After reading Ener’s post OpenSim – patience, patience, patience I thought I’d better check in on our star builder, cook, and bottle washer. I stay out of Ener’s way and rarely give advice on how to build. I put in support tickets and have seen the challenges Ener has at times. I frankly do not have the patience to keep at it like Ener does.

So I arranged to meet in-world and see what goes on. Ener often crashes when just one other person is on our little estate and sure enough, quirkiness ensued (see below).

Forget see-through outfits! How about a see-through Ener (not implying any shallow or transparent traits). :p

And me?

I have always thought of myself as somewhat balanced in my Yin and Yang, masculine and feminine energies, but a Ruth?

Yes for some reason, despite having created an avatar a few weeks back to appease Ener, I have now turned into a Ruth (see, that’s why I never spend time making an avatar).

I commend Ener for patience but also understand this is alpha software. In the grand scheme of things, this does not change my very positive outlook on OpenSim and Ener feels the same despite the whining (for Ener, it’s either blogging about that or the Queen or poutine! let’s stick to OpenSim . . . ). :)

I heartily recommend OpenSim and am very pleased with Reaction Grid as an alternative to Second Life. It fits our goals very well.

It was thrilling to see photos of Ener’s environmental science builds in a very nicely created presentation advocating the use of virtual worlds (and of Reaction Grid as a host) for schools and students.

Our goal is to create a workbook that guides students through 40-50 environmental science spots and to have in-world resources for educators.

But now that I have “Ruthed”,  I think my task of writing the workbook is far easier than Ener’s!

Thanks Ener for the diligence, talent, and passion and thanks Reaction Grid for providing an easy-to-use environment (at least we have control over these issues unlike in Second Life).