twelve books in the series. Whether you’ve read one, some, or several, you’ll be able to contribute to the discussion. If you’ve missed these stories and are curious, you’re very welcome to come also.
Inside the Sci-Fi & Fantasy Portal to the left by the door is a display of pumpkins, cats, corn stalks, against a scenic background, and “We’re not in Kansas any more’s” Dorothy and Toto. Feel free to sit on a pumpkin and take a snapshot of yourself with your friends.
At ground level there is a display of corn stalks, hay bales, and pumpkins–another great photo-op.
For more information contact Franja Russell
Imagination Island
The Light Bearer Grief Center has opened on a skypad above Rachelville. The Center provides resources for people dealing with the death of a loved one in RL and features links to information on literature, poetry, music, organizations, self help groups, etc.
The idea of a bereavement resources collection on Rachelville developed from the steady stream of SL residents who appear at Rachelville and speak to Rocky and Cindy about their own losses in life. A place on hand which might have information of help to the bereaved was developed and the sky platform above Imagination Island set up.
Reaching the platform is not easy at present. There are teleporters located on the Rachelville plaza (a pink box in front of the greeting center with pics of a rabbit and dragon on it) and in a garden area to the west of the pond. One can also do a search under PLACES in the SL search engine for: “light bearer” which will take the seeker to one of the teleporters below the center.
A SLURL to Rachelville:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Island/110/180/25.12/