[2008/05/30 8:55]  Bjorlyn Loon: hey there
[2008/05/30 8:56]  Bjorlyn Loon: Stephe, Im going to go in today and make an alt named Tech Messenger, and will share the login and password with you
[2008/05/30 8:56]  Bjorlyn Loon: when I do, I will send you a friend offer, and will join groups
[2008/05/30 8:56]  Bjorlyn Loon: I may need an invite to some
[2008/05/30 9:04]  You: sorry, was afk
[2008/05/30 9:04]  You: good moring bjorlyn
[2008/05/30 9:04]  Bjorlyn Loon: morning!
[2008/05/30 9:04]  You shout: tech exhibit builders meeting starting now
[2008/05/30 9:05]  Bjorlyn Loon: how are things going with ucantu?
[2008/05/30 9:05]  You: so I guess some ppl have trouble getting out of bed in time ;-)
[2008/05/30 9:05]  Bjorlyn Loon: lol
[2008/05/30 9:05]  Bjorlyn Loon: gee, I've already worked 4 hours
[2008/05/30 9:06]  You: me too
[2008/05/30 9:06]  You: UcanTu is moving slowly, it needs a kick in the pants
[2008/05/30 9:07]  You: both Garvie and Marie have good projects, but have been too busy for personal reasont to do any building yet
[2008/05/30 9:07]  You: good morning, Digg
[2008/05/30 9:08]  Bjorlyn Loon: how is the judging being done?
[2008/05/30 9:08]  Digg Graves: Good morning
[2008/05/30 9:08]  You: would you like to join us?
[2008/05/30 9:08]  Bjorlyn Loon: Im sure that in part it is because there are no prizes this time.
[2008/05/30 9:08]  Bjorlyn Loon: Hi Digg!
[2008/05/30 9:08]  Digg Graves: Hi there
[2008/05/30 9:09]  You: we are talking about building virtual museum exhibits
[2008/05/30 9:09]  Digg Graves: gotcha
[2008/05/30 9:10]  You: nice monkey, Digg
[2008/05/30 9:10]  Digg Graves: lol thanks
[2008/05/30 9:10]  Digg Graves: he wispers into my ear and tells me to do things O.O
[2008/05/30 9:11]  You: so how did you hear about the Tech, Digg?
[2008/05/30 9:11]  Digg Graves: I was searching for events, and happend across the 9am talk
[2008/05/30 9:11]  Digg Graves: just came from liden labs office hours
[2008/05/30 9:13]  Digg Graves: thanks for the invite
[2008/05/30 9:13]  Digg Graves: LOL, you speak python and java :)
[2008/05/30 9:13]  Digg Graves accepted your inventory offer.
[2008/05/30 9:13]  Digg Graves accepted your inventory offer.
[2008/05/30 9:14]  You: yup, you have an interesting profile, too
[2008/05/30 9:14]  Digg Graves: thanks much
[2008/05/30 9:14]  You: what's your bkg in RL?
[2008/05/30 9:15]  Digg Graves: info tech and software dev
[2008/05/30 9:15]  Digg Graves: worked two years at microsoft, now live in NYC in RL
[2008/05/30 9:16]  You: that figures. I grew up in NYC, and my son is an ex-Microserf
[2008/05/30 9:16]  Digg Graves: haha
[2008/05/30 9:16]  Digg Graves: serf indeed
[2008/05/30 9:16]  Digg Graves: one of the reasons i've left
[2008/05/30 9:16]  You: Bjorlyn has a bkg in info sciences, too
[2008/05/30 9:16]  Digg Graves: very cool
[2008/05/30 9:17]  Digg Graves: brb, getting a glass of water
[2008/05/30 9:17]  Bjorlyn Loon: well, a bit
[2008/05/30 9:18]  You: do you know about the summit on Digital Democracy in exhibit design we're organizing here next week?
[2008/05/30 9:18]  Digg Graves: I do now
[2008/05/30 9:18]  Digg Graves: :P
[2008/05/30 9:18]  You: ;-)
[2008/05/30 9:18]  You: good
[2008/05/30 9:18]  You: june 4 @ 1 pm slt
[2008/05/30 9:19]  Digg Graves: sounds great
[2008/05/30 9:19]  You: Philip Rosedale is speaking
[2008/05/30 9:19]  Digg Graves: oh wow
[2008/05/30 9:19]  You: http://thetechvirtual.org/june-4-summit
[2008/05/30 9:19]  Digg Graves: putting it on my calendar
[2008/05/30 9:20]  You: cool, see you there
[2008/05/30 9:20]  You: so what we're doing here is building virtual museum exhibits
[2008/05/30 9:20]  You: anyone can play
[2008/05/30 9:21]  Digg Graves: is there a RL component to this? there seems to be
[2008/05/30 9:21]  You: Bjorlyn did a great one called Soundscape and Spirit -- it's over there behind me
[2008/05/30 9:21]  Digg Graves: I will check them all out
[2008/05/30 9:22]  You: yes, thebest ehxhibts are chosen to be built for The Tech in RL. The ones with blue ribbons
[2008/05/30 9:22]  Digg Graves: Oh neat
[2008/05/30 9:22]  You: including the panorama one you were just looking at
[2008/05/30 9:23]  You: the summit next week is to celebrate the opening of the first SL -> RL exhibition
[2008/05/30 9:23]  Digg Graves: :D
[2008/05/30 9:24]  You: six exhibits that were built here are now built in RL
[2008/05/30 9:24]  Digg Graves: thats very neat, how is the RL space funded?
[2008/05/30 9:24]  You: or at least we hope they'll be built by next Wednesday ;-)
[2008/05/30 9:24]  Digg Graves: hehe
[2008/05/30 9:26]  You: by a grant from ??? somewhere. the museum has to renew exhibits anyway, we're trying out a new model to do it
[2008/05/30 9:26]  Digg Graves: i see
[2008/05/30 9:26]  You: the worlds first SL -> RL process ;-)
[2008/05/30 9:26]  Digg Graves: thats great
[2008/05/30 9:27]  Lydia Milner is Online
[2008/05/30 9:27]  Digg Graves: i wonder if it's sustainable to do SL donations -> RL
[2008/05/30 9:27]  Digg Graves: there seems to be alot of micro transactions on SL, everything is sub $5 USD in lindens
[2008/05/30 9:28]  Bjorlyn Loon: actually, Stephe, Im working with a group that raised $1000 US in 24 hours last week
[2008/05/30 9:28]  Digg Graves: Oh wow
[2008/05/30 9:28]  Bjorlyn Loon: they are shooting for a million lindens over 3 events
[2008/05/30 9:28]  You: wow
[2008/05/30 9:29]  Bjorlyn Loon: and also, Im introducing them to the ICOM folks
[2008/05/30 9:29]  Bjorlyn Loon: they would like to collaborate with them
[2008/05/30 9:29]  You: well, in our next exhibition, called UcanTu, one of the SL projects is to build a kiosk for donations to Kiva.org, which is a microcredit clearing house
[2008/05/30 9:29]  Bjorlyn Loon: Language Lab
[2008/05/30 9:29]  Digg Graves: That sounds great Bjorlyn. I'm seeing lots of parallels here. Noticed the techsoup talk on your site and I am also a loaner at kiva.org
[2008/05/30 9:30]  You: were those donations or gate fees?
[2008/05/30 9:30]  You: cool
[2008/05/30 9:30]  Bjorlyn Loon: donations
[2008/05/30 9:30]  You: great work!
[2008/05/30 9:31]  You: hi, Elizabeth
[2008/05/30 9:31]  Bjorlyn Loon: Im working on a kiosk project right now Stephe
[2008/05/30 9:31]  You: what for?
[2008/05/30 9:31]  Bjorlyn Loon: who is doing the kiva.org build?
[2008/05/30 9:31]  Elizabeth Spieler: excuse me is this the meeting?
[2008/05/30 9:31]  Bjorlyn Loon: metanomics
[2008/05/30 9:31]  You: Garvie
[2008/05/30 9:31]  Bjorlyn Loon: oh cool
[2008/05/30 9:31]  Bjorlyn Loon: Garvie rocks
[2008/05/30 9:31]  You: she does indeed
[2008/05/30 9:31]  Digg Graves: Yes Elizabeth I believe this is the meeting
[2008/05/30 9:32]  Elizabeth Spieler: so sorry I am so late
[2008/05/30 9:32]  You: Hi, elizabeth, would you like to join us
[2008/05/30 9:32]  Elizabeth Spieler: yes please
[2008/05/30 9:32]  Elizabeth Spieler: I seek an exhibit builder
[2008/05/30 9:32]  You: nice hat
[2008/05/30 9:32]  Elizabeth Spieler: thank you
[2008/05/30 9:32]  You: you're in the right place ;-)
[2008/05/30 9:33]  Elizabeth Spieler: I been looking for weeks
[2008/05/30 9:33]  Digg Graves is Online
[2008/05/30 9:34]  Elizabeth Spieler accepted your inventory offer.
[2008/05/30 9:34]  Digg Graves: Elizabeth, are you in Seattle?
[2008/05/30 9:34]  Elizabeth Spieler accepted your inventory offer.
[2008/05/30 9:35]  Elizabeth Spieler: yes I am in seattle
[2008/05/30 9:35]  You: Elizabeth, I gave you some info on the Tech and our group
[2008/05/30 9:35]  Digg Graves: Just moved from there to NYC
[2008/05/30 9:35]  Elizabeth Spieler: oh welcome
[2008/05/30 9:35]  Digg Graves: was working at M$
[2008/05/30 9:35]  You: good guess, Digg. Digg is a Seattle escapee
[2008/05/30 9:36]  Elizabeth Spieler: if you want some fun history on the space needle I have a unique story
[2008/05/30 9:36]  Digg Graves: indeed :)
[2008/05/30 9:36]  Elizabeth Spieler: I seek to do or make an exhibit on the ark of the covenant
[2008/05/30 9:36]  Elizabeth Spieler: the object as seen in the movies raiders of the lost ark
[2008/05/30 9:36]  Elizabeth Spieler: they never show the ark
[2008/05/30 9:36]  Elizabeth Spieler: or it's meaning
[2008/05/30 9:36]  You: cool
[2008/05/30 9:37]  Elizabeth Spieler: the finer details of why men work so hard looking for it
[2008/05/30 9:37]  Elizabeth Spieler: I have spent 8 years studying the object
[2008/05/30 9:37]  Digg Graves: interesting
[2008/05/30 9:37]  Elizabeth Spieler: interesting, it was removed from view some 500 years ago
[2008/05/30 9:37]  Bjorlyn Loon: wow that is very cool, Elizabeth
[2008/05/30 9:37]  Elizabeth Spieler: it offended women
[2008/05/30 9:37]  You: why?
[2008/05/30 9:37]  Elizabeth Spieler: reported on wikipedia
[2008/05/30 9:37]  Elizabeth Spieler: it looks like a flower :hint:
[2008/05/30 9:37]  Elizabeth Spieler: when viewing down on it
[2008/05/30 9:38]  You: good morn, Gwen
[2008/05/30 9:38]  Gwen Carillon: hi ...rezzing
[2008/05/30 9:38]  Gwen Carillon: :)
[2008/05/30 9:38]  Elizabeth Spieler: but I do not have the skills to produce this object
[2008/05/30 9:38]  Elizabeth Spieler: but I can direct how to
[2008/05/30 9:38]  Elizabeth Spieler: and I have pics
[2008/05/30 9:38]  Elizabeth Spieler: some folks have made some on youtube, but not accurate yet
[2008/05/30 9:39]  Elizabeth Spieler: I have a pic that is close to what it should look like in game
[2008/05/30 9:39]  Ulysse Alexandre: sorry to be late
[2008/05/30 9:39]  You: Well, at the Tech we are focused on technology, science and art, but you're welcome to build whatecver exhibit you like here
[2008/05/30 9:40]  You: good morning Ulysse
[2008/05/30 9:40]  Elizabeth Spieler: I need to find a builder
[2008/05/30 9:40]  Ulysse Alexandre: good evening for me :)
[2008/05/30 9:40]  You: right, sorry
[2008/05/30 9:40]  Gwen Carillon: :)
[2008/05/30 9:40]  Bjorlyn Loon: where will it go eventually, Elizabeth?
[2008/05/30 9:41]  Bjorlyn Loon: there is a place on The Tech website where you can put a notice up for a builder
[2008/05/30 9:41]  Elizabeth Spieler: that would be interesting to see-where would it go
[2008/05/30 9:41]  Elizabeth Spieler: not sure it's a revealing story
[2008/05/30 9:41]  Elizabeth Spieler: many many books and stories have been written because it exists
[2008/05/30 9:41]  Elizabeth Spieler: shakespeare
[2008/05/30 9:41]  Elizabeth Spieler: for one
[2008/05/30 9:41]  Elizabeth Spieler: even the space needle represents it
[2008/05/30 9:42]  Bjorlyn Loon: did it feature in a SHakespeare play?
[2008/05/30 9:42]  Gwen Carillon: Gosh...missed so much...what are you looking to build?
[2008/05/30 9:42]  Elizabeth Spieler: it's linked to so many things
[2008/05/30 9:42]  Elizabeth Spieler: the wizard of oz
[2008/05/30 9:42]  Elizabeth Spieler: the origin is the ark of all those things
[2008/05/30 9:42]  Bjorlyn Loon: hi Ulysse
[2008/05/30 9:42]  Bjorlyn Loon: hi Gwen
[2008/05/30 9:42]  You: interesting
[2008/05/30 9:42]  Digg Graves: Hello all
[2008/05/30 9:42]  Elizabeth Spieler: on the ark is 2 cherubs
[2008/05/30 9:42]  Elizabeth Spieler: one is male the other female
[2008/05/30 9:42]  Gwen Carillon: Hi Bjorlyn :)
[2008/05/30 9:42]  Elizabeth Spieler: they face eachother as if in love
[2008/05/30 9:42]  Elizabeth Spieler: with wings touching
[2008/05/30 9:42]  Elizabeth Spieler: and two in the back, as they have four wings
[2008/05/30 9:43]  Elizabeth Spieler: this object was carried about and did damage to people and things
[2008/05/30 9:43]  Elizabeth Spieler: men have spent their life looking for it
[2008/05/30 9:43]  Elizabeth Spieler: but they won't find it
[2008/05/30 9:43]  Elizabeth Spieler: if they were to try
[2008/05/30 9:43]  You: sounds like th eDaVinci code
[2008/05/30 9:43]  Elizabeth Spieler: they would land in seattle at the ark
[2008/05/30 9:43]  Digg Graves: :}
[2008/05/30 9:43]  Elizabeth Spieler: oops the space needle
[2008/05/30 9:43]  Elizabeth Spieler: really
[2008/05/30 9:43]  Elizabeth Spieler: hmmm
[2008/05/30 9:44]  Elizabeth Spieler: didn't read it
[2008/05/30 9:44]  Elizabeth Spieler: or see the movie
[2008/05/30 9:44]  Elizabeth Spieler: one of these arks was found in a tomb
[2008/05/30 9:44]  Elizabeth Spieler: king tutankhaman
[2008/05/30 9:44]  Elizabeth Spieler: we see many historical symbols of man and woman between a tree
[2008/05/30 9:44]  Elizabeth Spieler: same thing on the ark
[2008/05/30 9:44]  Elizabeth Spieler: tree is center
[2008/05/30 9:44]  Elizabeth Spieler: man and woman hug thru the tree
[2008/05/30 9:45]  Draxtor Despres is Online
[2008/05/30 9:45]  Elizabeth Spieler: it's found in all cultures
[2008/05/30 9:45]  Elizabeth Spieler: all of them have that pic
[2008/05/30 9:45]  Elizabeth Spieler: no where is this information explained
[2008/05/30 9:45]  Elizabeth Spieler: they are called angels
[2008/05/30 9:46]  Elizabeth Spieler: but we see this also in quantum mechanics
[2008/05/30 9:46]  You: well, let's get back on track. Gwen and Bjorlyn are attending the June 4 meeting at the Tech in RL
[2008/05/30 9:46]  Elizabeth Spieler: our dna chain
[2008/05/30 9:46]  Elizabeth Spieler: alrighty
[2008/05/30 9:46]  Gwen Carillon: :) yes
[2008/05/30 9:46]  You: and Ulysse, I hope you may be able to attend in SL
[2008/05/30 9:47]  You: and Digg
[2008/05/30 9:47]  Ulysse Alexandre: yes, I wil be there
[2008/05/30 9:47]  You: great
[2008/05/30 9:47]  Digg Graves: indeed
[2008/05/30 9:48]  You: after the keynotes, there will be a breakous session in SL
[2008/05/30 9:48]  You: on the experience of building virtual musuem exhibits
[2008/05/30 9:48]  Gwen Carillon: will there be compters available to log in, steph?
[2008/05/30 9:49]  You: sohould be interesting
[2008/05/30 9:49]  Gwen Carillon: I don't have a laptop
[2008/05/30 9:49]  You: as many as we can scrape up ;-)
[2008/05/30 9:49]  Gwen Carillon: :))
[2008/05/30 9:49]  You: I'm bringing a couple of Macbook Pros
[2008/05/30 9:49]  Gwen Carillon: :)
[2008/05/30 9:50]  You: there will also be breakouts in Rl as well
[2008/05/30 9:50]  You: RL
[2008/05/30 9:51]  You: on things like building exhibits in RL, open source/rcreative commons, etc
[2008/05/30 9:51]  Bjorlyn Loon: cool, I really need to learn about Creative Commons
[2008/05/30 9:52]  Digg Graves: creative commons liscensing is great
[2008/05/30 9:52]  You: great, I have one attendee for my breakout now!
[2008/05/30 9:53]  You: We'll also get some pics up on the Website and in SL showing what the RL exhibits look like
[2008/05/30 9:54]  You: as soon as we know ourselves ;-)
[2008/05/30 9:54]  Bjorlyn Loon: wow, still building?
[2008/05/30 9:54]  Gwen Carillon: stephe...zazen manbi has the 30 sec clip of rebirth for the film
[2008/05/30 9:54]  You: that's where Avi is now
[2008/05/30 9:55]  You: great, can he send it to me, or is it posted somewhere?
[2008/05/30 9:55]  Gwen Carillon: I'll ask him to send it
[2008/05/30 9:55]  Gwen Carillon: :)
[2008/05/30 9:55]  You: terrific
[2008/05/30 9:56]  You: it's late in the game, so I can't guarantee we'll be able to add it to the exhibit, but I'll try
[2008/05/30 9:56]  Gwen Carillon: nods
[2008/05/30 9:56]  You: I'll talk to Avi
[2008/05/30 9:57]  You: but I need to get it ASAP
[2008/05/30 9:57]  Gwen Carillon: ok
[2008/05/30 9:57]  Gwen Carillon: steph what's your email at tech
[2008/05/30 9:58]  You: rstephenson@thetech.org
[2008/05/30 9:58]  Gwen Carillon: ty
[2008/05/30 9:59]  You: Digg and Ulysse, I hope you'll join our website http://thetechvirtual.org
[2008/05/30 9:59]  Digg Graves: sure
[2008/05/30 9:59]  You: you too, Elizabeth
[2008/05/30 9:59]  Ulysse Alexandre: I'll do
[2008/05/30 9:59]  Elizabeth Spieler: ok
[2008/05/30 10:00]  Gwen Carillon: ok...sending
[2008/05/30 10:00]  Elizabeth Spieler: my cousins name is rstephenson :bizarre:
[2008/05/30 10:00]  You: you must ahve the right sort of cousins ;-)
[2008/05/30 10:01]  Elizabeth Spieler: yea cause I don't think the mayor plays this game
[2008/05/30 10:01]  Gwen Carillon: ok...you should have it
[2008/05/30 10:02]  You: well, folks, does anyone have any questions, news or cogent observations, or shall we call it a wrap?
[2008/05/30 10:02]  You: the end of the hour
[2008/05/30 10:03]  Digg Graves: I have alot of viewing and reading to do!
[2008/05/30 10:03]  Elizabeth Spieler: ty will I get notices before the next meeting?
[2008/05/30 10:03]  Gwen Carillon: I actually have to get back...client in rl in 5 min
[2008/05/30 10:03]  Gwen Carillon: lol
[2008/05/30 10:03]  Bjorlyn Loon: thanks Stephe!
[2008/05/30 10:03]  Digg Graves: yep thank you
[2008/05/30 10:04]  Elizabeth Spieler: found you randomly in a search on education
[2008/05/30 10:04]  Gwen Carillon: ty Stephe...take care all and see you in rl in a few days
[2008/05/30 10:04]  Gwen Carillon: :)
[2008/05/30 10:04]  You: yes, you'dd get notices from the tech exhibit builders group now
[2008/05/30 10:04]  Elizabeth Spieler: ok wonderful ty
[2008/05/30 10:04]  Elizabeth Spieler: have a great day all
[2008/05/30 10:04]  Digg Graves is Offline
[2008/05/30 10:04]  You: thanks for coming folks. come back
[2008/05/30 10:05]  Ulysse Alexandre: ty Steph, see you soon
[2008/05/30 10:05]  You: au revoir, ou plutot a bientot!
[2008/05/30 10:05]  Ulysse Alexandre: bye Bjorlyn
[2008/05/30 10:06]  Bjorlyn Loon: bye all!
[2008/05/30 10:06]  You: see you next week, Bjorlyn
[2008/05/30 10:06]  Ulysse Alexandre: merci Steph √† Mercredi
[2008/05/30 10:06]  You: bye
[2008/05/30 10:06]  Bjorlyn Loon: yep, looking forward to it, Stephe