Archive for July, 2008
In Second Life, everything is made from primitives – cubes, cylinders, prisms and so forth that you can place together to create pretty much anything. There’s a size limit of 10×10x10 metres that’s sometimes a real pain in the arse. I’d heard of something called megaprims that allow you to make much larger blocks (for walls [ READ MORE ]
While waiting for pizza this evening, I read an article by David Allan Grier in IEEE Computer about the ways in which technology has changed entertainment, particularly the theatre, over the last 40 years or so. In particular, he discusses how automated lighting, sound and so forth can afford a stage manager the opportunity to calibrate [ READ MORE ]
I’ve been using the chat client Digsby for a while now, and it’s pretty awesome. It’s comparatively new (less than a year), but quite stable, feature complete, and adds a bunch of new features that simplify things substantially. Cleanly integrates with all the traditional instant messenging systems, adding gtalk, facebook chat, and twitter. Integrates mail and event [ READ MORE ]