Playing with webstuff while the loopy-whatsit simmers (great way to test: let it lie dormant until i forget what it does, then see how it works. mmm, efficiency), and discovered SL’s map API - the SL version of google maps. So I decided to start stalking myself.

I’ve got a nifty email-interceptor message queue set up for tracking several applications already, so i made an avatar attachment that’ll shoot a message to it with my coordinates every 5 or so minutes. The coordinates eventually end up sorted into a little database, which gets thrown at the SL map API, resulting in a nice look at where I’ve been in the last day -> see it here.

Only took an hour or so to set up, and another couple to get the API to play nice, but it’s already hella useful… I can toss on the attachment when i’m in wander-mode, and not worry about forgetting to create a landmark/pick to the neat build / gallery / whatever i came across, i can figure it out from where i’ve been & how long i spent there. And it’s slowly picking up a list of sim names, which could be pretty handy. And all the little curiousities, like what sims do i tend to visit most (pretty obvious considering i rarely leave Eldora, but still), what areas of SL i have yet to visit, etc etc.

Totally unimportant and entirely done for my own absent-minded sake, but thought it was worth noting. Feel free to chase me around, but keep in mind the live map runs about 5-10 minutes slower than i do :)

Eldora is a pincushion.

-st