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(...) Boy, that is a lot more compact than mine! (...) It looks like it's only considering links to /cgi-bin/gallery.cgi. However, links to non-image files from the Brickshelf folder pages point directly to /gallery/username/foo/bar.dat. (Ah, I see (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf - name your favorites
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(...) Okay, found it via Wayback. FWIW, I was talking about (URL) this folder>. JOHN (19 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Pictures from many german AFOL meetings from the last years can be found here
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Hi, jump to this Link to find a lot of pictures taken in the last years of german AFOL meetings: (URL) klick on the Links on the right side of the Blog "Fotos von AFOL Treffen". Play well! Dirk "Rollingbricks" (19 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | BS Backup Update - Version 0.0.14
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A new version of BS Backup can be found here: (URL) 2 major improvements: - re-tries to download a file if it get server error messages - will now download all folders in a root folder that spans multiple pages it is highly recommended that you get (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) OK, if you download and run the script now, it should back up all files (not just images). --Travis (19 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf Backup Crawler for Mac
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(...) I didn't have any problem compiling and installing wget (although I did have to change the default install path by hand from /usr/local to /opt/local so that it would be in my pre-existing path). However, I suspect that most Mac users would be (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Lost links
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I'm not a programmer, but would it be possible to make an web site that people can enter there Brickshelf id and give a link to the new web site/s? A master change of address database so we can all find each other? I could host it on my new website (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Revitalizing or Replacing BrickShelf In Some Form
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This is what I had hoped for, especially if the old links could be preserved. I'd love to see a tiered version of Brickshelf to make it sustainable. God Bless, Nathan BTW re your other recent post, I have no online presence requirement at the moment (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf - name your favorites
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(...) Arg. I really liked that folder on the greatest hits page that contained a lot of great pics from LLC. Now the greatest hits function is gone. Anyone remember the name of that particular folder? JOHN (19 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) There are many instructions how to install wget and even some installers. curl can't beat 'wget -m' afaik. (...) No official repository afaik. Last I heard was that we want to build it, but that requires a developer with the time to build it! (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Supportive Community
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Dear fellow LEGO fans and LDraw users, I was deeply impressed reading how many would have supported BrickShelf with fees to keep the site alive. Some expressed they weren't aware that they could become paying members to get rid off the ads, others (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !!
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| | Re: Brickshelf - name your favorites
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(...) For Star Wars stuff, the ACPin gallery seems to be a great place. (19 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: An Open Letter to Kevin (BrickShelf)
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I don't think I have much to add except thanks Kevin for all those years, hopefully one day we can revive this resource once more Yaron (19 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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Well said, Todd. Thank you very much, Kevin, I'll miss Brickshelf. (19 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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As someone who used Brickshelf almost every day for the last 6 years, I would also like say thank you. I guess I took for granted the fact that the site cost money, time and energy, among other things. I did not donate money, and never knew I could, (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Whoa, Jim, this was awesome. Thanks so much:-) JOHN (19 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: An Open Letter to Kevin (BrickShelf)
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I'm happy someone else has put it to words I myself would never have found. Thank you Kevin, and thank you Todd. Cheers Marco (19 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: An Open Letter to Kevin (BrickShelf)
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Well Said Todd. Thanks for everything Kevin, it WAS appreciated (19 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf.com – A Possible Solution
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LEGO already has an image hosting service, but it's for NXT creations only: (URL) is not averse to running something like Brickshelf/MOCpages, but LEGO's version is clearly meant to promote the Mindstorms brand. I would like to see LEGOFan.com or (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: An Open Letter to Kevin (BrickShelf)
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Thank you Mr. Thuma, and thank you Kevin Loch! Yours, Eric Sophie (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf back up (at least temporarily) loss of pictures
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(...) I have noticed the file count has dropped by over 11,000 pictures since Brickshelf has been back up. I do not know about others but I’m hopping to be able to view all the bookmarks I have acquired over the years at least once more. We still (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: An Open Letter to Kevin (BrickShelf)
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(...) I'd also like to thank you Kevin for the inspiration (and ease of use!) of Brickshelf. I've used it for several years for MOCs (mine and others). It has truly been a wonderful resource over the years, and having all that in a single central (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If I may, I'd like to sign my name to this letter as well. Thank you, Kevin. Anthony Sava Brickshelf #2121 (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thank you Jim! This was great and saved me a lot of time :) -Anne (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Revitalizing or Replacing BrickShelf In Some Form
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(...) Good luck with that one. When piratebricks.com expired the EB Pirate community (now (URL) classic-Pirates.com>) was right there to register before it expired but somehow it got hijacked by some &%#@!*&#! selling ads for colonoscopys! Maybe a (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf Backup Crawler for Mac
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(...) Well, I had the advantage of writing it from scratch specifically for this purpose. It's funny because I had been thinking about writing a Brickshelf upload utility (like (URL) Flickr Uploadr>) but circumstances resulted in a download utility (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Revitalizing or Replacing BrickShelf In Some Form
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(...) For the record, I am hosting some LEGO club sites in exchange for links back to the main Northstar page. I also host a number of LEGO-related sites (including bricklink.com) on a paid basis. brickshelf.com requires massive resources that (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf.com – A Possible Solution
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(...) I have noticed on LUGNET that there are a number of sites that are being offered as alternatives to BrickShelf. My concern is the issue of the number of sites now competing to fill the void and splintering the community, rather than one major (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf Backup Crawler for Mac
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Thanks for that Jim. I got the script working for user backup, and Peter Bartfai (the author of the original script) also got one working for user backup (before seeing my email that I'd gotten it working). However, while I haven't looked at Peter's (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Won't someone please think of the dead people? (Was: Brickshelf back up)
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(...) Some efforts are going on at these places. (URL) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf Backup Crawler for Mac
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(...) Here's a very rudimentary application that does the same thing for those who aren't comfortable using the Terminal: (URL) Download BrickshelfBackup.app.zip> (26k; probably requires Mac OS X 10.4, as does the bscrawl.tcl script) Double-click (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | *RED BRICK ALERT* If you know ANYBODY!!
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If you know anybody who are... •IN THE DARK AGES •LEFT THE LEGO COMMUNITY or just out of the LOOP. •NO ACCESS TO THE INTERNET •LEFT THE COUNTRY or are ON A LONG VACATION on a private island. •PASSED AWAY (try to contact family/friends about saving (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | An Open Letter to Kevin (BrickShelf)
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Dear Kevin, I wish to thank you for your efforts over the years with respect to Brickshelf. I cannot express in words what it has meant to me over the years. I understand the effort and expense that it takes to organize, host, and provide this (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general) !!
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| | MOCpages, now a Brickshelf alternative
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Hi, everyone... With the looming shut-down of Brickshelf, I would like to offer (URL) MOCpages> as a safe alternative for everyone to continue posting their LEGO creations. In light of this, MOCpages now offers free image hosting. Of course, you can (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.mocpages, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Brickshelf back up (at least temporarily)
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WOW great thanks:) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf and the AFOL community
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(...) It took me a few weeks from first hearing the name to figure it out, but it's a trademarkable spelling of the second syllable of the word "image". Not pronounced quite the same, but clearly the source of the word. (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Won't someone please think of the dead people? (Was: Brickshelf back up)
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(...) Okay, so we've got two weeks to scour Brickshelf for stuff we want to save...assuming we're around to do so. I can recall at least three AFOLs who have passed on, and I'm sure there are others. It'd be really cool if their photos could be (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Whiners Re: Problems with Brickshelf?
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In lugnet.general, Troy Cefaratti wrote: <SNIP> (...) And so far the biggest whining has come from Troy ...... lmao on the irony. BS was a great service and will be missed, but let's not forget why it was good. It was the AFOL and all the awesome (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf and the AFOL community
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(...) I've decided to start migrating my BS account to MAJ. Fortunately for me, my gallery is pretty small. What is really needed is a migration bot that automates the upload process to MAJ after BSbackup utility has finished its downloads from (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf back up (at least temporarily)
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Hi, (...) Yes, indeed. Thanks a lot for bringing Brickshelf back for a short periode to safe the photos. Brickshelf was a great platform for the community to share photos with everybody. Thanks a lot for doing this, Kevin. A lot of my inspiration I (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) whom do i kiss, thank and or send a check? also does anyone know just how large "tera bites" brickshelf is? ondrew (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf Backup Utility
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I'm getting a "10013: permission denied" error, whether trying to grab my whole folder or a subfolder, logged in or not. Anyone know why this would be? (obviously this is working for other people). Kevin ---...--- Craftsman Lego Kits & Custom (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Please bring BS back - at least in a locked version!!
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(...) Amen, brother. And I'm willing to put my $$$ where my mouth is, and I have emailed Kevin as much. I thought that it was great that Kevin finally started taking donations, but he ceased it. It is certainly worth $2.00 a month to me to support (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Please bring BS back - at least in a locked version!!
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(...) I would be happy if it were possible to buy the entire BS content database on a set of DVD's or something. Does anyone know how much space the entire BS archive is? How many 4.7GB DVDs would it take up? At the very least it would be nice if (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Brickshelf Backup Crawler for Mac
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As noted (URL) here>, there is a BSBackup utility for Windows that helps you batch download the contents of Brickshelf galleries. (This is of interest at the moment due to Brickshelf's imminent closure.) I've written a quick hack to accomplish the (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Please bring BS back - at least in a locked version!!
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(...) First, Kevin, you've cost me thousands of dollars. If it weren't for Brickshelf I'd probably be off doing some boring hobby. Brickshelf was one of the hooks that drew me in and I'm very glad to be here. For this, I thank you. Second, as I sit (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf back up (at least temporarily)
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(...) Thanks for this! It works very nicely. -Hendo (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Whiners Re: Problems with Brickshelf?
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(...) Do what? He's only talking to but a few people, and not telling them much. EJP (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Problems with Brickshelf?
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(...) Yes, but wouldn't you probably do that anyway? See the way I use Flickr on my blog, brickpile.com, for an example of how it can work well for LEGO images. Flickr is also used widely at classic-space.com. Another nice thing about Flickr is (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf - name your favorites
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(...) I only have one, Holger Matthes' Venice folder. matthes/Venice Wake for Brickshelf! (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 10181 Eiffle Tower
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(...) There is a difference in how the "automatic binding bricks" bind. I first noticed this in the avaitar sets.Considering where the parts are made I have a feeling that flextronics is in full swing as the supplier of the bricks and the ones made (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf Backup Utility
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(...) See (URL) and (URL) - there is not a Mac version yet, but I am reverse engineering something similar and Travis may already have a solution up his sleeve. Stay tuned. Jim (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf Backup Utility
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(...) Is there a Mac version of this available? Thanks in advance! (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf + Amazon S3 = Solution?
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(...) Hi Jake, Amazon S3 is the exact solution I thought of when I heard about this problem. I glanced at the API documentation, and it doesn't seem like a difficult solution to implement, either. Now that it seems that Brickshelf won't be making a (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: BRICKSHELF account USERS *Spread the NEWS*
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Horrible, so sad news. But we must express our thankness to BS for both landing-runway and glory-days... About the news, Japan will be okay. I got it and made annoucement about 7.31 already. Thank you so much from far-east. earl-0(1423) Kotaro Ono (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf.com – A Possible Solution
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(...) Not a bad idea, although somebody needs to jump up and down on the jerk who's not doing anything with a perfectly good (but empty) LEGOFan right now. Kelly (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf Backup Utility
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Outstanding. Thanks for the link! -mark (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf back up (at least temporarily)
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(...) Excellent news. Thanks to everyone who arranged for this. Is there any word on the future status of Maj? -Gaurav (remove the capital S's in the email) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 10181 Eiffle Tower
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(...) I've noticed the same thing with some pieces I recently got. I posted my thoughts on it here a few weeks ago: (URL) I am getting the impression that these new pieces don't stick together as strongly as the old ones did. Not entirely sure about (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf back up (at least temporarily)
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(...) Awesome! Thanks for the heads-up Jennifer. I had all my stuff backed up, but there are some photos (not mine) on there I would love to save. Just serves as a reminder to us all to keep backups of everything. :-) -Dave (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 10181 Eiffle Tower
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(...) John: Thanks for the great review. I had wondered if a lot of the pieces would be the small 1x1 variety. I'll definitely have to see this set in person before deciding whether to purchase it. I'm just not convinced that it will fit into my (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) This struck me as ironic as I was helping myself to my faviourite 5 inspirational photo's from your gallery at the time. Such great work! God Bless, Nathan (hope you don't mind) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf.com – A Possible Solution
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(...) You're right on about a gallery site being outside of TLG's core business. But what if the site wasn't run by TLG, but just funded by it? Actually, if Brickshelf is gone, then this might be the sort of thing that the new, improved LEGOFan.org (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf back up (at least temporarily)
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(...) Actually, I have in my possession a shell script that does something similar, that could be fairly easily modified to do the same thing. The author specifically asked that this script not be distributed, though, so I've asked him if he can (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) No promises, but keep an eye on lugnet.cad.dev.mac tonight or tomorrow. I started something like this (but quicker and dirtier) Sunday morning before the https link went down. Jim (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf back up (at least temporarily)
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(...) Thanks Jennifer for the heads up. Thanks Kevin for the years of free service, and the opportunity for idiots like me to grab photos they foolishly didn't archive. Since I'm throwing a "Thanks" grenade, thanks also to Sean Kenney for responding (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | BRICKSHELF account USERS *Spread the NEWS*
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This information is for people who have a BRICKSHELF account on BRICKSHELF.COM. DEADLINE for Brickshelf to SHUTDOWN July 31, 2007. ASAP!! If you are a MOD, ADMIN, USER or knows who runs on any of the LEGO fan websites listed below inform everybody (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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(...) Thanks to all of those who made this possible. Jude (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf - name your favorites
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(...) with no particular order timgould and jamathis snegroj and misterzumbi mijasper and ben pnorm and s-asbury misaqa ... (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Seriously, this thing is an amazing lifesaver. An outstanding, easy-to-use utility! Thanks for hosting the file, that old link was shot. --ry (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Brickshelf - name your favorites
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OK, I was thinking about this as I grabbed the one folder from my account that I didn't have on a my local machine, and I thought "what else?". I'm curious - over the years folks must have flagged certain galleries or users as deep sources of (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf back up (at least temporarily)
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(...) Very nice. Too bad there's not a Mac version (and I don't think anyone will cobble one up in the next two weeks :-). (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf back up (at least temporarily)
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(...) Absolutely! I'm really sad to see Brickshelf, and all those wonderful MOC images go away... but THANK YOU to having kept Brickshelf up and running all these years, and thank you yet again for the window to have a last browse and grab through (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Brickshelf Backup Utility
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Although another link's been posted elsewhere, here's a link to the latest Brickshelf Backup Utility by Bob Kojima. We're hosting it on BZPower, which has much more bandwidth than the original link for downloading. Please use this link for (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Brickshelf back up (at least temporarily)
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(...) edit! link is dead, but this one still works: (URL) phew! (almost panic...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf back up (at least temporarily)
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(...) Great news and glad to hear it! Grab stuff while the grabbing is good, folks--and a big Thank You to all parties that made it happen! (Especially Kevin--and thanks for all the years of hard work you sank into this!) Play Well and Prosper, (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Thanks. Didier (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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(URL) here>'s how to make a quick and easy Brickshelf backup. Don't panic! (Douglas Adams) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf back up (at least temporarily)
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(...) Wonderful! Thanks to you and Kevin for arranging this! Now I know what I'll be doing this weekend: saving all of my photos and every photo that I love on Bshelf! It still is a shame that Bshelf is going away, but thanks for the 2nd chance to (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Kudos to BS for going above and beyond the call to provide users an opportunity to retrieve their files. But my Top Ten list still stands. Dave! (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Brickshelf back up (at least temporarily)
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(URL) Brickshelf will be shutting down on 2007/07/31. Please save your files to your computer. Jennifer www.peeron.com (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general) !!
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| | Top Ten Reasons Why Kevin Loch Should be Vilified
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10. He didn't back up all of my image files for me 9. He never returns my calls 8. I don't know how to pronounce "maj.com." Madge? Mage? Modge? 7. What kind of slacker quits after just twelve short years? 6. Now where am I supposed to post my 57,214 (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general) !!
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| | Re: Brickshelf secured?
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(...) Not anymore... (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf.com – A Possible Solution
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(...) Marc-- Sounds like a good idea. Heck, it sounds like a great idea at first blush. However... TLG is not in the website business. (Nor should they be.) They are working with NetDevil to create an MMOG (or whatever they call it); and their (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf.com – A Possible Solution
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(...) Brickshelf, Lugnet, BrickLink, Classic-Castle, Classic-Space, 1000steine, BrickJournal, BrickFest, ILTCO/NMRA, Ldraw and LEGO CAD Tools... (well known typical AFOL "products") they all participate to bring people into the hobby - not only (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) No, it's not just you, Jake. I do it with fear and trepidation. But want to be loyal to Kevin and what he has done for the AFOL community, if that indeed is what a migration means. If we are a nuisance, then I would by all means go to a (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Just finished building 10181. It is a great piece. However, it is rather flimsy which seems to be a continuing problem with the large new sets. What else I saw was a slight variation in the shade of the bricks. Even within the same kind of brick I (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I also agree until we find out something from Kevin, moving files, correcting links, and stressing over lost pictures is all worthless, we all just need to take a breath and wait to hear something. It is obvious that Brickshelf has evolved (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf.com – A Possible Solution
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(...) You're absolutely right, Jake, they're quite different. I was just pointing out that TLG probably spends about as much money on that spread as it would running something like Brickshelf. Do you think a "LEGOshelf" gallery site would be a (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I absolutely won't speculate about TLG intentions on this front. But I would like to point out that comparing a return to the hobby via Brickshelf and the efforts of the LEGO Magazine is an apple and oranges comparison. Those "two pages of MOC (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) A bit off-topic here, but I'd hardly call Flickr a "bigbox". From their earliest days they have been a community oriented company in a way that nearly every other company around can learn from. They built a fantastic tool always keeping in (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) No, you're not alone. (...) Same here. We're all speculating, and in the dark. Without any word from Kevin, everything is just second-guessing. I would not be comfortable using Maj.com for anything until reading something from Kevin about (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) You don't think Brickshelf brought a lot of people into (or back into) the hobby? How much does TLG spend to send two pages of MOC pictures to people all over the world (via the magazine)? Marc Nelson Jr. (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Not yet (AFAIK...) (...) I'm not convinced by that. Didier Enjary (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Am I the only one that's a bit nervous about about a mass migration to maj.com? If a mass migration happens, the maj.com bandwidth shoots through the roof and Kevin is once again facing overwhelming bandwidth costs. If this happens, does he (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf.com – A Possible Solution
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(...) The obvious reason to resurect brickshelf is the 10+ years of AFOL content that is now gone. I would gladly donate to any effort to bring the brickshelf content back online in a way that links to existing blogs/posts/etc are preserved. Even if (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) And it appears that the mass migration is on! If you go to maj.com, its recent pages are filled with LEGO MOCs... (...) Doood. Your problem, J-1, is that you are old-school AND net-wiz-bang:-) J-2 (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) But you are a wiz-kid, Jake, and I am but a simple, old-timer:-) (...) Yeah, that I'll admit, but I never really looked for things past just browsing the recent pages. What I liked was the one-site shopping, and that it was an AFOL site, too. (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hum.. you mean you never backed up any of the stuff you uploaded to brickshelf? shame, shame, shame... I backup and make a backup of the backup just in case. Learned my lesson a while back when I lost 90% of my data to 1) Back up WEEKLY! 2) (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I completely agree with John's last point - I'd hit the 'recent updates' link on Brickshelf a couple times a day. My own biggest problem is that the images I had on Brickshelf are going to be difficult to replace - the computer they were (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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