Happy Founders Day New Babbage!

Five years ago the very first of the New Babbage sims, Babbage Square, came online and the new residents were told to go in and build.


Khashai Steinbeck's factory to the left and Salazar Jack's Gasworks to the right.


The First Bank of New Babbage just above the embankment.

The Ginsberg building and the frame of the Imperial Theatre to the right. The Lindens changed the sun face for Martin Luther King Day.

First textured version of my shop.


My first New Babbage shop in its final state where it originally stood in Babbage Square.

Much has changed since then. At the time I was based in Caledon and New Babbage was only one sim. Flexiprims did not exist, nor sculpts, mesh or windlight.
Babbage is now 10 sims and I live here. I think there are only four of the original Founders still active in Babbage. But I enjoy the community that has evolved in this little corner of the grid.

Happy Founder's Week to all New Babbagites, both past and present.

Photos from the Aether Salon

Thanks to Miss Bookworm Heinrichs for capturing some images of the event.


Your presenter for the event dressed in the Pearse arms.


Discussing the distinction between the various poses of animal charges.


Shield divisions and ordinaries.


An attentive audience

Edited transcript available here:
http://aethersalon.blogspot.com/2012/01/heraldry-edited-transcript.html

Æther Salon: Heraldry!

The newly rebuilt Salon precariously straddles the Babbage Palisade & Academy of Industry sims, for cunning reasons of crowd balancing.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Babbage%20Palisade/254/60/106

and
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Academy%20of%20Industry/2/56/106

The Æther Salon is brought to you by Baron Klaus Wulfenbach and his assistants who take no responsibility for your lack of enlightenment should you choose not to attend. Everyone hopes fervently that you shall be amongst us tomorrow!

Bedlam in Babbage - Movie Stars!

The popularity of the kinoscope grows at an astounding speed with some people even having magic lanterns in their own home!

Join Edward Pearse for a tribute to the "flicks".

2pm to 4pm SLT Saturday 14th of January.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/New%20Babbage/210/63/103

Or tune in on http://steampunk.radioriel.org

Bedlam in Babbage - Christmas Edition

The Last Bedlam in Babbage for the year.

Join us for the horror that is Christmas and Holiday music. Bells, strings, hallmark lyrics and often references to snow.

Either that or Holmes & Watson dancing to the Christmas Macarena.

Bring lots of Christmas spirit. Mine's a whisky.

Snow comes to New Babbage!

The annual scramble for extra prims has begun in earnest in New Babbage as winter arrives in full force.



I love this time of year, quite possibly because my typist has never had to shovel his car out from under the snow before leaving for work, or has been unable to travel because of the roads being iced over.

Still, the festive spirit has begun and I'm looking forward to seeing how things look.

Lest We Forget

For the Fallen
By Laurence Binyon

With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.

Solemn the drums thrill: Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres.
There is music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables at home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England's foam.

But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the Night;

As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain,
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain.

Pics from Halloween

Halloween at the Seraph Club was a success this year and I'm only disappointed it last such a short time. Before you know it winter will be here and Christmas hard on its heels.


The Seraph Club looking a little dilapidated and with a condemned notice on the front door


Erica Fairywren and Jed Dagger


Widow Alora in one of the more gruesome outfits of the night


Miss Ahnya


Rafael & Breezy


Operator Zero


Joy Tremor doing the whole mad scientist thing


Tequila Krovac


Dido Belle and Da5id Abbot

Galactic Baroque and Tesla Tripsa

Erica Fairywren in a rather lovely stole


Foxy Bianca


Kujura Hancroft


Rip Wirefly as the biggest Boogie of them all


Kaylee who seemed to be missing an arm


Christine being charmed by my devilish good looks


Serafina Puchkina

Apologies to those I missed.

Band booked for Halloween

Well the Seraph Club has booked the band for Halloween!


Sunday 30th October

6:00pm-9:00pm SLT

Bring your best Dieselpunk!

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seraph%20City/62/142/107


The Bonaparts. They're dead good!

Weird Al Yankovic birthday celebrations

Sadly RL circumstances cancelled last year's party but this year I'm back with a vengence!

Join Edward Pearse for a birthday tribute to the King of Parody on his 52nd birthday. From original tracks to more recent, and some unreleased tunes, join us at the The Clarendon in New Babbage.

Old tunes, new tunes and Weird tunes.

Free accordions and Twinkie Weiner Sandwiches for all!

October 23, 2011 - 3:00pm - 7:00pm SLT

The Clarendon, New Babbage.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/New%20Babbage/210/63/103