Went to a computer store with the intent to buy a so-called KVM (keyboard/video/mouse) switch. I experienced severe sticker shock for such a non-essential item. (I suppose if I only had one monitor, I'd think it more essential) so I re-thought the whole problem. The answer: two more Bionicles!

The Roborider MOC naming contest is over. The winning name is ...

MUMPY

I cannot resist a challenge. The other Bionicle is picking up a Biggie fries and a chili.

Overview

An overview

A certain charity takes appliances away for a small fee but there is a condition: the appliance should be "on the level" or "on the first floor."
So, I mention, there are the stairs to the front door on the first floor. Is that a problem?
How many steps? they ask.
Six, I say.
We'll do five.
What if you take it to the door, do the top five steps, I'll do the sixth step, and you take it to the truck?
OK.

!!!

I heard a really hard trivia question today. It'll be on that millionaire show soon.

That bread was delicious.

Too hot ...

Too hot to write. Here's a picture of some bread that I just baked:

Nokama

Picked up a mini-Bionicle.

Just saw AI.

Good old Brickbay! I found some Throwbot parts.

• Projectile Yellow Technic 8 long liftarm with round rubber bumper   4


• Black Panel 3 x 5 Solar/Clip-On/Deltoid   12


• Black Technic Wing Back   4


• Dark Grey Technic Connector with Axlehole   6


• Green Technic Ankle, 2 x 3, w/ cross block (Part is GREEN)   16


• Light Grey Radar Dish 4 x 4    4


• Light Grey Radar Dish 8 x 8   2


• Tan Technic 32173 Leg, 3 x 7, w/ ball joints (Part is TAN)   24


• Tan Technic Throwbot Head   20


• Turquoise Round Ball, from Cyber Slam set 8269 Cyber Stinger   4


• Black Cone 2 x 2 x 1 & 2/3 Octagonal   10


• Dark Grey Cone 4 x 4 x 2   4


• Tan Technic Ankle, 2 x 3, w/ cross block (Part is TAN)   24

The panning motor pulley has slipped! No left and right tonight.

Throwbots at work

Granite and Spark hitched a ride to work. Here they are playing with a password generator. Ha ha! Funny Throwbots reading the password files! I'll have to wipe their memories, of course.

91°F

Ack! 91°F! That's almost 33°C!

Hot!

Am I hot or not?

WebBrick server rebooted at 10:30 am Pacific time.

It's the Fourth of July! I, however am at work.
My workplace is notable for a lack of air conditioning during weekends and holidays. I'm going to take a thermometer in and monitor the heat. (The thermometers in the thermostats don't seem reliable. Now we can calibrate.)

WebBrick server rebooted at 8:24 am Pacific time.

USER: recognized

The cam is happy to note the presence of a new observer:

Gali-cam

Gali-cam! Ha ha ha ha!

Great news for those who like to drive the pointable cam: I've switched cameras. This means that the fast camera, the LEGO cam, is now attached to the internet-enabled mount. The old Quickcam, the eyeball, has been relegated to just being pointed at things. The big benefit is much faster throughput on streaming video. This is less a camera problem than a server problem. Small and slow is bad. Big and fast is good. Unless you're a car, in which case, the opposite holds.

Enjoy!

Recent changes:

• Adjusted inventory page


• Added "Pohatu as Atlas" slide show


• Added "Monkey" slide show


• Added "Unnamed MOC" slide show


• Added image maps to title pic


• Added start/stop video to second webcam


• Added 'archives' link


• Put second webcam on its LEGO mount and pointed it out the window.

The name-the-MOC contest will end, oh, I don't know ... in a week. 11:59:59 PM on Sunday, July 8. The submissions so far have been FANTASTIC. Outstanding. Just outstanding.

Dear Suck

Ouch. Suck's next-to-last article contains a not-inaccurate blast at the phenomenon of the blog.

Name that MOC!

My shipment of Throwbots has already arrived. Instead of building the individual robots, I built the suggested Super Throwbot. There were lots of pieces left over, so I amended it somewhat. The triple ball-and-socket joints and the double worm-screw torso are aces.

Hello to the folks from Lugnet!

Best bargain ever!

WebBrick stopped responding sometime between 1:30 am and 10:00 am Pacific Time

Hello viewer -
Sorry about the shallow focus. It's an old old Quickcam.