Bugger Blogger

Yeah.. blogger isn't really working for me for various reasons. This blog has just moved to http://marcus.bearsland.org/.

Still alive!

I haven't forgotten about this little blog project yet. ;) I went looking for a template that suited me, and installed it. I still need to create an image/logo for the top of the blog, but am in no hurry to do so at the moment.

I went and read through some Second Life® JIRAs tonight. I've been especially keen on 1-bit alpha transparency for textures being supported. I'm getting a little tired of playing a video game and finding that I've just spent an inordinate amount of time maneuvering my camera to get a nice closeup of a tree and wishing I could create one like that in SL or OpenSim. This has been a feature request on the SL JIRA for well over a year, and has garnered more than 300 votes. And since OpenSim is currently dependent on the SL viewer, it probably won't see it either until the Linden Labs® viewer supports it.

Sigh.

Ah well. They say it is coming, but this is a feature that can't come soon enough for me.

Oh noes, this could end badly

Well, I've gone and started a blog. It's something I've resisted for a long time. Although I enjoy writing, I don't often know just what to write about. As a result, past efforts at a blog have wound up with maybe three or four posts... and then death.

This blog will mostly cover stuff related either to Second Life® or OpenSimulator virtual worlds. I'm a hobbyist when it comes to virtual worlds, and have enjoyed using, running, and tinkering with them for a number of years now. I run a few regions over on OSgrid and spend a lot of time there just seeing what I can learn to create.

I don't know yet how frequently I will post here, or whether it will even last very long. But I intend to give it a good try.