Månad: maj 2013

Xander Kappler contacted me a while ago and asked if I wanted to beta test a new app he was working on and I said yes.

The app connected SL with Google calendar. I started testing and yes.

Me and my SL calendar.

When you write something in your Google calendar it shows up in SL and it is using the right time in SL as I am in Sweden and my calendar uses Swedish time. I never really have had that much use for Google calendar as I have a calendar in the company cloud for all things business. But now I have started to use it for SL stuff and you do not have to leave SL to see if I am online or when.

Xander have a store where you find the app. https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife//72/46/89

(I also own the XANcast Jukebox. Worked great.)

I also really like that someone still develop new stuff for Second life. And soon the new textures in the viewer. We are on the move again.

I should have started editing my short film but instead I put in the Black forest in Lendonia. Its like when I was studying I will start writing but first I have to clean the house and do the dishes.

But the forest looks good.

And oh yes. I have put in a nice work place to in the shade. You need a nice place to work even in a virtual world. haha..

Is it going to be a success? Naaa I do not think so. Why?

It is like many Microsoft products a little bit to late. It have many nice functions but when I see how I use the Xbox 360 I have, I do not believe in it.

I put my XBox 360 away and did not miss it for months. I never use it. But I do use the controller. The family have worn out two of those. But I have the controller connected to a PC that’s connected to the big screen. It runs a Windows 7 media center and all of the family’s favorite games.

For me that means World of warcraft and several other MMO s and of course the Second life viewer. None that works on a Xbox. On the PC I have Steam and a selection of other games. Family photographs and any program I want to use. Music streams from Spotify and others. The point is that I decide what I want to install and run. Not Microsoft.

I also have a Kinect. That was fun for about 5 minutes. And controlling the the screen or multimedia is just stupid. A remote is so much more effective.I use my Kinect to make Second life and game animations.

No I do not think I will by a new Xbox. I want my freedom to use what ever software I want. Or to write any software I want and publish it. I have also started to look at the world of Linux media centers. When it comes to retire my Windows 7 I am ready to change and it wont be 8 or a Xbox.

I WANT to decide what I use.

Some new pictures from the new area.

I want some more ground clutter but I do not want to do the area to hard on the graphics card and I want everybody to be able to do there own improvements.

It looks nice and have its own special style. Lighting is very important. If it was a game I could have done it differently. It is ok.

Another tree. It really takes for ever to create new content to a sim. This is my latest tree. Kind of cartoon like and the textures did not work very well so I had to remake in Blender. More cartoon like stuff works better. It makes the area look more real for some reason. It is really low poly and that’s what I am after. No strain on the graphics card. I want to place a lot of these.

Next it is ground vegetation.