In server news, CraftBukkit had a 1.4 beta out fairly quickly after the minecraft release, so I would expect a recommended build within the next week or so. As usual, I'll update to the recommended build when it comes out and post here. Until then, don't update minecraft to the newest version if you want to continue playing on the server.
In more a more "personal" advertisement, I'm looking to sell the project I've been working on for the last few months to someone who might actually use it:
It's a 65-block-diameter stone brick dome located at x:1300, z:-200. It's in a small plains biome, with easy access to the ocean, a desert, and a swamp. I've reached what should have been the end of the major construction phase...only to discover that it really won't work for what I want to do, and a pyramid would be much better for my evil schemes.
Floor inside is mostly grass, with about 1/6th farmland.
There's currently an "inner" dome of black wool (similar to the Endome, but on a rather larger scale), of about 63 blocks diameter.
I was planning on having this be a "science exhibit" of sorts, but like I said, it's not going to work out as a dome.
Asking price for the exterior dome is 2000 nether bricks or 2000 nether brick fences. If you plan to have this as a "science"-related building and wouldn't mind me setting up the pyramid next door (perhaps the combination could be a "science center" or "museum of natural science" or something), I will lower the price to 1000 of either of the above.
If you want the interior dome to remain in place, the cost is the approximate number of black wool currently in the inner dome--5000 black wool. Otherwise, I will be dismantling the inner dome and moving the black wool to wherever the new location of my project will be, and you'll have the empty stone brick dome to do as you please with.
So...any takers? If you've ever thought you might like to live in a large brick dome...here's your chance!