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nobodyknowsme 4 days ago

I met John Walker in Second Life shortly after the pandemic started.

We both used the name "Acme" in our gadget names and he came by to see what I was building. He was wearing a Wile E. Coyote avatar.

It wasn't until after he left that I noticed he was one of the original authors of AutoCAD.

He was very prolific at writing code in Second Life from the beginning of the pandemic until shortly before his death.

He was very thorough in writing documentation for all the free code he wrote, and even included detailed diaries of his development of his neat gadgets.

His products were all removed from the Second Life store after his death, but I'm trying to get it all back up for people to enjoy. The code is still on github, but I'm trying to recreate some of the 3d objects needed for that code to work.

kragen 4 days ago | parent [-]

Why were they removed?

nobodyknowsme 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

I don't know, but I imagine when whoever handled his estate saw the bill for his full region, which costs around $165 a month, they shut it down, and the store, too.

He had a full mainland region named "Fourmilab" from 2019 to March 2025.

kragen 4 days ago | parent [-]

I see. Thanks.

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