Legonardo Opening
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Voice Over
BimP News
¥ Still doing the show in real-time
(notice the flubs?)
¥ BimP Stats
_ 54 Feeds using Feedburner
_ Site stats show about 130 listeners
total with direct downloads
¥ Now registered on PodNova
¥ iPod Alley (I guess I should not beg and
plead for a vote)
¥ New Changes at the BimP Website
available at:
_ http://www.bricksinmypocket.org
_ BimP Boards are back online
_ Select the BimP Boards tab at the top of
the main page
_ Trashed due to my playing around with
themes
_ Listener and AFOL Ross Crawford offered
his assistance
_ BimP Chat no available
_ Not sure why but an idea
_ Could use for listener interaction as I
consider moving to more real-time shows
Technology News of Interest to AFOLs
¥ Apples BIG news
_ (Play Audio) PodCast subscriptions built into iTunes
_ (Play Audio) Bigger news! Moving to
Intel
_ Why this could be good news for AFOLs
_ Open source software such as mlCAD and
NQC could more easily be ported to MAC OS X meaning more users in the community
will have access to these tools
Brickfest Plug
¥ 12-14th, 2005 at George Mason University
in Arlington, VA. 9:00am-8:00pm
¥ BrickFest 2005 is a gathering for Adult
Fans of LEGO¨ (AFOLs) from around the world in Washington, D.C. Anyone who
enjoys building with these versatile blocks is invited to join the fun! See
who's attending. August
¥ Big Announcements available at: http://www.brickfest.com and at http://www.lugnet.com/events/brickfest/
_ Call for presentations
_ Mindstorms and Robotics Contest
_ Space room
_ Mech room
_ Build the Trust Contest
_ Minifigure scale
_ Micro scale
_ Best LEGO Replica of any of the National
TrustÕs Historical Sites
_ Best Original LEGO Model in Historical
Style/Detail
_ Virtual Interview with BrickFest
Coordinator Christina Hitchcock
BimP Nods back:
¥ Thanks for getting the word out about
the BimPCast by presenting a shameless plug on your behalf
¥ Review site stats revealed that I have
many linking to BimP Want to send a nod back to VingnettBricks
_ http://www.vignettebricks.blogspot.com/
_ viágnette n. A scene built of LEGO
bricks on a small (usually 6x6 or 8x8) base
_ Better yet, add their RSS feed to
iPodderX and have their images downloaded to iPhoto automatically.
¥ Wanna shameless plug on your
behalf? Link to BimP and send an e-mail to bricksinmypocket@bricksinmypocket.org
Listener Questions
¥ Andy from New Jersey said:
_ I just listened to one of your BimPcasts where you mention
terminology and it got me to thinking... I know that the little LEGO people are
called minifigs, but what do we call those larger Technic figures -
"maxifigs"?
_ Went to Jake McKee for the official
answer and his reply was:
_ Don't think there is an official answer,
but I've heard maxifig used before.
¥ Send questions to bricksinmypocket@bricksinmypocket.org or post
in the new BimP Boards and I'll be sure to try and get an answer. Also
consider sending audio comments and questions to our e-mail address
¥ Speaking of Gmail, I have some invites
available to AFOLs. If you would like to receive an invite, send me a
question or comment about the show and then mention that you would like a Gmail
invite. Sorry, you must include a comment or question!
BimP Featured Site and MOC
¥ Technic Puppy Journal available at: http://technicpuppy.miguelagullo.net/
¥ Site belongs to Miguel Agullo
¥ Co-author of many texts including
Mindstorm Masterpieces
¥ Kewl 50s retro look with some amazing
Technic creations
_ Rover with LEGO CAM Vision System
_ Jump-o-bot
_ LEGO Technic Storage
_ BSCP "Bississippi"
(Featured BimP MOC)
_ Basic Shape-Changing Platform
_ Used LEGO tracks and treads (many of you
probably didn't even know these existed)
_ See the amazing video at: http://technicpuppy.miguelagullo.net/BSCP/bscp.avi
Continuing Discussion with Jake McKee
¥ LEGO Ambassador Program
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