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I was in L.A. all during House of Bricks. My wife and son went yesterday, but
didn't take any pictures -- I told them there was no need since there would
surely be great pictures online anyway.
So... any great pictures online? :) And in general, how did it go?
Thanks,
- Joe
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It’s the Great Ball Contraption - LIVE!
You are invited to build modules, or just watch the action, live & in person. We
will be constructing a Great Ball Contraption
<http://www.teamhassenplug.org/GBC/> at the House of Bricks
<http://2becontinued.com/hob/> event at the Chicago Marriott, Schaumburg, on May
6-8. But we need your help - the more modules the better! In order to make this
as smooth as possible, we wanted to put out a formal call for modules. Please
send us an email detailing the information listed below for your module(s) so we
can smoothly assemble the full Contraption for this event. Then just show up at
the event with your creations, and let the good balls roll!
GBC roll call:
1) Module name & builder
2) Size: width & depth (preferably in studs), & height
3) Lift mechanism(s) & output type (continuous or batch output)
4) Preferred input: Continuous? Batch? No preference?
5) Peak throughput: in balls per second, or “bps” (aim for at least 1 bps)
6) Power source: Battery box? RCX? Pneumatic? Other? Do you need access to a
powerstrip?
7) Description: feel free to include what the module does, as well as any
special abilities or features, or anything else you want to draw attention
towards.
Please feel free to post this information to the forums of your choice, but also
email a copy to <brdavis@iusb.edu> so we can plan for the grand assembly at
House of Bricks. For any questions about the GBC or the module standard, please
take a look at Steve Hassenplug's page listed above.
--
Brian Davis
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In lugnet.org.us.clb, Joe Strout wrote:
> The third Saturday of the month would be this next one, Feb. 19th. Is there a
> CLB meeting planned?
Man, we're slackin. But it sounds like everyone is pretty busy. Maybe we
should try for something in March. I'm out of town the 3rd Saturday. What
about March 26?
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In lugnet.events, Joe Strout wrote:
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Sounds neat! But please include lugnet.org.us.clb (Chicago Lego Builders) in
announcements about it -- seems like that’s the most directly relevant group.
I almost missed it, but just happened to see it on the home page before it
was cycled out.
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Good idea. I’ve also included .loc.us.il.chi as a regional area and kept .events
in there because it is indeed an event.
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Will it be possible to attend HoB without registering for the whole
convention (which isn’t as interesting to me, as, say, models of subways and
donut shops)?
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Unfortunately no. Still the price for a weekend pass to
2BeCONtinued4 is comparable to other brick
conventions.
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Still, if this is the only way we could get such a big LEGO event in Chicago,
then I’m happy to support it. Thanks for setting it up and letting us know
about it!
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It may not be the only way, but it does give us a good start. Let’s see how this
year goes and then move forward from there.
Jason Spears
Chicago House of Bricks
Castle Coordinator
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The third Saturday of the month would be this next one, Feb. 19th. Is there a
CLB meeting planned?
Thanks,
- Joe
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