Short notice rolling restart
Filed under: Updates
According to the official blog there’s a rolling restart underway. Details are sketchy, but when they’re this poorly announced they usually mean it’s an exploit fix and we won’t get a lot of additional details, although it is also setting up for the new search, fixing sale auction IDs and […]
Recompile scripts in objectsIf you are new to SL or just have never done it before here are two older turorials in pics that i made. One is for a door(single prim) one is a fireplace (multiple prim) but they can be applied to most objects that I can think of. Sorry the text is […]
Solaris Version of Second Life Viewer
A developer asked me to post some information about an alpha-level release of the Second Life viewer for the Solaris and OpenSolaris operating systems. The developer is “corporate” and has been asked to keep his Second Life activities separate from his official job duties. While I can’t vouch for the […]
Links for Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Greenmonk: IBM, Big Green, Rational and Eco-aware Programming - “I am beginning to wonder if beautiful code is green code. Code generation tends to generate pretty ugly code - but is it less efficient? Developers that write beautiful code may end up in great demand for their green coding: […]
Booch is no mooch
Filed under: Odds and Ends
Grady Booch might not be a household name, but he’s the Chief Scientist for IBM’s Rational Software Corp. unit. In a recent interview with Computerworld, Booch has held forth on a number of topics, including his take on SL. His approach to explaining the value of SL to […]
The Distributed UniversityJeff Jarvis riffed yesterday on “Google U,” the idea that there are all sorts of new ways to think about a college education aside from the 4-year, right outta high school model that most kids go through. Jeff and I both have kids and are staring the college decision game (and the subsequent […]
‘Second Life for Teens’, but Without Second Life
Filed under: News, Odds and Ends
This is your moment of WTF? Dorling Kindersley, who many of you may know through their wonderful Eyewitness Series of illustrated reference books, have created a new game in Habbo Hotel to promote a new Christmas book called Do Not Open. Apparently it’s […]
Links for Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Pete Stevens: Upside-Down Ternet - “My neighbours are stealing my wireless internet access. I could encrypt it or alternately I could have fun.“Virtual Worlds Management: Industry Forecast 2008 - “This Virtual Worlds Management Industry Forecast 2008 brings together 45 virtual worlds industry leaders, including CEOs of developers, platforms, and agencies, […]
Links for Friday, February 22, 2008
Accordion Guy: What Happened to Me and the New Girl - “New Girl: I did that! I proved P = NP! I placed near the top of the class, and the professor used my paper as an example!“
Farewell, Second Life Insider
Filed under: News, SL Insider Business
Those of you who follow me on Twitter have heard me refer to this announcement: I will no longer be writing for SLI. As Lead Blogger, and one of the remaining founding members (along with Aimee), I’ve found writing for you all to be one of the […]
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