The A To Z Of Fashion Writing

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A to Z of Fashion
A to Z of Fashion

This is a site I came across that I am enjoying. It is about fashion writing. I don’t plan to start writing about fashion. But, A to Z is teaching people about fashion and how to write about it. I hope to better understand what I am reading when I do read about fashion.

I never knew there was a style called Boho Chic. I’ve seen it and some of it I like. But, I didn’t know its name.

I am just amazed at the amount of detailed fashion information I find on the site.

The A To Z Of Fashion Writing

I think this site would be a great reference tool for fashion writers. But, I wouldn’t really know.

KirstenLee Viewer S19 (407) Released

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KirstenLee has posted an announcement about the release of a new version of the viewer: S19 (407). See: What dreams may come! In this post KirstenLee explains why version S19 is being used. Basically because this is the version of the viewer KirstenLee likes working with and using.

KirstenLee Viewer S19 (407)
KirstenLee Viewer S19 (407)

This is not a cutting edge viewer. Basically it is a V1 viewer being adapted to V3 three features and recent SL system changes. It is easy on hardware. So, I would class it as being in the same field as Singularity and Cool VL Viewer; V1 interface viewers.

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Adobe in the Cloud

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In Second Life we tend to use open source products. But, some people use the professional products from Adobe, Photoshop being the best known. I think it has no equal. There are other image editors. But, Photoshop (PS) is the industry standard. If you plan to work for a gaming or other company that works with images, you have to know PS. But, Adobe is making big changes that will radically affect casual users.

Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe Creative Cloud

Adobe is changing how they deliver their software. Until now they have sold their software in a package with a perpetual license. I can still use an old copy of CS3, CS4, CS5.5, and CS6. (CS = Creative Suite) It isn’t cheap. A new version of PS costs US$800. Updates can be $300 to $400 per version come every 12 to 24 months. People can find PS on Amazon and in stores for $650. But, quite often that is the ‘basic’ version not the ‘Extended’ version.

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Little Update on Materials

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You probably know that Designing Worlds did an interview show with the Lindens about SSA and Materials. You can see the video of the show on YouTube (also below). If you have been following this blog, there is nothing new in the video.

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JSON Comes to Second Life

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JSON is pronounced jay-sun. JSON is a text based way of representing data structures. Some think of it as an alternative to XML. It primarily was developed for use in JavaScript programming for transferring data across a network.

I suspect for many of us the arrival of JSON in the Linden Scripting Language (LSL) is a non-event. But, for scripters it is a big deal.

This week the JSON upgrades will be running on the RC channels, all three. The new stuff added to the LSL is:

  • list llJson2List(string json)
    • Converts the top level of the json string to a list.
  • string llList2Json(string type, list values)
  • string llJsonGetValue(string json, list specifiers)
    • Gets the value indicated by specifiers from the json string.
  • string llJsonSetValue(string json, list specifiers, string value)
    • Returns a new json string that is the json given with the value indicated by specifiers set to value
  • string llJsonValueType(string json, list specifiers)
    • Returns the type constant for the value in json indicated by specifiers.
  • Usage guide: Json_usage_in_LSL (added to Wiki 5/14 – today)

You may have noticed in there the mention of ARRAYS. That is a big thing. I’m not sure it is going to give us arrays as we have with other languages. But, it looks to be closer than the strided lists we use.

Provided this Release Candidate makes it past testing this week another set of JSON features will roll into the RC channels next week. No, no word on what those will be.

Kelly Linden is leading the JSON project. Questions on its implementation can be brought to him at the Tuesday Server & Scripting meetings in Denby.

Kelly says we are seeing JSON added to improve the ability to interface LSL with the larger web. The previous maintenance version expanded the content-type support of http-in and http-out which ties in with this JSON addition.