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(...) I guess I was thinking along the lines of, Steven Levy's "Insanely Great" because I wish Kjeld were the Steve Jobs of toys. But perhaps he'd re-read that other little book... "Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas" by Seymour (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) _The Timeless Way of Building_ by Christopher Alexander (URL)I guess I was thinking along the lines of, (...) Yes! It would be way cool if they hired Jobs to captain the ship. [snip] (...) Yeah! But if you go looking for it today (and you can (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) There were some Busytown 'construction' toys - they had thick (like 1/4") pasteboard building walls. There were baseplates with slotted grids that you would stick the walls into, and then plastic roof pieces to go on top. Lots of one-piece (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Christopher Weeks wrote in message ... (...) You took the words right out of my mouth! Though I'd probably give him A Pattern Language... that book makes me want to build whole countrysides out of Lego :-) Kevin ---...--- TOWN Lego Building contest! (...) (23 years ago, 16-Mar-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Or, perhaps.... "Steve Jobs: The Journey is the Reward" by Jeffrey S. Young. But then I also wish Steve Jobs was in charge at LEGO. :) (...) Or in the case of LEGO.... "101 Quality Toys You Used to Make" History is a wonderful teacher. (...) (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) find (...) thick (...) That is a shame. What a wonderful book; I hope I still have my copy somewhere. My favorite story is the when the baker puts in way too much yeast and the oven explodes. Also liked the story about the farmer who grows the (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.general)
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