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| (...) I'd like to mention several other people (not on Eric's list) that I was very pleased to meet/meet again at MindFest: Dave Baum Ben Erwin Bob Frankston Michael Gaspieri Ralph Hempel Fred Martin Markus Noga Kekoa Proudfoot Mitchel Resnick I'm (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | something nelug could do
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| Ok, so here's something we (or other LUGs, for that matter) could do: try to arrange a slightly-formal meeting with an actual representative of TLG. We could show them stuff we've done and talk about how immensely huge the adult lego fan base is, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: NELUG at Mindfest, A quick summary and more photo's.
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| (...) (There were in fact _lots_ of important people who didn't make Eric's list. I don't think he was trying to be comprehensive and certainly didn't mean to leave anybody out. There were a lot of people there, and I doubt anyone had time to meet (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: NELUG at Mindfest, A quick summary and more photo's.
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| (...) Yes -- I sat at the table with them at lunch once, and can verify that they appear to be mortal humans, despite evidence we've all seen to the contrary. :) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: NELUG at Mindfest, A quick summary and more photo's.
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| (...) [amazing list snipped] (...) Not a scold, but three very important people to note: Kekoa Proudfoot Dave Baum Markus Noga (according to Wired News article at (URL)) I wish I had been there, just to see these three on the Extreme Mindstorms (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: NELUG at Mindfest, A quick summary and more photo's.
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| Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.nospam.org> wrote in message news:FK5sLo.Mu8@lugnet.com... (...) feel (...) I was there too. Michael Gasperi It was a great time that went by in a flash. The sensor building workshops I held were packed with over 30 (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | NELUG at Mindfest, A quick summary and more photo's.
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| First let me say that Mindfest was a booming success and we all had alot of fun. We learned alot about presenting in public, both good and bad. We had substantial interest in our table and everything went very well all things considered. This is (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: NELUG at Mindfest update (Good News on our Table Space!!)
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| If you can bring a FEW straights (say 6 or 8) that would be a good thing... I will try to be there as soon as I can, dunno about 3 but will try. Got a full plate tomorrow. (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
| | | | | Re: NELUG LegoFest
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| (...) I'd be interested. Just about any day is good for me if you meet in Enfield. Don (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | NELUG at Mindfest update (Good News on our Table Space!!)
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| I just got some good news from Fred Martin. We now have 2 tables! We should not have to worry about not having enough space now. Whew... Plus Fred tells me we have a highly visible spot that should attract attention. Also Set-up starts at 3pm (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
| | | | | Re: NELUG Meeting to Prep for MindFest Next Week
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| Cool. Thanks! I hope to be there friday at 4 if I can. ("other" and proud of it, man...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
| | | | | Re: NELUG LegoFest
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| In lugnet.loc.us.ma, Eric Kingsley writes: <snip> (...) Ok, then. If no one else has any objections (hey, I'm a personable guy), I'll have a rough draft at MindFest. We can all look over it and any changes people feel would be necessary. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: NELUG LegoFest
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| (...) I agree that to have a tour would be great. Dan, maybe you could see if there is any way that we could set up a tour and if so if there are any restrictions or minimums for the number of attendees or the time of the week. I know that not (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: NELUG LegoFest
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| (...) November is pretty open for me, but I work on Saturdays- and an all day trip is likely to be on a Saturday. I would be free either of the first two weekends of the month, Sunday and/or Monday. I'd love to be able to go, too! Although, maybe we (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | NELUG LegoFest
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| Eric and I are kicking around the idea of a LegoFest in or around Enfield Connecticut (So we can bask in the glory that is LegoUSA). Our target date is sometime after Mindfest, but hopefully before we start to get any significant snow. ie the first (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Quick NELUG membership update.
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| Here is a quick overview of how membership is at the moment. We currently have 31 members. Here is the distribution, MA - 19 CT - 3 VT - 2 NH - 1 ME - 1 RI - 0 :( where are you Rhode Island... Other - 5 It seems that there may be a couple of NELUG (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: NELUG Meeting Wednesday Oct 20 at Boston University
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| (...) If you arrive after everyone else has gone home, that's late. (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
| | | | | Re: NELUG Meeting to Prep for MindFest Next Week
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| (...) Sorry, I should have said I would have the regulator as well. It will be there. Eric Remove ".nospam" when replying by E-mail The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
| | | | | Re: NELUG Meeting Wednesday Oct 20 at Boston University
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| (...) I will be there as well. I will have copies of 2 handouts for Mindfest that I would like people to give me opinions on as well as proof read (As much as I try I never seem to catch all my errors :( ). I also may be a few minutes late depending (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
| | | | | Re: NELUG Meeting Wednesday Oct 20 at Boston University
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| (...) I'll be there as well. I might be a few minutes late, but I'll try not to be. (Then again, how can you really be considered late when the starting time contains the syllable "ish"?) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
| | | | | Re: NELUG Meeting to Prep for MindFest Next Week
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| I'm about to potentially go off net till I get to Dallas, get out of a client meeting, etc... and get on tomorrow nite so I won't be at the prep meeting tomorrow, I will be in Dallas instead. However I did want to say that I DO have a small but good (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
| | | | | Re: NELUG Meeting Wednesday Oct 20 at Boston University
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| (...) I'll be there. I might be a little late, though, because I have an appointment in Waltham till 6... Actually, I probably won't be too late, come to think of it. eric (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
| | | | | Re: NELUG Meeting Wednesday Oct 20 at Boston University
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| (...) PS it'd be nice to know who all is coming... (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
| | | | | NELUG Meeting Wednesday Oct 20 at Boston University
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| Ok. Meeting around 7ish at Boston University Office of Info Tech. We can order pizza if people like. The meeting will be in the Left Conference Room. Come in to the OIT main entrance, but instead of turning left once inside, go to your right and (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
| | | | | Re: NELUG Meeting to Prep for MindFest Next Week
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| (...) Yes, someone will. :) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
| | | | | Re: NELUG Meeting to Prep for MindFest Next Week
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| (...) You are correct. Wednesday at BU is OK for me too. Will someone be posting or sending out more spacifics as far as directions (Walk from the T?) and meeting location? Eric Remove ".nospam" when replying by E-mail The New England LEGO Users (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
| | | | | Re: NELUG Meeting to Prep for MindFest Next Week
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| (...) I think that the red sox, if they're still playing, will be away. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
| | | | | Re: NELUG Meeting to Prep for MindFest Next Week
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| (...) The BU location sounds great! (As long as there's no Red Sox game that night...) Thanks, Paul, for making the arrangements! (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
| | | | | Re: NELUG Meeting to Prep for MindFest Next Week
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| (...) Paul has reserved a conference room here at Boston University for Wednesday. How does that sound for a meeting location? (BU Office of Info Tech is 111 Cummington Street, right behind Warren Towers at the BU East B-line stop, real close to (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
| | | | | Re: NELUG Meeting to Prep for MindFest Next Week
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| (...) I don't know of any firm plans, but I for one certainly plan on eating dinner after the end of each day's MindFest activities. Friday evening (Oct 22) is setup for the event, and I know that several NELUG members plan to be on hand at the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
| | | | | Re: NELUG Meeting to Prep for MindFest Next Week
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| Are there any out-of-band gatherings planned for the Mindfest Weekend? I assume that some people will at least want to go out for drinks/dinner/etc. KL (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
| | | | | Re: NELUG Meeting to Prep for MindFest Next Week
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| (...) Either night works fine for me... Although driving from north to south across the evil 128 probably means I'll be a little late... DaveE (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
| | | | | Re: NELUG Meeting to Prep for MindFest Next Week
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| (...) Either night would be good for me. Thanks, Chris Eric K. Remove ".nospam" when replying by E-mail The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
| | | | | Re: NELUG Meeting to Prep for MindFest Next Week
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| (...) How about Wednesday this time? (That would be better for me, I think.) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
| | | | | NELUG Meeting to Prep for MindFest Next Week
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| There seems to be consensus that we should get together sometime next week to make sure we're ready for MindFest. We need to talk about handouts for NELUG and the other LUGs, LDraw demos (who's demoing, whose computer are we using, etc.) and also (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
| | | | | Re: NELUG mail relaying problem...
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| I just wanted to let everyone know that it seems that the mail relaying problem seems to be solved and all the mail I sent out yesterday is starting to be delivered include one mail I sent to the mailing lists. So it is OK to use the mailing list (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me)
| | | | | NELUG mail relaying problem...
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| I just wanted to let everyone know that there seems to be a mail relaying problem on the NELUG server. I can currently recieve mail but I don't seem to be able to send mail. This also affects the mailing list (members-list at nelug dot org) so if (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me)
| | | | | LEGO Builders needed at MIT for MindFest event
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| Hi folks, I'm forwarding a request on behalf of a fellow student of mine in the Epistemology & Learning Group at MIT. His name is Rick Borovoy. He's a friendly guy and open to any feedback or questions. If you'd like to check out some of the nifty (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma.wor, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt)
| | | | | NELUG at Mindfest and 9/28/99 meeting summery
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| This is the first official announcement of NELUG's participation at Mindfest. We plan on contributing in a number of ways... 1. Many of us are volunteering to help out any way we can. This includes helping out in the "Construction Zone", monitoring (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
| | | | | Re: Next NELUG meeting and potential Group project(s).
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| Hi, (...) minifig (...) (25 years ago, 20-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
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