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Hey all!
I am curious about stories and photo's of the fest!
Congrats to Steve for getting the The Memorial Award!
Greetingz...
Sjaacko
Tim Courtney wrote:
>
> Hi everyone!!
>
> I'm going to give a general summary of how LDraw happenings went at
> Brickfest. Right now I'm away from my computer (actually at Bram
> Lambrecht's in Cleveland) so I can't post pictures and write articles for
> the site just yet. And unfortunately I forgot to load my site files onto my
> recently reformatted computer so I couldn't do live updates on the site at
> the fest :(
>
> Brickfest was awesome.
>
> Meeting the Jessimans was awesome.
>
> The LDraw demonstration went very well. We had a powerpoint going (for
> those of you who saw the webcams of it) and a panel discussion including
> Steve Bliss, Bram Lambrecht, Erik Olson, Don Jessiman, and myself. We gave
> a brief history of LDraw, introduction to various software and file formats,
> and discussion of topics like raytracing, parts management, and Macintosh
> developments.
>
> The Memorial Award presentation went to Steve Bliss, for his outstanding
> contributions over the past years and his work continuing James' memory
> through LDraw. The decision to award this to him was unanimous amongst the
> LDraw Brickfest committee and the Jessimans.
>
> Hanging out with James' parents was something too amazing for words. All of
> you who got the chance to talk to them know what I am talking about. They
> are wonderful people who love their son so much and are so excited to see
> his memory live on in what we do here. They are very interested in LDraw
> and what it means to us, and even learned a lot about how things are done,
> from editing to parts authoring, this weekend. It was tough for me to say
> goodbye to them.
>
> Also, Sunday we had a hands-on LDraw session, mostly led by Steve, and
> covering parts authoring (the hands-on part) and advanced topics (the
> conversation part). I skipped out on most of that because of low attendance
> (most people were raiding the K8 room).
>
> That's all for now. I will post pictures we have taken and write more
> detailed articles for the site upon my return home tomorrow. Thank you all
> for your enthusiasm towards LDraw and for your company and your questions.
> And a special thanks again to the Jessimans for making the trip out to meet
> us and talk to us.
>
> -Tim Courtney
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