Friends

I'm off at a conference and finally had a chance to check my e-mail. There was a Second Life e-mail from an avatar named Gwyneth who wanted to be my friend! I suspected that this was someone official from the site--or perhaps a new kind of spam, since the last name wasn't Linden. But lo and behold there was another e-mail from my real-life best friend saying that she had created an avatar named Gwyneth.

Gwyneth is obviously much smarter than I am, since I had no clue about the friends thing. And, not-so-bright person that I am, I went back quickly to the Second Life e-mail and clicked on the link. Unfortunately that was the link to click if I didn't want to receive any more e-mail IM messages! So I had to undo what I had just undone.

Then I logged into the world and found the friend request was still there, much to my relief. So Gwyneth and I are now buddies in both our real and virtual lives.

I also had e-mail from California Condor, offering me a script. Scripts are bits of computer code that represent dynamic content for Second Life. Apparently California Condor has created a Second Life Bible. If I go to the Dokimos Cafe in Second Life, I can get the script for free. With it, a Bible will be invisibly attached to my avatar (don't know what version). Once it is attached, if I want to quote Scripture, I can just type in chapter and verse and it will come up. I'm not sure if it will also work as a concordance and finish a phrase I begin or not. But the next time I get a chance, I will head into the fuller virtual world and look for the Dokimos Cafe.

Probably that will not be for a few days, however. As I mentioned, I'm at a Conference, which isn't over until tomorrow night. Plus, when I went online here through my laptop, I was having the same display issues I had back at the office. So I have to figure out if I can update my display drivers somehow or if my Second Life will be limited to my desktop.

My first life is calling...