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| At our last SMART meeting we decided that the next meeting (September 30th) will be held at Robothon, in the Centerhouse, Seattle Center. The meeting will be another BrickHeap Wars, and teams will need to sign up ahead of time. More details to (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
| | | | | Pirates! Yarrr here, there be dead men...
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| Well after a long hiatus of not building anything for a while, sudden inspiration has lead to a few pieces with some nice results. First to come WIP is this Pirate skull from the movie poster for "Pirates 2: Dead Man's Chest" (URL) Will probably (...) (20 years ago, 27-Aug-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.org.us.sealug, FTX) !!
| | | | | Finally, Our next mmeting will be held September 23rd
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| It has been a long time in the coming, but Thomas Mueller has graciously offered to host our next meeting at his office in Santa Ana. Please email me for address information. More details to follow. Scott (20 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la)
| | | | | Re: LEGO events at Worldcon 2007
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| Comments intermixed below (...) I might be interested in sending stuff(but I'm skittish about this sort of thing, any assurances I could get would be helpful). I'd certainly be interested if I could get some help to get over to Japan! Bryce, Soren, (...) (20 years ago, 15-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.us.delvalug, FTX)
| | | | | LEGO events at Worldcon 2007
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| Since I've successfully run LEGO-based events at the (URL) SF/F convention for the past three years, I've been asked to investigate doing the same for the 65th World Science Fiction Convention -- (URL) Nippon2007>, the first Worldcon to be held in (...) (20 years ago, 15-Aug-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.jp, lugnet.org.us.delvalug, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Pleasanton museum pictures
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| (...) Sorry, I've tried to get that email address sorted out, but nothing seems to move around here. The address in my profile is correct. Try j dot j dot railton at btinternet dot com. Jason R (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Pleasanton museum pictures
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| (...) Hey Jason, I am trying to get you in touch with the member who built this train, but your email is bouncing. Can you send me a current email address so I can pass it on to him? -- Russell Clark President/Co-Founder, BayLTC/BayLUG (URL) Chief, (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | August IndyLUG meeting
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| The August IndyLUG meeting will be on Sunday, the 13th at 2:00 PM at Jeramy's house. (If you've never been to Jeramy's house, or have never been to an IndyLUG function and would like to join the club, please email me for directions.) Things we'll be (...) (20 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.in.ind, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Pleasanton museum pictures
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| (...) I can see a train motor every other car, but I presume the red wheels then are BBB wheels, and the feature drive is taken from the axle? I've got a piggy-back train that gets its drive from half-bushes with minifig car tyres, suspended between (...) (20 years ago, 6-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Pleasanton museum pictures
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| (...) Yes. Each car has something animated on it and the ferris wheel spins. We call it the "Goofy Train". -- Russell Clark President/Co-Founder, BayLTC/BayLUG (URL) Chief, PCFD There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". (20 years ago, 6-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | | Re: Pleasanton museum pictures
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| (...) That's cute. Is that fairground train animated? Jason R (20 years ago, 5-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | | Pleasanton museum pictures
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| Here are pictures from our latest train layout in the Pleasanton museum: (URL) Clark President/Co-Founder, BayLTC/BayLUG (URL) Chief, PCFD There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". (20 years ago, 5-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | | Re: NXT "remotes"
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| (...) Thanks (and thanks to Bryan who replied off-lugnet) I had forgotten the bit about those motors being pre-prototypes. When I find time, I'll take a look at trying to figure out what to do with the more powerful ones. At the very least if I can (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
| | | | | Re: NXT "remotes"
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| (...) I have mine set so if the reading is between -10 to +10, it stops. So, if the reading is <-10, go backwards, else if the reading is >+10 go forwards, else stop. (...) This is a bit tricky. And, a bit of trickery. The program is very simple. (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
| | | | | NXT "remotes"
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| Things have been way too quiet on here for a long time now... Since I know I won't be getting much LEGO playing time at home anytime soon, and since I was headed out of town this past weekend, I took a page from Dave K's book and took my LEGO with (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
| | | | | LEGO events at Philcon 2006
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| (URL) Philcon 2006>, the 70th edition of the annual Philadelphia Area Conference of Science Fiction and Fantasy, will run this coming November; and for the third year, I'll be conducting a set of LEGO-themed events. Here are some pics of the (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.org.us.delvalug, lugnet.loc.us.de, lugnet.loc.us.md, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.ny, lugnet.loc.us.pa, FTX)
| | | | | Re: July 29, 2006 SMART meeting
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| My son Sean has built 4(!) robots for the drawing challenge. I'm not sure how many of them we'll end up bringing to the meeting. The last one he built using his new NXT set. Total build time was under 30 minutes, and that was his first NXT robot! I (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
| | | | | Re: July 29, 2006 SMART meeting
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| Last reminder about next Saturday's meeting at Digipen. Mini-challenge: bring a robot that can write or draw something. Also, If you're looking for an NXT, but didn't order one online, they are available at Toys R Us, and the LEGO store in Bellevue (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
| | | | | Re: Visiting the East Coast
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| Thanks Magnus and Derek for your responses. I'll be thrilled to join you for your dinner. However, as things currently stand, I will be in the Baltimore area on Wednesday, and arriving (ironically) to GMU on Friday morning for a while. Are there any (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jul-06, to lugnet.people, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, FTX)
| | | | | BayLUG Castle Display
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| The latest BayLUG LEGO Store display is now set up in Valley Fair Mall. The theme for this display is "Castle". The only non-MOC is the Vikings dragon. (URL) BayLUG (20 years ago, 17-Jul-06, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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