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Wright Flyer

This is the model I referred to in the previous blog post.   Photo links to topic.

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Work Next Week

So for 5 days in a row, I get to wake up at 6:30 AM, catch a 7:30 AM bus, then catch a bus headed towards work and arrive at like 8:30 AM or 9 AM.   So in other words, it's just like when I started working there, only now I'm expected to do stuff when I walk in. Swell.

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WMKK

Twelve years after the legendary hunt for the Sterling Silver and White Metal Krana-Kal, I finally got my hands on at least one of the 5,000 WMKK. On top of that? I also got the card -and- the bag.     I am very pleased with this addition to my collection. It is probably the only "rare" collectible I plan to go after in my lifetime, as it was the most likely to obtain.)   Special thanks to Toa Lhikan Hordika for giving me the opportunity to use currency in a way to exchange goods to the benefit

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Why I Like My Microsoft Products (And Not Your Products)

So, this is more or less an open letter to my friends and people who I talk to all the time: I like Microsoft products.   Don't leave the blog just yet. I'll explain myself.   While growing up, I had many devices in my life. The company did not matter, because they had their plus and minuses across the board. I had VCRs I can't remember the company name of, I have had a few DVD players of similar status, TVs of non-namebrand companies, computers of only the Swert brand (I helped build the family

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Who Knew Building Quickly In A Lego Studio Would Be Such A Chore?

So I have to work very quickly tomorrow. Starting first thing in the morning, I need to do 3 Paradisa based LEGO sets for a birthday party tomorrow (LEGO Friends is the main theme, we're padding it up with stuff).   Oh, and I just know I have only one hour to do it in.   Keeping in mind it took me about 2 hours to work on one model already in something my boss said would take him "30 minutes."   Well that's fine, I'll have instructions and I can be flexible on the actual design, but for the most

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What's Krakalin, BZP?

No seriously, I honestly have no idea where BMan got the name. So what is it?   Anyway, some things to note, since I feel it's noteworthy: BS01's prank was written last-minute on March 31st by a team consisting of Zo'Tomana, Cholie and myself. Kayru and BMan offered input later. The prank concept was about a week old. It was literally started up in a conversation between like 5 staff members. We waited until the last minute to post it. I actually did my part this time around (though it seems

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What have I done?

No seriously, what have I done? Well, I saw a photo of Turakii on Facebook earlier, and someone said it looked like she belonged on a movie poster.   So I put her on one. Along with Toa Lhikan Hordika. And myself as Loki.   Note, I didn't want it to be a perfect photoshop job. I just wanted it done for humor purposes. And yes, the tie is REQUIRED.

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Watch Out Minnesota

Cause there's a Swert coming your way soon!   (May 10th to the 13th, not set in stone yet, but it's planned.)   Probably avoiding anything major, but you never know.

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Wasting Light

Good album so far, sounds like it'll be an aquired taste going in to it. Couple of songs stand out as favorites already, like Rope and I Should Have Known.

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Vectorin' Stuff

If you guys want advice on it, only one I can give:   Don't start out on ponies. Too complex a shape.   How did I start?   I traced around this with a simple box in Photoshop to begin with:     After tinkering around a bit, I managed to graduate up a level to design more complex shapes... and logos by extension.     Oh, and want an example of one you see every day now?     So yeah, before you work on ponies, work on simple stuff. You'd be amazed at how much easier it'd be in the long run.   E

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Various Numbers For The Last Project We Did

5: Five total commissions.   11: Eleven days of in-shop work.   57 1/2: Hours put in for these five projects alone since the last paycheck.   560.63: What I earned.   Infinity: Knowing full well I put a Monolith in one of the projects, and then turned around and knocked out a 2 week Mosaic in 2 -days-. Oh, and we glued it down too.   Infinity+1: My head's altitude after 8 days of nonstop gluing with some fumes. @_@   And finally:   1: How I feel after overexceeding my boss' expectations that we

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Uploading Files To Bs01: Why I'm So Slow At It

So, this is mostly a post about apologies, especially given I'd rather have had it done weeks, even months ago. But, this is what held me back.   I can only explain via visual aid, so here they are.       On picture one, you can clearly see 16 folders. These are labeled 0-9, and a-f. Now, these are the base folders BS01 images were under. It is all sorted in this format. Were all the files in these 16 folders, I woulda been finished a long time ago. Sadly, this is not the case.     This is F

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Updating BS01's Navigation... Alone. Typical.

So, I noticed a topic earlier asking about the online animations from Bionicle past.   So I figured someone was bound to post a link to BS01's page, right? I mean, we do have the animations on there.   Nope. Not even mentioned.   So I decided it's time to update the Media navigation on the front page. Now it has links to anything I could think people would want to research.   And maybe tomorrow when I'm not working? I'll even finish the other undone pages.   So unless my staff wants to do it for

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Updated Status Of Bs01

For once, I bring -good- news on this 26th day of December. Nothing really special happens today for me, sorry.   But in regards to BS01, and believe me there's good news to it, we're finally settling in on the server quite nicely, and HS01 is up and running quite well. BS01, however, is being a naughty boy and we haven't even started the road to Christmas 2012 yet. No matter, we're speeding up the process internally, and images are (SLOWLY) being reintroduced.   I honestly do wish to apologize

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Update on my collection and stuff

So yeah, I've been busy. ... Very busy ._.   On the plus side, I've had a lot of stuff happen. I kicked Sprint to the curb and signed with AT&T. In hindsight, I needed much more money than I had at the time to do this, but I'm confident it won't break me. Because of this, I ended up having to purchase a new phone. It was high time to replace it anyway. I decided to get a Nokia Lumia 1020, a wonderful choice I don't think I'll regret until probably halfway through the contract when the 1030 l

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Update on Life

So, I've had ups and downs the past couple of days, especially concerning work. I'm almost out of the woods, but I've got a lot of work ahead of me there. I hope to have decent photos to show off what hard work I've been doing there.   Meantime, as some of my friends know, I bought a new laptop. My HP died late 2012, like July or August or so, and it left me with no method of creativity throughout the rest of 2012 in a work capacity at work. The new one is a Lenovo, G580 i3 2.5 GHz dual core, 4

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Update on HS01 Main Page Nav

I took some opinions I gained from people on my IM, and my limited blog comments, and I created this new revision. The old is just below it.   I think I did a better job on this pass, and it looks more cohesive. I'd love it if we can find a better Missions and possible a better Saga Guides image, but I did make some major changes. In addition, I adjusted the lettering spacing so the I looks cleaner. Easier to read. I also negated almost all gray (the LEGO Black icon is staying, it's the best

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Upcoming Project: Build Mata Nui (In Lego System)

So, I mentioned before in my ignored blog post that I wanted to build Mata Nui the island. Xccj and I discussed it, Dan Parker and I discussed it, and we're ALL on the same page to get this done...   in March.   Now why do you, the reader, care?   Cause at some point, we will be asking for fan-submitted Mata Nui System-Based locations. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO MAIL ANYTHING TO US. We are going to have as much material as we can muster for this project, and so long as you provide good photos or in

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Unlimited Floydic Power!

I think I'm going to obtain ultimate geekhood soon.   I'm planning to listen to all 14 Studio release Pink Floyd albums this week, during my bus rides to work and back home, without listening to (or attempting to not listen to) anything in between these periods of time.   From the beginning to end, IN ORDER, regardless of how I feel about any of it. I'm also timing the morning albums to end EXACTLY when I get to work. (This is 71 minutes, by the way). I'm working on a schedule already:   Piper

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Toying With An Idea For Bs01

Should I add a content block to my blog, similar in function to Black Six's Complaint Department? I mean, obviously it'd be something different in terms of what it'd be, but I'm just wondering if it'd be a good idea.

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Torn Between Floyd Immersion Editions

So, undoubtably the Pink Floyd fans of BZP know of the Why Pink Floyd? campaign, which is the reissuing and remastering of all 14 studio albums, plus 2 special releases of the top three albums they created (Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and The Wall). The first of them being Experience, with the second being the subject matter of this entry: Immersion.   Now, I may have mentioned it once or twice, but I subscribe to something known as the Zune Music Pass. With this pass, I have acces

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Top ten... whatevers.

#1) Lego #2) Bionicle #3) Internets #4) Peace #5) Land #6) Bread #8) There is no seven #7) This is #8 #9) Confused yet? #10) Me too. #11) Wat?   Long day at work, fad on the blogs started, I jumped in on it, typical Swert behavior.

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