Linux tech tip: A simple update script for your opensim instances

This is most useful when you have multiple instances to upgrade. You can have one script per instance, or put them all together in one script. I do one per, naming each script for it's region i. e. world_one-update.sh ; world_two-update.sh , etc.
For Osgrid, you can  get the current release simply by using these commands to download to the same directory as the script:

wget http://download.osgrid.org/autowin/
wget -i index.html

#!/bin/sh
# place script in same level as directory containing your opensim instance
# i.e. myworld1/ myworld2/  myworld1-update.sh myworld2-update.sh all together in your opensim/osgrid directory for example
# do it anyway you wish, just keep your paths correct!
#
mkdir myworld_tmp
cp myworld/bin/config-include/FlotsamCache.ini myworld_tmp
cp myworld/bin/config-include/GridCommon.ini myworld_tmp
cp myworld/bin/Regions/Regions.ini myworld_tmp
cp myworld/bin/OpenSim.ini myworld_tmp
mv myworld myworld_$( date +%Y-%m-%d )
mkdir myworld
cd myworld
unzip ../osgrid*.zip
cd ../
cp myworld_tmp/FlotsamCache.ini myworld/bin/config-include
cp myworld_tmp/GridCommon.ini myworld/bin/config-include
cp myworld_tmp/Regions.ini myworld/bin/Regions
cp myworld_tmp/OpenSim.ini myworld/bin
rm -rf myworld_tmp

If you are using Sqlite instead of Mysql, you will also want to copy your OpenSim.db file over to the *_tmp file, and back into the updated version directory.

Key's Coffee Urn V2

15-prim Coffee Urn, Vintage 60's Style

By Ken Grunke aka Key Gruin

Download this item as an IAR

CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (license inluded)

OSgrid Events Schedule

Here's an updated OSgrid Events schedule for 2013:

What: Weekly Office Hours Meeting
Where: Wright Plaza  conference room in the main building. 
When: Every Tuesday, 11 AM PDT (18:00 UTC)

What: PrimWords
Where: OSgrid's Recreation Plaza
When: Odd-date Sundays, 1 PM PDT (20:00 UTC)

What: Speedbuild
Where: OSgrid's Recreation Plaza
When: Odd-date Thursdays, 1 PM PDT (20:00 UTC)

What: Bulletsim Testing Hour
Where: Bulletsim region on OSgrid
When: Tuesdays, 8 am PDT (15:00 UTC)

Gridcache Logos (Messin' With Mesh)

Here are a few versions of a GridCache logo I made for the site's Doodles page. I started in Blender to make the text prim, then imported that into my OSGrid sim for some snapshots using various windlight settings. Just meshin' around :)

OSG5B Celebration: Today's Events

Sat 21st at noon PDT: Opening and welcome speech by OSgrid president Nebadon Izumi at region OSG5B Central
Sat 21st after the speech: Live music with Greybeard Thinker and friends with guest stars “Just Us” at region OSG5B Central
Sat 21st 1.30 pm PDT: Live-voice performances by Avatar Repertory Theater – Mr. Nakamura (Corwyn Allen), a scene from Zoo Story by Edward Albee (Thundergas Menges and Em Jannings) and The Child, a story (Pipsqueak Albatros) – on north side at region OSG5B Northeast 
Sat 21st 3.00 pm to 4.00 pm PDT: Live music with fritz clawtooth at region OSG5B Central
Sat 21st 8.00 pm PDT to late: Dance Party with music mix (60’s to 00’s) and live performances by Walter Balazic / Littlefield Authority (and possibly Hiro Protaganist) at Speakeasy Club at region Speakeasy.

OSG5B Celebration: Full Schedule

Here is the latest schedule for OSGrid's 5th Birthday Celebration events!

FRIDAY, 20 JULY 2012

Fri 20th at 11.30 am PDT: D&J OSG5B Party at region Close Encounter with DJ JayMaze – all different styles of music.
Fri 20th at 3.00 pm PDT: short program – Em Jannings: Call Me Ishmael from Melville's Moby Dick – on north side at region OSG5B Northeast - a live-voice performance by Avatar Repertory Theater

SATURDAY, 21 JULY 2012

Sat 21st at noon PDT: Opening and welcome speech by OSgrid president Nebadon Izumi at region OSG5B Central
Sat 21st after the speech: Live music with Greybeard Thinker and friends with guest stars “Just Us” at region OSG5B Central
Sat 21st 1.30 pm PDT: Live-voice performances by Avatar Repertory Theater – Mr. Nakamura (Corwyn Allen), a scene from Zoo Story by Edward Albee (Thundergas Menges and Em Jannings) and The Child, a story (Pipsqueak Albatros) – on north side at region OSG5B Northeast 
Sat 21st 3.00 pm to 4.00 pm PDT: Live music with fritz clawtooth at region OSG5B Central
Sat 21st 8.00 pm PDT to late: Dance Party with music mix (60’s to 00’s) and live performances by Walter Balazic / Littlefield Authority (and possibly Hiro Protaganist) at Speakeasy Club at region Speakeasy.

SUNDAY, 22 JULY 2012

Sun 22nd 2.00 pm PDT to late: The Belfast Maritime Club "on the road" featuring Truelie Ellen, Casias Faltas, Kitzie Lane, and special guests at region OSG5B Central
Sun 22nd 4.00 pm PDT: Avatar Repertory Theater – Affairs of the Smart by Kayden Oconnell (Rowan Shamroy & Em Jannings), Two Person Conversation, a play from the Short Play Buffet (Em Jannings & Kayden Oconnell) – on the north side at region OSG5B Northeast

MONDAY, 23 JULY 2012

Mon 23rd from 1.00 pm PDT: Techno Music with DJ Tommy Jonas at region OSG5B Central
Mon 23rd 5.00 pm PDT: Live-voice performances by Avatar Repertory Theater – No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre (SL cast) – on the north side at region OSG5B Northeast

OSG5B: Avatar Repertory Theater Schedule

In connection with OSGrid's Fifth Birthday celebration, Avatar Repertory Theater will be doing several live-voice performances of a variety of material Friday through Monday at the small theater on the north side of Region OSG5B NortheEast.

All times listed below are Pacific Daylight Time.

Friday - 3 PM  - short program.
Em Jannings - Call Me Ishmael from Melville's Moby Dick
Rowan Shamroy - poems.

Saturday - 1:30 PM
Corwyn Allen - Mr. Nakamura
Thundergas Menges and Em Jannings - A scene from Zoo Story by Edward Albee
Pipsqueak Albatros - The Child, a story

Sunday - 4 PM
Rowan Shamroy & Em Jannings - Affairs of the Smart by Kayden Oconnell
Em Jannings & Kayden Oconnell - Two Person Conversation, a play from the Short Play Buffet

Monday - 5 PM
No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre - using the cast from the Friday performance in SL