Anyone who has worked with me knows that I am a big fan of MySQL. I’ve heard a lot of unfounded complaints about “getting a real database solution” from people who simply haven’t done their homework over the years. MySQL may have been a toy database around version 3, but that was a decade ago. [...]
A lot of the complaints I’ve heard about OpenSim have been related to the avatar. Many people end up stuck on the default “Ruth” avatar, and miss looking like their virtual selves. I’ve come across several posts explaining how to do this, and figured I’d combine them here, split into two sections: your base avatar [...]
Source Graphic to Convert to SL Texture
I finally had some free time for the first time in years. I’ve done some major upgrades to some of my products – trivia got a major overhaul, and now, I’ve done a much needed upgrade to the animated GIF to SL texture conversion tool.
It now handles GIF [...]
YouTube… for you… in SL!
I am frequently asked how to show videos that are stored on YouTube in Second Life. Second Life does not offer support for Flash video (which YouTube uses), however, there is a small and easy hack which will allow you to stream a video uploaded to YouTube in Second Life [...]