Display RSS Feeds In Second Life

While the ability to browse real world web sites is not possible just yet in Second Life, Koz Farina a programmer has created a hack that lets SL residents read RSS feeds from blogs. SL journalist Wagner James Au reports:

The display uses the ability to stream Quicktime video in Second Life. “Quicktime supports Flash,” Koz explains, “but only up to Flash version 5. We’re up to version 9 on that now! Luckily, I have been dabbling with Flash since the early days, so already knew how to do this ‘the old way’… So, Flash is doing all the work. No LSL at all… I heart feeds.”

Here’s the video:

New World Notes: REALLY SIMPLE SECOND LIFE: