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Ciaran on Daniel on Ebbe Altberg

2014/02/18 by Nalates Urriah

Daniel has an article about a meeting with Linden Lab’s new CEO. Ciaran Laval has an article on the article and noticed the Mr. Altman has posted in the SL Forum. See: Ebbe Linden first Meet and Greet with SL Press And… See: Ebbe Altberg Lands With Informal Post But No Mention Of Orcs As we … Read more

Second Life Tidbits 2014-6 #2

2014/02/06 by Nalates Urriah

Altberg

There are lots of blog articles about Ebbe Altberg. Inara has a detailed outline of his resume and some of his personal interests. See: Ebbe Altberg – a short profile. It seems everyone is blogging about Ebbe. None of us have any idea of how well he will do with Second Life™.

Hamlet of New World Notes is planning to interview Atlberg. That may be the first time we get any idea of whether Altberg can get his head around what SL is.

Strawberry

Strawberry Singh has an article up about a free photo studio. See: StrawberrySingh.com Simple Photo Studio (free).

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Jump over to her blog to get the link to the page in the SL Market Place.

As she points out this is a simple studio. If you have been around SL for a time then you can do most of what photo studio does with a prim. But, if you are not a builder, it is a handy thing to have and the video is a mini tutorial.

Bits and Pieces of Second Life 2014-6

2014/02/03 by Nalates Urriah

Materials – Prim Perfect has an article up on the surprise they experienced when moving to a new viewer that was Materials capable. In their words: “The difference is stunning.”

If you aren’t running with the Advanced Lighting Model (ALM) enabled, you are missing out.

Exploring Banana Island - 2014 — Exploring Banana Island – 2014

In the Firestorm viewers only the BETA version has Materials capability, for now. If you are a Firestorm user you may want to check out the Beta. If you are leery of Beta versions, you may want to try the main release SL Viewer.

Drax Radio Show #3

2014/01/27 by Nalates Urriah

I just got around to listening to the show. I am writing this as I listen. I love that it is a fast paced show. But, that makes it hard for me to get all the details in.

The main interview with Esteban Winsmore is annoying… well, it is Esteban that is annoying. Drax asks the pertinent questions, which a good interviewer does. It is obvious Esteban is just having fun with it.

There are some interesting discussions on Oculus Rift and augmented reality.

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Index

02:00 – Net Neutrality – Drax provides a link to an audio by Brooke Gladstone at On The Media, an NPR property. See: Net Neutrality and You. They are pointing out how Google controls our Internet experience now. I doubt many realize what Google is doing or how it limits information. Drax points out how Americans are not fighting for Net Neutrality, which is both a good and bad thing.

Second Life News 2014-4

2014/01/21 by Nalates Urriah

Monday was Martin Luther King Jr. day in America. It is a holiday for government and numerous businesses. The Lab considers it a holiday, so the Lab was running on holiday staffing levels. This usually means Tuesday and Wednesday server rolls are skipped or pushed back a day.

This week will be different. Maestro Linden told us last week that a rollout is planned for Tuesday and an RC rollout for Wednesday. We did not have one last week, so may there is a push or they are trying something differently. Whatever, we get rolls Tuesday and Wednesday.

Your View

2014/01/20 by Nalates Urriah

Shug Maitland (post) suggested to Strawberry Singh that she should do a meme on how people view the Second Life world. Meaning mostly a screen capture of your viewer window. I actually had to think about that for a minute. What my viewer looks like really depends on what I’m doing. If I’m exploring, I … Read more