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Windlight Files in SL

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

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 instead of the standard Linden Labs viewer. Among its many improvements, it includes considerably more preset sky settings to play with. I’ve been trying to find one that says “Christmas” to me, and ended up taking one called [Euphoria] Natural High and tweaking it a bit to create something I call Winter Wonderland. I thought, “I should share this,” and spent the next 10 minutes trying to find the file. I finally got smart and checked the Wiki:

Windows XP

* Skies – C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\SecondLife\user_settings\windlight\skies
* Water – C:\Program Files\SecondLife\app_settings\windlight\water

Windows Vista

* Skies – C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\SecondLife\user_settings\windlight\skies
* Water – C:\Program Files\SecondLife\app_settings\windlight\water

Those directories are both where you can find settings that you create and save yourself, and where you put Windlight files created by others so you can use them in-world.

So, without further ado, here is my first Windlight file to share with you all:
[Az] Winter Wonderland 1

Winter Wonderland


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Transparent IE6 PNGs & Other Scripts

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Twin Helix LogoI 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.

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EFF Teaches Copyright Laws

Friday, May 29th, 2009

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 rights and our vulnerabilities, and keep us informed about current issues which need attention. It is my opinion that this is one of the single most important organizations of the modern age and a major bulwark against the formation of a Big Brother, Orwellian style government.

Copyright laws in the digital age can be fuzzy at best, with terms such as Fair Use and copyright infringement being tossed around with only a generalized idea of what they actually mean or when they really apply. To combat this, EFF has launched Teaching Copyright, a full curriculum resource for educators to help them provide their students with solid facts about the rights and responsibilities attached to copyright law.

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Favicons for Blogger

Monday, May 25th, 2009

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 for your readers among hundreds of other Blogger sites.

Customizing Your Blogger Icon

1) Find an icon to use. It should be fairly simple so it is clear even at a small size. In case you need a place to start looking, I ran a quick Google search for icons and ran across IconArchive. Pick a category from the 32×32 pixel ones farther down the page, then find one you like and right click >> save to my computer. (I edited mine down to 16×16 pixels using my image processor, but I am told that 32 pixel images will work as well.)

2) Upload a png or gif version of your icon to your hosting site of choice. (I use Photobucket for things like this. I hear Picassa is also good.)

3) Go back to your Blogger dashboard and under the Layout tab, go to “Edit HTML”. You’ll see a line like the following not far down the page:

<title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>

4) Right under this line, copy and paste the following. (Replace /png/ with /gif/ if your image is a gif.)

<link href=’URL of your icon file‘ rel=’shortcut icon’ type=’image/png’/>

5) Get the url of your image from your image hosting site and paste it between the quotes over “URL of your icon file.” (On Photobucket, hovering over an image brings up a window from which you can copy the “direct link.” Methods will vary depending on your chosen hosting site, but right click >> copy image location usually works.)

6) Choose “save template” and view your blog. You should see your shiny new favicon next to the address bar and on the browser tab. If you don’t you may need to refresh the page or clear your cache from Tools.

I got a lot of the above info from this site.

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Lag And You!

Saturday, May 23rd, 2009

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 done tomorrow after church.

Let’s see, other stuff… I need to box up my gifts for the Fun in the Sun (FITS) and Bedtime Stories hunts which both start at the beginning of next month, though at least I got them finished earlier this week. Here’s a pic of the hat I made for FITS. I’m especially pleased with the texture work I did on the sunscreen tube. :D Bedtime Stories image to come when I get it done.

I need to spend more time in Qavimator over the next few days for both Seawolf and Tiny animations. I just learned that the Optimize for BHV option gets rid of all the extra keyframes that get locked down when you save and reopen the file, so that’s opened up a whole slew of possibilities! *does a dance, saves it, reopens it, and EDITS it!* Yay!

And now I must try to sleep so I can get up early for church tomorrow. Wish me luck, I’ve been oversleeping the past few weeks. O.O

~Az

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