Tag Archives: tips & tricks

Portrait by a Window

Photography and Portraits in Second Life

Yesterday I decided to run around taking some shots of interesting locales in Second Life. What I ended up doing , though, was taking a bunch of self-portraits. This is a departure from my usual goal of trying to avoid putting avatars (or people) in … Read More

Windlight Files in SL

Windlight is the snazzy name for the system used in-world in SL to tweak sky and water appearances. It’s great for taking photographs that have an extra ‘something.’ See the Wiki for a more detailed explanation of what it does. I use Greenlife’s Emerald Viewer … Read More

Transparent IE6 PNGs & Other Scripts

I just found this free script site. I haven’t used any of the other scripts, but the fix for transparent PNGs in IE6 is clean and effective.

EFF Teaches Copyright Laws

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is an organization dedicated to protecting the rights of the average user of modern technology from overreaching corporate and government actions. They actively seek to defend us in the courts, provide numerous educational materials to help us know both our … Read More

Favicons for Blogger

I just found out how to add a favicon (that’s the little icon that shows up next to the address bar) to my blog and thought I’d share. The default for Blogger is the white B in an orange box, but that isn’t very memorable … Read More

Lag And You!

So today I did some more work on the Raglan Shire Lag Education Center (no, I’m not calling it Bob). I still need to add some more props, notecards with further info, and at the end, a certificate of completion. I’m hoping to get it … Read More