Kento's Blog

To combat the stress of the final weeks of the semester, here a video to release some of it:

300 - PG Version

So before I make a quest to comment a few more times to ensure I have more than enough, I'm also going to make a posting quest to put up some links, but in a post that makes things really random.

I'll begin with stuff that actually apply. First I've been spending time putting together stuff on Second Life, though right now I'm awaiting other classmates to take down old prims from the last assignment still. Garrett and I have been working to put music in Second Life, and we think we'll use this stream. It is a 32 bitrate AAC+ feed that we hope will be able to be played in the world the night of the dance party. It's much better than the 24 bitrate MP3 format in quality.

I should be studying for a German test, but I'm not the study-the-night-before type. If I don't go to class and know the material, I'm as good as done for the test. This means i usually don't flip before a test and a simple looking over the material.

Another accomplishment is getting all the way through Lost's first two seasons. Now I'm getting caught up on season 3. I was never one who watched the show until someone plopped me down to actaully watch it. Getting hooked, I have been watching all the episodes while the Writer's Guild keeps striking.

For one last uplifting thing for all those cramming for finals, here's a pretty funny thing to laugh at:

Last night we held our dance party in Istania. Being part of the group, I got to take some great shots.

Dr Tapia had a great outfit. Think she has a shot in the contest.

The glowsticks made a great addition to our dance moves.

Paul makes his grand entrance to the party.

The music was great enough you could headbang to it.

The part I had to contribute was that I built the main section of the building. The walling and ceiling were all of 10X10 prims with glass texture. Then, I found a free script dance floor and put it down. Later I also added the chairs off to the side for resting. The music stream I found is Pulsradio. It's a French drance/trance station the streams over the internet. I found it using SHOUTcast, which searches for online streams. We picked a lot bitrate, MP3 format and put it in the "speaker" object in order to play it in the world.

It was fun. I hope this night shows that virtual worlds can serve some purpose. Though Second Life is a very primative of what is yet to come, I don't think we can push off the impending future of these types of virtual worlds. Something's bound to come along and make a huge buzz.