When I lived in Nigeria's Middle Belt, the shade of the mango tree was a popular gathering place for friends and family. Laconic and spirited conversations went with the territory, and the Hausa phrase "Ba kome" ("no problem") was the rule. This column will careen from one topic to another, centered on lively observations about Second Life, whether on Saminaka or elsewhere.
Today I'd like to write about a fabulous content creator--we enjoy two of his objects on Saminaka, and will probably add more. His name is Garrin Guffey, a satyr who sells the MG Automagic Weather System. It gathers real world meteorological information (different add on cards simulate different weather zones) and creates weather that matches circumstances. It is the most exciting and realistic weather I've seen in SL--not just simple particles, for instance, but frightening lightning flashes (it IS Saminaka's rainy season), thundrous booms, and more. Yesterday I was talking to Oliha with a few windows open and realized (through the boxes) that I was floating in the air. When I clicked some of the sight interference off, I realized I hadn't accidentally hit a button--a rare tornado had appeared and lifted me up! I look forward to the blackening clouds and had to plant to some grass and flowers to respond to that rain!
Another of Garrin's fabulous contributions can be viewed in our interactive garden--anyone can tend, harvest or plant in it. Just behind the hanging laundry in the Nupe compound, it has a fabulous variety of input--you prepare the earth, choose from many types of seeds to plant, can water, weed or more, and watch it grow over a period of days. No watering? It droops. No spraying with organic products? Bugs gather. It's terrific!
Come see his work and patronize him for your sim--for temperate zones, there are trees that naturally change with the seasons, paths that show their dropped leaves, etc. Second Life's creativity can truly be amazing.
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