Scripting And Building In Second Life -- A Brief Video Introduction

I asked my colleagues at Dr. Dobb's Journal for some pointers to machinima resources so we can get started making our own machinima, and I was told that DDJ's Scott Swigart knows a lot about it. I found this neat video that provides a six-minute introduction to building and scripting in Second Life.

Also, here's a metric ton of Second Life tutorials on YouTube.