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| Having been annoyed by CSF peg-boy Kevin "Kevoh" Blocksidge's bland and derivative rhetoric one time too many, Jonesy and I set up a new blog to replace Golden Shpleem. You can find it (URL) here>. We're looking at getting other colorful (...) (18 years ago, 14-Sep-06, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | BrickFest 2007 location
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| A small contingent of folks expressed interest in moving BrickFest to Indianapolis next year due to its several positive factors: - It is closer to the many AFOLs who don't live on or near the east coast. - It is cheaper to get a hotel room than in (...) (18 years ago, 12-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | New parts header format validated by the LSC
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| The LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) has validated a suitable LDraw parts header format proposed by the library admins to implement the Contributor Agreement (CA). This was necessary in order to update the LDraw parts library to use the new CA, and (...) (18 years ago, 11-Sep-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX) !
| | | | | Posting difficulties - sorry...
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| All, it appears we are having an issue with a script that is responsible for reindexing new posts in order to make them browsable through the web. Today, this script got stuck and caused quite a lot of messages to appear with a significant delay. I (...) (18 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Announcing the 4th Cycle of LEGO Ambassadors
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| It is my pleasure to announce the members of the 4th cycle of the LEGO Ambassador Program: Stepahn Sander - Germany Volker Draschka - Germany Diana Wong - Singapore Jeff Van Winden - Canada Pierre Normandin - Canada Caper van Nimwegen - The (...) (18 years ago, 1-Sep-06, to lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | BrickFest Event Schedule and Other News...
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| (URL) Event Schedule Now Online! Yep, it's late, but there have been some things that really slowed this down, but here it is! (URL) Set Draft for BrickFest 2006 This year, the set draft is the Krusty Krab set (#3825) - and if you want to (...) (18 years ago, 21-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | | | | | Call for Presenters at NWBrickCon 2006
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| NWBrickCon 2006 is looking for people who want to present a talk, moderate a roundtable, or run a special activity at the Con this year. We already have some traditional activities---like a Dirty Brickster, Wacky Races, and Draft---lined up, but (...) (18 years ago, 21-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.ca.bc) !!
| | | | | LEGO SETS/PARTS HISTORY CD....
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| Well for those of you who pre-ordered my upcoming 1949-80's Lego Set/Parts History CD last year, good news, I've finally finished the text portion..... it's 1,030 pages!! (650 pages on Lego sets and parts, 380 pages on a Lego Insurance Price Guide). (...) (18 years ago, 20-Aug-06, to lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | Software Programmer positions available for LEGO projects.
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| Multiple positions available ranging from junior to senior programming responsibilities. Primary responsibility is to create and integrate software code as well as technical documentation. Computer Science degree or at least two years programming (...) (18 years ago, 18-Aug-06, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | BrickFest Bulletin: One WEEK left!
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| (URL) ONE WEEK before BrickFest - Late Bulletins and Odds and Ends BrickFest 2006 is very close now, and there has been a lot going on - so much that I have been behind on these postings. Some great things are happening, like: Auction Items at (...) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | Hangin' around
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| Hi folks, have you ever heard of "El Capitan", "Matterhorn" or "Cerro Torre"? Ever seen Sly in "Cliffhanger" or Robin Tunney in "Vertical Limit? You're an adrenaline junkie or are at least heavily depending on fresh air? Then check out my latest (...) (18 years ago, 14-Aug-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: BrickFest Bulletin: LEGO Building Challenge
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| (...) Here's the award, as built by Nathan Sawaya: (2 URLs) This symbolizes the simple fact that one brick CAN make a difference. To those who have already entered, please e-mail <mailto:admin@brickjournal.com me> your address - I was informed that (...) (18 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !
| | | | | NXT Robot Swarm at BrickFest -- featuring Bluetooth
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| I'm interested in trying some experiments in (URL) swarm robotics>. The basic idea is that simple robots with simple programming can behave in complex ways, provided that there are 1.) a lot of them, and 2.) they can communicate locally in some (...) (18 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX) !
| | | | | LEGO Star Wars II Demo released
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| A PC demo version of LEGO Star Wars II has been released by LucasArts, and is available for download. Here's one place: (URL) I had the opportunity to play a dev build of the game a little more than a week ago (made it through the first five (...) (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.games, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Now Taking Applications for LEGO Ambassador - Cycle 4
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| It’s been another great Ambassador session but its time for us to begin Cycle 4 of the program. • Continued our work in the development process for new products and upcoming product lines • Received Early info about several new products • Given (...) (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | BrickFest Bulletin: LEGO Building Challenge
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| (URL) The staff of BrickFest is happy to announce the following contest for attendees: LEGO Builders Are Invited to Help Re-Build New Orleans in a LEGO® Building Challenge for Adult Enthusiasts In the wake of the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, (...) (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !!
| | | | | *** LDView Version 3.1 Beta 1 Released ***
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| LDView 3.1 Beta 1 is now available for download from the LDView downloads page here: (URL) This is a Beta release, which means that I'm hoping to get as much feedback as possible. This also means that it is likely not as stable as a final release, (...) (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX)
| | | | | Brick Auction, Brick Bazaar, & the BrickFest Container
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| (URL) Brick Auction Going once... Going twice... Sold! There will be a silent auction this year, as well as a live auction. If you would like to donate something (LEGO of course!) to be auction off, please let me know. Or if you'd like (for a small (...) (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
| | | | | IR train base alternative
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| Hey all, Well I’m at it again. This time I bring you something with more usability. As most of you reading this should know the Lego Company recently released 2 IR train sets. While the idea is great, the implementation left much to be desired. The (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.trains.org, FTX) !!
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