PKP Chat Relay product now released from PK Pounceworks.  This new product allows you to chat or listen or both to people anywhere in the same sim.  Basically you place copies of the product in where you want chat to be picked up from, and where you want chat to be broadcasted to.  The idea came from "Kittaleen Sweetwater" whom runs a club in SL, but due to the large size of the club wanted to get people who were at the back of the club to listen/chat to the people to front of the club.  The features of the product are the following:

• Chat or Listen to people's conversations anywhere in the same sim.
• Specify if the device is a Listener, Chatter, or Both (see description below).
• Adjust the name of the device.
• Setup the channel for the information to be communicated on.
• Specify the distance for chat to be spoken on, ie: Whisper (10 m), Normal (20 m), Shout (100 m).
• Self chatting objects prevention system, stop objects talking to each other in an endless look.

Listener = Anything spoken in public chat is relayed to the other devices listening on the same channel. For example, a listener can be setup on a main stage so that it can listen to the public chat. That chat can be relayed to another device (set up as a Chatter) which is 100m away, allowing people who visit the land to see the conversation.

Chatter = The device will receive chat messages, and relay it. The relayed chat can be set to be spoken between 10m, 20m, or 100m. When the device is in this mode, it will not pick up any spoken chat.

Both = The device will operate as a Listener and Chatter.

If you would like to see a demo of the product, please IM "Pavcules Superior" to arrange a demostration time.

For more information about the product, visit this link here:

https://xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=1541272

One of the new improvements to the PKP website is the new Image Gallery.  Since being in SL I have taken pictures of various events.
The image gallery contains over 1000 pictures, which grows on a weekly basis.  Guests and members can easily vote and comment on each picture.

The image gallery contains the following categories:

• Beach - Keala Mimistrobell Namiko Fashion Show
• Clubs -  La Scala Ballroom, Blue Orchard, Yum Yum 
• Funny Pictures - Collection of funny pictures taken in SL.
• Kala Pixie - Amazing particle shows.
• Login Screens - SL Login Screen pictures, full resolution.
• PK Pounceworks - PKP related pictures.
• Romantica Yacht Club - Official Live Music event pictures.
  Hosted by APinkSwan Beauchamp, Daten Thielt, and Very Keynes.
• Weddings - Various wedding pictures.

As the official photographer for the Romantica Yacht Club, there are pictures of the following live musician performers:

• Andreus Gustafson
• Ayden Krun
• Blu Ducrot
• BubbaC John
• Eponine Dench
• Etherian Kamaboko
• Harper Messmer
• Jean Munro
• Mankind Tracer
• Melodyblue Melody
• Newbawn Easterwood
• XanderNichting Writer

Pictures have been taken at these other clubs:

• Yum Yum - Official pictures of several events.
  Hosted by Bridget Beresford and Elizabeth Meriman.
• Runaround Sue's - BubbaC John performance.
• Lillas Market Square - BubbaC John performance.
• La Scala Ballroom - Eponine Dench performance.
• Blue Orchard - Eponine Dench performance.

As of April 2009, I am also the offficial photographer for the live music performaer Eponine Dench. 

Further pictures will be uploaded in the next few weeks, with new performers and old event / funny pictures.

I would like to thank Very Keynes and Eponine Dench for making me their official photographers. 

A few weeks ago I came across the Second Life Viewer Cheatsheet created by "Kippie Friedkin", link: http://www.kippiefriedkin.com/2008/07/25/second-life-viewer-cheatsheet/.

The PDF file is good, but it misses several shortcuts especially tricks you can do with Notecards/Scripts.

Below is a more complete list of the possible shortcuts for PC and Mac users.  Unfortunately there is no Linux listing, so if anyone could comment on what the Linux keyboard (Ctrl, Alt, Shift) shortcuts are, then I will update the list.

Hi Folks,

I guess you have noticed the lack of inactivity at PKP (PK Pounceworks) website for the last few months.  For the last few months the development of PKP has been mainly concentrated inside the SL World.

Enchanted Christmas Tree

During September to October, the development of the new 2008 "Enchanted Christmas Tree"paid off big time.  The tree peaked to the Number 1 status rank during the first week of December on Xstreet SL.  For comparison, in 2007 edition of the tree preaked at Number 3.  So we are joyed to get to Number 1 in XSL, which is a tough thing to do.
You can view the product here: http://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=992326

PKP Timed Random Presents Giver 

During November, a new PKP product called "PKP Timed Random Presents Giver" was created. The product gives presents or money to people in the defined sensor range.  The product is configureable in many ways.  I would like to thank Vickijo Rivera for her suggestion in creating the product.  
You can view the product here: http://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=1029896

Retex 

During December, saw the creation of a new interesting product called "Retex". This product allows you to retexture your SL Land/Terrain.  You do not have to be a sim owner, this product works on mainland as well.  Although it does have limitations, but any texture is possible.  If you visit the PKP shop, you can see the terrain change to a different texture, plus play with the demo of Retex.
You can view the product here: http://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=1106930 

LL Prize Competition 

Due to the announcement of Linden Prize competition (http://lindenlab.com/lindenprize), we thought to give a competition a try.  
During December to January, we worked on 3 ideas for the competition.  Without going into great detail, the ideas were the following: 

• Help Centre : Using SL to improve the help centre experience for customers.
• SLEK : PKP Windows software product to help disabled people.
• MySL World : Ideas to make the SL Viewer more informative to users.

VK-DBMS-VM Subsystems - Collections, Arrays, OO/Classes

At the end of October 2008, Very Keynes released a new LSL Library code to allow scripters to easily store data inside a script.   The VK-DBMS-VM (Very Keynes - DataBase Management System - Virtual Machine) is a powerful library which can be used in a variety of products that need to store list of things.  Its functions allow the scripter to add/update/delete into several different lists without having to worry about manipulating the lists using LL different List functions.  Dozens of scripters are seeing the benefits of the system and are making products much more quickly using the library.

You can read more about it here: http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=290413

With further documentation at: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=d79kx35_26df2pbbd8

Due to power of the VK-DBMS-VM library, it has spawed 3 new subsystems which allow new concepts to be added to the LSL Scripting language.  The subsystems are the following:

>> Collections - Abiltiy to store and retrieve items from a list via a Key name or Index number.

SL Forum Post: http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=291106

Documentation: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=ddd96bqf_07v2jk87v

>> Arrays - Another way of storing and retrieving data using an Index/Position number.

SL Forum Post: http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=303075

Documentation: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=ddd96bqf_25fntnb8d9

>> OO (Object Orientation) / Classes - Classes with several OO concepts simulated.

SL Forum Post: http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=304708

Documentation: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=ddd96bqf_29d68dktfv

PKP New Shop

• Celebration products, New Years Day, Easter, Halloween.
• Love / Romantic products.
• Christmas / Winter products.
• Media / Land products.
• Various PKP products.
• PKP Windows Software for SL.
• Visual landmarks / places to visit.
• LSL Scripting.
• Other vendors, not associated to PKP.
• PKP Lounge.
• PKP Office.

You can visit the shop at: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Halfmoon/130/207/138/

New Website Server

Prior to 2009-03-05, the PKP website was being hosted on another website server run by someone else.  This other server is planned to be closed, so the PKP website had to moved to a new place.
This new website server which is on a VPS system is being hosted at Knownhost (http://knownhost.com/).  And I do say their systems are very stable, with very little downtime.
If you are looking for a place to host a website, I would recommend them.  Their support team is great, and they do answer queries rapidly and clearly.

New Image Gallery

A brand new image gallery have been installed into PKP.  This shows various Second Life pictures that have been taken over the years.:

• Romantica Yacht Club - Pictures taken from Live Music Events from top SL muisc performers.
• Weddings - Pictures taken at wedding events.
• Funny Pictures - Collection of pictures that would make you laugh!
• Beach - Pictures taken from beach / sea events.
• Fashion Shows - Pictures taken from fashion shows.
• Kala Pixie - Pictures from Kala Pixie Particle Shows...much better to see the shows live!
• PK Pounceworks - PKP various pictures.

New Shoutbox

A new shoutbox has been added to the website, allowing registered users to have quick chat conversations.

If you are asking technical questions, its sometimes better to post them in the forum.

Forum Changes

The PKP Forum has been upgraded, and a new Wings 3D Section has been added.

Omei Turnbull is now a moderator of that section, and will answer your Wings 3D Sculpty Plug-in questions.

PKP Website Changes

Over the new few weeks the PKP website will be updated with the following changes:

• Image Gallery to show various SL Events or Locations                   << DONE, See above (1st week of March)
• Links to new SL related items, including software, tutorials, etc.
• Links to all PKP products.