Hello 
I'm Siobhan Curran/Kisa Naumova, and this is my weblog. I tend to write about stuff like crossdressing, Macs, code, cats, wine and Second Life, but in general it's just an ongoing conversation about all sorts of stuff. If you'd like to know a little bit more about what this all is, I recommend starting on this page which has a little bit of info on who I am, and what I'm trying to do — or you could dive into my five years worth of archives if you like.
Otherwise, feel free to close this box and explore...
The Procrastination Properties Of Silk Nighties
Didn't get out of bed until ten o'clock this morning. I woke up at about 5-ish (as usual) but resisted the urge to check emails and feeds, and instead knocked back a pint of blackcurrant squash and flung my head back down on the pillow.
When I did eventually get up — after a dream involving everyone from work, and a strange, complicated fall-guy manouvre in which I managed to smuggle a painting into a hotel (?) — the first thing I did was pop on my little pink nightie so that I wouldn't freeze my tits off while I was making coffee.
"I know", I thought, as the kettle boiled and the cats circled around my legs expecting some form of yummy-treat, "I'll just have a leisurely morning, flouncing around a bit".
But therein lies danger 
There's something woven between the fibres of little pink nighties — something inherent to their nature that drains any sense of urgency from the wearer.
Perhaps it's the following thought of "Um, better keep the blinds drawn", thus cocooning oneself from the day and denying the passage of time. But it's more prefereable in my head to think that some kind of pixie-magic is at work, and that evil 'non-achievement' spells have been cast over my underwear while I was asleep.
Whatever — I'm going to have to eschew the Pretty Pretty La La La™ version of me for the day, otherwise I'm going to get shit-all done...
Well, for example...
A Flickr Wall
I decided to revisit the Flickr-SL integration scripts that I used to have working. This thing queries the Second Life Pool every minute, and changes the photos on the wall to show the five most recently added images.
Not entirely sure the usefulness of this, but I guess it might be quite interesting on a wall somewhere.
Things to do:
Set the floating text of each image to be the title.- Make each photo a link to the Flickr photo page
Use llSetLinkPrimitiveParams() to resize the photos, rather than individual scripts and linked messages
That last one, I was having a nightmare trying to get the linked prims to resize themselves — using both llSetLinkPrimitiveParams() and llSetPrimitiveParams(). I've ended up doing it an awfully kludgey way, using messages on private channels. But hey, it works...
Flickr Wall (20)
Oh sod it, let's push bandwidth to stupid levels 
Kisa, would it be possible to set the Flickr stream to some other one, rather than the SL stream? I'd love to put this up on my own property for my stream...
Yeah — I'd just need to put some configuration stuff in the LSL and PHP.
The thing is though, I'm waiting for my server at work to be opened up to the outside interweb — right now, I'm relying on Erin to do stuff like this, and it all tends to be a bit slow.
When I get the server running, I'll start releasing some of these things with a GPL. Then anyone can take them and hack them to pieces
Have you released the scripts you used to build the hbuilding from svg?
Sort of. Funny — someone was just asking me about those while I was logged in.
The problem I (always) have with posting scripts, is that I always write them just for my own specific use — in other words, they're always a bit shambolic and hard (perhaps) for someone else to pick up and use them 'out of the box'.
As I was saying to my friend, I kinda need a gridmonkey to take them, polish them up, and make something useful out of them
What I could do, I suppose, is just collect all the scripts together in a .zip file, and hope for the best — would that be OK?
Or, I guess, I could try and find some kind of CVS¹ thingy online...
¹ Do I mean "CVS"? I'm not sure. You know — something like sourceforge...
Sourceforge would be a reasonable location; it has about a trillion open-source projects on it. There are some other venues available; Google them and check them out. (Do the Flickr developers have a favorite?)
To be "successful" (ie "have your scripts used") you need to state what they're for, what they do — exactly. One of the big problems with open-source software (even the scripts) is the lack of adequate description; a lack of documentation is the other downside. Programmers program, and rarely think about the documentation! And the opportunities for pictures and screenshots are limited. Maybe you could do a specific section on this website explaining them, showing the pictures and so on? That seems to be the trend, and a good one it is too!
Just a suggestion: you should identify the bits that are specific to your purpose. Your Flickr information, for instance. Or the file names, and so on. It'll make life much easier for anyone reworking your scripts.
Carolyn Ann
Far be it from me to espouse idleness and hedonism; but do you have anything whose urgency outweighs the benefits to the soul of lolling about in pink silk?