Archive for category: Ramblings

  • Moonbots deadline has been extended to July 18

    Moonbots deadline has been extended to July 18

    Ramblings July 15, 2012 07:46 no comments

    Original article here: [LINK] The registration deadline has been extended to July 18. Register here. What needs to be submitted in Phase One? Team Biography Team Photo Team Video Answer to Creative Question Answer to Outreach Question Registration Consent Forms for All Team Members and Team Captain must be received. [...]

     
  • See you at the LEGO Festijn @ Hardenberg!

    See you at the LEGO Festijn @ Hardenberg!

    Ramblings July 13, 2012 17:24 no comments

    I’ll be at the LEGO Festijn in Hardenberg this weekend.  Martijn Boogaarts and I will be displaying our robots and answering questions about life, the universe and Mindstorms. It’ll be a blast, so be sure to drop by if you can!  More information on where, can be found here: [LINK]. [...]

     
  • Dexter Industries now available in Germany

    Dexter Industries now available in Germany

    Ramblings July 2, 2012 18:09 1 comment

    Good news for all my German readers.  You may not have won the Euro2012 championships, but if you’re looking to do some retail therapy, why not head on over to Amazon.de?  You can now buy a selection of Dexter Industries sensors without the hassle of dealing with customs. Ausgezeignet! You [...]

     
  • New Product: BOFH-2012 EX-Q

    New Product: BOFH-2012 EX-Q

    Ramblings June 17, 2012 09:12 1 comment

    BOFH-2012 EX-Q, the ultimate Bastard Operator From Hell Excuse generator. Not sure why the server is not working right? Can’t be bothered to figure why the mails aren’t being served? Just want to shut up the person on the other side of the phone line? Now you can do all [...]

     
  • RoboCup Junior @ NEMO

    RoboCup Junior @ NEMO

    Ramblings June 5, 2012 06:30 1 comment

    Last Saturday, Laurens and I were asked to give a LEGO Mindstorms NXT demo at the Dutch Robocup Junior championships.  We had our table setup on the second deck, right along the path to the actual arena. There were plenty of robots there but one in particular caught my eye.  [...]

     
  • LEGO Heavy Weapons

    LEGO Heavy Weapons

    Ramblings May 18, 2012 05:33 2 comments

    When NoStarch Press contacted me a week or two so ago about doing a review about a book called “LEGO® Heavy Weapons”, I must admit I was a little skeptical.  I am not a big fan of guns or violence but when I saw a PDF preview of this book [...]

     
  • Building Robots At Schuberg Philis

    Building Robots At Schuberg Philis

    Ramblings May 13, 2012 07:31 3 comments

    Yesterday, the hosting company Schuberg Philis organised a LEGO day at its offices for all the employees and, of course, the kids. It was split into two parts, downstairs they had prepared a large auditorium with big tables full of LEGO for the younger kids and upstairs we had the [...]

     
  • Issues with Mindboards Forums

    Issues with Mindboards Forums

    Ramblings May 9, 2012 08:18 2 comments

    There are currently issues with the Mindboards Forums.  SF communicated this a few days ago and it seems the issues have not been resolved yet.  There’s not a whole lot we can do about it, unfortunately. I would suggest you add SF.net Operations to your Twitter feeds, if you haven’t [...]

     
  • LEGO Survey

    LEGO Survey

    Ramblings April 29, 2012 11:32 1 comment

    LEGO wants to know what you think!  They’ve created a survey for people over the age of 13. So make your opinions count and fill out one of the surveys (pick a language of your choice), linked below. Dear LEGO fan, The LEGO fan community is important to us. To [...]

     
  • HispaBrick Magazine 013 is now available

    HispaBrick Magazine 013 is now available

    Ramblings April 3, 2012 08:46 no comments

    This installment of HispaBrick has a whopping 96 pages!  I’m not going to mention all of the contents here, of course.  Some of the highlights include: An interview with Jørgen Vig Knudstorp (LEGO’s CEO) Part 1 of a LEGO Pneumatics tutorial by none other than Kevin Clague An article by [...]