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(...) There are daily "feeding time" events at 1:00pm in the Technic/Mindstorms room. This is like feeding time at the sea-lion exhibit at the zoo. All the animals wake up and run around 'cos they're being fed. Well, at BrickFest, feeding time is (...) (20 years ago, 12-Aug-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics)
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I've always wanted to do a credit-crawl with more than one name; suddenly we'll all have another item for our résumés. Ideas for footage and structure (long): Establishing shots of Arlington and GMU. Emphasis (to the uninitiated) that AFOLs are not (...) (20 years ago, 12-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: BrickFest DC 2004 Technic/Mindstorms events
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(...) So, what *is* a Spybot Swarm? It's on the schedule, but there's no description. I have a Gigamesh I can bring, but what accessories (if any) does it need? (I outfitted it with fat tires because the cloppety-clop tri-wheels annoyed me.) Please (...) (20 years ago, 12-Aug-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics)
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| | BrickFest ditty and sale
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Going to BrickFest it seems everyone but me, to America's capitol and George Mason University. Bricks w/o Mortar remains at home, far away from DC, it might as well be Nome. For now I sit in the shop, surrounded by lego wishing I could say for the (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Nick Kappatos suggested: (...) Restroom -- an *uncluttered* background? Whuh? But on that topic: remember to wash your hands (including all their surfaces) for at least 19 seconds. Rocklands? SHIP? (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: BrickFest Brick Bazaar and Live Auction!
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(...) First, thanks Kevin, for organizing this! This is my first Brickfest (despite having lived very close for years), and I am very much looking forward to it. Although I may be one of Bricklinks' heavy hitters Kevin wrote about, I will not be (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.auction, FTX)
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| | BrickCast 2004 Live Webcast from Washington DC
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Hi folks, Please join us at BrickFest 2004 in Washington DC via live network webcast: (URL) make it to BF this year? Get in a comfy chair, bring a suitable beverage and boot up your PC for our webcast of the opening, keynote and closing sessions. (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) !
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| | Micro-Scale Display @ BrickFest
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As the day quickly approaches, and I finish off my last minute packing... I want to say a heartfelt thank you to all of you that have made Micro MOCs for the Micro Display for BrickFest. The support and enthusiasm that has been show has been greatly (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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BrickFest is set to begin in a matter of hours. As a last-minute announcement for attendees, I want to report that the Brick Bazaar should be the best is has ever been. Twenty vendors have signed up for space to display their items for sale. Some of (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.auction, FTX)
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| | Re: Organized photography?
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(...) DOF is always a problem with macro photography of course. A couple of tricks that I have found are: If you are talking of digital, you can move back, shoot at highest resolution, and then crop. Shoot at 5 meagapixels and when you crop you (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) For the little studio I have, I have been using quartz halogen lighting and white balancing the digital camera to them. I could bring a couple. With proper balance they seem to give pretty good color rendition with my cooppix 5700. I have used (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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Way to go! Yes, I'd be happy to contribute to the BrickFest DVD project. I'm already doing backdrop-equipped photography in the Castle room (and maybe elsewhere), and I was wondering where the pics would go (aside from Brickshelf). If I bring my (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Tommy Armstrong volunteered: (...) Cool. I was going to suggest this, but thanks for beating me to it. My overambitious idea was that every MOC could get a "yearbook photo" taken, possibly during check-in, as a (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Adrian Drake asked: (...) Thirteen feet? Ha. And my mother thought only *three* yards of fabric was overdoing it. "Some of these layouts are pretty darn big," I say (then add up the Moonbase reservations). Though I (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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BrickFest 2004 will produce a DVD of video and still images of the BrickFest 2004 event, the 5th Year Anniversary. We seek individuals willing to take videotape and still digital photographs to become part of the stock footage of the event. You will (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest) !
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(...) Hey Tommy, et. al. What do you use as far as cameras/lenses? I'm having a devil of a time with depth of field in (obviously macro) shots of my MOCs. It's so frustrating because I know if I just had my trusty view camera all would be fine. All (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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If anyone can help me out with this. I'm doing two Sessions: one for Classic-Castle (Sat 1p-2) and one for SciBrick (Sun 11a-12). I'd like to use a powerpoint presentation, but that means I need to have a laptop to run it. Let me know if you can (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | At BrickFest DC = Warrior and Centaur Bots for Sale
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I will be selling the below Bot Custom Sets at BrickFest DC. I will have 10 of each and they will be selling for $10 at the SciBrick Table. -Lenny (2 URLs) pics = links (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: DC security: travel keep-in-minds?
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(...) Getting through security on amtrak might will probably be your biggest issue. I take the metro down to the FAA in the mornings, and there's no big deal about security. I also went to see my broker in the finnancial disctrict the other day (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) You could try to photograph it in the men's room at Rocklands - someone did a nice .space tribute in there last year. I'll help you carry the SHIP in, if you want. -nk (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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