2011.08.04 07:00 - The size of feet

The Guardian for this meeting was Storm Nordwind. The comments are by Storm Nordwind.

milakel Resident: stormium :)
Storm Nordwind: Hi Mila. Some new element?
milakel Resident: yep :)
milakel Resident: also - happy birthday obama! :)
Storm Nordwind: Oh really?
milakel Resident: aha
milakel Resident: happy or not, it is his birthday :)
Storm Nordwind: Well I never!
milakel Resident: bang! 50
Storm Nordwind: Yet another Leo president
--BELL--

Mila has tech-talk to share.

milakel Resident: are you on windows?
Storm Nordwind: Yes. Should I not be?
milakel Resident: eh, assumptious today :)
Storm Nordwind: :)
milakel Resident: just wanted to suggest foxit reader instead of acrobat
Storm Nordwind: Who makes that?
milakel Resident: it's a lightweight alternative to a bloatware acrobat reader
Storm Nordwind: If reading PDFs is a relatively infrequent activity, would it really make much difference?
milakel Resident: it'll save up 20 megs of ram that acrobat takes at startup (it's their optimization technique :)
milakel Resident: at least it was that much earlier
milakel Resident: anyhow, just sharing :)
Storm Nordwind: Thank you. It's worth knowing. Though that's 1% or less of many PC RAM availabilities
milakel Resident: yea, who cares about ram these days :)
Storm Nordwind: I did my first university project on 8k... of magnetic core
milakel Resident: yet if we used nginx instead of apache on the pab server, it could save us about 50 megs
milakel Resident: omg! 8k! :)
Storm Nordwind nods and smiles
Storm Nordwind: We were frugal in those days
Storm Nordwind: We had to be
milakel Resident: yea, those folks knew how to bump code
Storm Nordwind: I'm more concerned about lowering our server RAM usage in this sim
milakel Resident: um... it's 1 xeon per sim?
Storm Nordwind: Not sure
Storm Nordwind: I do know we use a huge amount
milakel Resident: but you don't pay on resource usage in sl?
milakel Resident: you just have as much
Storm Nordwind: No. Except in terms of sim performance
milakel Resident: i've noticed on the last molecular performance some sync issues with the dances. wonder if it's related.
Storm Nordwind: Possibly.
milakel Resident: before that it was flawless though
Storm Nordwind: Though that's proportional to the number of avis present

The recent theater event for Kira Japan.

milakel Resident: how did the japan play go?
Storm Nordwind: Very well thank you. Though we had to change the things we were performing at the last minute
milakel Resident: how come?
Storm Nordwind: It was going to be a repeat of June12th but with subtitles in Japanese.
Storm Nordwind: But Sunshine's internet connection was a problem
Storm Nordwind: And she believed she could not do Sakura Dreams
milakel Resident: yes, almond did a lot of work on that
milakel Resident: aww
milakel Resident: that's sad
Storm Nordwind: So we put in Tuuli instead, as she can perform in that without any problem, provided she can find her poseball and sit on it!
milakel Resident: :)
Storm Nordwind: And Almond translated Tuuli's subtitles with less than 6 hours to go
milakel Resident: i don't remember tuuli
Storm Nordwind: You don't remember getting wet?
milakel Resident: ah! it's the piece called tuuli? :)
--BELL--
Storm Nordwind: yes. Six actors on stage. North Sea. Wind spell. Sea serpent. Song in Finnish. All of that... :)
milakel Resident: and fael :)

Our old FInnish friend.

Storm Nordwind: It's a shame Fael was not there to see it.
milakel Resident: not logging to sl at all?
Storm Nordwind: To my knowledge, no. Though who knows with an alt?
milakel Resident: aha! :)
milakel Resident: that stranger in black must be him!
Storm Nordwind: Which stranger is that?!
milakel Resident: um... ah! observer :)
milakel Resident: but i've devised a cunning plan how to reveal fael - we'll ask random questions in finnish :)
Storm Nordwind chuckles
Storm Nordwind: or ask whether the translation for Tuuli was accurate throughout ;)
milakel Resident: on mailing list? :)
Storm Nordwind: Well what would you do if you actually rediscovered Fael?
milakel Resident: i'd say hello
Storm Nordwind chuckles
milakel Resident: nice to see you
milakel Resident: :)
Storm Nordwind: Good start
Storm Nordwind: Friendly and to the point
Storm Nordwind: Somehow lacks a punchline
milakel Resident: um...
Storm Nordwind: The memory of Fael is preserved in the old guardian plot. Its neighbors preferred to keep its contents (though I deleted the temp rezzers).
milakel Resident: shis plot?
Storm Nordwind nods

Our resident machinimatic celebrity arrives.

Storm Nordwind: Greetings Bleu!
Storm Nordwind: And again - congratulations!
milakel Resident: eh, british is confusing...
Bleu Oleander: thank you!
Bleu Oleander: hi Mila
milakel Resident: "enrol" sure looks like an mistake :)
milakel Resident: bleu :)
milakel Resident: arsty beauty :)
Bleu Oleander: quiet morning here?
milakel Resident: not actually
Storm Nordwind: If you can call a conversation with Mila quiet, yes! ;-)
milakel Resident: we've been sort of chatting
Bleu Oleander: haha
milakel Resident: :)

Necessary equipment.

Storm Nordwind: I was thinking about your urging me to get into machinima, Bleu. It suspect it may not be this month - which is a shame as I had ideas for the theme!
--BELL--
Bleu Oleander: yes!
milakel Resident: .
Storm Nordwind: But with 6 days to go before the next deadline and not a single byte of useful software on my machine (not to mention the learning curve) I think it's not realistic!
Bleu Oleander: looking forward to seeing what you would do!
Bleu Oleander: actually I must confess, I did my video 2 days ahead :)
Bleu Oleander: but I did have the software
Bleu Oleander: hadn't used it too much though
milakel Resident: what apps people use to make machinimas?
Bleu Oleander: I use snaps pro for macs
Bleu Oleander: and imovie to put it together
Storm Nordwind: You need video capture and video editing - often two separate apps
Bleu Oleander: along with garageband
milakel Resident: i'm on win
Bleu Oleander: i think "fraps" is free for pc's
Storm Nordwind: me too - and I'd not spend money till I knew what was best
Storm Nordwind: $37
milakel Resident: :)
milakel Resident: i wouldn't spend in either case :)
Bleu Oleander: its a fun medium to work with
milakel Resident: eh, no ground sit here
Bleu Oleander: and a lot of interest right now
Bleu Oleander: many festivals to participate in
Storm Nordwind: Yes. I suspect I'd enjoy it and do very well. But don't want a wild goose chase using the wrong apps
milakel Resident: i'd like to see your work, storm
Bleu Oleander: I would ask any of those who participated last night
Bleu Oleander: a lot of them are on pcs
Storm Nordwind: For example, Taksi was a free alternative to fraps, but doesn't have sound and development probably stopped
Storm Nordwind: Good idea
Bleu Oleander: mac is a harder problem
Bleu Oleander: more using pcs
Bleu Oleander: but well worth the effort I might add

Non-sequiteur par excellence.

milakel Resident: oh, just heard on the radio that women's feet are getting bigger :)
Bleu Oleander: not in sl Mila
milakel Resident: :)
Bleu Oleander: size 0
milakel Resident: haha, true
Bleu Oleander: haha
Storm Nordwind: Thanks for that Mila. Can we stop them in time before they engulf the planet?
Bleu Oleander: hahaha
milakel Resident: the show host admitted she's got 11

All things - even the size of feet - can inspire an artist.

Bleu Oleander: there's a video
Bleu Oleander: big feet
milakel Resident: bigfoots were popular in the 80s
milakel Resident: i've never seen one
Bleu Oleander: actually don't do that one .... I may do it :)
milakel Resident: ha
Storm Nordwind: Prior art. I said it first. I'd need at least a credit! ;)
Bleu Oleander: the rush is on
Bleu Oleander: ok a credit
milakel Resident: you can go by the stage name - stormium :)
Storm Nordwind is not enthused
Bleu Oleander: well must get going
Bleu Oleander: thanks for the ideas
Storm Nordwind: OK. see you later!
Bleu Oleander: bfn
Storm Nordwind: hehe!
Storm Nordwind waves
milakel Resident: she came to steal our ideas :)
Storm Nordwind: I'm used to that! ;)
milakel Resident: hehe
Storm Nordwind: I can say anything now and assume she won't read the log! ;)

What is an idea?

milakel Resident: but then, what is an idea without implementation
Storm Nordwind: And what is implementation without practical effect?
milakel Resident: um... either useless or misunderstood :)
Storm Nordwind: and maybe a waste of time :)
milakel Resident: i think though that with so many people around, even the most craziest unpractical implementation can find its happy user :)
Storm Nordwind: Given the choice, how many users would you like to make happy? 1? 1000? 1000000?
--BELL--
Storm Nordwind: If it takes an equal about of time and effort to implement any of those choices, which would you choose?
milakel Resident: can't say :)
milakel Resident: meep
Storm Nordwind listens for the sound effect... that doesn't come

Adapting to change.

milakel Resident: it's funny how quickly i got used to ms office 2010 interface
milakel Resident: i remember when i first saw it in... 2007, i think. i thought - yuck! :)
milakel Resident: same with v2 client
Storm Nordwind: V2 client is still terribly deficient. Firestorm is the only way to go there.
milakel Resident: hehe
Storm Nordwind: I use one. You use the other ;)
milakel Resident: i try not to clinge to things and try new ones
milakel Resident: not too easy though :)
Storm Nordwind: I am independent of what's new or old. I just use what's best. ;)
Storm Nordwind: And what's best depends on who you are, what you're doing and when you're doing it - so may change rapidly
milakel Resident: hehe

Who is stubborn?

milakel Resident: i could say that you're a stubborn scottish man, but... nevermind :)
Storm Nordwind: You could and you'd only be correct in one out of three of those descriptions!
milakel Resident: well, you *are* a man, aren't you? :)
Storm Nordwind: Check the profile
milakel Resident: hehe
milakel Resident: but the image of a man from scotland is hard to change :)
Storm Nordwind: Seems like you're the one who's stubborn then! ;-))
milakel Resident: :P

A quiz on a social mailing list.

milakel Resident: btw! i love the quiz thing
Storm Nordwind: Cool!
milakel Resident: pizza was a good one
milakel Resident: really not hard, but no one came up with it
Storm Nordwind: yes quite surprised that no one got that. Would only have needed a little persistence
milakel Resident: i kept thinking of food and round - but pizza never crossed my mind! :)
Storm Nordwind: Still, you have an image question now http://i.imgur.com/CANM9.jpg
Storm Nordwind: And perhaps an old sports heroine of yours included? ;)
milakel Resident: huh?
milakel Resident: the olympics lady?
Storm Nordwind nods and winks
milakel Resident: aha :)
milakel Resident: on this note, i gotta scoot!
Storm Nordwind: A role model for an athletic Russian lass like yourself? ;)
milakel Resident: sorry
Storm Nordwind: ok!
milakel Resident: b/w - you can hardly see anything :)
Storm Nordwind rolls his eyes