• 21May

  Permissions and Choices

  Gripes, Musings 7 Comments

  I’ve counted Dusan Writer as a friend (or at least a friendly acquaintance) ever since I met him in the course of his UI design contest a year ago. He’s an interesting personality, and generally an intelligent fellow and a thoughtful writer.

  So, it’s with some disappointment that I read Dusan’s recent post on Second Life’s permission system. His post is prompted by the progress of VWR-8049, a proposal to allow users to choose the default permissions for new objects that they create.

  Dusan comes out strongly against it, and although I’m firmly in favor of it, that’s not the disappointing thing; I don’t mind people disagreeing with me. What disappoints me is that Dusan has bought into the baseless FUD that certain individuals have piled onto the issue.

  Alas, not only does Dusan believe the FUD and let it color his entire analysis of the feature, but he also regurgitates it in a most unsavory and uncharacteristic manner, littered with baseless attacks, ranting nonsequiturs, and flawed thinking. I’m usually content to let this sort of thing lie, but it boggles my mind that FUD of this sort could spread when it has so many holes in it. Continue reading »

• 10May

  Deliverator - Now Deliverating to More People!

  Cuddlefish Junction No Comments

  

  Deliverator users, rejoice! I’ve upgraded the server to be better than ever: Deliverator can now deliver to practically anyone in SL! If you’ve had trouble delivering to certain people, those troubles are a thing of the past!

  The only people Deliverator might not be able to deliver to are super-newbies, less than a day or two old — and you can just try again the next day and it’ll probably find them. Woo!

  This improvement was on the server, so you don’t even have to upgrade your Deliverators or anything like that. It’s magic!

  As always, the Deliverator is available for just $500, only at Cuddlefish Junction. It’s totally the easiest way to send out gifts, invitations, and other items to your friends or customers! And you don’t even have to make them click some silly sign!

  Tags: cuddlefish junction, deliverator

• 05May

  Tateru Nino’s Adult Content Poll

  Musings No Comments

  Venerable Second Life journalist and blogger Tateru Nino is running an opinion poll to try to find out how the SL populace really feels about Linden Lab’s upcoming Adult Content policies.

  She’s trying to get an accurate sampling of opinions, which means lots of people need to vote, so she’s asking for everybody’s help to spread the word and get votes from as many people as possible. But the idea isn’t to get just the people who feel the same way as you do to stuff the ballot — spread the word in all circles, so we can really find out how people feel.

  So, please give it a vote and spread the word (but considerately — don’t spam). The poll is running until May 12, a week from today.

  • Poll: Adult content - Both sides of the question @ Dwell On It
• 05Apr

  Last Day for Squidcrotch Edition Squidograms - April 5

  Cuddlefish Junction No Comments

  

  Today is the last day to get your hands on the special Squidcrotch edition Squidogram! (Don’t know what a Squidogram is? Picture each of your friends with a talking, kissing squid clinging to their face — or in this case, a bit lower — and you’ll grasp the concept quite firmly.)

  Each squid is just L$50, with 5- and 10-packs available at a nice discount! These special edition Squidograms are on sale only at Cuddlefish Junction, and only through the end of today, April 5! They won’t be for sale again until next spring — if ever!

  Tags: squidogram

• 31Mar

  PSA: Squidcrotch Epidemic at Cuddlefish Junction

  Cuddlefish Junction No Comments

  

  Reports in the latest medical journals indicate a sharp rise in the incidence of a bizarre condition known as “squidcrotch”. The spread of this mysterious affliction is expected to reach its peak in the coming week.

  We spoke with Dr. Carol Fische of the Center for Delirium Control to find out what the average person needs to know about squidcrotch. “Squidcrotch is an extremely laugh-threatening condition. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of preparation. The last thing anyone wants is to be caught with your pants down, a squid groping at your woozle with its slimy little suckers, and not knowing quite how to react.”

  Dr. Fische advised that squidcrotch victims should be treated with care and respect. “Your first reaction upon seeing a friend or loved one with a cephalopod clinging to their crotch will be to double over in laughter, or perhaps take incriminating snapshots. But nothing could be more damaging to that individual’s sense of personal dignity. Except posting a video on the internet, I suppose.”

  Research efforts have revealed that squidcrotch is spread from person to person, usually being transmitted from one friend to another after purchasing a peculiar bucket for L$50. Symptoms to be on the watch for include: moist, slimy underwear, an awkward feeling of satisfaction, and a large squid dangling from your doodly bits.

  Dr. Fische urged against visiting Cuddlefish Junction between March 31 and April 5, citing a high risk of hilarity ensuing.

  Tags: squidogram

• 29Mar

  Help Support Max the Virtual Guidedog!

  Passions, Snapshots No Comments

  

  Virtual Helping Hands are having a fundraising benefit at Wheelies for continued development of Max the Virtual Guidedog.

  I first blogged about the scripted guide dog last August. Since that time, the VHH team has made amazing progress! They’re playing a video at Wheelies of their recent RL presentation about Max, and it’s great to see how many technical obstacles they’ve overcome.

  

  VHH are now trying to raise funds to purchase some needed development software so they can continue enhancing Max Voice, a cross-platform application providing text-to-speech for SL chat, as well as other assorted helpful functionality. The development software costs $550 — but the price is expected to go up drastically in mid-April, so they need to purchase it soon!

  When I visited them earlier today, VHH had raised $100 of the needed $550. The benefit runs until midnight PST tonight (March 29).

  You can help by donating L$ in SL at Wheelies or via Paypal at VirtualHelpingHands.org. Any amount helps.

• 13Feb

  Say it with Tentacles

  Cuddlefish Junction No Comments

  

  Nothing says I can’t keep my tentacles off you! like a kissing squid that delivers your custom message. Tell them you care (and have an keenly developed sense of humour) with a Squidogram this Valentine’s Day.

  The squid is L$50. The memories (and the lulz) are priceless.

  Available now at Cuddlefish Junction and Loco Pocos Island.

• 25Jan

  Random UI Tip: Send an item through the IM window.

  Interface, Tips 1 Comment

  Here’s another random UI tip for you, this one discovered by McCabe Maxsted:

  Drag and drop an inventory item into the IM window to send it to the person you’re IMing with. You don’t need to open their profile window! (This doesn’t work for group IMs, though.)

  The next version of Imprudence will have a little reminder note in the IM window, but you can do this with any SL viewer right now!

  The more you know!

• 24Jan

  Random UI Tip: Reset a slider to its default value

  Interface, Tips No Comments

  You find out the darnedest things, looking through the viewer source code.

  For example, if you Ctrl-click on a slider bar in the SL viewer (or Imprudence), it will reset that slider to its default value.

  The more you know!

  P.S. This is what a slider bar looks like:

• 23Jan

  Abstract Figure Sculpture

  Art, Building, Projects, Snapshots 1 Comment
  

  An abstract sculpture I created on a whim. It’s 8 prims, created it in Blender in about 1 hour.

  You can view it at my friend Skitty’s flower shop in Second Life. The sculpture is not for sale (but the pretty flowers are!).

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