Shadows - Dedric Mauriac
My original attempt to view shadows in Second Life failed about a year ago. I figured that I needed to use a special viewer such as Kirstens viewer to do so. I've been noticing…
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Open for business - Dedric Mauriac
I was talking with Prokofy Neva about the battery idea I had, and they pretty much shot it down. Prokofy pretty much brought up the problem that I wasn't advertising. I had done…
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100 Word Stories 197 - Whatever you choose
Here is my entry for the 100 Word Stories weekly challenge podcast. The topic for Weekly Challenge #197 is "Whatever you choose..." A pile of coins were poured out of a…
Personality Quizes
I started looking for places to relax and think about a report I got from a personality quiz. I found a really nice place. The whole sim here has lush vegitation, waterfalls,…
My Favorite Pet
One of my favorite shoulder pets is a snow monster created by aEoLuS Waves. He sent it to me three years ago as a gift. I only bring him out during the winter holidays. I even…
Get your A game on
I don't know what to say about this place. It's got to be the worst theme that I have seen yet. The "A" frame house usually reminds me of ski lodges and winter…
Oriental Linden Homes
The oriental theme has got to be the most impressive themed community that I have seen yet. Although there is a limited variety to the houses to choose from, it really isn't all…
Linden Home - Dorajee
This region is full of houses that all appear to be the same, except for the texture. Talk about cookie cutter. The quality of the homes are ok, but the lack of diversity is…
Bridge Construction
Crap Mariner and I are working on bridging our two islands together. We've been working on a few ideas so far. Since the community at large does a lot of sailing, the birdge needs…
Sim Teleporters
After moving the ships bridge out of the way into the sky, I came to the realization that I needed a teleporter. I broke out my old sim teleporter and started working on it to…
Fiamma Blue for sale
Mastermind Parx notified quite a few people that he was selling his Formal/Casual/Urban clothing store for men for 40K L$ OBO. The store was new: no traffic, income, or user base.…
A hard days/nights work
Sometimes work gets so involved, that by time I get home, I can't shake the feeling of "work mode". It's those times when your brain keeps racing to solve problems, or…
Woes of Sit 'n Spin
I found a simple way to make 1 prim seats without using sculpties. I was even able to make them spin correctly while the big wheel was spinning. When it came to sitting, I ran…
Ivory Tower and a 40 meter ferris wheel
I started making a small cylindrical building only to have it turn out looking like the ivory tower. It had too many prims and I started looking into using mega prims. Somehow I…
Stepping it up
I have often designed buildings on simulators so that an image appears on the map of the region. I am a bit curious as to the maximum height of prims that are renered. I've…
FilterCam HUD
CodeBastard Redgrave gave me a heads up and sent a FilterCam HUD my way to try out. It is a pretty interesting tool for someone who takes a lot of snapshots. It is an object that…
Terry Pratchett on stage
Terry answers a lot of questions about Nation, Discworld, and even the carpet people. A lot of intersting questions popped up as well as a lot of interesting answers. Favorite…
Showing off our AVI's
Branco Merlin shows off a ton of his avi's. This one is an alien. He's just getting started, but he has made a lot of them that look pretty neat. From Dedric Mauriac via…
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Testing Box Vendors
I've gotten everything separated into simple box vendors now. All of them show a price and permissions. You touch them and it defaults to showing the buy dialog. I held back on a…
Product Update - Flashlight
The flashlight is another one of my older products. I took a look at how it worked and started shaking my head. A few features have been introduced that I really needed. I added a…
Product Update: Water Spray
I got a request for support from zichchen Whitfield asking how to turn the water spray off and on. I replied that it did not have that feature. She asked if I could add it to the…
New Product: Memory Game
I created this product about 8 months ago to get more eyeballs looking at my products. It's been a fun game. You can buy it through Apez.biz, SL Exchange, OnRez or in-world. Here…
New Product: Who Was Here?
My wife had asked me to make her a script a while back that would tell her who was visiting her property and when. It had to be simple to use and simple to understand. What I came…
New Product: Lucky Shopper
Phinn Boffin sent me a message while I was offline asking if I had a product that could hand out coupons to every 10th visitor. I did have similar products, but the scope of the…
A new video card, sort of
Being that my video card continues to crash constantly, I purchased an Nvidia card for my wife. I was choosing between the 9600 GT and 8800 GT. I just couldn't understand why a…
Fishing on Woodbridge
Korii Tiger told me about a fishing game that she was playing and wanted to setup. I had thought she was referring to Nea-Realms Fishing Game. It turns out that there is another…
Reflecting upon the weekend
The relay for life of second life is over. I think about all the events that lead us to this point. This past weekend had so many things going on, it was hard just to keep my mind…
RFL of SL 2008
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RFL of SL 2008 Cindy's Mini Mall
Cindy's Swep Shop and the Crystal Slipper. The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can…
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RFL of SL 2008
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Schoolhouse
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Sailing for Life Docks
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
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RFL of SL 2008 Hamteq Park
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Sailing for Life
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
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RFL of SL 2008
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Relay Raiders Camp
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Relay Raiders
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 James and the Giant Peach
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Mushrooms
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Relay Rockers Small Screen Heroes
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 THREAD
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
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RFL of SL 2008
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
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RFL of SL 2008
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
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RFL of SL 2008
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
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RFL of SL 2008
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Alternation
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Memorial Garden
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Giant Bean Stalk
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Beauty's Matress Mart
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Hansel & Gretel's Bakery
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
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RFL of SL 2008 Rapunzel
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
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RFL of SL 2008
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 a chat with LadyDawn Starbrook
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
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RFL of SL 2008
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Caravan for a Cure
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Gianfar Kingdom
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 ACT Sailing Venice/Elven
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
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RFL of SL 2008
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
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RFL of SL 2008 Enchanted Elves
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Enchanted Elves
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Ishtar
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Mini Snail Racetrack
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Herd Thinners
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Goovers for a Cure Wagon Camp
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 GoC Artistic Cancer Assassins
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Gorean Herbs for Life
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
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RFL of SL 2008 Info Maniac Racers
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Info Maniac Racers
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Judy's Angels
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
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RFL of SL 2008
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
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RFL of SL 2008 El Cid
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
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RFL of SL 2008 El Cid
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Music Academy Ensemble
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
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RFL of SL 2008 Fall of Troy
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
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RFL of SL 2008 Fall of Troy
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
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RFL of SL 2008 Fall of Troy
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
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RFL of SL 2008 King Arthur
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 King Arthur
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 BALD!
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
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RFL of SL 2008
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Fall of Troy
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
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RFL of SL 2008 Purple Tears
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
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RFL of SL 2008
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Purple Tears
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Corp Mark Twain Era
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
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RFL of SL 2008
The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web donation to my team - Take…
RFL of SL 2008 Relay Wizards for Spunky
A wizard camp team campsite. The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the places along the track. You can make a web…
RFL of SL 2008 SLCN.TV
Media Giant, SLCN.TV has a full set for interviews setup just for the relay for life main event. It looks as if Paisley Beebe may do a live event from here for her talkshow. The…
RFL of SL 2008
Spirit Chasers have a garden behind the movie theater entrance. They have a church at the back too. In front of the movie theater, they have stars with the names of friends and…
RFL of SL 2008 Salming and Hastings
This campsite looks like a castle with celtic knotwork and has a may pole in its court yard. The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a…
RFL of SL 2008 Spinners for Life
The Spinnes for Life team campsite is a park containing an amphitheater. The Relay for Life of Second Life main event is going on this weekend. Here is a picture from one of the…
RFL 2008 - Giant Snail Races
RacerX Gullwing, creator of the famouse giant snail races has a campsite with mini snail races! Everyone is gathering for a full RFL lap over all the sims for a commedic RFL lap.…
RFL 2008 - Tiny Snail Race
RacerX made tiny snails and is gathering everyone together for a funny lap in the relay. From Dedric Mauriac via bloghud.com
RFL 2008 park
One of the many pleasent parks along the relay From Dedric Mauriac via bloghud.com
RFL 2008: Take THAT Cancer!
The team campsite has a funny fishing area with a game, a garden, castle, vendors, and a few chill-out areas with a variety mushrooms. From Dedric Mauriac via bloghud.com
Ready for Relay
The main event is upon us this weekend. Our campsite was bare this morning, and now .... it's a castle, garden, fishing grounds, mushroom ring, and a chill-out area. I think most…
Spring cleaning
I tore down the old pagoda castle and started playing with my mega prims to make a new design. The new layout is more open as there are no physical walls or ceiling. The display…
Back on the grid
I have been having problems with my computer in general outside of second life. This past weekend, I spent a lot of time freeing up space and then backing up images of the hard…
Another trivia night
I arrived for another game of "What is this crap?" hosted by Crap mariner. Not for the timmid, as I arrived to find that everyone is seated on crosses. I pulled up a…
My first money tree
I was just looking around Christianos place and found a shocking sight. I believe that this was my first (only?) money tree. The yellow building, the road on the edge of a cliff.…
What is this crap? - game revival!
Crap Mariner revives his old game - what is this crap?Rules are simple: People sit on various objects. Each round consists of a number of questions typed in open chat. If you give…
Meeting about relay
Some big events being discussed out the relay for life. Catt Gable, my team mentor gives me some helpful advice and checks to make sure I'm doing ok with managing my team. One of…
Competition
Note - this post is mainly a joke. Crap Mariner has a pretty large clock tower on Edloe. It's the most coolest unique innovative and tastey building I've ever seen in Second Life…
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Sidewinder Linden Talks (a lot)
The Lindens provide a blog for residents to read new information directly from Linden Lab about the status of the grid, updates, tips, general knowledge, and announcments. Often…
Region Messages
Um ... wow? I was just in a Havok 4 Simulator and teleported back home. The first thing that I saw was a Region Message. This one was not the standard ones in a blue dialog box in…
SignpostMarv Martin provides inspiration
I have had problems in the past that I could not find people who could constantly swap knowledge with me. SignpostMarv Martin is the person who I could never find until Second…
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Woodbridge needs ... woods
I hadrezzed a few trees earlier hoping to rezz a particular plant. Everything rezzes randomly when dealing with trees or grass. You don't know the type that will rezz next. I was…
Woodbridge needs ... woods
I hadrezzed a few trees earlier hoping to rezz a particular plant. Everything rezzes randomly when dealing with trees or grass. You don't know the type that will rezz next. I was…
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Another live podcast next Saturday
After giving it much consideration, I have decided that my next live podcast in-world will be about visitor tracking metrics and analysis. There are a ton of services out there…
Bringing back my theme
It's been a while since I've had a store setup with my theme color/style. I started playing around a bit more and converted part of the main entrance. I'm starting to feel…
Getting up and running
Now that SLB has become Shop.OnRez and become web-enabled, I've repopulated all of my vendors to support the new website. After a few days, I feel like I've gotten a ton of work…
Identification outside Second Life
What services are you on besides Second Life as your Avatar? SignpostMarv Martin who developed SLOpenID.Net has provided a way for residents of Second Life to identify themselves…
Relaxing
I've had a tough night and a scattered day. I'd spend some time in Second Life today, but I can't keep my eyes open any longer. At least I found a nice view before I go to sleep.…
Putting on a face
The process of skinning myself is proving harder every hour that I work with it. It is tediouse to say the least. Once you get a basic area of the face setup, you start to notice…
Everybody ready?
Just taking one last look down the road before I get some sleep. A lot has been built up in a relatively short period of time. I think we may be on top with the wierdest campsite…
Building Sculpties In-World
I got a nice little product today (Snurb O'Matic) that lets me build my own sculpty maps rite here within Second Life. It is prim heavy needing 1089 prims that I can move around.…
Research Study
I took my nephew to a couple bookstores today. While I was there, I ended up in an area about business and found a specific part about marketing. I found a book there that caught…
Katiegurl Rhode
I met someone tonight who was a very interesting person to talk to. We talked about many topics and such and in the end she handed me a gift to present to my wife. The woman was…
Come get your hoes
Along with voice comes the ability for everyone to say what they want. Someone kept repeating that they wanted hoes. What better way to to please someone then to build a garden…
Signpost at the Crossroads
I'm starting to dig into my inventory finding anything I can package up and sell. I found this sign that I made for the Slollywood sim a while back. You can set the text of 4 rows…
A new store for me
Korii Tiger and Catlynn Valencia have been hard at work on the sim. One of the first buildings they put up was my new store. It has three levels of all gadgety goodness. Catlynn…
Another night in woodbridge
Korii has started to get things done with her friends in woodbridge. Zenos made a bunch of mushrooms that looks pretty impressive and they built a nice wooden bridge as well. I'd…
Castle Royal Construction
I had a few life changing events happen at one time and I hardly got any time to set in front of my computer for the past two weeks. Things are slowly adjusting and I found some…
Having fun with lilypads
I had an idea for how to make some interesting lilypads. Most of the work was done creating an image with some transparency of a cluster of lilypads. Once I was done, I put them…
A tour of the podcasting community
Crap Mariner was happy that I joined my sim with Los Arboles and Nowhereville. It's a nice community here made of of mostly podcasters and listeners. They are all mostly Second…
Water pines for rent
I was terraforming my island when I got the message that there was a rolling restart in progress. I jumped over to my old shop on the mainland and got another message there about…
The Undiscovered Ocean
As I look out across the ocean, I wonder about what new things will spring up in the future. I purchased a new region today called "Woodbridge". With any luck, I'll have…
Grace McDunnough - Live
It's the event we have all been building up for. Grace McDunnough is playing live to benefit the Relay for Life team "Groovy Kinda Quest" over at the Tavern on Mill…
Another Grid
An art show is about to happen here in Arts Plus in a few hours. It is a French show, but also in English. Something about merging two worlds into one with real life, and second…
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Grassy Particles
You gotta love particles for making nature possible in SL. A while back, I created a grass generator for a friend of mine. A big circle of grass is created and each particle lasts…
Podcamp SL
Podcamp SL starts tonight and what better way then to kick it off with a party? Everyone tonight is supposed to be dressed up as there favorite podcaster. Well ... not everyone…
Active Geyser
Over in Info Island, Hyduke Ebisu and Kim Anubis show me a geothermal geyser. After waiting a little bit, we saw the geysers steam go up in the air. Hayduke says that geysers are…
Ride the Carrot
DrFran pulled out a carrot car and we started cruising all over Del Sol. We originally started out looking for a snow monster by aEoLuS Waves. Del Agua, where i originally found…
