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I was in a dark age for the past 3 years :'( But I have come out of it after a visit to TRU which sparked my imagination. Well I was wondering what happened to brickbay? It seems to have shut down. Can someone please tell me what happened,it was (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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I’ve gotten several email telling me that it's been a little quiet over on BrickFest. I can assure you, we are not slaking off. We are just getting all our ducks in a row. The contact us page is now working, as is the presentation form and MOC (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.org, lugnet.people, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general) !!
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| | Re: Brickshelf going away???
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(...) That's true, but I for one still put my pics on Brickshelf, and link there from my site. This is partly because Northstar's free web hosting has a 100MB limit, but mostly because I like the idea of people being able to also search my gallery (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, that's a fine policy, unless BrickShelf is going away (or going to stop accepting new pictures or whatever). Kevin still hasn't been very clear on that. But if it does, then we need to think up a new solution. Best, Joe (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf going away???
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(...) I swore not to get into this discussion, but... I am one of the persons who fall into the catagory of someone who owns their own LEGO-related website ((URL)). I made this site when I wanted something easier to customize than MOCpages or (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf going away???
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(...) That's very unfortunate, though. As Jason pointed out, it's easy enough to host your own pictures -- but there are great advantages to having them all in one place. When I want to find a good idea for making a sofa, for example, I go to (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf going away???
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(...) I can see some times when people will want a high-resolution version available... but for the most part, when browsing (a big purpose for Brickshelf), it's best to have an optimized image, say no bigger than 800 pixels in any dimension. There (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf going away???
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(...) Or you could go to: (URL) Anton (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Not to exploit the circumstances...
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Not to be a vulture, but my company, Northstar Computer Systems, may be a good option for you if you want to make sure your site and images stay visible. We offer hosting starting at $10/month and support both Microsoft and non-Microsoft (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: Brickshelf going away???
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(...) I guess the main point I'm trying to make (and not doing such a good job about it) is that we're trying to come up with ways to help pay for Brickshelf without having all of the costs coming out of the owner's pocket directly. The ideal system (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf going away???
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(...) I agree, but for a slightly different reason. Try living where broadband simply isn't available. There are still places in the US (and other countries I'm sure) that have not yet received broadband rollout. Try clicking on one of those (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) This has already happened. More and more, when people get serious about the online community, they get their own website(1). In order to keep up-to-date on MOCs, etc, I usually check four or five websites a day. -Lenny (1)= For example, (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think the issue has always been that it just doesn't work in practice. I mean sure, I wouldn't mind paying a penny per picture, but actually having to go through both paypal AND the upload process, I dunno. It would create more of a bother. (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm that's a good point. But I wasn't really trying to "weed people out" so I may have sent the wrong message! (...) Yeah that's a possibility - but the key point is that LUGNET memberships are lifetime memberships (if I remember correctly). (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Maybe I'm in the minority, but I would not be willing to pay $0.02 or even $0.01 per picture I put on Brickshelf. With that pricing scheme, I'd much sooner setup my own domain and pay for a website hosting. (...) I'd be suprised if anyone (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I think that this is a very important point. IMHO big images are just a waste of bandwidth (people get frustruated anyway when they realise the dimensions of the image, and hit back in disgust) as well as space. Also, delete unused accounts, (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes I would also support a free to view, pay to upload system on Brickshelf. I don't know how much work it would take to implement this, but you could have a monthly, quarterly, and/or annual subscription fee that may give you (un)limited (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Wikipedia Article (was: Re: About the term "AFOL")
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(...) Updated a bit, under the 'community' bit, since RTL was really the second online community, being preceeded by ATL. There was mention recently about the Lego community in 1991 (in reference to the switch to 9V tracks), but I don't know if that (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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| | The Wikipedia Article (was: Re: About the term "AFOL")
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(...) OK, I went. And this is the result: (URL) with any Wikipedia article, everyone is free to correct or improve the entry. Yours, Christan Trezoks (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: The Dark Ages of Lego in the USA
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<snip> Gary, thank you so very much for posting this. You've answered a couple of Lego questions I've had since the early '70s, namely why certain sets were listed in catalogs but not on actual store shelves. Thanks for doing this. It's quite useful (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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