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Just a quick post to let anyone who's interested in this book and hasn't got it yet that my company has this on offer at 25% off RRP for the next 7 days. Probably not much use to anyone outside Europe due to shipping charges, but I thought I'd let (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Building Idea Book 1 (#238)
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(...) <SNIP> (...) Hello Gary, yesterday I found my copy of the idea book #238 and went searching the LUGNET news-database and stumbled upon your message almost 2 years ago. I'm not sure if you have any respone upon your question about other (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.books)
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| | Re: loud paper
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The blocks Frank Lloyd Wright is talking about are Froebel kindergarten blocks and the time period is the 1870s. You can see some modern ones at this site: (URL) check out everything available today at (store) (URL) also have the "Froebel Gift" (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.books)
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| | Re: loud paper
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(...) Do you mean other building toys? There is a huge compendium of construction toys of the past at (4) and it's not even covering stuff like Meccano which are not "architectural." The theory of building blocks has two broad branches. One is that (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.books)
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| | The Block Book, Hirsch, Elizabeth S. (ed)
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Has anybody read (remembered) "The Block Book" by Elizabeth S. Hirsch? This is a group of essays on kids playing with blocks. The themes emphasize the importance of "free materials" based on a wooden unit block--she apologizes for not including Lego (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.books)
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| | Building Robots with Lego MindStorms Review
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I have posted a review of "Building Robots with Lego MindStorms" at: (URL) Fay THE SHOP (URL) (23 years ago, 3-Feb-02, to lugnet.books)
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| | Building Robots with LEGO Mindstorms available in the UK
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This book is available (in stock!) from Computer Manuals at (URL) . £19.95, free UK p&p until 24th December, and if you review any books they're giving away a £5 off voucher for any order over £20, so if you buy something else as well you get it (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.books)
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| | Re: learning RoboLab (long)
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(...) I haven't seen this but I imagine that it is similar to the Control Lab version, only taking advantage of the multi-processing capability of the RCX. At least that was my $0.02 during the brainstorming session for this packet. :) (...) If this (...) (23 years ago, 15-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics.scout, lugnet.robotics.vll)
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| | Re: learning RoboLab (long)
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1. Click www.lego.com/dacta/I...tabase.asp 2. Click the "Quick" button. 3. Click "Search" button. (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics.scout, lugnet.robotics.vll)
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| | Re: learning RoboLab (long)
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I could not get anywhere with this link. How do you get to the docs? 5.e. Invent & Investigate Database www.lego.com/dacta/I...tabase.asp Activities in the form of student challenges. The Teacher Notes sections show programming examples. 27 (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics.scout, lugnet.robotics.vll)
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| | Re: learning RoboLab (long)
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(...) Miles, thanks for posting that long catalog of available reference material for ROBOLAB. I too have been through the frustrating experience of finding learning resources. ROBOLAB is good software because it is in the spirit of LEGO, where you (...) (23 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics.scout, lugnet.robotics.vll)
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| | learning RoboLab (long)
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The following learning resources apply to Lego Dacta's RoboLab "Mindstorms for Schools" programming software, version 2.5 where indicated, otherwise, earlier versions: 1. Dacta RoboLab Teacher's Guides Printed paper books. Detailed instructions for (...) (23 years ago, 8-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics.scout, lugnet.robotics.vll)
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| | Re: Killer Mindstorms book?
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"Thomas Hoeg-Jensen & Helle Ulsteen" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:004c01c1714a$02...@wol.dk... (...) for some time, only to get the order cancelled several times (both Amazon and B&N). Now it appears that Amazon has it - but only (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.books)
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| | Re: SALE on Creative Projects with LEGO Mindstorms at Fatbrain!
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I have this book and highly recommend it! Ben did a great job! -Peter "Ben Erwin" <ben@alum.mit.edu> wrote in message news:GC5w3p.DGG@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 9-Aug-01, to lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Books FOTW
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Hi all, I got some books last week from an acqaintance I met. Listed as below. - Die LEGO Story, der Stein der Weisen, Margret Uhle, ISBN 9002-12880-0, 1998. - The Gate of the Present, 1992, ISBN 90-72007-27-1. - Serious Fun, Children' s playing (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.books)
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| | Re: New editions?
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(...) No new edition is planned for my book (Definitive Guide). The most recent printing has a newly designed cover, but inside its the same book. Dave Baum (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.books)
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| | Re: New editions?
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"Martin Steffen" <ms@informatik.uni-kiel.de> wrote in message news:GFzorB.IJ3@lugnet.com... (...) Just checked my company's product database and I can see only one forthcoming Mindstorms book for the UK (Joe Nagata's book). Our internal frontlist (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.books)
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| | New editions?
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Hi, we plan to give a Mindstorm course in a couple of months. We intend to buy for a start - The unofficial guide to Lego Mindstorms for O'Reilly - Baum's The Definite Guide to Lego Mindstorm Now, does anybody know whether there are new editions of (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.books)
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| | Joe Nagata's Lego Mindstorms in UK
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Just to let anyone interested know that the new Mindstorms book from Joe Nagata is now available in the UK, details at (URL) (24 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.books)
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| | Re: Any ideas?
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Very interesting! Thanks Suzanne! My daughter is turning two soon, and you confirm my thoughts that this would be a good book for her a little later on (not that it wouldn't slide quite nicely into my little LEGO library or anything!) Matt (...) (24 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.books)
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