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(...) Welcome to New England my friend. You Minnesotins have got it too easy, when its winter in Minnesota its freezing. Here in New England we like variety. All this is why any meteorologist worth their salt would never work in New England. Kidding (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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I don't undehstand the weatheh heah. Yestehday it was 76 and sunny and I was wearin shots outside. Today it's snowin. What's up with that? --Todd (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) these are the "tried and true" art stores for Boston art students. still, best call ahead. in Boston: ---...--- - Utrecht, corner of Mass Ave and Huntington (at Symphony Hall) - Johnson Paint, Newbury St (by Tower Records) - Mass College of (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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Hi Bostonians, I'm looking for an art supply store that sells marker paints (eg Marvey, Uchida) around the Boston area. (Yes, this does have to do with lego - I'm going to paint lego pieces with it ;-) Please LMK if you know any. TIA, Shiri (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Just got back from the Ames in Revere and it looks like all Ames are having a 25% off sale (Advertised as a BOGO 50%). At least at this Ames they have a decent selection and the registers ring up as 25% off not BOGO in case that makes a difference (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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Hey people in the Boston area: IBM's developerWorks is having a "barCode" party at Jillian's tomorrow night. The main attraction is Miguel de Icaza (of GNOME fame), but there's also gonna be Lego Mindstorms there to play with and look at. (URL) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | A brief state of NELUG message.
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I realize things have been a little slow on the NELUG front lately so I thought I would give an update. First off for those that don't know my wife and I have recently found out that we are expecting our first baby so that is part of my excuse for (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me)
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| | The Great Guinness Toast (was: Re: Any parties planned for the odometer clicking one over?)
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(...) Hey!--The "Great Guinness Toast" is coming up soon! This Saturday night (2 days away!) at 11:30 pm EST, February 26: (URL) like the same day as the NELUG "TCS dry run" (URL) if people happen to be back in town by then, this could be a fun way (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: TCS Dry-Run
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(...) I agree with the 26th, that's probably the best day. Around mid to late afternoon for a start time would be good, say 2 or 3 o'clock or whatever would be best for the people driving down. Dan M. (...) of (...) decide (...) to (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: TCS Dry-Run
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(...) Dan, If it is OK with everyone else I don't mind going down to CT for the dry run. I am traveling on Business this week but I should be home late Friday night. This weekend might be short notice but I might be able to make it. Otherwise how (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) Heh. Well, "downloadable" is a relative term. :D Is there any chance a copy of this tape might make it's way to a NELUG meeting? I'd really like to see it, but I am extremely download-lazy. eric (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.people)
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LOL! I let Barbara watch it first, and since I have headphones on my PC, I wasn't able to hear the deal until it was my turn. And just when the Legoland shot came up, Barbara was prepared to laugh at me as my jaw hit the floor! :-, Todd and Suz, you (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.people)
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(...) Unfortunately, compressing a .mov file doesn't help much, because QuickTime files (.mov) are already compressed quite a bit (which is good :-). Still, making a .gz or .zip file does bring it down a tiny bit: 22% smaller. I haven't downloaded (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: WBZ-TV4
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Could someone send me a .zip of this file? I don't have four hours to spare online! Please! Alan This message's random set is: 5324, (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.people)
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(...) (10 minutes later... I love ADSL ;) Cool segment. Well done, and good press. None of the "people do that?" that I'm used to having associated with my hobbies... James (URL) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.people)
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(...) Here's a downloadable version if you've got a QuickTime viewer[1]... ftp://ftp.lugnet.com...1-1855.mov ...otherwise maybe someone could convert it to an alternative format like .mpeg or .avi or something. The .mov file is 33.4 MB, so allow (...) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.people)
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(...) Sorry I missed it :-( Hopefully we will be able to download it soon. From the pics it looks like it was interesting and you guys had some fun doing it. Allways good to get good press for the adult community. Eric The New England LEGO Users (...) (25 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) A friend of ours here in town taped it and has a multimedia thingie in his computer and was able to convert the whole thing to a QuickTime movie! He said it came out to 33 MB. (But we don't have a copy yet.) BTW, here are a couple composite (...) (25 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: WBZ-TV4
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Sounds like something to tape and pop into a Jambalaya box! :) Dave (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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