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  LDraw Design Pad (LDDP) 1.54 Released
 
LDDesignPad (LDDP) is a tool for editing and handling LDraw files in a very comfortable way. Download it here: (URL) are: -Fully customizable editor with syntax highlighting -Open multiple files at the same time -Unlimited Undo/Redo -Use/define (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce)
 
  Images of GFLTC at the SMRC Show
 
Train Fans, The members of the Greater Florida LEGO Train Club had a display and a great time one again at the Sarasota Model Railroad Club Train Show last weekend (Feb 21-22, 2004). The 24 x 16 ft layout had three running train loops and models by (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.gflug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.trains.org) ! 
 
  MOC: Green Locomotive
 
Hi there This is my newest model... I got the idea for the locomotive from a train book, that I borrowed from the local library. For the model I used nearly all my green bricks. (URL) think the roof turned out very well. (URL) used a lot of SNOT (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.trains)
 
  Finally, I got around to posting pictures from Brickfest PDX 04
 
Sorry it took so long. I got back to the East Coast this weekend and have been slammed with work trying to catch up. Anyway, enough whining. By now you've all heard how fantastic Brickfest was. Well this little collection of pictures won't do it (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, FTX)  
 
  First Permanent Settlement on Mars!!!
 
Mission Accomplished!!! Shortly after the arrival of the first human visitors to Mars, a new robotic vehicle arrived: The Mars Habitat!! It has all the creature comforts plus Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound in the theater!!! Not to mention lots of cool (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.space)
 
  More old LUGNET homepage prototypes discovered
 
Whoa, I'd totally forgotten about these... These are a few prototypes from the last LUGNET homepage makeover process, which was May to August of 2000. As you can see it was somewhat iterative. I'm throwing these out here as food for thought. For (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) ! 
 
  w00t! Fund Drive for LUGNET Servers
 
We appreciated your patience during the downtime today Thank you for bearing an unusually long downtime today. We certainly weren't expecting a 9-hour outage simply for the replacement of a disk. You may have noticed on the LUGNET homepage during (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.finance, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.org, lugnet.announce, FTX) !! 
 
  We are back up
 
(...) Well, we are back up. As I'm sure you noticed, downtime was greather than 10 minutes. What took so long was double-checking the integrity of everything carefully after the swap (and making an additional full backup before making any changes to (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) ! 
 
  2000-photo BrickFest PDX photo montage and slide show
 
OK, here is a collection of 2,115 photos taken at BrickFest PDX last weekend, presented two different ways: a fast-paced epileptic montage (2 minutes long) and a more traditional slideshow (45 minutes long). (URL) Montage (fast)> (480x480, 101.3 MB, (...) (21 years ago, 22-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) ! 
 
  fun with LUGNET web site statistics
 
Today, I got the 2GB of compressed log files representing Lugnet traffic over the past approximately-a-year. After crunching for a while, realizing that I needed to move everything to a faster server, and restarting there, I discovered that what I (...) (21 years ago, 22-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general) !! 
 
  Taking LUGNET to the next level
 
Chats with people at BrickFest PDX last weekend got me thinking a lot more about LUGNET and its role in the community. I've bounced some of my thoughts off of various people (including three people from LEGO) and responses varied from positive to (...) (21 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.publish, lugnet.trains, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX) !! 
 
  New homepage for LUGNET
 
Someone brought this up at BrickFest PDX and others agreed it would be an excellent idea: Rather than mainly linking to internal LUGNET resources, the first thing someone should see when they visit the LUGNET homepage is iconic links to other major (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !! 
 
  New LDraw Animation: Rotation Animation
 
Thanks to Steven Krass we have a new LDraw tutorial on the very hot topic right now... ANIMATION!!!! Steven will show you how to make this simple animation: (URL) So where do you get it? (URL) Please let us know what you think? Perhaps we can get (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, FTX)
 
  PDX Mecha award update
 
I'm rather embarrassed but there was a snafu in the shipping of the prizes and I didn't quite got them in time for BrickFest PDX. They arrived to me on Monday the 16th, and I am proud to say two of the three are already mailed out. The awards for (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
 
  Little jet, fighter
 
Hi all, This is my latest designerset alternate model, a little fighter of the 4098 set. (URL) is dual engined and has a great manouvreability. Rest of the pictures can be found here: (URL) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.space)  
 
  Master Model Designer leaves LEGOLAND California
 
Hello! My name is Bill Vollbrecht. I am a former Model Designer from LEGOLAND California (as of last week!). I have met many of you through different park events as well as outside events such as Brickswest. I have been a lifelong LEGO fan and a (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce) !! 
 
  The first pics of my cathedral project!
 
i have started my dream lego creation: a Cathedral! unfortunately, due to cost of parts, i cannot afford to build it out of real bricks, but have to do it with LDRAW. i used MLCAD. anyway, here is a deep link: (URL) sorry it is so big, the details (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, FTX)  
 
  New website: www.holly-wood.it
 
Hi folks, I’d like to announce the official launch of my brand new website: www.holly-wood.it Holly-Wood.it is mainly focusing on virtual building by providing software add-ons, ldraw-parts or just tips and tricks. It also offers micro-scale and (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.microscale)
 
  Review and pictures from COLTC's GATS show last weekend
 
Hello LUGNET members, Last weekend COLTC put on our largest single display (25'x25') at our local GATS in Columbus Ohio. And it turned out great! We received our first official 1st place win during the GATS in Columbus. Hopefully a start of (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle) ! 
 
  First NYCLUG Meeting -- Without A Hitch!
 
Fellow NYCLUG'ers, PLEASE HIGHLIGHT OR SPOTLIGHT THIS! Our first meeting went very well -- despite nosy security guards (who were just doing their jobs, God bless 'em!) and the late appearance of yours truly (it was... uh, traffic! Er, no parking (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, FTX)  


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