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Re: Commemoration of the 10th anniversary of James Jessiman's passing
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:43:52 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Willy Tschager wrote:
> On the 25th July 1997, James Jessiman passed away due to complications from the
> flu. The LDraw Steering Committee would like to commemorate the 10th anniversary
> of this sad day with a tribute page to James and his great foundation. We invite
> you to send in a picture of a:
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> "1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3002.dat"
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> (a red Brick 2x3 for all those who are not CAD nerds). Your contributions will
> be collected in a gallery on the site.
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> If you do not feel comfortable with radiosity or hires-rendering and your images
> are usually outputs of MLCad this is not a problem - we accept every kind of
> format, sketches, artwork or even photographs but we obviously prefer “LDraws”.
> Furthermore we kindly ask you to limit the size to 640x480 pixel. The rest is
> entirely up to you – no guidelines, no deadline (though it would be nice having
> your tribute by July 25th). Feel free to add a short text to your entry of
> LDraw.org's icon. Entries should be sent to the webmasters with the subject
> “LDraw - 10th anniversary” by using the following address:
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> webmaster@#say-no-to-spam#ldraw.org (don't forget to delete the spamblocker)
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> The SteerCo member's tributes have already been added to the gallery at:
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> http://www.ldraw.org/Article472.html
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> Willy Tschager
> On behalf of the LDraw Steering Committee
This is a fantastic idea and a very fitting tribute! James passed away just as
I was first getting into LDraw, and even though he and I never corresponded
directly, I've had a few email contacts with his family in the subsequent
decade.
Obviously, his contribution to the AFOL community is enormous, and I daresay
that it changed fundamentally the way people discuss LEGO online. Sure, someone
would likely have come up with something similar had James not done so, but the
simplicity and elegance of LDraw allow it remain a powerful tool and to grow in
ways that I doubt James could ever truly have anticipated.
There have been so many contributors to LDraw these ten years past, and every
newly authored part or rendered MOC is a tribute to James. I even flatter
myself to think that my own apocryphal contributions are themselves a tribute to
him, and I reflect upon his efforts every time I use LEdit.
Thank you, James, for giving us a tool for building a community.
Dave!
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