Minecraft Birthday Invite (slightly off topic!)

My daughter want's a Minecraft party for her 7th Birthday and I put together this birthday party invite. I used Pages (for the Mac) but I've included a few links below which should allow you to edit the document for your own use).

The primary school my daughter attends allows them to have a "birthday table" at lunchtime on their birthday. I'll be there as well as a number of her friends.

Here are some links (all via Google Docs);

• PDF (should you need it)
• Pages (the raw file)
• Word (just in case you're running Windows)

This was pretty easy to put together (largely thanks to Google Image Search).

 I'll be doing something similar for her main birthday party.

Minecraft: Quick Mining Solution For Sand/Gravel

Sand, like gravel, is subject to gravity so if you remove the blocks under it it will fall. 

There's a fairly simple trick; if you place a torch so that the sand/gravel falls into it then it will turn straight into the resource (without you having to mine it). 

Here's a quick example from YouTube;

Slight departure from normal, but lots of fun ;-)