http://croquet.funkencode.com A Fun Key 2 The Future Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:20:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This project seems like a good place for Croquet 2 play. http://croquet.funkencode.com/2008/02/03/open-simulator/ An interesting group of people using both platforms. http://croquet.funkencode.com/2008/02/03/qwaq-sl-liaison/ Although Second Life has some significant architectural and operational issues, it has an established virtual currency economy, strong backing, huge mindshare and can arguably claim to be The World's Biggest Programming Environment. The latter point is significant - there are a LOT of people and corporations who are choosing to ... http://croquet.funkencode.com/2008/01/31/why-second-life-will-get-a-third-life/ In the flow of discussions on my Squeak blog and the Squeak-dev list dealing with issues relating to the tools for editing code I realized that the context was perhaps too constrained to really get to the heart of the matter. In the end, regardless of personal preference, screen real ... http://croquet.funkencode.com/2008/01/31/story-oriented-coding/ Hi All, For the time being, I'm disabling comments here while I try to get to the bottom of what appears to be malicious tampering with the site. During this time, you may notice some entries that are blank, but I hope to have the database restored soon. Thanks for stopping by. http://croquet.funkencode.com/2007/11/10/notice-comments-disabled-missing-entries/ If the size of your .image file has gotten very large without you having saved much work, it is probably due to lingering circular or global references to objects. These objects are referred to as zombies and can enter a zombie state for a host of reasons, but I'll cover ... http://croquet.funkencode.com/2007/10/20/dealing-with-runaway-image-file-size/ The blogosphere is abuzz with PloppSL - even the critics say it's cool and hope it gets better.  A number of folks point out that it's free and does something very useful. I'd add that it's also not a 1.0 release yet. Here are some representative links: Shiny Life(detailed step-by-step video ... http://croquet.funkencode.com/2007/10/13/ploppsl-video-tutorial-and-buzz/ A new version of Plopp, the Croquet-based 3D painting tool mentioned here this past spring is now available for use with Second Life: PloppSL allows you to create intriguing Sculpted Prims for SecondLife™ easily. Both texture and model are created in one step. Simply paint the front and back side ... http://croquet.funkencode.com/2007/10/13/croquet-invades-second-life/ I'm most pleased to report (although somewhat belatedly) that HP (Hewlett-Packard) has joined the Croquet Consortium as a founding member and that HP Labs' Rick McGeer is serving on our growing Board of Directors. Julian Lombardi's Blog: HP Joins the Consortium! http://croquet.funkencode.com/2007/10/11/hp-officially-joins-the-croquet-consortium/ Matthew Schmidt has provided a nice intro to launching a Croquet world programmatically. If you found it helpful you may want to view(or review) these pages from the Croquet Consortium site while waiting for his next installment: Getting Started: Starting Croquet Programming: Simple World If you're itching for more right now, you ... http://croquet.funkencode.com/2007/10/11/getting-started-with-croquet/