Burro has left the Blog(ger)

Right folks. Sick as I am of struggling to get Blogger to handle text and pictures in a post, I've moved over to WordPress.com. I should have done it in the first place. WordPress craps on Blogger.

You can now find me here: http://headburroantfarm.wordpress.com/

HBA
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I knew I should have used WordPress...

Fekking Blogger. Can't layout simple text and pictures without some sort of HTML code disaster making the page look like a pile of shite. I may well be moving over to WordPress.com

In Other News: Pinkie's Birthday Bash

A whole three weeks in the planning, the biggest secret I've managed to keep in SL to date came together this weekend when I (with the help of Janey and Hessa) managed to get Pinkie (one of my oldest mates in SL) to her surprise birthday party without her guessing :-D

Thanks to Hessa for the gratis loan of her fab Halo club, Kendra Fallon for being a top Superstar DeeJay (look her up in-world and book her!), Janey for the cake and being my wingman, all her friends for coming and, finally, to the Minimax duo for staying the hell away.

Here are some of the pictures I (and others) took on the night. As always, if anyone has anymore, send them to me for addition :). Also, I'll be passing out a photo album I'm making with my new THiNC book printing press (swanky!).

Pinkie boogieing on down (by Marisa)

Big Pinkie Is Watching You, Mr Antfarm!

Janey always has sexy shoes ;-)

Rusty and Dom strut their funky stuff!

Janey, Ali & Pinkie - The Murray Girls!

Bouncer Ree keeps an eye out for bovver!

Pinkie Flashes poor Ash!

Ali & Stef get their groove on!

Hessa - Looking as gorg as ever :)

Dick, me, 123Lorelei and Vixen all looking sharp!

Vixen looking mighty elegant (freelance security on guard behind her)

Roy andI putting on a show :-D

The party in full swing :)

Ooooh, Mr Antfarm... Looking good! (photo by Marisa)

p.s. Sorry about the poor layout - Blogger is being a right old arse with line spacing :(

HBA Island: Rebuilding The Jungle

Ahhhh, the work of a terraforming jungle lover is both huge and small at the same time – huge in scale, but the small details matter. I’m now, after many hours of replanting the jungle last night, ready to start on the details… the sounds, the paths, the clearings, the strange finds waiting to be, well, found. But for now, here is the progression of the island so far.

1) The bare-naked island now doubled in size – that’s a great heaving 8160 sq m and 1866 prims I can use. Oh momma.

2) Here comes the sea! The large yellow and green square is a wee land-flattening tool. It’s a great gizmo and dirt cheap.

3) By night time, I’d added the new welcome area (the little island at the bottom), rebuilt the camp and the wreck and even tested the (brilliant) weather system.

4) The next day I added basic ground cover (grass and leaves) and basic trees. I’d previously added a large prim wall to hide the shop next door that always seemed to make taking photos hard.

5) Then I started on deeper ground cover (shrubs, bushes and mini-trees)

6) Before adding the highly detailed plants I’d bought from Rezolution (great store, you must go!)

7) Night time again. Another day’s work done. :)

This week I’ll be getting on with the details. There should be a new” Island” post out next week… RL willing :)

HBA – Building the Jungles of Tomorrow!
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UPDATE (7th Sept 07): Here's a shot of the camp in a storm :)

Come and visit - the drinks are free :)

HBA Island: Expansion Pack

Hello all :)

As those of you who have dropped by and said "HI" over the past couple of days have seen, the old island is undergoing a bit of a facelift. On Saturday, to set things up for the next part of the story, I removed the jungle and increased the amount of land to sea on the wee plot I have. My idea was to plant a larger jungle behind the Professor's camp and it was as I was bent over with my trowel in hand, that I was approached by the fella who owns (owned) the plot behind me. The long and tall of it is that HBA Island is now twice as big and very, very bald. Bear with me. The jungle will return - as will all the critters (and maybe some new ones, as well :) )

HBA - Lord of The Jungle!
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In Other News: A Magnificent Expedition...

Here's a great read (or series of reads) for all you SL exploring fans - a volcano (semi-affectionately nicknamed Phillip) has reared its smoking head and spouting maw above the waves off the coast of Caledon. A group of intrepid explorers have launched a scientific (and fame/bounty/thrill hungry) expedition to it's shores. You can read more over on Baron Bardhaven's blog here, as well as keeping abreast of the latest reports on Darkling Rose's blog here.

p.s. A big thanks to Darkling Rose for sending me the main link for the interactive adventure - follow it all here!