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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. (17 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 (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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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 (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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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 (...) (17 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 (...) (17 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 (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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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 (...) (17 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 (...) (17 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 (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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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 (...) (17 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 (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks for this! It works very nicely. -Hendo (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Do what? He's only talking to but a few people, and not telling them much. EJP (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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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 (...) (17 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! (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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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 (...) (17 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 (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Is there a Mac version of this available? Thanks in advance! (17 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 (...) (17 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 (...) (17 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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