The Aerdrome ...

New Album 6/19/09 9:42 PM

Well, today I visited the Aerodrome. I heard about it in 'the unofficial guide to second life'. It was under the section of 'places of interest'. I must say, it was interesting. Even though I am not now, nor was I ever an aviation afficionado, it did seem rather cool. There was a lot of things on display, as well as little personal planes for sale. There were historical models, some which may or may not have ever existed as well as some prototypes that were obviously never made in the manifest world.

Learning notes: I had a bit of difficulty with operating the elevator (perhaps anther tutorial I missed), so I flew around to get to the runway area. Here I got to practice some of y skills at adjusting altitude while flying. That was cool. There was also the bit about having a problem getting out of there. I wanted to teleport and couldn't. The network was experiencing difficulty. That was a little annoying. So I just signed out. That, I think is part of the problem with attempting this from a developing nation (Oman) with limited resources in the way of bandwidth. But by the next time I logged in, I was able to leave. Though all through the process of trying and failing to enter another area, I was wondering if I was doing it wrong. I know that some regions have forced points of entry, maybe this one had a forced point of departure. It turned out not to be the case. The one thing that is still getting to me is that there is no immediate incentive to learn how to do things. The learning is often de Facto as you find something you like, or are interested in. The learning curve has increased as I have set goals of exploration and faced the challenges that occur from fulfilling these goals (i.e. the junkyard->rezzing->inventory). So far, this little experiment has been a success as far as learning. I have also come a long way with analyzing my own learning and learning through simulation. Most of these Epiphanies are only nascent ponderings., but I do see the 'micro genesis' of greater awareness in them. Well, till next time. Enjoy the pictures.

Gaius