Thirza Ember @Thirza

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Safari, and other foolishness.


Joined 9 years ago

About Myself

There is a Safari Group here on OSW where I post updates about recent visits
https://opensimworld.com/groups/1033

My Regions

Exupery
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Home to the installation "The Little Prince" by Wizardoz Chrome, Tina Bey and Cherry Manga, and to Inworld Review studio
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Safari
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Annex to the main HG Safari clubhouse on OSGrid. Home to Inworld Review with Mal Burns
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HG Safari
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Home of HG Safari, with information about our weekly hypergridding trips. Self Guided Tour hub - themed trips on art, science history, film etc. Free items, including mesh clothes at Meshanthropy store, also on the island. PLEASE NOTE the photos in the slideshow are of Destinations visited by the ...
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Activity

Thanks so much to the wonderful @Oni Kiri and to Alia Soulstar and Lorin Tone for hosting the final Safari of the season. We all had such a great time!
Here's our adventure.
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2022/07/spectacular-sound-ad...
Safari returns on September 14 with a visit to see Maria Korolov

Thirza Ember: Thank you so much Oni for getting up so early to join us, and for the warm welcome - that's dedication! 2 years ago
HG Safari 2022 Week 20
Where: HG Safari
When: 2 years ago [6 Jul 2022 12:00 SLT]

Destination 1 - Lorin Tone's sounds on 3rd Rock Grid
The sorcerer of Sound, Lorin Tone, welcomes us to experience two musical builds Synapse and Aurora.
Lorin's artistry in inworld sound is without compare, ask him advice for getting the noise ambient just right on your grid.
Come to Alia Soulstar's Nuna Gallery, and look for the building called Central to get the Magnetrail to the venues in the sky.
Address grid.3rdrockgrid.com:8002:The Nuna Gallery
Destination 2 - Alice on CopyKat Grid
A beautiful re-imagining of Alice in Wonderland, Adachi style.
Oni Kiri will join us to reveal a little bit about her creativity, community, and credo as owner of one of the most popular freebie grids on the HG.
grid.copykat.ovh:12000:Adachi5

Tomorrow, one final party on Metropolis Grid.
THURSDAY, 30 JUNE Begins at 12.00 Grid time, 21h CET
Come to the Startregion, login.metro.land
Remembering all the good times and great sims that were there.
DJane LadyJo Martin spins the tunes, at this *Unofficial Farewell* to one of the grandest old ladies of Opensim.
If you can't get to Metro, join us on the new Osgrid region
hg.osgrid.org:80:Metro Memoriam

Sweetgrl: Hello and Farewell, all the best. Any Metro people signing up to OSGrid or other grids, welcome. 2 years ago
The Little Prince, a new build on osgrid by Wizardoz Chrome & co, and the newest Ignis build. https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2022/06/the-gift.html
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2022/06/babylonie.html
HG Safari 2022 Week 19
Where: HG Safari
When: 2 years ago [29 Jun 2022 12:00 SLT]

Starting as always at the Clubhouse, hg.osgrid.org:80:HG Safari
The Little Prince Week
Destination 1 Exupery, Osgrid
WizardOz Chrome, with the participation of Cherry Manga, Tina Bey, Emil Jannings and our kind host Unadecal Masala, present a reimagining of the classic story by Antoine de St.-Exupery, born on this day in 1900.
hg.osgrid.org:80:Exupery
Destination 2 Ustengrav, Ignis Fatuus Grid
A new French build on Ignis Fatuus by Harthelie Deux and Chip Angelvi, recalling all kinds of wonders from the ancient world
ignis-fatuus.no-ip.biz:8002:Ustengrav

Goodbye to Metropolis
Where: HG Safari
When: 2 years ago [30 Jun 2022 12:00 SLT]

Metropolis Grid is scheduled to go offline on June 30.
HG Address : login.metro.land
Join us for an Unofficial Party to send her on her way into that good night.
Neovo Geesink invites you to dance and DJane LadyJo Martin will be spinning appropriate tunes. You bring the memories.
If the grid goes down or you can't make it to Metro, you can join in the party at hg.osgrid.org:80:Metro Memoriam

Beginning soon (12.00 Grid time) a party to celebrate fifteen years of the MdM and the extraordinary dedication and work of Rosanna Galvani to nurture, divulge and protect virtual art in both SL and Opensim.
The party is here craft-world.org:8002:Art Garage

Visiting Winxtropia with Cuteulala and then a trip to the Fest! plus some corn on the cob https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2022/06/all-fun-of-fair.html


Luna Lunaria: Great blog! These statements, though, confounded me: "Will you advertise in various grids to let them know about OS Fest when it opens?" "So many people in opensim HATE social media and don't have it,... 2 years ago
Jessica Pixel filmed our Safari yesterday (to Winxtropia to see Cuteulala and to Opensimfest grid to see Shelenn) if you're curious to see what goes on when a bunch of crazy people go hypergridding together... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnUeinag8d8
HG Safari 2022 Week 18
Where: HG Safari
When: 2 years ago [22 Jun 2022 12:00 SLT]

Destination 1 Cuteulala on Winxtropia
Opensim Goddess Cuteulala Artis invites us to visit Gardenia Town on Winxtropia Grid - learn about mesh economy, and enjoy the fun fair!
READ ME: FB DOESN'T LIKE THE LINK TO WINXTROPIA, SO TO MAKE IT WORK, YOU NEED TO REMOVE THE SPACE AFTER ddns.
bloompeters.ddns. net:7002:Gardenia Town
Destination 2 Shelenn Ayres on OpensimFest Grid
Shelenn gives us a sneak peek at the preparations for the Fest. What differences are there from previous years? How hard has it been to organize? What fun is planned?
grid.opensimfest.com:8022:Zen

Symptoms:
1. Keeps posting the same crap
2. Insists on unpopular or false statements just to trigger you.
3. Craves negative attention, while pretending to be a victim.
Cure:
Starvation. Resist the urge to feed it!
- from "Troll Removal 101" in 'Internet for Dummies', 1983

Han_Held: The 2016 elections proved that not all trolls are motivated by attention. This is equally true outside of the U.S. ...especially here on opensimworld, where a fair amount of trolling is done for the s... 2 years ago
Terra Merhyem is a multimedia artist with a huge amount of talent and energy.
Here's an article about her work, with emphasis on her contributions on the lovely Pangea Grid
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2022/06/arthur-in-pangea-wit...
Huge thank you to Nebby Newman and to @Lone Wolf for having the Safari to visit yesterday, there's so much to learn about the backstory of every place in Opensim, you made us smarter
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2022/06/safari-goes-little-a...

Lone Wolf: No problems! :-) Really lovely meeting everyone! 2 years ago
HG Safari 2022 Week 17
Where: HG Safari
When: 2 years ago [15 Jun 2022 12:00 SLT]

Destination 1
Weelandia on Digiworldz with Nebby Newman
What do you know about the philosophy and community that distinguishes the Tiny and Dinkie communities, reaching across both Opensim and into Second Life ? Nebby shows us her lovely landscaped region, full of fun for both the smaller and regular size avies, and we learn about the shopping and partying opportunities that Digiworldz offers those of the smaller persuasion.
login.digiworldz.com:8002:Weelandia
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Destination 2
From the tiny to the very very large! Lone Wolf invites us to glimpse the the vast landscape of Wolf Territories, said to be one of the largest grids in opensim. Learn about the technical challenges and the aesthetic goals that have brought about this massive mountainous wilderness, Check out the Destination Guide on the grid to see all the many points of interest!

grid.wolfterritories.org:8002:Wolf Mountain

WOW Such an interesting conversation with Ubit, and then a fascinating tour of a region on AMV. Huge group, and we (barely) broke anything! Altho I think I may have to pay for Kelso's dry cleaning. Grass is such a tricky stain to get out.
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2022/06/safari-goes-to-hell-...

Luna Lunaria: Fun trip :-) 2 years ago
HG Safari 2022 Week 16
Where: HG Safari
When: 2 years ago [8 Jun 2022 12:00 SLT]

Destination 1 An audience with Ubit
Opensim Dev Ubit Umarov invites us to his home region for an upbeat conversation about the challenges and joys of the opensimulator.
hg.osgrid.org:80:UbitTest
Destination 2 Introduction to AMV with Grid Gurus, Chris McCracken and Jaxson Texas. A chance to learn about one of OpenSim's most vibrant and active grids, Alternate Metaverse. It's mythical!
alternatemetaverse.com:8002:Mythical Realms NE

HG Safari 2022 Week 15 Liverpool/Beatles Week
Where: HG Safari
When: 2 years ago [1 Jun 2022 12:00 SLT]

Liverpool/Beatles Week!
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band came out this week 55 years ago.
Destination 1: Liverpool Old Dock, Kitely. Graham Mills' ongoing project to reconstruct the historical docks of the city of Liverpool, home town of the Beatles. Please note, this region is only open for our visit, otherwise it is closed to the public
grid.kitely:8002:Liverpool Old Dock
Destination2: Pepperland on LFgrid by Mudpuddle Cleanslate. An imaginative reconstruction of the cartoon scenes of the movie Yellow Submarine.

Why be a Sponsor of opensimfest? Is it expensive, exclusive, complicated? Here are three stories of ordinary folk who decided to get involved.
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-sponsors-tale.ht...

Marianna : I wouldn't consider these "ordinary folk" These are all talented wonderful mentors of opensim who have brought us beautiful worlds and lots of magic! 2 years ago

A Safari on Safari today!


Thirza Ember: https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2022/05/notes-on-safari.html 2 years ago

Thanks to the musicians and all the safari regulars who joined us in visiting ArtDestiny and Avacon. https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2022/05/notes-on-safari.html

HG Safari 2022 Week 14
Where: HG Safari
When: 2 years ago [25 May 2022 12:00 SLT]

Music, Music!
Destination 1 Joao Frazao at the Safari portals. Portuguese maestro of the strings Joao plays for us while we peruse the HG Safari Self Guided Tours portals, and the Inworld Review studios
grid.avacon.org:8002:safari
Destination 2 Moses Rau plays for us on the Star Trek themed builds of Stormy Scorpio, enjoy the music and explore the mind blowing environments featuring a range of ships and space stations, and planetary pleasures on Vulcan and Klingon, not to mention the holodeck landscapes.
artdestiny.de:8002/MistyIsle/109/85/9312
Be sure to come get the Lms this week, much of the action will be happening in the sky!

Thanks to Jillian2000Quintessa of Discovery, and to Stio Mactomais of Osgrid and Marstol of Kitely for their awesomeness. So many fun places in opensim to visit.. so little time! https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2022/05/belfast-and-japan-ph...

Three famous names ... what do they have in common?
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2022/05/three-good-reasons.h...

https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2022/05/come-fly-with-me.htm...
Our trip to see life on Mars, and how the Tarns fly. Special thanks to Misty for not minding if I tp'd her to the wrong place.

HG Safari2022 Week 12
Starting from hg.osgrid.org:80:HG Safari
~ Flight Week ~
~Destination 1~ International Spaceflight Museum Kitely. Rosa, Mike and the ISM group invite us to come take a look at the past present and future of space flight.
grid.kitely.com:8002:ISMuseum
~Destination 2~ Tarn Flying on Counter Earth
All bets are on, as we go Tarn racing ! Board these giant birds and try your hand at the race course, and watch your friends hopelessly crash into the ground. Courtesy of Havoc Rau and the team on Counter Earth.
jand.dyndns.biz:7002:Tarn Stadium
Two new posts today, one about the end of an era, one about a new project just getting started
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2022/04/third-lifes-charm.ht...
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-queens-of-castle...

Marianna : I hope we see Sunbeam again one day, I love her writing style and her focus was keen as to what we wanted to learn about. Like you Thirza I love to read you too, thank you for your thoughtful style w... 2 years ago
HG Safari 2022 Week 11 SEASON 2 !!
Where: HG Safari
When: 2 years ago [4 May 2022 12:00 SLT]

The Great Outdoors, Indoors! Welcome to Season 2 of the new Safari trips.
Please note the date and time, if you are new to the Safari group events.
This week, Canada and Japan.
*Destination 1* Creanovale in the Spring. Kelso and Dabici invite us to see their beautiful grid decked out for the Spring, with walks, rides, sports, nature, and cultural activities. We arrive at the landing point, and then TP from there!
login.creanovale.ca:8052
*Destination 2* Abyss Observatory on JOG. Yan Luria the curator of the Observatory welcomes us to Japan Open Grid. Please note - this is a giant region with many many things to see. We are going to focus on the Ocean part of the build on this trip. We arrive on the Drill Ship, see the Fukushima exhibition, then dive to the ocean depths to see the Jules Verne exhibit.
jogrid.net:8002:Abyss Observatory and go to coordinates 493/306/140
*There will be more precise LMs available at the Clubhouse. For the best experience, please join us there about 10 minutes before the event starts.*

Special Safari Easter Hunt!
Where: HG Safari
When: 2 years ago [20 Apr 2022 12:00 SLT]

Ange and Nani invite us all to a special Safari on their Easter Hunt region Arborea
This is a Princess Hunt, for how it works, watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fmB1LP-zok
Note the region is already open so you don't have to wait for the Safari visit to go and see it!
hg.sgrid.org:80:Arborea

The first in a series of articles about places on the SGT (Self Guided Tours)
This time, 'Sauce' by Maya Paris on Aire Mille Flux.
This is a new project for the Safari. Themed tours, each with 6 destinations, that you can take alone or with friends, any time and not just on Wednesdays with the big Safari group. These Self Guided Tours can be found at the clubhouse on Avacon and (soon) on OSGrid too. jump to grid.avacon.org:8002:safari to see them and pick up the LMs.
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2022/04/safari-sgt-sauce-by-...
YaY HG Safari back online brighter than ever. Even the grumpy camel survived. HUGE CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS to 1/ the people behind the scenes who worked to make this happen - and 2/ everyone who chose not to bore us to death by whingeing about OSGrid being offline.
The final HG Safari of the season, we went to see Ferd Frederix and Joe Builder's new install, and then a long conversation with Crista, 2 blog posts because so much happened.
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2022/03/safari-goes-silent.h...
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2022/03/closing-at-cristas.h...

Thirza Ember: Season 2 of the Safari will run from May 4 to July 6 and is already fully booked. Season 3 will run from September 14 to November 16, always supposing we have not been nuked yet. Spaces in the calend... 2 years ago
Some tips for would-be hosts for the chaos that is our group trips. If you have had the Safari visit your grid or region, do you have any added advice to give?
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/p/tips-on-hosting-safari.htm...
Some tips for would-be hosts for the chaos that is our group trips. If you have had the Safari visit your grid or region, do you have any added advice to give?
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/p/tips-on-hosting-safari.htm...
HG Safari 2022 Week 10
Where: HG Safari
When: 2 years ago [16 Mar 2022 13:00 SLT]

IMPORTANT:
THE SAFARI BEGINS 1 HOUR LATER THAN USUAL in USA/Canada
due to 'Spring Forward' Clock Change
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DESTINATION 1 "Silent Refueling" on Outworldz
Ferd Frederix invites us to explore this sci fi themed build, which is based on the 1972 movie "Silent Running" with Bruce Dern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p69lEMn0I8k
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DESTINATION 2 Mondego vLab
Crista Lopes aka Diva Canto invites us to a conversation about the State of OpenSim, and its place going forward in the metaverse, if such a thing exists.
nile.ics.uci.edu:9000

https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2022/03/safari-jukes-it-out....


Thirza Ember: Just two more Safari trips in this final season. Thank you all for the support and the enthusiasm you've shown, both the hosts and the tourists. 2 years ago
HG Safari 2022 Week 09
Where: HG Safari
When: 2 years ago [9 Mar 2022 12:00 SLT]

Books, Big Art, and Carnival
Please come to the CLUBHOUSE on OSgrid to meet the group, get the LMs and find out any last minute changes. hg.osgrid.org:80:HG Safari
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DESTINATION 1 Books and Art at the MdM. Rosanna Galvani invites us to check out the new Ebook library at the Museum, and to see some of the famous art collection on the surrounding regions
craft-world.org:8002:Uqbar 2
DESTINATION 2
Fun and dancing on Wyldwood! Sample the sights of New Orleans, learn more about the Bayou, and indulge in some Carnival dancing with Harmony Beningborough and the gang
wyldwoodbayou.com:8002:Wyldwood Bayou N'Awlins

The trial run of Inworld Review was filmed yesterday. Still got to work on the poses, and this first episode really long, (90 minutes!) but if you want to get a general idea of how the show works, with a view to being a guest in the future, take a look here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTejlNB_LVM
Hopefully many people sign up at join in, it's a great way to let people know about your work in the hg! Contact MAL BURNS on DISCORD
https://discord.gg/kfAw5Vkpm6

River: Now I want to know what the horrible things were that was said! lol 2 years ago

A donation - however small - to charities engaged in helping the victims is worth much more than sharing your dubious wisdom about the current situation in Ukraine. Be serious.


Thirza Ember: Thanks Satyr for suggesting these great ways to make a practical difference. Talk is cheap. 2 years ago

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My Reviews

Grinda

A beautiful landscape!

Phos

Congratulations on making one of the best art regions in opensim. This is a wonderful place.

Lioness Den

Outstandingly interesting and lovely region. If you like animals this is a must see.

Atlantis

what a work of art. Love it.

Starfleet Museum of Science

wow great work, really informative!

CCI Tromsoe City

What a wonderful place to visit - and revisit! so much beautiful detail, gifts, fun things to see and do.

Forest of Azure

Absolutely beautiful work - everything positioned with exquisite care. One of the prettiest landscapes you'll find in opensim... with some bonus material you may find intriguing.

Carima

This whole grid is so beautiful. Great shops, and fun people too!

Far Far Away

One of the most thought provoking Hunt regions in opensim

Noah

So many handy animals! (Caution: region is subject to flooding)

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