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OK. It’s Christmas time… and that means… time for making a list right?
I have two Christmas requests this year.
1) An Amazon Kindle DX.
2) Amazon Gift Certificates. Any amount… $5 is great…
3) A LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 (8547) (ok, so I can’t count)
So… what’s on YOUR wishlist?

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As most of you know, I wrote one of the chapters in the One Kit Wonders book.  As such, there are certain terms that have to be used when writing about LEGO.
Brick Bender has put together a short version of some writing styles.  Here is a couple quotes, and then the link to the [...]

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Trossen Robotics held a Tutorial Contest.  The winners got some great robotics prizes.  But they aren’t the only ones who win.  We are.
Why?  Because they had to create quality tutorials in order to qualify for the prizes.  And you and I get to read and use those tutorials.
You can see the projects and winners here [...]

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We all hear about the big LEGO or Robotics events, like the National FLL challenge in Atlanta.
But what about local stuff?  Events you can go spend a day and half a tank of gas to visit?
There is a robotics group in Maine.  It is called: Maine Robotics.  It’s a non-profit organization run by Tom Bickford.   [...]

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UPDATE:
Toys R Us is having a new sale (same link as before, but new pricing).  You can Buy 1, Get 2nd Half Price.  So, it works out to $217 for each Mindstorms kit.  Not quite as good as their original sale, but still cheaper than most places.  (Reminder courtesy of Fay Rhodes at The NXT [...]

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Jens Friedrich has posted detailed steps on how to connect the Wii Nunchuk to your NXT.  He uses a couple of resistors, a diode, a spliced NXT cable and the Lego Accelerometer Sensor from HiTechnic.
Here is a YouTube video of the Nunchuk in action…

And the full forum writeup is here: solved: direct connect Wii [...]

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