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  • Building a new home for Teaching Matters 

    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.

  • Book of Retro Lego Sets

    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.

  • Maid of Fabuland

    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.

  • Women in STEM Illustrations

    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.

  • Cloud Nine Car

    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.

  • FAB-AT-AT

    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.

  • Typology of Lego Smartphones 

    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.

  • Truffle Hunt

    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!

  • Braille Bricks

    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.

  • Life Got Dark

    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.

  • Old Blue Eye

    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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