The number one question on everybody’s mind these days is: Where is Jacek, and why hasn’t she been posting on her blog? Well, you see, I’ve been a bit tied up lately—with schoolwork, SL work, and… other things.

Goal: Make the “Profile Cut Begin and End” spinners visible in the Edit window while editing a Box, Cylinder, or Prism. Currently it only shows up for Torus, Tube, and Ring (and under the name “Dimple” for Sphere), but the setting does have a useful effect on Box & friends. I also wanted it to only show up when I turn on the the “AdvancedMode” preference that I added.

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Goal: Add a keyboard toggle for the “Edit Linked Parts” checkbox in the Edit window. I’ll also probably add a menu entry for it in the Tools menu as part of that process.

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Hey, you! I’m teaching a class about a weekly building topic of my choice! This week is the first ever session of the class (since I had to cancel last week’s), and I’m super excited!

So what’s the topic this week? Aesthetic Lighting!

Come learn the dos and don’ts of using Second Life’s local lighting feature to enhance the atmosphere of your builds!

That sounds pretty friggin’ awesome to me! I’m especially looking forward to the opportunity to show people how to make glowing objects that don’t blind everyone in the room! (Yes, that’s right, I’m teaching a class on how to be a little subtle, ‘kay?)

Come learn how to make pretty lights and avoid being a nuisance to society on Saturday March 10 from 6-7PM PST at NCI International! It’s free!

Open source is all about sharing what we learn! I have been helped in the past by this wonderful process, and I have found that it gives me warm fuzzy feelings inside to help keep it going by being helpful and sharing with the world! Yay! Hugs for everyone!

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Whee! The latest version of the First Look client for Linux can show web pages in profiles!

Now wee penguins can enjoy the luxury that everyone else has had for months: viewing web pages in ridiculously tiny windows, with no bookmarks, back button, or tabbed windows!

I made my first patch of the viewer client code the other day! Actually, it’s a very small patch; it just cleans up part of SConstruct, the script that controls how the source code is compiled into an executable.

Interestingly, the patch doesn’t address either of the things that were bugging me in my earlier post about the build script. But, as it turns out, neither of those issues were real problems (just problems in my head), so they didn’t need to be changed after all!

More food for thought this time around:

Personally, do you consider your avatar an extension of yourself, or a character you control?

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I’ve been battling my cable modem for the past week and a half. It was getting into the habit of dropping my connection upwards of 80 times per day, so I’ve had to beat it into submission. It’s still a bit flakey, but not as bad as before.

Unfortunately, this fiasco managed to prevent me from logging in to Second Life to teach my classes on Thursday and Friday—the first sessions of my new classes! Augh! I weep! My apologies to everyone who tried to attend—I can only assure you that only a situation of the most dire variety could keep me from my students! I have never missed teaching a class before—I know how frustrating it is when you show up for a class and wait around for half an hour with no sign of the instructor!

Because I can’t be certain that my connection will be reliable, I have cancelled my Saturday class for this week. (I weep more!)

I hope to be teaching again next week from March 8-10.