As a result of an off-hand comment by a co-worker looking to find old instruction manuals for Lego sets, I let them in on a site I go to quite often, and promised to mail out the link. My OCD kicked in an and I gathered up a bunch of the sites I've been to or regularly go to that are Lego related, and I wrote them and a few other bodies who looked interested at the meeting this e-mail:
The next day at coffee, nothing but awkward glances and polite small talk. I might have gone too far with including the Brick Testament link I think. But more than likely it's because they asked for just one thing and I inundated them with 50 million. I cannot help it, it's how I am wired. The sad part is that there are some people here that would think all of those links were neat. I guess it's not really the sad part, as their reaction doesn't bother me. I just thought it was sort of funny so I am sharing it here. I find that lots of the unionized workers at the college have exactly zero imagination or even curiosity. The job just doesn't cultivate those qualities for them I guess :P
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If you are slightly nerdy or have kids (or both):
http://www.hccamsterdam.nl/brickfactory/index.htm -This website has scanned in construction booklets that came with Lego sets, both current and of yore If you are slightly nerdy, and/or have kids, AND are elitist: http://www.brickwiki.org/wiki/Purist (definition - also, yes, there is a wiki site for Lego) http://lego.sparre-andersen.dk/ (actual purist plans) http://www.flickr.com/groups/legopurist/ (photos of purist projects) -These websites are maintained by those known as Lego purists, who are individuals that believe in using only the core/basic Lego blocks to construct everything rather than the increasingly prevalent specialty pieces that can only be used to represent a single or limited number of things If you are VERY nerdy: http://www.brikwars.com/ -This is a completely free set of rules for doing tabletop miniature warfare using Lego people and making vehicles and weapons out of Lego http://web.telia.com/~u16122508/proglego.htm -This is an autoCAD-type program for making your own Lego plans http://www.io.com/~sj/PirateGame.html -Another free set of game rules that isn’t limited to just Legos, but a lot of people who play that game make their stuff out of Lego – it’s a Pirate ship battle game that has rules for forts and town raids that you play using the floor at your home as the ocean If you are sacrilegious: http://www.thebricktestament.com/ -Stories from the bible, as illustrated using Lego Please forward this along to whomever may be interested. |
Suggesting Zombie Michael Jackson would probably get me suspended or some shit.
