This is a simple project I’ve been working on during the weekends lately. It’s the Bing logo done in LEGO plates. I’ll be moving it into my office soon.
It took maybe 6 hours of work and is about 3.4ft (1m) wide.
Feel free to leave comments at flickr, or check it out at my other LEGO posting sites (there are a couple of other shots of it):
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For the last year, aside from starting a great job with Bing, I’ve also been working on a book about C# 4.0 and the upcoming .Net framework. The news: it is finally available for presale! This book is not your typical C# reference. It’s designed to be an easy guide to how to accomplish specific tasks, using a problem/solution approach. Some examples:…and hundreds of other topics, covering everything from the basics of C# to WPF, ASP.Net, interaction with the operating system, common application patterns and more. I cover all the new stuff that’s in both the C# language and the .Net 4 framework classes, as well as existing functionality.
Each topic begins with a brief description of when/where/why you would need to use the technique, followed by a brief explanation and source code.
I often just want a reference I can quickly dive into to remind me of how something is done. This book is my attempt to put in writing what I find valuable, both when I was learning C# and now when I just need to locate a sample quickly.
Over the next few months I’ll talk more about what’s in the book, and hopefully get back into blogging more programming topics.
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If you’re in Seattle this weekend, BrickCon 2009 is going on, and I’ll be participating for the first time, displaying my Space Shuttle model.
The convention has more space than ever this year: 35,000 square feet.
The public hours are Saturday and Sunday, 11am-3pm. It’s only $7 per person (or max of $20 per family) and you don’t want to miss the amazing models that will be there.
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I finally logged back into my flickr account and uploaded some recent photos from an evening trip to Mercer Island. It was around sunset, the light was beautiful, and I had about two hours to myself to just shoot what I could.
This hand was part of many holding a chain along some docks. The sunset was truly beautiful, but it was difficult to find a decent vantage point.
, given the people at the beach and the many trees. For more photos, check out my flickr stream.
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We went down to one of the many local lakes and I snapped a couple of shots of the lake during sunshot. It’s a small, beautiful lake with a tiny public beach, a dock inhabited by fishermen and a small swimming area. No motorized boats are allowed.
I’m sure there are hundreds of places within a few minutes’ drive of here that have wonderful photo opportunities. It’s just a matter of taking the time to find them.
I recently picked up the 18-200 VR lens
I’ll probably be posting more pictures on this blog, just to share something.
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Over the last year, I’ve (very slowly) been working on a LEGO model of a NASA Space Shuttle. It’s finally finished, or as much as it will be. I need to move onto other things now.
It’s about 38” long. I have no idea how many pieces—many thousands because every surface is tiled over. The flaps and rudder move and the cargo bay opens up to reveal a detailed interior.
You can see it on BrickShelf or MOCPages.
I’ve started thinking about my next model, but haven’t done anything beyond prototyping. I’ve got other projects at the moment, so it will probably be a long time before it’s done.
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On Saturday, my wife ran in the Rock and Roll Marathon in downtown Seattle. I roamed around and took pictures of Qwest and Safeco fields and snapped a few of the race itself. Bib numbers I captured (where I could read them) are: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 1275, 1347, 1350, 1356, 1412, 1470, 1490, 1498, 1539, 1573, 1580, 1611, 1690, 1695, 1707, 1710, 2042, 2449, 2470, 2494, 2513, 2575, 2642, 2723, 3512, 3610, 4318, 4498, 5227, 5335, 6671, 7412, 9335, 11419, 12487, 13512, 13610, 23556, 25480, 28560, 29588, 34389, 35366, F1, F2, F4, F5, F7, F8, F9, F14.
If you see yourself in any of these, I’ll e-mail you what I have for no charge. I won’t do any processing on them, other than what I already have, however.
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Working on Bing.com for the last 9 months or so has been exhilarating. Finally, we can show the world the great stuff we’ve been doing. Here is (I think) the first TV commercial about Bing.com, running as of today.
I kissed Google goodbye more than a year ago and haven’t looked back. I think once people start using Bing, they’re going to do the same.
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