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After about a year of promising to update my website, I finally have: (URL) fans: (URL) fans: (URL) the site looks best in Internet Explorer 4+, but also works in Netscape. (You'll need to use Netscape if you want LDLite to work with the site) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad)
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| | Halloween Lego Design Contest Reminder and Update
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Hello Lego Community! Well, here it is the first of September and in most parts of the country the first hints of the Fall have begun. Maybe the wind has the merest hint of a chill, or perhaps you have seen a few bare spots on your trees in your (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | New newsgroups lugnet.announce.brickshelf & lugnet.db.scans
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A pair of new newsgroups lugnet.announce.brickshelf and lugnet.db.scans have just been created. For background information on how this came to be, please see the thread: (URL) lugnet.announce (group and hierarchy): General-interest announcements to (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.brickshelf, lugnet.db.scans)
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| | New ftp server for lugnet use
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I've created a Lego Media folder in my ftp server so that lugnet users can publish large media files. You can create folders and upload any cool media that may not fit on your current web space account. The account supports up to 15 downloads with a (...) (25 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Web page Update (with Ldraw stuff too!)
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I've added nifty LDraw content to my web page. All are welcome to gaze upon it and bring many wonderful and joyous comments to me. I would post the DAT files for the ships, except for 2 minor details. First is I'm using illegal parts from the (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | New Site - The Unofficial Lego Technic Service Catalog is now online
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Ever wanted to know what Technic Service parts are available? And what about the prices???? Well now you can. The unofficial Lego Technic Service Catalog with Prices is now online. It has Canadian and US Prices and a Price Code Letters and Link for (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | CFV: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET, REV 1.1
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Revisions have been made to the vote questions. Problem Summary and Defense have not changed. CFV: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET, REV 1.1 This is a Call For Votes (CFV) After much discussion it has been decided that an open public (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce)
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| | Local languages OK in loc groups! :)
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Hello, Hallo, Hej, Hejsa, Heippa, Hoi, Hola, Aloha, Konnichiwa, Nei ho, Bonjour, Ciao, Oi, Priviet, Merhaba, Dia duit, Dzien dobry, G'day! :-) What can we do to help spread the good word about the use of local languages in the lugnet.loc.* groups? (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | [ldraw.org] Update
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I just updated the ldraw.org main page - adding an article about MLCad and a link to the new ldraw.org linking images. Check it out! -Tim Courtney ldraw.org Project Coordinator (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Come see the PNLTC display at the Western Washington Fair!
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The Western Washington Fair(1), near Seattle, Washington has chosen the Pacific Northwest LEGO Train Club(2) to provide this years' showcase train centerpiece. All members of RTL and Lugnet are cordially invited to come by and visit the new PNLTC (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Everything LEGO links page to LUGNET
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(...) Good news -- Linc Smith <linc@bulkley.net> has volunteered to help out with this massive page of links. (URL) please send additions, corrections, comments, or questions to Linc. :-) --Todd (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Three new minifigs
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H'llo all, I just uploaded three new minifigs. They can be found on the front page of the home page address in my signature in the "What's new here" section. Please LMKWYT! Greg Majewski citrusx__@yahoo.com (URL) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | IMMHYHYCY contest
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Hi there! This is to announce the one-day, lugnet-exclusive It's Monday morning have you had your coffee yet? contest. I'll be cross-posting this to announce, general and cad.dat.models. Please post any responses to the lugnet.general newsgroup, but (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | One little MOC
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I built a little building, and while I haven't yet had a chance to take pictures of it, I did make an LDraw DAT file of it, and convert it into a POV ray file through L3P- so I took some screenshots and started the Lego section of my homepage. The (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build)
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| | James Brown unavailable
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I'm going to be on project for about a week, and my access to e-mail will be sporadic, and at long distance charges, so be patient if it takes me a little while to get back to people. This is mostly of relevance to the Jambalaya boxes moving through (...) (25 years ago, 11-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | New version of BlockCAD released - 1.8
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Hello all! I have released a new version of my Lego drawing program BlockCAD. (URL) in 1.8 is: - A bunch of new pieces - A rudimentary 'step' facility (for building instructions), needs work. - A lot of small fixes etc. BlockCAD is a simple 'click (...) (25 years ago, 11-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Ed Boxer MIA
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I know I owe several people e:mail responses. Last Wednesday I awoke with a pinched nerve in my neck (and numbing pain in my right arm) that has made posting impossible. I will get back to you as soon as I can. (25 years ago, 11-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | CFD: lugnet.lego.* newsgroup hierarchy
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Ever wished there were a Fabuland newsgroup? Got a soft spot for DUPLO Toolo? How about Pirates? Wild West? Castle? All of these (and more) are definitely in the plan -- it's just a matter of giving them names and positions in the larger newsgroup (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | www.nelug.org is a reality
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The New England LEGO user group now has an offical web site. The temporary site hase been moved over to NELUG.org until our first meeting this coming Tuesday at which time I hope we will decide on an offical page layout and design concept. Eric (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Your favorite loc-group messages?
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Which loc groups are having the most fun??? Send me your favorite URLs :) I've started a collection of "success stories" to point people to when they ask what the loc groups are for. Someday this will be a web page, or maybe a section in the FAQ. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Space Original Creations
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I'm very proud to announce my space lego original creations page is up! See: (URL) second station is an engineering miracle. Minifigs can pass through the central corridor and look out the windows. It is freestanding and counterbalanced. If you like (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | I'm off for a while
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Hi LDrawers, Sadly, I once again have to announce that I'll be off for a while. Don't know for how long. There is no doubt at all I will win the dispute concerning custody for my child, but it will take all my brainpower to chat with lawyers, Family (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Lego Space-Science Fiction URLs Requested
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Hi all. Here's a bit of a longer post, but I feel it's worth it and you might too. The BayLUG (the San Francisco Bay Area Lego Users Group) Space page is up! I'm its weaver and I need what the subject is asking for. Please respond via email, not by (...) (25 years ago, 1-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Halloween Lego Design Contest Reminder
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Hello All! Well, here we are on the verge of August and the scary movies have begun to be released as the summer sneaks to a close and we creep ever closer to Halloween. Those of you who have seen the Haunting or Blair Witch Project and are in a (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | MindFest
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===...=== MINDFEST A Gathering of Playful Inventors of All Ages October 23-24, 1999 Opening reception and setup: October 22, 4-6pm MIT Media Laboratory (URL) join us for MindFest: a festival of designing, inventing, and learning. A new generation of (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| | Millennium Slizer (Throw Bot)
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Watch out for the Millennium Slizer (Throw Bot) to be released later this year, set number 8520. Retail price to be two to three times current price of normal Slizer sets. No further details. Grahame (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | NELUG website launched.
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This message will be cross-posted to loc.us.ma, loc.us.me, loc.us.nh, loc.us.vt, loc.us.ri and loc.us.ct This is to announce the launch of the NELUG website. Currently this is a simple 1 page site designed by myself and input from Chris Phillips (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Web-page Buttons and Banners
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If you enjoy LUGNET, and you have your own web page, one way you can show your support -- as well as your enthusiasm for LEGO® toys -- is to display a special button or banner image on your web page. Here are some new buttons and a banner (same old (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: legOS and Markus in Forbes
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(...) This is BIG NEWS and GREAT exposure for Markus and friends!!! -- a major business magazine recognizing the pursuits and achievements of adult LEGO fanatics on the net to extend the RCX technology toward greater heights! In May, Forbes also had (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.announce)
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| | Now at MIT
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Hi all. Last spring I was accepted into MIT's Media Lab as a Grad student. I started on June 1st. At this time, I think it's important for everyone in this community to understand some consequences of my new position. I no longer work for anyone but (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | GMLTC at the NMRA National Convention
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First of all, we ROCKED the NMRA show! We had a location right near the front doors, with great visibility. We had 30 - 40 people around the layout at almost all times through the entire show. I saw some big HO and N gauge layouts that were several (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce)
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| | New Minifig
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Hello, After scanning the groups, I decided that this would be the best place to post this, but please notify me if I should do it elsewhere.. I have a new minifig up, all criticism is appreciated! (URL) "We all live on Salvatoré's bus..." Majewski (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | NEEDED: Person to design/assemble a LEGO building scale-model (Massachusetts)
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The Indian Hill Music Center in Littleton, Massachusetts, is looking for an energetic, creative "LEGOMeister" that can create a LEGO scale model of our non-profit music center building and proposed addition. We hope to use this LEGO scale model in (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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| | Faster-loading pages for super-long threads
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Small changepoint in the way messages are displayed on the web interface: There's a thread going now that's nearly 400 messages long (yes, really!) and this is fine, but it makes for some really unpleasantly plump "connect the dots" thread displays (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | [ldraw.org] Reference Section Coordinator?
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Would someone be willing to coordinate efforts on the ldraw.org reference section? This area of the site has the potential of becoming large and I feel it needs a dedicated coordinator. This job is for the most part light work. All I think is needed (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | New newsgroup lugnet.market.jambalaya
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[Followups set to lugnet.market.jambalaya] A new newsgroup lugnet.market.jambalaya has just been created. For background information on how this came to be, please see the thread: (URL) lugnet.market.jambalaya (group): Discussion and planning for (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | New Lego page!
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Hey all, I've finished moving my Lego pages from Geocities to Illuminatti Online. Check it out at: (URL) you ever wondered what Barbara and I look like? Is so, then take a look at my newest stuff, "A Day in the Life of Barbara and Jeremy". Coming (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | Collapsing the lugnet.loc.uk hierarchy
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Now that the web new interface is in place, now is an excellent time to revisit the shrinking of the lugnet.loc.uk hierarchy to a more appropriate size. This is continuing an earlier thread from about 4 weeks ago. Basically, participants in the UK (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | LDraw Webring
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I have just released the LDraw Webring on ldraw.org. If you have a site with LDraw creations on it, please join! The URL is: (URL) if you would like your LDraw model featured as a LDraw Webring logo, please email me. I would like to support a (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | #ldraw IRC Channel
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I have set up the channel #ldraw on the DALNet IRC server. Its in working order, except I haven't gotten it to keep the topic when I leave. But other than that, ChanServ works great. I'll leave it on when I'm on IRC, which is usually in the evenings (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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