Too geek to function.
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Typology of Lego Smartphones
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. To 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 minutes. Some 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 minutes. Whilst 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 minutes. Life 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 minutes. DYK 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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Bonnie Scotland
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes. I’ve submitted this little vignette of me painting watercolours in the Scottish Highlands for the latest Lego Ideas challenge.
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TIE Bungalow
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes. There’s no UCS TIE Bomber yet, so please say hello to my Fabuland ‘TIE Bungalow’.
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Briques Magazine
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes. Chuffed to be included in Briques Magazine’s wonderful Fabuland feature (issue 22).
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Baby F-wing
Estimated reading time: < 1 minute. Say hello to my latest Fabuland × Star Wars MOC, the ‘Baby F-wing’ Starfighter!
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Baby FAB-AT-AT
Estimated reading time: < 1 minute. Free building instructions for my ‘Baby FAB-AT-AT’ are now available to download at Rebrickable dot com.
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A Patient’s Guide to Eye Surgery
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. Practical, honest and positive advice for attending a surgical hospital appointment. Written by a sight loss patient with type-1 diabetes (T1D).
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Face Down, But Looking Up
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes. It’s been a challenging winter health-wise, with multiple eye surgeries and extremely poor vision. But family, friends and NHS professionals have helped me find enough fortitude to reach the other side.
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