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Week 14: creation

18 January, 2021 - 261 words
I turned 41. This is the test subject number assigned to Tetsuo in Akira. Building Lego is very therapeutic. This week I built Darth Vader’s TIE Advanced from the (now retired) set which also came with an A-Wing (and which...

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Week 4: thoroughly modern Mario

03 November, 2020 - 266 words
We now have the new Lego Mario in the house. It contains bluetooth, a gyro sensor, accelerometer, colour sensor, a speaker (for all the wa-hoo!s) and small LCD-ish screens in his eyes, mouth and chest. I thought it would be a total gimmick with about 5 minutes of fun before it got put in a box and under a bed, but my kids have ...

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