Our final stop on this final Safari of 2023 was on OSGrid, at the home of Caro Fayray. Caro is a long time resident, and also a volunteer administrator, of the grid often dubbed 'the crossroads of Opensim'.
Caro Fayray |
On Echo Rock, we took our places in a comfortable meeting area.
Caro Fayray: Hello everyone and welcome to ECHO ROCK - FUN SCIENCE This region has shared environment, take a seat or pose on a column:) Local Chat is simwide to make interaction easier. Feel free to explore if you want. Many are interactive so don't just cam:) In your invite you say 'art' thirza... I never thought of this as art:)
Forest Azure: you want us to explore on our own?
Caro Fayray: if you want, I can come too
Forest Azure: well, i was hoping for a tour
Kelso Uxlay: Lots of things to see
Caro Fayray: When you take the lift one person has to be the operator to move;). And sit on seats...If you stand you will go back down with the lift or hang in the air. I have no idea how many it will transport sitting....good test:) This region has shared environment
lifted pixel: hello hello! we're on our way!
Caro Fayray: There are 3 floors. On this one you have: Volcanoes - Rainbows - Optical Illusions - Forestry and a couple of small ones. On the floor above is Nebulae and recently added Solar Winds. In the Basement is the dangerous stuff:) Chain Reaction - Physical Balls to play with - Newtons Laws of Motion - Galileo's Balls and Archimedes Density. All new. I can hear someone has set of the chain reaction lol...
Solar stuff explained |
Caro Fayray: Please forgive any malfunctions as I haven't quite mastered the physics bits completely but please play as it is safe, balls will poof. Please let me know if you see any blinding errors, I am not a scientist:).
Thirza Ember: what gave you the idea for this sim Caro?
Caro Fayray: This sim was started a long time ago, 2013, in my crazy building days. I want to create all different environments
Forest Azure: is it for education?
Caro Fayray: it could be, but fun also, this year I added about 6 more exhibits. It's a work in progress....forever probably. And if anyone has a science exhibit they would like to add here let me know as there is room for more.
Tosha Tyran: how do I build an atomic bomb in 3 easy lessons?
snowbody Cortes: ahah Tosha
Caro Fayray: mmmm....new exhibit maybe tosha
Tosha Tyran: I will tell my old teachers... they certainly missed something
Forest Azure: education and fun are not mutually exclusive :)
Caro Fayray: no, learning should always be fun
Forest Azure: totally agree
Star Ravenhurst: To learn is to truly live
Caro Fayray: I learned a lot doing this. Science didnt get taught to girls when I was at school
Forest Azure: well, a virtual world or a game is the best way to make learning something you really want to do
Tosha Tyran: absolutely Forest
Caro Fayray: yes. this was the first floor I did
Thirza Ember: that rainbow build is just so lovely, you have captured the process so well, it's like a poem
Caro Fayray: that was one of the first I did here
Walking to the lift, with the rainbow explainer in the background |
Caro Fayray: if anyone would like I'll transport you in the lift? This year I added about 6 more exhibits. It's a work in progress....forever probably. And if anyone has a science exhibit they would like to add here let me know as there is room for more.
Caro Fayray: is Nebulae and recently added Solar Winds., you can fly in the winds, andsit on a sun to view nebulae, more info on all in notecards
snowbody Cortes: woooot
Thirza Ember: "there is no suitable surface to sit on" ... well it is a SUN after all
Thirza Ember: oh my bad... now I have sunburn
Caro Fayray: that sun is busy making solar winds
SUNSEAT for NEBULAE*: Welcome Caro Fayray, Sit and see the Nebulae.
Caro Fayray: I hope we dont collide lol, never tried with 2
Whirli Placebo: enjoying the music, Caro...
Tosha Tyran: wow
Mal Burns: wonderful education here - tempted to film every single sceen! not everyday I get to stare into the sun lol
Thirza Ember: what inspired the pyramid shape for the galllery
Caro Fayray: mmmmm, I'm not sure, I guess the echos were all kind of geographic, and rock wasnt a good one for many environments
thirza ember: i'd like to apologize for the volcano erupting
Caro Fayray: hehe don't worry it will sleep again
Lucy Afarensis: Sorry about that... I didn't do that one
Caro Fayray: haha anyone being trigger happy in basement does so at their own risk... In the Basement is the dangerous stuff:) Chain Reaction - Physical Balls to play with - Newtons Laws of Motion - Galileo's Balls and Archimedes Density. All new.
Tosha Tyran: I hope
Caro Fayray: lol you've confused it
Tosha Tyran: sorry ball...
Caro Fayray: is great to see how stuff reacts... not just me
Thirza Ember: ouch... this is like a regular safari, stuff landing on my head the whole time
Caro Fayray: that is jeffs creation, was here at start but in some opensim change it went bananas. Ubit [Ubit Umarov is opensimulator dev had to come and fix it bless him lol
Caro Fayray: I hope this place does bring out the kids in us it does me for sure
Nara Nook: me too
Thirza Ember: oh boy I drownded
Caro Fayray: I love that that is how he discovered density....taking a bath. This is one of my favourites, just proving density:) I like the eggs upstairs too... pressure:)
Whirli.Placebo: interesting section
Caro Fayray: I tried to see how many balls I could rezz in the ballpen... got to 36
TOUCH TO REZ BALLS with balls: Please wait for 20 seconds defined delay before rezzing again...
Caro Fayray: Please forgive any malfunctions as I haven't quite mastered the physics bits completely but please play as it is safe, balls will poof.... so fun can be extreme:)
Thirza Ember: how many can sit on one ball? that's a safari question
lifted pixel: aww poof
Caro Fayray: we tried to make them griefer proof without loosing fun time
Lucy Afarensis: Great fun
Caro Fayray: this is better than I expected:) I gave them 2 mins, maybe should be more
Tosha Tyran: nothing... I am all paired with Nara
[Yara Eild: Tosha :...
Tosha Tyran: eh, no with yara, sorry bout that
Star Ravenhurst: That was pure joy!
Whirli.Placebo: love your exhibit on Optical Illusions, Caro
Lucy Afarensis: That was fun
Tosha Tyran: GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Mal Burns: Def NOT Galileo balls
thirza ember: I can't believe James missed the part where you get to sit on so many different things
Mal Burns: last stop of season and no sitting for james
Star Ravenhurst: This is so much fun Caro.
Yara Eild[de→en]: Hello, I'm trying
Thirza Ember: t's so absorbing
Caro Fayray: try the eggs up a floor too:)
Tina Bey [es→en]: Hi Caro, this is fantastic! I'm flying in the galaxy!! beautiful!!
Caro Fayray: nice tina:) simple, but appeals to my sense of humour:)
thirza ember: omg... I found the egg.... messy
snowbody Cortes: ahahah Thirza you are making a frittata
Caro Fayray: see what I mean
Caro Fayray: silly is good
snowbody Cortes: kill them Mal! lool
Mal Burns: this animation should be called "temper tantrum"
Caro Fayray: you can jump all you like there mal...they wont break:)
Mal Burns: gives up in frustration Caro !
Alex Salamander [de→en]: great work here
Star Ravenhurst: This could be useful for a class, like Physics
Tosha Tyran: lol, I like your example of the guy on the bike colliding with box - woosh... off he goes
Caro Fayray: lol yes
Thirza Ember: well this has been a very memorable end to a very lovely year of safari trips
snowbody and Mal - it's no yoke. |
Forest Azure: abso-very-lutely
Star Ravenhurst: Indeed Thirza.
Nara Nook: When does Safari come back Thirza?
Thirza Ember: January 3rd
Nara Nook: will write that down
Thirza Ember: lots to do before then, the OSCC, and there will be all the nice christmas builds of course
Star Ravenhurst: And parties
snowbody Cortes: parties !! right Star :)
Nara Nook: true I look forward to those
HG Address: hg.osgrid.org:80:Echo Rock
TY so much Thirza for arranging this visit, and to all who came to play with me. It was just great to have so many people trying to break stuff....but it all behaved perfectly...What a fun evening. Thank you all!
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