My files are back!!
Just spent the last few hours going over the old hard drive that had suffered damage in an electrical surge copying over all the data I wanted to keep (and that I could think of). So all my files are safe and sound on the new hard drive now :)
Friday, May 14, 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Pissed Off
Guess what I just found out?
Turns out that 'friend' I had my falling out with awhile back isn't done being an asshole. I just found one of his newer creations, powered by scripts bearing my name as creator and function suspiciously identical to scripts I wrote awhile ago. And he's using them without my permission. How did he get them? I wrote them when I was friends with him, used them in a device on his property and, seeing as he booted me (and afaik banned me) from his land when we had our falling out I could never go and reclaim it.
So now he has it, and is using it in his product that has his name on it. If a DMCA was easier to file it'd be done already, but as is it's to much of a hassle for an object I found sitting in a play sim. But rest assured if that product hits stores and it contains my scripts still, I may just go through the hassle of filing a DMCA if only to see him burn for his unfathomable arrogance.
What do you think, you think a script created and written by me and basically stolen from me, then used without my permission is a violation of copyright and IP (Intellectual Property) rights?
Turns out that 'friend' I had my falling out with awhile back isn't done being an asshole. I just found one of his newer creations, powered by scripts bearing my name as creator and function suspiciously identical to scripts I wrote awhile ago. And he's using them without my permission. How did he get them? I wrote them when I was friends with him, used them in a device on his property and, seeing as he booted me (and afaik banned me) from his land when we had our falling out I could never go and reclaim it.
So now he has it, and is using it in his product that has his name on it. If a DMCA was easier to file it'd be done already, but as is it's to much of a hassle for an object I found sitting in a play sim. But rest assured if that product hits stores and it contains my scripts still, I may just go through the hassle of filing a DMCA if only to see him burn for his unfathomable arrogance.
What do you think, you think a script created and written by me and basically stolen from me, then used without my permission is a violation of copyright and IP (Intellectual Property) rights?
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Poof
My apologies for my absence as of late, my computer's old harddrive fried and it took some time to gather the money to buy a new one. While I am up and operational again the lose of the old drive means I've lost all my resources and work which is a considerable blow to progress on things. The drive is currently at a company who is attempting to retrive what data they can from it, so lets hope things go well else I'm left with the prospect of starting anew on many things, a fair few of which are irreplaceable such as family photos and the like.
/me crosses her fingers.
/me crosses her fingers.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Uphill Climb
As with anything once you stop it's generally harder to start again, the power of momentum is by far not restricted to physics. Anyway, I'm sort of getting back into things; I've done a bit of scripting and improved my leash script but mostly its just small steps, little work here and there.
I don't know if I can ever return to the way I was before, capable of working non stop for almost an entire day but then that's what burnt me out in the first place and there's no practical use of going so full tilt beyond releasing products faster. But what's the use in making anything at all if I can't even sit around and enjoy it now and then? I've made a fair bit of L$ from sales, long ago recouping the money I spent on SL when I started, and I am fairly comfortable most times to be able to pay rent and buy stuff off my profits. But again, what's the use if I never get around to using it.
I've long known I need to work at being more social in SL, communication with others; especially strangers, is not always easy for me as I am naturally cynical of human beings as a society. This is my burden to carry and I deal with my trust issues all the time and it really isn't fair to anyone, myself included, if I seclude myself. Of course being gagged by my Master doesn't exactly help me in being social but that's besides the point.
Point is, getting back into scripting, getting back into feeling like I can enjoy SL, may take a while, it may never fully come back; that spark that holds me here is hard to maintain and it may require a lot of effort on my part and the part (as unknowing of their role as they may be) of others who interact with me to do so.
Scripting alone can no longer hold me here I think; it has to become a byproduct of my time, not the reason I exist.
I don't know if I can ever return to the way I was before, capable of working non stop for almost an entire day but then that's what burnt me out in the first place and there's no practical use of going so full tilt beyond releasing products faster. But what's the use in making anything at all if I can't even sit around and enjoy it now and then? I've made a fair bit of L$ from sales, long ago recouping the money I spent on SL when I started, and I am fairly comfortable most times to be able to pay rent and buy stuff off my profits. But again, what's the use if I never get around to using it.
I've long known I need to work at being more social in SL, communication with others; especially strangers, is not always easy for me as I am naturally cynical of human beings as a society. This is my burden to carry and I deal with my trust issues all the time and it really isn't fair to anyone, myself included, if I seclude myself. Of course being gagged by my Master doesn't exactly help me in being social but that's besides the point.
Point is, getting back into scripting, getting back into feeling like I can enjoy SL, may take a while, it may never fully come back; that spark that holds me here is hard to maintain and it may require a lot of effort on my part and the part (as unknowing of their role as they may be) of others who interact with me to do so.
Scripting alone can no longer hold me here I think; it has to become a byproduct of my time, not the reason I exist.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Burnout
It happens, really. Sit there day in and out and one day you look up and think: screw this.
I've been taking a bit of a break from Second Life, still in and out etc but haven't been seriously coding anything. That spark just isn't strong enough yet to inspire me to get back to it. I spent a large portion of the first year in SL scripting, I do enjoy it and don't plan to fully stop but everyone needs a vacation.
I'm still here, you can still comment or drop me an IM in world I just don't know what, or when, my next product will be coming.
*hugs*
I've been taking a bit of a break from Second Life, still in and out etc but haven't been seriously coding anything. That spark just isn't strong enough yet to inspire me to get back to it. I spent a large portion of the first year in SL scripting, I do enjoy it and don't plan to fully stop but everyone needs a vacation.
I'm still here, you can still comment or drop me an IM in world I just don't know what, or when, my next product will be coming.
*hugs*
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Still Here
Still with ya, life has just been taking more time from me then usual, with NYs and Birthdays etc etc I haven't found the time or the drive to really sit down and program. But I ain't left you yet.
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