Archive - Tips & Tutorials

SL»DB: Simple database storage for Second Life

If you’re a creator of scripted content in Second Life, you’ve probably noticed the lack of persistent data storage available for LSL. Storing long-term data is nearly impossible without using an off-world database, but off-world database storage requires knowledge of PHP.

iPhone Tip: Restart iPhone After Mail Changes

If you’re using MobileMe push mail, and you make changes to your mail accounts (any of them, even if you add one), it sometimes goofs up the push.  Dunno why; it shouldn’t.  But it seems to, and I spent ages trying to diagnose why my MobileMe mail wasn’t pushing properly after I added a Gmail [...]

iPhone Tip: Del.icio.us on your iPhone

If you haven’t tried out Del.icio.us, you don’t know what you’re missing, whether your’re on an iPhone or a desktop.  Del.icio.us is an online bookmark manager (free) that allows you to post bookmarks to it and tag them.  These bookmarks are then available anywhere. The advantage of this may not be immediately obvious.  It’s not [...]