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I think I'm in Love...jawaproTue 28/04/2009 09:18 PM
Check out that spaceship! It's fantastic.
So good it's my current wallpaper.
There are heaps more on the guy's site: http://pre.classic-space.com/.
I stumbled across a picture of the Vanguard (pictured) in a Lego Journal magazine I stumbed acorss in a comic store while looking for a StarGate magazine.
Lots of stumbling lately.
Anyway - after looking at the PCS ships (that stands for Pre Classic Space - means they are set before the original Lego 'classic' Space sets) and the other amazing models that AFOLs (Adult Fans of Lego) have built, I'm feeling somewhat inspired.
The other good thing is that I think I've finally worked out what I enjoy so much about lego and models in general (including trains etc). It's not actually the finished product, or even the actual building process. It's creating a 'plausible' world.
If I were to build a spaceship, say, I'd have to make sure it was plausible. Not from a realistic technical point of view, but from the point of view of the people who would be living in it if it were real.
So I'd need to make sure I had enough crew that they could take 'swings' and some could be on duty while others slept etc. I'd also need the ship to have enough beds, recreational faclities, toilets, etc to cater for the size of the crew.
That's the sort of thing that I find really enjoyable - building a world for fictional characters to live in. The same goes for my model trains. It's not running the trains that is the exciting thing - it's creating the world for them to operate in.
The good thing about knowing this is that it gives me some assitance in choosing a good project. Much as I love my model trains, I'd probably get more enjoyment building a serious model with lego. It's probably even slightly cheaper and takes up less room when finished.
And if I don't want to make a spaceship, I could always choose something a little closer to home:
That was built by a guy in Hobart - and I've actually emailed him. Work is quite interested in it, and asked me to make contact.
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New BenqjawaproMon 27/04/2009 08:19 PM
Ever since we got a 2nd monitor at work - I've been wanting one at home too. It's soo much easier to work with 2 monitors. Especially when coding and things - but even during everyday stuff - that second monitor is fantastic.
One of my mates (Mr_Rod_Rules - thats what he calls himself) had a Benq E2200HD which is a pretty impressive screen. It's a 22" and Full HD etc. Well turns out he wanted to sell it for $100, which is a better price than ANY lcds I've seen lately, so I took him up on it.
I didn't particularly want a wide-screen, or such a fancy monitor - but for the price it was an insanly good deal - and the best I'd found anyway.
Still could do with another one or two cheap monitors (for servers and spares etc) but Turks might be able to help me there as he's going to a computer auction shortly.
And what did Mr_Rod_Rules upgrade to? A 23" monitor. That's a whole inch!
Sorry the picture doesnt do it justice. My current wallpaper is a rather small image - but that's a story for another post...
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Yet another PCjawaproThu 23/04/2009 08:53 AM
Please welcome the newest in my collection of PCs.
Back over Christmas, Klutz left his PC at my place when he went back to Mount Isa - and it was brilliant having a decent PC here for friends to use when they came over. It was a little sad when he took it back.
So when this PC came up for sale cheap on the Axon forums - I decided to place a bid, and I got it. Just so it can be a spare for friends to use when they come over.
It's a pre-Core2, but otherwise is fairly decent specs. In a year or two I might need to throw in another cheap mobo and cpu to keep it up to current games - but otherwise it should last fairly well (for the price).
The case isn't bad - assuming you like that sort of thing.
Now I just need to work up the energy to get one of my CRTs down to see if it actually goes. Anyone know where I can get a good deal on some LCDs?
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Posters....jawaproWed 22/04/2009 10:03 PM
I love posters. I also hate bare walls - so it works well.
But I don't like blue-tacing posters up, because it wrecks the posters. Ideally I'd want them all framed - but frames that large are very expensive.
Fourtuantly Chickenfeed had some again. They rarely get frames this large. Not cheap still - but well worth it.
Unfourtuantly, the glass is pretty brittle, and I managed to break 2 of the 4 as I was trying to put the posters in. Pretty pissed about that - but even a glassless frame is still better than nothing.
A Dalek poster my sister gave me - hung in the Computer Room.
A classic Star Wars poster (also from Emma) in the spare room. This room had bare walls previously - and I hated it.
My favorite poster of the 4 - this is a piece of artwork from Jurassic Park. Sadly, this is one of the ones the glass broke in (the Star Wars one was the other). This one lives in the living room.
Command and Conquer: Tiberium Sun. Takes it's place above my computer, alongside another Jurassic Park poster, and a pirate flag.
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Axon - the showdown....jawaproMon 20/04/2009 06:24 PM
This Saturday was Axon! As always - a fantastic lan.
This time around the LAN was themed. Pirates vs Ninjas. Not many people got into the spirit of the theme though - there were about 2 half-hearted costumes in the huge 90 person turnout. I had a pirate flag though!
With 90 people, more than that computers (some people bring more than 1) and 2 large tvs for monitors - the power in the hall wasn't quite able to cut it. We had a few drop outs where a table or half a table fell into blackness for a while.
On the whole - it was a brilliant LAN though. Tip for the future though, take a MONITOR to a LAN, not a TV - right? Not even I would be that daft.
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