Too geek to function.
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Building a new home for Teaching Matters
Estimated reading time: 4 minutesThe University of Edinburgh’s popular Teaching Matters blog was successfully migrated from a standalone WordPress instance created in 2016 to the Academic Blogging Service’s WordPress service. This short post focuses on the technical challenges, new features and support/security benefits.
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Book of Retro Lego Sets
Estimated reading time: < 1 minuteChuffed to have an interview with Geneva Durand in the Blocks Magazine ‘Book of Retro Lego Sets’ Volume II.
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Maid of Fabuland
Estimated reading time: 13 minutesLego kindly invited me to build a Fabuland ship for the prestigious Lego House in Denmark. Going blind in one eye has been the hardest year and this creative challenge absolutely helped me move forward. Read about the ‘Maid of Fabuland’ paddle steamer and one of the happiest days ever.
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Women in STEM Illustrations
Estimated reading time: 3 minutesTo celebrate Ada Lovelace Day 2024, I created two new colouring-in illustrations of notable Women in STEM – author and codebreaker Irene Jessie Brown, and geologist Charlotte Murchison. I also discuss AI enhancement tools and vision loss challenges associated with my design process.
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Cloud Nine Car
Estimated reading time: 4 minutesWhen my friends Catherine (aka CrankyBricks) & Jonny (aka SetToBuild) announced their wedding date as the 4th of May (Star Wars Day) I knew I had to create a very special gift.
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How to Design a Brick Mosaic
Estimated reading time: 7 minutesLooking back at all my different Lego mosaics, I offer insights into the design process and provide full instructions for a variety of budgets. These digital and physical artworks have been used as open-education resources (OERs) for both personal and professional projects.
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FAB-AT-AT
Estimated reading time: 3 minutesHappy FAB-AT-AT Instructions Day! PDF building instructions for my FAB-AT-AT are finally available to buy from Rebrickable.
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Typology of Lego Smartphones
Estimated reading time: 4 minutesTo date, Lego has released 25 different smartphone models (1×2 printed tiles). Let’s take a wee journey through the last 12 years of Minifigure mobiles.
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Truffle Hunt
Estimated reading time: 2 minutesSome happy news to share, my Fabuland creation ‘Truffle Hunt’ is now on display at the Lego House in Billund, Denmark!
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Braille Bricks
Estimated reading time: 3 minutesWhilst experiencing further sight loss last year, I went ahead and bought set 40656 ‘LEGO Playing with Braille’. My latest hangar MOC incorporates eight different Braille bricks, spelling out the word Fabuland.
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Life Got Dark
Estimated reading time: 2 minutesLife got considerably darker last month. Unfortunately, after 12 months of fighting I have lost the sight in my left eye.
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Old Blue Eye
Estimated reading time: 3 minutesDYK eye trauma can cause your iris colour to change? In an eventful summer health-wise, one of my blue eyes is now green.
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