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== About Me ==
== About Me ==
Just your average avatar, exploring this amazing virtual world since I first rezzed on 27 March 2006. This thing still has my attention, though I can't remember now how I first discovered Second Life. Probably an article in a tech magazine or website.
Just your average avatar, exploring this amazing virtual world since I first rezzed on 27 March 2006. This thing still has my attention, though I can't remember now how I first discovered Second Life. Probably an article in a tech magazine or website.
=== Computer ===
 
iMac Core Duo (Early 2006), Mac OS X 10.4.9. Pretty much stock except for 1.5GB RAM, DSL and other goodies. Try to not to boot the Mac into Windows unless I have to, because that's just so very wrong. Hoping to get a MacBookPro so I can get my JIRA fix while travelling for RL work. And then, after hitting the lottery, an eight-core Mac Pro.
I run SL on an iMac Core Duo (Early 2006), Mac OS X 10.4.9. Pretty much stock except for 1.5GB RAM, DSL and other goodies. Try to not to boot the Mac into Windows unless I have to, because that's just so very wrong. Hoping to get a MacBookPro so I can get my JIRA fix while travelling for RL work. And then, after hitting the lottery, an eight-core Mac Pro with the phattest possible video card.
 
== Projects ==
== Projects ==
* Learning to use [[LSL Portal | LSL]] to communicate with a web server and integrating web and in-world services, as part of a project for the [http://gaylifesl.com Gay Life] group.
* Spending lots of time in the JIRA [[Issue tracker]], mostly commenting, reproducing bugs, and hunting duplicate issues. {{Jira Reporter}}
* Spending lots of time in the JIRA [[Issue tracker]], mostly commenting, reproducing bugs, and hunting duplicate issues. {{Jira Reporter}}
* Writing about SL and other stuff on my [http://simonnolan.wordpress.com blog].
* Trying (so far with questionable results) to be a wikimonkey.
* Trying (so far with questionable results) to be a wikimonkey.
* Learning about the [[XUI]] and other parts of [[viewer architecture]]. Right now, learning to replace the oh-so-1995 stock UI icons (and wondering about the "right" way to do it), and trying to figure out how to skin the viewer. Would like to discover a way to de-couple the user interface so that UI menus can move up to the Mac menu bar and allow windows to be moved out of the SL window and onto a second monitor. (This is the holy grail, IMO, for Mac users.) Of course, it would have to be done in a portable, cross-platform way with minimal Mac-specific code. Yeah, I know, "good luck with that."
* Writing about SL and other stuff on my [http://simonnolan.wordpress.com blog].
* Wondering why [http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/commentary/alttext/2006/11/72119 this article] from Wired is so true.
* Wondering why [http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/commentary/alttext/2006/11/72119 this article] from Wired is so true.
===LSL and Web Integration===
Currently developing a web-based events calendar, using [[LSL Portal | LSL]] to communicate with the web server in-world, as part of a project for the [http://gaylifesl.com Gay Life] group.
===Viewer UI===
I'm learning about [[XUI]] and other parts of [[viewer architecture]].
Right now, learning to replace the oh-so-1995 stock UI icons (and wondering about the "right" way to do it), and trying to figure out how to skin the viewer.
Would like to discover a way to de-couple the user interface so that UI menus can move up to the Mac menu bar and allow windows to be moved out of the SL window and onto a second monitor. (This is the holy grail, IMO, for Mac users.) Of course, it would have to be done in a portable, cross-platform way with minimal Mac-specific code. Yeah, I know, "good luck with that."
Will post more here when I get something worth sharing.




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Revision as of 09:04, 13 May 2007

About Me

Just your average avatar, exploring this amazing virtual world since I first rezzed on 27 March 2006. This thing still has my attention, though I can't remember now how I first discovered Second Life. Probably an article in a tech magazine or website.

I run SL on an iMac Core Duo (Early 2006), Mac OS X 10.4.9. Pretty much stock except for 1.5GB RAM, DSL and other goodies. Try to not to boot the Mac into Windows unless I have to, because that's just so very wrong. Hoping to get a MacBookPro so I can get my JIRA fix while travelling for RL work. And then, after hitting the lottery, an eight-core Mac Pro with the phattest possible video card.

Projects

LSL and Web Integration

Currently developing a web-based events calendar, using LSL to communicate with the web server in-world, as part of a project for the Gay Life group.

Viewer UI

I'm learning about XUI and other parts of viewer architecture.

Right now, learning to replace the oh-so-1995 stock UI icons (and wondering about the "right" way to do it), and trying to figure out how to skin the viewer.

Would like to discover a way to de-couple the user interface so that UI menus can move up to the Mac menu bar and allow windows to be moved out of the SL window and onto a second monitor. (This is the holy grail, IMO, for Mac users.) Of course, it would have to be done in a portable, cross-platform way with minimal Mac-specific code. Yeah, I know, "good luck with that."

Will post more here when I get something worth sharing.


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