http://tentacolor.com Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:29:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://tentacolor.com/2009/05/21/permissions-and-choices/ 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 ... http://tentacolor.com/2009/05/10/deliverator-update/ 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 ... http://tentacolor.com/2009/05/05/tateru-ninos-adult-content-poll/ 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 ... http://tentacolor.com/2009/04/05/last-day-for-squidcrotch-edition-squidograms-april-5/ 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 ... http://tentacolor.com/2009/03/31/psa-squidcrotch-epidemic-at-cuddlefish-junction/ 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, ... http://tentacolor.com/2009/03/29/help-support-max-the-virtual-guidedog/ 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 ... http://tentacolor.com/2009/02/13/say-it-with-tentacles/ 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 ... http://tentacolor.com/2009/01/25/random-ui-tip-send-an-item-through-the-im-window/ 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: http://tentacolor.com/2009/01/24/random-ui-tip-reset-a-slider-to-the-default-value/ 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!). http://tentacolor.com/2009/01/23/abstract-figure-sculpture/