My LEGO club BayLUG has a huge display at Maker Faire Bay Area for one more day! Can you come say hi tomorrow?
Archive: September 2026
See me at maker Faire this weekend!
The Bay Area Maker Faire has been an institution for 20 years. Since 2006 my club BayLUG has been exhibiting there and I’ve been there almost every year, and this year, the 20th anniversary, is no exception.
Makey, the Maker Faire mascot
I’ve been going to Maker Faire since the very first one in 2006. My club BayLUG has had a large exhibit there every year since the first one. I’m going to be there again this year, and hope you can come and say hi. In honor of the 20th anniversary, here’s my newest model, Makey the robot:
Brickpile mentioned in blog post about LEGO colors
I saw a comment recently appear here that was a trackback from a LEGO blog I hadn’t seen before: History of LEGO Colors: The Incredible Changes They Went Under (Buka Bricks) which cited my article Grey, Bluish Gray, Stone Grey, or Blay? from years ago. Apparently the original article was in Turkish, and was translated to English. The author of Buka Bricks is Pinar Alsac. It always tickles me when one of my posts gets seen or referenced in other languages and countries.
Angine de Poitrine
My latest original creation is the bizarre math rock duo from Quebec, Angine de Poitrine.
