 | | Michlug/MichLTC layout in Saline, MI Feb 21st, 2010
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MichLUG will display a town/train layout at the 40th Annual Train Show and Sale event in Saline, Michigan on February 21, 2010. (URL) (16 years ago, 18-Feb-10, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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| | February 27th, 2010 SMART meeting
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A quick reminder about our upcoming SMART meeting on February 27th. The mini-challenge is to build an Obstacle Avoiding Target Seeker (OATS) robot: a 4"x4" retroreflective target will be placed on the ground exactly six feet directly in front of (...) (16 years ago, 16-Feb-10, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 30th, 2010 SMART Meeting
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Thanks to everyone that showed up on Saturday, we had a great 10th anniversary meeting! There were a number of good rope climbing robots! As well as some other interesting robots that people brought. For our next meeting, on February 27th, the (...) (16 years ago, 2-Feb-10, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 30th, 2010 SMART Meeting
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(...) Just a quick reminder about tomorrow's meeting stating at 2pm at DigiPen! If you have a mini-challenge robot (rope climbing) don't forget to bring it. Even if it doesn't work perfectly, I'd still encourage you to bring it: we can learn from (...) (16 years ago, 29-Jan-10, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | January 30th, 2010 SMART Meeting
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Happy New Year, SMART members! And Happy 10th Anniversary!!! Yes, ten years ago we had our first SMART meeting. It doesn't feel nearly that long, but I guess that means we've been having a lot of fun! This month the fun continues with our latest (...) (16 years ago, 17-Jan-10, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: MichLUG Event Update: The Henry Ford Museum
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(...) Fantastic - really enjoyed the pictures. Wish I was there. Do I see a coach from the DeWitt Clinton in the background in this picture? (URL) (17 years ago, 17-Dec-09, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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| | MichLUG Event Update: The Henry Ford Museum
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The You-Build a Castle workshops held Saturdays at the Henry Ford Museum will conclude this weekend, December 19th. The Castle build runs from 1pm to 3pm. More information including link to the museum website are here: (URL) also have a train layout (...) (17 years ago, 16-Dec-09, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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| | GFLUG at Tampa Train Show - Dec 19-20, 2009
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For Immediate Release Contact: Robin Werner TAMPA, FLORIDA - The Greater Florida LEGO Users Group (GFLUG) is proud to announce its participation in the Tampa Model Train Show this December 19-20, 2009 at the Florida State Fairgrounds Special Events (...) (17 years ago, 7-Dec-09, to lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.org.us.gflug, FTX)
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| | Re: November 21st, 2009 SMART meeting
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(...) We had a good last meeting, with several interesting candy dispenser ideas. All accepted coins, some even determining which type of coin to give candy for. Everyone went home with a few candies or chocolates under their belts! Gus Jansson (...) (17 years ago, 1-Dec-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Message from Doug Bell regarding Electronic Thinking
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Hi Everyone, It was great seeing all of you at the SMART meeting on Saturday. One of the things that came up at the meeting was Doug Bell's new involvement in the company Electronic Thinking. Doug asked me to forward the message below about some (...) (17 years ago, 23-Nov-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart, FTX)
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| | November 21st, 2009 SMART meeting
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The next SMART meeting is in two weeks, on November 21st, at DigiPen. The mini-challenge is to build a candy dispensing robot. You get to choose the type of candy. Have fun! Create an interesting candy delivery mechanism! For a challenge, have your (...) (17 years ago, 10-Nov-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | BrickHeap Wars at Robothon this weekend
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Robothon is taking place this weekend at the Seattle Center. Numerous competitions take place on Saturday, many of which are suitable for LEGO Mindstorms robots, including the walking robot race. On Sunday I'm hosting a BrickHeap Wars competition. (...) (17 years ago, 7-Oct-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | November 21st, 2009 SMART meeting
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Before I talk about our next SMART meeting, I'd like to invite everyone to attend BrickCon 2009. It's in the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall at the Seattle Center this coming weekend, October 3-4. Public hours are from 11am to 3pm. Admission is (...) (17 years ago, 29-Sep-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: September 26th SMART meeting
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Reminder about this week's SMART meeting...we'll meet Saturday at DigiPen, at 2pm, as usual. Bring robots you would like to display, or robots for the walking competitions. See you then! -- David Schilling (...) (17 years ago, 21-Sep-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | September 26th SMART meeting
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I hope everyone had a very pleasant summer! Now that summer's coming to an end, we'll start meeting again. There will be a SMART meeting on September 26th. Bring any robot you are working on, but especially ones you might consider for display/demo (...) (17 years ago, 14-Sep-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | The evil bloodthirsty fly
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At the (URL) IndyLUG> August meeting/pool party, we were repeatedly attacked by a hell-spawned giant insect, A.K.A. the very persistent horse fly. I decided to make a vignette of the scene. The fly itself may be just a bit exaggerated in size, but (...) (17 years ago, 15-Aug-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | 127,000 bricks in 110 seconds!
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We set up our 127,000 brick US flag at the Richard M Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California yesterday. The Orange County Register made this 110 second time lapse and audio/video posted at (URL). You will have wait past 10 (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jun-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.build, FTX) !
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| | Upcoming events - June and July
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Hi Everyone, NELUG is having their June meeting next Thursday the 11th. We will be meeting at the Natick MA LEGO store around 6:30pm and then dinner at John Harvard's in Shopper's World at 7:30pm. We will also be participating in NMRA's National (...) (17 years ago, 6-Jun-09, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.events)
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| | LOCATION CHANGE!! Re: May 30th, 2009 SMART meeting
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I just drove past DigiPen and there's a strong probability that the building is unavailable today. Fortunately I've been able to reserve meeting room #1 at the Redmond Regional Library, so we'll meet there instead. Redmond Regional Library Meeting (...) (17 years ago, 30-May-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | May 30th, 2009 SMART meeting
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The next SMART meeting is on May 30th, 2009 from 2-5pm at Digipen. This will be our last meeting before the summer. The "mini-challenge" this time is an open challenge. Basically, bring a robot! Something you're proud of! Perhaps it's a robot that (...) (17 years ago, 21-May-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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