Originally published at James's GUFF Trip. Please leave any comments there.

(a retrospective entry)

I arrive in Melbourne on an early morning flight, and Trevor very kindly meets me at the airport. I'd got a very early flight, which proved a little unnecessary, as the MUGS meeting isn't due to get underway for a couple of hours.

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Originally published at James's GUFF Trip. Please leave any comments there.

When I won GUFF, I asked the Aussiecon committee if I could run a LEGO related event, as I really wanted to do something to bring my hobbies of LEGO and Science Fiction together.

At first it was just going to be something general, but then I thought there should be a science ( Read more... )

I'm not the first to make this comparison, but I see building websites based on the Drupal content management system as a lot like building models with LEGO bricks ( Read more... )

I'm working to put together the next couple of issues of my fanzine, Brick Fix. Issue 3 should be ready quite soon - possibly early July, but I still have a few gaps to fill, so if you can get something to me by next weekend, it will be received enthuastically. Issue 4 will be to bring to the Worldcon in Australia and will be printed in mid August ( Read more... )

Though I don't often write about Lego fandom here, I'm making an exception.

Today I was very saddened to hear of the tragic death of Nath Nielson, better known to Lego fans as Nnenn. He died in a road accident and leaves a loving wife and two young boys behind ( Read more... )

I've been taking part in a project for Lego called "My Way". The project entails building Lego models of famous UK landmarks, then taking them to a school for the schoolchildren to dismantle and to build something else out of the pieces. For my bit of it I built a 1m tall model of the Angel of the North. A few people have already seen the photos, ( Read more... )

Happy Christmas everyone.


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My collection of Lego Minifig Sketches went through a major growth spurt at the weekend. I'm uploading them over the next few days.

I'm particularly fond of Michael Lark's Daredevil:


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I got a mention in Saturday's Irish Times:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2008/1115/1226408678818.html

Someone's made a fantastic Lego model inspired by Singularity Sky...


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