I just found out google charts now has QR code generation!!!

This brings back so many memories. There was a time about 3 years ago when I was really obsessed with QR codes and tried labeling everything with them…

Strangely, I have never had to change the background color of a frame/box in InDesign until now. And it took me eons to figure out that you had to select the different thingy on the toolbox to have it change the background instead of the frame. RTFM finally figures it out, dumped:

Adobe InDesign CS3 provides a number of tools for applying color, including the Toolbox, the Swatches panel, the Color panel, and the Color Picker.

1. Select the object you want to color by doing one of the following:
   • For a path or frame, use the Selection tool or the Direct Selection tool , as necessary.
   • For a grayscale or monochrome (1?bit) image, use the Direct Selection tool. You can only apply two colors to a grayscale or monochrome image.
   • For text characters, use the Type tool to change the text color of a single word or the entire text within a frame.

     To change the color of gaps in a dashed, dotted, or striped stroke, use the Stroke panel.

2. In the Toolbox or in the Color or Swatches panels, select the Formatting Affects Text or Formatting Affects Container to determine whether color is applied to the text or the text frame.
3. In the Toolbox or in the Color or Swatches panels, select the Fill box or the Stroke box to specify the fill or stroke of the object. (If you selected an image, the Stroke box has no effect.)

   

   Fill and stroke area of the Toolbox

   
   

   A.

   Fill box

   B.

   Stroke box

4. Do one of the following:
   • Select a color, tint, or gradient using the Swatches or Gradient panels.
   • Double-click either the Fill or Stroke box in the Toolbox or the Color panel to open the Color Picker. Select the desired color, and click OK.

You can apply color to any grayscale image, provided it does not contain alpha or spot channels. If you imported an image with a clipping path, select the clipping path using the Direct Selection tool to apply color to the clipped area only.

The SL Shakespeare Company Returns to Shakespeare with Twelfth Night:
In Their Usual Trademarked Extravagance…

Shakespeare, Second Life: The SL Shakespeare Company (SLSC) will perform a full ensemble performance of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night: Act 1 in a special short-run advance miniseason as part of their Fall Season 2008 repertoire. Opening on SLSC Thursday, November 13th (following a “sneak peek” on November 12th), the full-length Act 1 is the first part of the culmination of a summer’s worth of rehearsal-performances in SLSC’s tag-team staged reading series of Twelfth Night.

Maintaining their tradition of visual and theatrical extravagance, the miniproduction also introduces the usage of multiple rotating sets, incognito animation preloading, global lighting and weather control to SLSC stagecraft technologies. Live dynamic camera control by a director finetunes the performance with a cinematic appeal, while international subtitles, the SLSC’s “Pay as you Will” philosophy, and the play’s location in the confluence of four island simulators of the SL Globe Theatre make the performance accessible to as many as possible.

Directed by Ina Centaur and Voice Directed by Enniv Zarf, the production stars MadameThespian Underhill, Joff Fassnacht, Prospero Frobozz, Ludo Merit, Maedin Tureaud, and Lorne Harlequin, and also a motley cast of “silent actors” who create a different variation of a background crowd each time.

Miniseason schedule (All times SLT or GMT-8):
Wednesday, Nov 12 - 11 am “sneak peek”
Thursday, Nov 13 - high noon
Friday, Nov 14 - 1 PM
Saturday, Nov 15 - 2 pm - (ticketed)*
Sunday - no show
Monday, Nov 17 - high noon

*Most of our shows at the SL Globe Theatre are free, but VIP/ticketed shows charge a nominal admissions fee of L$500. The smaller audience may entice.

ABOUT The Company: <<<
The SL Shakespeare Company (SLSC) is a resident-funded and resident- supported professional theatre company that embraces the best of what Second Life (SL) has to offer. Since 2007, we have been making history by providing extravagant and unforgettable theatrical performances on Second Life. With each show, we continue to shape the field by developing and releasing a new technology for virtual theatre on Second Life. Our vision is to make live Shakespearean theatre available to anyone anywhere with a computer to create new possibilities in entertainment, culture, and commerce for residents of a diverse, unbounded geosphere. Those are the side effects of our mission: to make Shakespeare cool again! Latest News: http://blog.SLshakespeare.com

ABOUT The SL Globe Theatre <<<
SL Globe Theatre, sLiterary is a virtual reconstruction of the Original Globe Theatre that historians conjecture stood in Shakespeare’s days. It is meticulously adapted as a functioning theatre in the massively multiuser virtual world of Second Life. The SL Globe Theatre is the most historically accurate rendition of the Globe Theatre on the Internet. Its SL rendition is set in the confluence of 4 island simulators - thus allowing for the maximal number of local audience members. Web preview: http://visit.SLshakespeare.com

Drop by a free show (or a VIP-ticketed one), take photos, post to the group, and win! Drop by the SL Globe Theatre anytime before the show for a sneak peek of the sets.

SL Globe Theatre Pit entrance: http://SLurl.com/secondlife/Shakespeare/255/255/25
SL Globe Theatre Main entrance: http://SLurl.com/secondlife/sLiterary/23/13/23

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2008 November 6
Contact: Lora Constantine

http://SLurl.com/secondlife/sLiterary/23/13/23

The SL Shakespeare Company Returns to Shakespeare with Twelfth Night—
In Their Usual Trademarked Extravagance…

Shakespeare, Second Life: The SL Shakespeare Company (SLSC) will
perform a full ensemble performance of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night:
Act 1 in a special short-run advance miniseason as part of their Fall
Season 2008 repertoire. Opening on SLSC Thursday, November 13th
(following a “sneak peek” on November 12th), the full-length Act 1 is
the first part of the culmination of a summer’s worth of
rehearsal-performances in SLSC’s tag-team staged reading series of
Twelfth Night.

Maintaining the Company’s tradition of excellence in visual and theatrical
extravagance, the miniproduction also introduces the usage of multiple
rotating sets, incognito animation preloading, global lighting and
weather control to SLSC stagecraft technologies. Live dynamic camera
control by a director finetunes the performance with a cinematic
appeal, while international subtitles, the SLSC’s “Pay as you Will”
philosophy, and the play’s location in the confluence of four island
simulators of the SL Globe Theatre make the performance accessible to
as many as possible.

Directed by Ina Centaur and Voice Directed by Enniv Zarf, the
production stars MadameThespian Underhill, Joff Fassnacht, Prospero
Frobozz, Ludo Merit, Maedin Tureaud, and Lorne Harlequin, and also a
motley cast of “silent actors” who create a different variation of a
background crowd each time.

Miniseason schedule (All times SLT or GMT-8):
Wednesday, Nov 12 - 11 am “sneak peek”
Thursday, Nov 13 - high noon
Friday, Nov 14 - 1 PM
Saturday, Nov 15 - 2 pm - (ticketed)*
Sunday - no show
Monday, Nov 17 - high noon

* Most of our shows at the SL GLobe Theatre are free, but VIP/ticketed shows
charge a nominal admissions fee of L$500. The smaller audience may entice.

>>> ABOUT The Company: <<<
The SL Shakespeare Company (SLSC) is a resident-funded and resident-
supported professional theatre company that embraces the best of what
Second Life (SL) has to offer. Since 2007, we have been making history by
providing extravagant and unforgettable theatrical performances on Second
Life. With each show, we continue to shape the field by developing and re-
leasing a new technology for virtual theatre on Second Life. Our vision is to
make live Shakespearean theatre available to anyone anywhere with a com-
puter to create new possibilities in entertainment, culture, and commerce for
residents of a diverse, unbounded geosphere. Those are the side effects of
our mission: to make Shakespeare cool again!
>>> Latest News: http://blog.SLshakespeare.com

>>> ABOUT The SL Globe Theatre <<<
SL Globe Theatre, sLiterary is a virtual reconstruction of the Original Globe
Theatre that historians conjecture stood in Shakespeare’s days. It is meticulously
adapted as a functioning theatre in the massively multiuser virtual world of Second
Life. The SL Globe Theatre is the most historically accurate rendition of the Globe
Theatre on the Internet. Its SL rendition is set in the confluence of 4 island simulators
— thus allowing for the maximal number of local audience members.
>>> Web preview: http://visit.SLshakespeare.com