http://tentacolor.com Thu, 25 Dec 2008 18:24:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's that time of year again — time to hand out the "Season's Greetings" cards, gifts, and party invitations! But who has the time to open up profile window after profile window, sending items to one person at a time... drag... drop... drag... drop. I dunno about you, but my ... http://tentacolor.com/2008/12/06/deliverate-your-holiday-gifts-and-invitations/ Some recent posts by Botgirl Questi inspired me to get out my Femme Noir outfit: all-black skin and eyes, fullbright white hair (with signature rainbow strands, naturally) and wings. http://tentacolor.com/2008/11/25/femme-noir-2/ I've written an LSL script which "serves" custom-generated HTML via a neat trick I discovered. But don't bust out the champagne just yet — this method is extremely limited, so I don't expect this to revolutionize HUDs or anything like that. Still, it's a fun curiosity. The trick is this: If ... http://tentacolor.com/2008/11/24/serving-simple-html-by-lsl-script/ From the Imprudence Blog It has been an intense two and a half months since we first announced the Imprudence project. There has been laughter, there has been joy, there has been boredom and frustration, stress and near burn-out, and a medley of other emotions thrown in there as well. But today ... http://tentacolor.com/2008/11/16/imprudence-viewer-release-candidate-is-here-baby/ Tired of those beautiful, photo-realistic sunsets? That new-fangled Windlight rendering engine slow your compy to a crawl? Want to relive the good old days, back when voice chat was new and strange, and Linden Lab even bothered to pretend to communicate with its customers? Well now you can! ... Actually, you've been ... http://tentacolor.com/2008/11/02/happy-days-old-viewers/ Gwyneth Llewelyn recently offered a proposal to try to plug "the analogue hole" that makes content theft inevitable. Her proposal drew a lot of criticism, particularly from open source developers, and she has since withdrawn it. I'm glad to read that she has; I was among those with objections to the ... http://tentacolor.com/2008/10/18/the-plug-with-a-hole-in-it/ I'm happy (and rather relieved) to announce that after power-coding day and night for the past week, I've released a handy new device: the Deliverator. I'm sure you'll find that it is the easiest and most convenient way to deliver a gift, notecard, or other item to a long list ... http://tentacolor.com/2008/10/13/the-deliverator/ Dusan Writer offers a sensational bit of news: Mark Kingdon announced that an outside design firm is hard at work on a new, user-friendly viewer for Second Life. I've read Kingdon's post, and I'm afraid Dusan misread it and jumped to the entirely wrong conclusion. Here's what Kingdon actually wrote (emphasis mine): Shortly ... http://tentacolor.com/2008/09/29/a-new-sl-viewer-from-ll-dont-jump-to-conclusions/ Here's an updated version of an oldie but a goodie. Back in January 2007, I found out how to disable (on your computer only) the SL typing sound — the loud, annoying click-clack-clack sound that plays whenever you or anyone around you starts typing something into chat. It has been nice ... http://tentacolor.com/2008/09/26/tip-replace-the-sl-typing-sound-with-crickets/ Tateru Nino poses an intriguing question about why disabled users often become quite attached and identify with their avatars, more so than able-bodied people do: To many such physically impaired users, the body is no more nor less a tool than an online avatar, and the latter (despite lag, occasional inventory ... http://tentacolor.com/2008/09/21/tools-avatars-and-the-self/