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Happy 4th of July – LEGO Style!

July 4th, 2008 · No Comments · General

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Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any photographs of LEGO Fireworks.  So there’s a challenge for you!
Oh, and for those of you who do fireworks, why not a LEGO NXT Robot to safely light them for you?

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Top 5 Things NOT To Do With Your RCX

April 26th, 2008 · No Comments · General

I was cleaning up some boxes yesterday in my office, and I found the original registration card for the LEGO Mindstorms RCX units (v 1.0 I think).  This RCX list is copyright LEGO.
Here is what it says:
Top 5 Things NOT To Do With Your RCX
5. Don’t give your RCX your credit card number.  It will [...]

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Iron Man Competition - Win some cool pieces from Brick Arms

April 26th, 2008 · No Comments · General

Reasonably Clever is running a competition right now.  It’s to create a custom Iron Man specialty suit. 
Personally, I think this model of Iron Man is one of the best I’ve seen.  But… it’s a little larger than a standard LEGO Mini fig… so it doesn’t qualify for the contest.  :)
 
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Will the NXT run the .NET Micro Framework?

March 18th, 2008 · No Comments · General

So far, I haven’t found anything to show that the .NET Micro Framework will work on the NXT brick. The processor on the NXT brick will support the Micro Framework, but it looks like there isn’t enough memory. If anyone has proof of this being done (or of it failing), please contact me.
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Where to Buy a LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Kit

February 16th, 2008 · No Comments · General

I’ve bought several kits from Hobbytron. I’ve been very happy with their customer service, and the speed of shipping.
They normally have the LEGO MINDSTORMS Retail Kit on sale for $249 US. Sometimes they offer a special sale for around $234 or so.

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In Progress

November 16th, 2007 · No Comments · General

In progress, please be patient.

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