GNU socialhttps://gs.jonkman.ca/api/statusnet/conversation/523230.atomConversation2024-03-29T01:42:35-04:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://libranet.de/objects/0b6b25a8-645f-7a7e-930f-50b486345147New note by clacke@<span class="vcard"><a href="https://gs.jonkman.ca/bobjonkman" class="url u-url mention" title="Bob Jonkman"><span class="fn nickname mention">Bob Jonkman</span></a></span> The precursor is 15 years younger than Duplo. π1040988http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2020-10-05T02:01:55+00:002020-10-05T02:01:55+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://libranet.de/profile/clackeclacke<p>Flawesome. GNU/Linux is my daily driver OS since 1995. On Fedi since 2008. Working in Racket, Tcl, Python, whatever gets the page up. Solving yesterday's problems tomorrow. A dad. Freddie Mercury is my spiritual advisor.</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/1/pronoun.is/he" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">web.archive.org/web/1/pronoun.β¦</a></p><p>Every post of mine is an open invitation to advice or information or critique or disagreement unless I say otherwise. Fire away. If I don't a β¦ clackeclacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πΈπͺππ°ππ<p>Flawesome. GNU/Linux is my daily driver OS since 1995. On Fedi since 2008. Working in Racket, Tcl, Python, whatever gets the page up. Solving yesterday's problems tomorrow. A dad. Freddie Mercury is my spiritual advisor.</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/1/pronoun.is/he" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">web.archive.org/web/1/pronoun.β¦</a></p><p>Every post of mine is an open invitation to advice or information or critique or disagreement unless I say otherwise. Fire away. If I don't a β¦ tag:nu.federati.net,2020-10-02:objectType=thread:nonce=2327fee919de43d6http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenttag:nu.federati.net,2020-10-03:noticeId=3337777:objectType=commentNew comment by lnxw48a1@<a href="https://gs.jonkman.ca/user/2" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention" title="Bob Jonkman">bobjonkman</a> @<a href="https://libranet.de/profile/clacke" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention">clacke</a><br /><br /> I remember a large block kit that seemed not-a-big-name-brand at the time when my thirtysomethings were young.1040660http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2020-10-03T16:50:16+00:002020-10-03T16:50:16+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2020-10-02:objectType=thread:nonce=2327fee919de43d6http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:gs.jonkman.ca,2020-10-03:noticeId=1040556:objectType=noteNew note by bobjonkmanThere's also Megablocks, the precursor to Duplo. And there are also Micro Megablocks, the same size as LEGO. The kits for Micro Megablocks were much better than the LEGO kits, making slightly larger models but using only standard bricks. The LEGO models were smaller, depending on many custom pieces specific to the kit, which were pretty useless for general brick construction.1040556http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2020-10-03T02:02:37+00:002020-10-03T02:02:37+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://gs.jonkman.ca/user/2bobjonkmanComputer Consultant, Instructor, Project Manager, System Administratorβ¦ Volunteer at Radio Waterloo Co-founder of http://kwvoip.ca GnuPG Key fingerprint = 04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA Political me is @BobJonkmanGreen https://gs.jonkman.ca/BobJonkmanGreenbobjonkmanBob JonkmanComputer Consultant, Instructor, Project Manager, System Administratorβ¦ Volunteer at Radio Waterloo Co-founder of http://kwvoip.ca GnuPG Key fingerprint = 04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA Political me is @BobJonkmanGreen https://gs.jonkman.ca/BobJonkmanGreenElmira, Ontario, Canadahomepagehttp://bob.jonkman.ca/blogstruetag:nu.federati.net,2020-10-02:objectType=thread:nonce=2327fee919de43d6tag:gs.jonkman.ca,2020-10-03:noticeId=1040553:objectType=notebobjonkman repeated a notice by clackeRT @<a href="https://libranet.de/profile/clacke" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention" title="Claes Wallin 🇸🇪🇭🇰">clacke</a> Not only are Duplo blocks *like* Lego blocks, they *are* Lego blocks, and I don't just mean that Duplo is a Lego brand and produced in the same factory, the two systems are actually compatible.<br /> <br /> A Lego 2x2 block fits and sticks to the underside of a Duplo block, and the nob on the top of a Duplo block fits with the pillar in the middle under a Lego 2x2 block.<br /> <br /> That's the reason the Duplo nobs are hollowed-out circles rather than the filled-in circles Lego blocks have! And it's why Duplo undersides have little tabs along the inner edge -- they're not necessary for fitting with Duplo nobs, but they're essential for grabbing Lego nobs!http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/share2020-10-03T01:52:21+00:002020-10-03T01:52:21+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://gs.jonkman.ca/user/2bobjonkmanComputer Consultant, Instructor, Project Manager, System Administratorβ¦ Volunteer at Radio Waterloo Co-founder of http://kwvoip.ca GnuPG Key fingerprint = 04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA Political me is @BobJonkmanGreen https://gs.jonkman.ca/BobJonkmanGreenbobjonkmanBob JonkmanComputer Consultant, Instructor, Project Manager, System Administratorβ¦ Volunteer at Radio Waterloo Co-founder of http://kwvoip.ca GnuPG Key fingerprint = 04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA Political me is @BobJonkmanGreen https://gs.jonkman.ca/BobJonkmanGreenElmira, Ontario, Canadahomepagehttp://bob.jonkman.ca/blogstruehttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/activityhttps://libranet.de/objects/0b6b25a8-275f-775f-6c5a-486826118893Not only are Duplo blocks *like* Lego blocks, they *are* Lego blocks, and I don't just mean that Duplo is a Lego brand and produced in the same factory, the two systems are actually compatible.<br /><br />A Lego 2x2 block fits and sticks to the underside of a Duplo block, and the nob on the top of a Duplo block fits with the pillar in the middle under a Lego 2x2 block.<br /><br />That's the reason the Duplo nobs are hollowed-out circles rather than the filled-in circles Lego blocks have! And it's why Duplo undersides have little tabs along the inner edge -- they're not necessary for fitting with Duplo nobs, but they're essential for grabbing Lego nobs!http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2020-10-02T17:12:12+00:002020-10-02T17:12:12+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://libranet.de/profile/clackeclacke<p>Flawesome. GNU/Linux is my daily driver OS since 1995. On Fedi since 2008. Working in Racket, Tcl, Python, whatever gets the page up. Solving yesterday's problems tomorrow. A dad. Freddie Mercury is my spiritual advisor.</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/1/pronoun.is/he" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">web.archive.org/web/1/pronoun.β¦</a></p><p>Every post of mine is an open invitation to advice or information or critique or disagreement unless I say otherwise. Fire away. If I don't a β¦ clackeclacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πΈπͺππ°ππ<p>Flawesome. GNU/Linux is my daily driver OS since 1995. On Fedi since 2008. Working in Racket, Tcl, Python, whatever gets the page up. Solving yesterday's problems tomorrow. A dad. Freddie Mercury is my spiritual advisor.</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/1/pronoun.is/he" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">web.archive.org/web/1/pronoun.β¦</a></p><p>Every post of mine is an open invitation to advice or information or critique or disagreement unless I say otherwise. Fire away. If I don't a β¦ http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://libranet.de/objects/0b6b25a8-275f-775f-6c5a-486826118893New note by clackeNot only are Duplo blocks *like* Lego blocks, they *are* Lego blocks, and I don't just mean that Duplo is a Lego brand and produced in the same factory, the two systems are actually compatible.<br /><br />A Lego 2x2 block fits and sticks to the underside of a Duplo block, and the nob on the top of a Duplo block fits with the pillar in the middle under a Lego 2x2 block.<br /><br />That's the reason the Duplo nobs are hollowed-out circles rather than the filled-in circles Lego blocks have! And it's why Duplo undersides have little tabs along the inner edge -- they're not necessary for fitting with Duplo nobs, but they're essential for grabbing Lego nobs!1040433tag:nu.federati.net,2020-10-02:objectType=thread:nonce=2327fee919de43d6tag:nu.federati.net,2020-10-02:objectType=thread:nonce=2327fee919de43d6http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenttag:nu.federati.net,2020-10-02:noticeId=3337560:objectType=commentNew comment by lnxw48a1@<a href="https://libranet.de/profile/clacke" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention">clacke</a> That's good to know. It means he'll still be able to use the remaining Duplo blocks when he's older and gets regular Lego blocks. <br /><br /> The puppy is a chewer, so there might not be a lot left by then.1040434http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2020-10-02T17:39:59+00:002020-10-02T17:39:59+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2020-10-02:objectType=thread:nonce=2327fee919de43d6tag:nu.federati.net,2020-10-02:noticeId=3337557:objectType=notelnxw48a1 repeated a notice by clackeRT @<a href="https://libranet.de/profile/clacke" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention" title="Claes Wallin πΈπͺππ°">clacke</a> Not only are Duplo blocks *like* Lego blocks, they *are* Lego blocks, and I don't just mean that Duplo is a Lego brand and produced in the same factory, the two systems are actually compatible.<br /><br /> A Lego 2x2 block fits and sticks to the underside of a Duplo block, and the nob on the top of a Duplo block fits with the pillar in the middle under a Lego 2x2 block.<br /><br /> That's the reason the Duplo nobs are hollowed-out circles rather than the filled-in circles Lego blocks have! And it's why Duplo undersides have little tabs along the inner edge -- they're not necessary for fitting with Duplo nobs, but they're essential for grabbing Lego nobs!http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/share2020-10-02T17:33:43+00:002020-10-02T17:33:43+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/activityhttps://libranet.de/objects/0b6b25a8-275f-775f-6c5a-486826118893Not only are Duplo blocks *like* Lego blocks, they *are* Lego blocks, and I don't just mean that Duplo is a Lego brand and produced in the same factory, the two systems are actually compatible.<br /><br />A Lego 2x2 block fits and sticks to the underside of a Duplo block, and the nob on the top of a Duplo block fits with the pillar in the middle under a Lego 2x2 block.<br /><br />That's the reason the Duplo nobs are hollowed-out circles rather than the filled-in circles Lego blocks have! And it's why Duplo undersides have little tabs along the inner edge -- they're not necessary for fitting with Duplo nobs, but they're essential for grabbing Lego nobs!http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2020-10-02T17:12:12+00:002020-10-02T17:12:12+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://libranet.de/profile/clackeclacke<p>Flawesome. GNU/Linux is my daily driver OS since 1995. On Fedi since 2008. Working in Racket, Tcl, Python, whatever gets the page up. Solving yesterday's problems tomorrow. A dad. Freddie Mercury is my spiritual advisor.</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/1/pronoun.is/he" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">web.archive.org/web/1/pronoun.β¦</a></p><p>Every post of mine is an open invitation to advice or information or critique or disagreement unless I say otherwise. Fire away. If I don't a β¦ clackeclacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πΈπͺππ°ππ<p>Flawesome. GNU/Linux is my daily driver OS since 1995. On Fedi since 2008. Working in Racket, Tcl, Python, whatever gets the page up. Solving yesterday's problems tomorrow. A dad. Freddie Mercury is my spiritual advisor.</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/1/pronoun.is/he" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">web.archive.org/web/1/pronoun.β¦</a></p><p>Every post of mine is an open invitation to advice or information or critique or disagreement unless I say otherwise. Fire away. If I don't a β¦ http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://libranet.de/objects/0b6b25a8-275f-775f-6c5a-486826118893New note by clackeNot only are Duplo blocks *like* Lego blocks, they *are* Lego blocks, and I don't just mean that Duplo is a Lego brand and produced in the same factory, the two systems are actually compatible.<br /><br />A Lego 2x2 block fits and sticks to the underside of a Duplo block, and the nob on the top of a Duplo block fits with the pillar in the middle under a Lego 2x2 block.<br /><br />That's the reason the Duplo nobs are hollowed-out circles rather than the filled-in circles Lego blocks have! And it's why Duplo undersides have little tabs along the inner edge -- they're not necessary for fitting with Duplo nobs, but they're essential for grabbing Lego nobs!1040433tag:nu.federati.net,2020-10-02:objectType=thread:nonce=2327fee919de43d6tag:nu.federati.net,2020-10-02:objectType=thread:nonce=2327fee919de43d6http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://libranet.de/objects/0b6b25a8-275f-775f-6c5a-486826118893New note by clackeNot only are Duplo blocks *like* Lego blocks, they *are* Lego blocks, and I don't just mean that Duplo is a Lego brand and produced in the same factory, the two systems are actually compatible.<br /><br />A Lego 2x2 block fits and sticks to the underside of a Duplo block, and the nob on the top of a Duplo block fits with the pillar in the middle under a Lego 2x2 block.<br /><br />That's the reason the Duplo nobs are hollowed-out circles rather than the filled-in circles Lego blocks have! And it's why Duplo undersides have little tabs along the inner edge -- they're not necessary for fitting with Duplo nobs, but they're essential for grabbing Lego nobs!1040433http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2020-10-02T17:12:12+00:002020-10-02T17:12:12+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://libranet.de/profile/clackeclacke<p>Flawesome. GNU/Linux is my daily driver OS since 1995. On Fedi since 2008. Working in Racket, Tcl, Python, whatever gets the page up. Solving yesterday's problems tomorrow. A dad. Freddie Mercury is my spiritual advisor.</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/1/pronoun.is/he" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">web.archive.org/web/1/pronoun.β¦</a></p><p>Every post of mine is an open invitation to advice or information or critique or disagreement unless I say otherwise. Fire away. If I don't a β¦ clackeclacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πΈπͺππ°ππ<p>Flawesome. GNU/Linux is my daily driver OS since 1995. On Fedi since 2008. Working in Racket, Tcl, Python, whatever gets the page up. Solving yesterday's problems tomorrow. A dad. Freddie Mercury is my spiritual advisor.</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/1/pronoun.is/he" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">web.archive.org/web/1/pronoun.β¦</a></p><p>Every post of mine is an open invitation to advice or information or critique or disagreement unless I say otherwise. Fire away. If I don't a β¦ tag:nu.federati.net,2020-10-02:objectType=thread:nonce=2327fee919de43d6http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2020-10-02:noticeId=3337397:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1Saw a big 48 pack of the brand of TP my mom likes, so I bought it. <br /><br /> Also got Duplo blocks as my gift to #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/gs3" rel="tag">GS3</a></span> (like giant Lego blocks for younger children). #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/sontwo" rel="tag">sonTwo</a></span> and his wife are excited about my visit to #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/mo" rel="tag">MO.</a></span> They've already made plans for me to return in a couple of months.<br /><br /> Let #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/sonone" rel="tag">sonOne</a></span> know I'll be at his brother's place, three hours away. Now we'll have to schedule a day for him. <br /><br /> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/daddya" rel="tag">Daddy_A</a></span> lives six hours away, and spent too much visiting #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/socal" rel="tag">SoCal</a></span>, so he's not coming to visit while I'm there.1040272http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2020-10-02T03:23:56+00:002020-10-02T03:23:56+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2020-10-02:objectType=thread:nonce=2327fee919de43d6