2011.03.26 19:00 - Vog

The Guardian for this meeting was Pema Pera. The comments are by Pema Pera.

Pila Mulligan: hi Pema
Pema Pera: hi Pila!
Pila Mulligan: how are you?
Pema Pera: fine! still in NYC, but about to start traveling again.
Pema Pera: And how about you?
Pila Mulligan: I'm fine thanks
Pila Mulligan: are you going back t Japan?
Pema Pera: yes, by way of California and Italy :-)
Pila Mulligan: bon voyage :)
Pema Pera: ty :)
Pema Pera: a while ago I read about new vulcanic activity in Hawaii -- is that still happening?
Pila Mulligan: we've started getting trace radiation here, after the winds made thier clockwise cirlce around thePacific
Pila Mulligan: yes, we are part of the seimsicity
Pila Mulligan: seismicity
Pila Mulligan: the plate runs from the hot spot just southeast of where I live all the way to Japan

Vog is a term used in Hawaii for vulcanic fog, similar to smog

Pema Pera: more vog where you live?
Pila Mulligan: not so bad now .. the lava is actually sinking into the earth now
Pila Mulligan: deflation they call it I think
Pila Mulligan: but that will be followed by new inflation
Pila Mulligan: each movement induces seismiscity
Pema Pera: on bad days, does it affect your breathing?
Pila Mulligan: yes, it can
Pila Mulligan: particularly for sensitive people
Pila Mulligan: I am not particularly sensitive
Pema Pera: I guess there is little you can do about it then -- wear a thin paper mask, perhaps?
Pila Mulligan: or stay indoors
Pila Mulligan: usually it is bad for only a few hours
Pema Pera: ah, okay, that's doable
Pila Mulligan: the vegetation here all has thicker skin, my guess is our lungs do somehting similar
Pila Mulligan: plants I knew on Maui seem much rougher here
Pila Mulligan: their leaves are a bith thick
Pema Pera: :-)
Pila Mulligan: bit thick*
Pila Mulligan: I run an air purifier inside and it is quite comfortable always inside
Pila Mulligan: will you be in Tokyo?
Pema Pera: in Tokyo and Kyoto, mostly, but also in other places, like Kobe and Yamagata, etc
Pila Mulligan: those are south?
Pila Mulligan: of tokyo
Pema Pera: Kobe is near Kyoto, Yamagata is North, but closer to the West, relatively far from the East coast where the tsunami hit
Pila Mulligan: the magnitude of that earthquake was really phenomenal
Pema Pera: yes . . . .

Pila mentioned tsunami damage in Hawaii.

Pila Mulligan: we had small (tens of millions) damage here ...
Pema Pera: As for the North of Japan, it has been more than a thousand years since they had an earthquake that strong
Pila Mulligan: first time ever that a Japanese arthquake has damaged Hawaii
Pema Pera: what was the main damage?
Pema Pera: to harbors?
Pila Mulligan: boats, harbors and beach fornt houses
Pila Mulligan: :)
Pema Pera: how high were the waves?
Pila Mulligan: the highest measurement was 9 feet
Pila Mulligan: but I thnk most imnpacts were less
Pila Mulligan: but the coastline has abouy half a mile of low elevation
Pila Mulligan: usually, so it couls travel inland
Pila Mulligan: coould*
Pema Pera: ah, I see
Pema Pera: there must have been other tsunamis, from other earth quakes somewhere in the pacific, in the past
--BELL--
Pila Mulligan: yes, but Hawaii has been spared dmagae fomr them hsitorcally
Pila Mulligan: About 50 tsunamis have been reported in the Hawaiian Islands since the early 1800's. Seven caused major damage, and two of these were locally generated. The most devastating tsunamis to hit the Island of Hawaii in this century occurred in 1946 and 1960. In both cases, the worst damage was inflicted on the northeastern coast of the island. The tsunami of 1946 originated in the Aleutian Islands, struck Hawaii without warning, and killed over 170 people, mainly at Laupahoehoe and Hilo where the wave heights averaged 30 feet. The maximum wave height was 55 feet at Pololu Valley on the northern tip of the island. The 1960 tsunami originated in Chile and advanced upon the island from the southeast; again, its effects were greatest at Hilo. The arrival time of this tsunami was correctly predicted, but many people failed to heed the warnings, and authorities evacuated an insufficient area of Hilo. As a result, 61 lives were lost as waves up to 35 feet high crashed through homes. Whole city blocks were swept clean o
Pila Mulligan: f all buildings, and 580 acres were flooded.
Pila Mulligan: from a USGS website
Pila Mulligan: naturally the locally generated waves are worst
Pila Mulligan: no warning
Pema Pera: yes, the Chilean Earthquake did a lot of damage in Japan too, surprisingly, half=way around the world . . . .
Pila Mulligan: really
Pila Mulligan: IU did not know it reached so far
Pila Mulligan: remember Pinatubo?
Pila Mulligan: how it cuased global coolong
Pila Mulligan: the Phillipene volcano
Pema Pera: yes

In comes Alfred.

Pila Mulligan: hi Alfred
Pema Pera: Hi Alfred!
Alfred Kelberry: pila-san :)
Alfred Kelberry: hi, pema
Alfred Kelberry: meep!
Pila Mulligan: I hope all is well with you boxy
Pila Mulligan: boxy-san
Pema Pera: :-)
Alfred Kelberry: yes, thank you, pila :)
Pila Mulligan: are you going to the wedding?
Alfred Kelberry: um... me?
Pila Mulligan: yes
Alfred Kelberry: what wedding?
Pila Mulligan: the Royal Wedding :)
Pila Mulligan: Prince William and Kate
Alfred Kelberry: no :)

Pila Mulligan: :)
Pila Mulligan: I read as many as a million people may visit London then
Pila Mulligan: sounds like a big deal
Alfred Kelberry: not on my list :)
Pila Mulligan: ahh
Pila Mulligan: nor mine :)
Alfred Kelberry: i get constant reminders through the media though :)
Pila Mulligan: intensifying too, I bet
Pila Mulligan: as the Big Day approaches
Alfred Kelberry: ah, let me rez my art of being project...
Pila Mulligan: ok
Alfred Kelberry: not surprisingly, it's a box :)
Pila Mulligan: I see
Pila Mulligan: now what?

Alfred shows us his ingenious device.

Alfred Kelberry: it dives in into the year of 2008 and prints a random quote from the pab chatlogs
Pila Mulligan: nice
Pema Pera: ah!
Pema Pera: what a fun idea
Alfred Kelberry: name of the session is in the brackets
Pila Mulligan: cool
Pema Pera: an entertaining box!
Pema Pera: another one, I mean :)
Alfred Kelberry: and you can click the box and go to the page where the quote is from
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Pema Pera: wow, impressive!
Pema Pera: hi Luci!
Pila Mulligan: nice script Alfred
Pila Mulligan: hi Lucinda
Alfred Kelberry: pilah - almost you pila-san :)
Alfred Kelberry: thanks
Alfred Kelberry: luci! :)
Pema Pera: good to see you Luci
Alfred Kelberry: ah, there you are :)
Lucinda Lavender: HI!

Lucinda arrived, sparklingly:

Alfred Kelberry: dream woman in a starry dress :)
Pila Mulligan: how are you?
Lucinda Lavender: I guess I am destined to go away now...(:
Alfred Kelberry: :(
Lucinda Lavender: I am so sorry:)
Alfred Kelberry: thanks for popping in :)
Pema Pera: hi and bye Luci!
Pila Mulligan: bye :)
Lucinda Lavender: was forgetting I had said I would visit a music venue with husband and now I remember just as I came here!
Pema Pera: :-)
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Pila Mulligan: sweet music :)
Pema Pera: no wonder you were dressed for the occasion!
Lucinda Lavender: bye namaste all...pirate songs...
Lucinda Lavender: a sing along
Pila Mulligan: arrrghh!
Lucinda Lavender: ha ha!
Lucinda Lavender: arg...
Pila Mulligan: yo ho ho
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Alfred Kelberry: that would be santa :)
Pila Mulligan: pirates too boxy
--BELL--
Alfred Kelberry: eco-friendly pila :)
Pila Mulligan: is there any partciular event (meeting time) that is the best occasion for the third anniversary celebration
Pila Mulligan: a main event
Alfred Kelberry: the founders stories, i think

After the first half hour, i had to leave early.

Pema Pera: I hate to leave so early, but today somehow many different deadlines popped up, and I'll have to work several hours into the night . . . .
Pila Mulligan: nice to see you Pema, bye for now
Pema Pera: I'll stay longer next time :-)
Pema Pera: good seeing you both!
Alfred Kelberry: pema, menaing no distractions :)
Pila Mulligan: have a safe journey
Pema Pera: I'd rather stay here than working on my deadlines . . . but without deadlines nothing would ever be published, it seems . . .
Pema Pera: bfn
Pila Mulligan: :)
Pila Mulligan: bye
Alfred Kelberry: yes... deadlines are helpful
Pila Mulligan: when is the founders' meeting boxy?
Alfred Kelberry: um... it's on the board here
Pila Mulligan: I don;t see it
Alfred Kelberry: friday, 7 am
Pila Mulligan: ok, thanks
Pila Mulligan: unfortunately that equates to 4:00 am here
Alfred Kelberry: here at the pavilion
Pila Mulligan: ok
Alfred Kelberry: ah...
Pila Mulligan: :)
Alfred Kelberry: well, next is the birthday party since 12 pm :)
Pila Mulligan: Friday at noon
Pila Mulligan: ?
Alfred Kelberry: yep
Pila Mulligan: that may be easier
Pila Mulligan: for me
Alfred Kelberry: right after the founders meeting there's the prim workshop :)
Alfred Kelberry: i'm a resource hog compared to your 0 scripts, pila :)
Pila Mulligan: now I see the scehdule, I was loooking at the wrong sign earlier
Pila Mulligan: :)
Pila Mulligan: I am empty of prims :)
Pila Mulligan: does that make me improper?
Alfred Kelberry: come to the workshop to build some :)
Pila Mulligan: I'm not skilled in that manner it seems
Alfred Kelberry: it makes you the ecobox winner :)
Pila Mulligan: having tried it a bit
Pila Mulligan: :)
Alfred Kelberry: it gives a praise... silently :)
Pila Mulligan: being prim neutral is eco freindly?
Alfred Kelberry: consuming less resources is
Pila Mulligan: yes
Alfred Kelberry: hi, hyper
Pila Mulligan: hi Hyperion
Hyperion Rayna: hello
Pila Mulligan: hi Steve
stevenaia Michinaga: hi Pila, alfred,
stevenaia Michinaga: hi Hyperion
Pila Mulligan: how are you both?
stevenaia Michinaga: had a lovely day
Pila Mulligan: happy to hear it :)
Hyperion Rayna: hi steveania
stevenaia Michinaga: how was your day?
Alfred Kelberry: stev the biker :)
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: Pema depart already?
Pila Mulligan: Pema left just a few miutes ago to meet some RL taks scheudles
Pila Mulligan: task*
stevenaia Michinaga: has Hyperion been here before?
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Pila Mulligan: have you been here before Hyperion?
Pila Mulligan: same thought stated differently :)
Hyperion Rayna: just earlier today i was here
Pila Mulligan: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Pila Mulligan: so they told you about the recording?
Hyperion Rayna: for the first time
Hyperion Rayna: yes
Pila Mulligan: :) cool
Alfred Kelberry: welcome to play as being, hyper :)
Hyperion Rayna: i looked at the wiki page too
stevenaia Michinaga: you ahve been busy, Hyperion
Hyperion Rayna: I noticed that time is pacific time for the chat log, are the meetings at one and seven also pacific
Pila Mulligan: yes, Linden Labs is in Claifornia
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, SL time is pacific time zone
Pila Mulligan: so Second Lif eTime ins teir time
--BELL--
Hyperion Rayna: ok i see, thought i was three hours late and am only 45 minutes thats good
Pila Mulligan: :)
Pila Mulligan: a few meetings may be about vacant but often they last more than an hour
Pila Mulligan: sessions may be better than meetings as the term to use
Alfred Kelberry: *shares his wallpaper image* http://t.xalan.org/open-road.jpg
Hyperion Rayna: any interesting topic tonight?
Pila Mulligan: Pema is heading back to Japan soon
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, feel free to come as often as you wish
Pila Mulligan: we tlaked some about the earthquake earlier
stevenaia Michinaga: the topic vary greatly
Pila Mulligan: we cna pick up any topic you like
Hyperion Rayna: there's a lot to talk about there, I'm worried for the Japanese right now
Pila Mulligan: yep
Pila Mulligan: it is a tought time there
Pila Mulligan: tough*
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, they have responded with unusual calm
Hyperion Rayna: and grace
stevenaia Michinaga: yes
Hyperion Rayna: The firemen that volunteered to put the sea water on the reactor are incredibly brave
Pila Mulligan: Pema started Play as Being three years ago and he works part time in Japan, part time in the US
Alfred Kelberry: um... i have a box for this too
Hyperion Rayna: does he work in Tokyo
Pila Mulligan: yes, and they will undoubtedly sacrafice some health for their efforts
Pila Mulligan: yes, Tokyo an dKyoto
stevenaia Michinaga: I think he reaches there?
stevenaia Michinaga: teaches
Pila Mulligan: astrophysics?
stevenaia Michinaga: I would expect
Hyperion Rayna: astrophysics, thats cool, i'm jelous
Pila Mulligan: Alfred, that is a twitter report on Japan in your box?
Alfred Kelberry: a friend of mine in toyko says it's fine except some food become rare
Alfred Kelberry: yes, pila
Pila Mulligan: well, they may have longer term worries about the radiation
Alfred Kelberry: on #japan to be exact
Hyperion Rayna: this is not over either
Pila Mulligan: Japan is weathering a thousand year phenomenon
Pila Mulligan: that magnitude of earthquake is phenomenal
stevenaia Michinaga: those boxes re magical boxy
Alfred Kelberry: stev :) thank you
Hyperion Rayna: do y;ou mean the strength of the earthquake?
stevenaia Michinaga: do you will them with quotes?
Pila Mulligan: yes
Pila Mulligan: 9.0
stevenaia Michinaga: fill
Hyperion Rayna: over nine on the richter scale that's unimaginable
Alfred Kelberry: ah :)
Pila Mulligan: yes, it is
Pila Mulligan: those ar elive tweets boxy?
Alfred Kelberry: yes
Pila Mulligan: nice
Pila Mulligan: a skillful scripter
Hyperion Rayna: i think the reactors were equipped to with stand 15 foot wave and they got over 30 didnt they?
stevenaia Michinaga: what about the PaB box?
Alfred Kelberry: right from the cloud
Pila Mulligan: they got a good deal more than they planned for
Alfred Kelberry: it's my art of being project, stev
Alfred Kelberry: it dives in into the year of 2008 of pab and prints random quotes from the chatlogs
Pila Mulligan: that one is random qutoes form the 2008 logs Steve, quite cool
stevenaia Michinaga: awww, truly magic
Pila Mulligan: :)
Alfred Kelberry: click and it'll open the session page from the quote
stevenaia Michinaga: I clicked on onw of the log links and there it eas, my second PaB meeting from 2008
Alfred Kelberry: i should write a notecard readme for each box :)
Alfred Kelberry: ah, nice, stev :)
stevenaia Michinaga: nice memories
Pila Mulligan: :)
Pila Mulligan: next week is the third anniversary
Alfred Kelberry: i like to imagine all of us meeting in rl on the 10th anniversary :)
Pila Mulligan: :)
Alfred Kelberry: a huge pab party :)
Pila Mulligan: by transporter?
Alfred Kelberry: huh?
Hyperion Rayna: could i ask what rl is?
Pila Mulligan: real life
Pila Mulligan: as opposed to SL = second life
Hyperion Rayna: oh :)
Pila Mulligan: there have been some real life retreats where people from here have met for a few days
Pila Mulligan: but not everyone at once yet :)
Alfred Kelberry: pila, not "opposed", but augmenting :)
Pila Mulligan: of course ;)
stevenaia Michinaga: I have been to a few
stevenaia Michinaga: very nice in RL
Alfred Kelberry: yes... i think 4 rl retreats a year, correct?
--BELL--
Pila Mulligan: http://wiki.playasbeing.org/Retreats
Pila Mulligan: I need to be leaving, nice to see you Alfred and Steve and nice to meet you Hyperion -- bye for now :)
Hyperion Rayna: same here pila
stevenaia Michinaga: bye Pila
Alfred Kelberry: bye, pila-san :)
Pila Mulligan: :)
Alfred Kelberry: assisi, italy sounds lovely
Alfred Kelberry: i should be more attentive to the upcoming dates
stevenaia Michinaga: are the bracketed comments the log title, Boxy?
Alfred Kelberry: i could visit this one
Alfred Kelberry: yes, stev
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, it does sound lovely there
stevenaia Michinaga: malta seemed like an amazing place too
Hyperion Rayna: I've always wanted to visit Therea
Hyperion Rayna: Therea
Hyperion Rayna: keep mispelling it
Hyperion Rayna: Thera
Alfred Kelberry: hyper, heh, i googled for therea first: "a fictional location in the Marvel Universe" :)
Hyperion Rayna: that could be cool too
Hyperion Rayna: modern name Santorini
Alfred Kelberry: nice place, hyper
Hyperion Rayna: yeah, huge vulcano went off there around 1600 bc so its a big crater and the city around it
stevenaia Michinaga: never a good place to build a city
Hyperion Rayna: yeah, tell that to the present residents of pompeii, they just dont get it
stevenaia Michinaga: and those futire residence around the Japanese reactor
Hyperion Rayna: i suppose if i lived in a beautiful place like that i wouldn't mind
Alfred Kelberry: that's a nice view: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...m_north%29.jpg
Hyperion Rayna: i think they might have filmed momma mia there
stevenaia Michinaga: wow
Hyperion Rayna: thera is the ancient minoan city that was preserved much like pompeii, an amazing find. very advanced
Hyperion Rayna: some pictures show both the water and contrasting white buildings it must be breath taking in real likfe
stevenaia Michinaga: I have never been to europe
Hyperion Rayna: ive only been to canada
Hyperion Rayna: thank god for the internet and virtual touring
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: more magic
--BELL--
Hyperion Rayna: I'm waiting for the 3D glasses that you can put on and walk around in a room and be walking around the pyramids
stevenaia Michinaga: I think you can do that in SL somewhere
Hyperion Rayna: wow Where??
stevenaia Michinaga: I;m sure if you search you may find them
Hyperion Rayna: I read a few years ago that they were working on a real good virtual ancient rome but haven't checked for a while
stevenaia Michinaga: I know google has ancient cities mapped in 3d
Hyperion Rayna: gotta check that out, would have really helped when i was reading Plutarch
Hyperion Rayna: just checked, google does have a virtual ancient rome
stevenaia Michinaga: bye
stevenaia Michinaga: Hyperian
Hyperion Rayna: see you all later i'm going to explore for awhile
--BELL--
stevenaia Michinaga: I;m dozing off ALfred, time to go
stevenaia Michinaga: night
--BELL--
Alfred Kelberry: luci :)
Lucinda Lavender: boxy
Alfred Kelberry: i see you hiding in the balloons :)
Lucinda Lavender: hee hee
Alfred Kelberry: is there a meeting coming?
Lucinda Lavender: no just thjought I would check in...made such a hasty visit earlier
Alfred Kelberry: how did the music go? :)
Lucinda Lavender: was plying with my appearance earlier...thought I would finish that...music was great! there was a hurdy gurdy...ever heard that?
Alfred Kelberry: nope
Lucinda Lavender: sea chanties...
Alfred Kelberry: ocean waves? :)
Lucinda Lavender: well done I thought...and tasteful
Lucinda Lavender: yes...liked the voices
Lucinda Lavender: and we sang on the choruses
Lucinda Lavender: named Pint and Dale
Alfred Kelberry: neat :)
Lucinda Lavender: yeah...I find listening to folk music kind of hard...been singing bach and Handel ...and it has changed my sense of what I like I think
Lucinda Lavender: I am not snooty tho not really
Lucinda Lavender: I just get board if there arn't interesting words and chord progressions
Lucinda Lavender: bored
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Lucinda Lavender: like complicated music kind of I think
Lucinda Lavender: maybe
Alfred Kelberry: i can listen to almost anything, except trash metal or some overly experimental stuff :)
Lucinda Lavender: :)))
Lucinda Lavender: yes...have a big collection of records
Lucinda Lavender: I do
Lucinda Lavender: never listen anymore tho
Lucinda Lavender: funny...
Alfred Kelberry: i find that any genre has its pleasant parts
Lucinda Lavender: nods
Lucinda Lavender: I listened and watched a video of gypsy music last night ...
Lucinda Lavender: amazing
Alfred Kelberry: windfully exciting? :)
Lucinda Lavender: library vieo about a tour of musicians that came from quite a few different countries and toured together
Lucinda Lavender: even tho from different countries they learned to jam together
Lucinda Lavender: India, Spain, Roma, etc
Alfred Kelberry: here's your interdisciplinary approach :)
Lucinda Lavender: yes! like that...
Alfred Kelberry: i see stormy
Alfred Kelberry: up in the air somewhere
Lucinda Lavender: really/
Lucinda Lavender: ?
Alfred Kelberry: northwest
Alfred Kelberry: probably building :)
Lucinda Lavender: oops
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Lucinda Lavender: today I was changing my face...and what I changed it to was not what expected when I stopped the editing process...so I reverted
Lucinda Lavender: all is well I see...
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Lucinda Lavender: was just checking...
--BELL--
Alfred Kelberry: yes, it's good to keep your shape backup
Lucinda Lavender: think so...makes sense..
Alfred Kelberry: gladly, i'm cute as is :)
Lucinda Lavender: that is a relief
Lucinda Lavender: :)
Alfred Kelberry: wuff :P
Lucinda Lavender: think I should check the dome...
Alfred Kelberry: ok
Alfred Kelberry: i'll idle here
Lucinda Lavender: want to see if there are more contributions...
Lucinda Lavender: see you...
Lucinda Lavender: idle on...
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Paradise Tennant: hiya alfred :)
Paradise Tennant: scratches behind your ears :)
Paradise Tennant: hiya storm .. nice carpet!
Storm Nordwind waves
Paradise Tennant: waves
Storm Nordwind: stop
Alfred Kelberry: stormy :)
Alfred Kelberry: hi, para :)
Alfred Kelberry: sorry, i was afk
--BELL--
Storm Nordwind: Hi both
Paradise Tennant: no worries :)
Alfred Kelberry: flying carpet
Alfred Kelberry: nice
Paradise Tennant: what a great looking carpet storm have not seen one of those in a whie
Storm Nordwind: For the party
Alfred Kelberry: ah, i can't hop in :)
Storm Nordwind: Sit on Alfred
Alfred Kelberry: tiny-friendly?
Storm Nordwind: who knows?
Storm Nordwind: try and see
Alfred Kelberry: uh oh :)
Paradise Tennant: just click sit alfred your toes might drag :)
Storm Nordwind: hehe
Alfred Kelberry: yay!
Alfred Kelberry: it is
Storm Nordwind: start