Still playing Pokémon Go like me? Of course you are! Welcome to my second installment of Pokémon Go Twin Cities tips! If you are planning to visit the Twin Cities, this series will give you an idea of what to expect when visiting some of these spots around the Twin Cities metro area. Feel free to check out the first… I can’t believe I’m about to drown myself in hormones. If I don’t get pregnant after putting myself through a month long PMS session, I’m giving up. That will literally be the limit of my sanity. For the past year, we’ve been trying to get me pregnant. Every month, my period starts and the disappointment washes over my soul. LEGO Minifigures Series 16 are out! Actually, they came out at the end of July. At least, I saw a few blog posts about them dated July 31st, but LEGO didn’t officially release them until September. Whatever, I now present LEGO Minifigures Series 16 Bump Codes! We found ours in mid-August at a Target. Usually, we get ours at the LEGO Store at…
Despite what some people in the media would have you believe, the Pokémon Go phenomenon is still going strong. If you’re like me, you’re a casual Pokémon Go player. You might play every day, but you probably haven’t gotten past level 20. I thought some people either visiting or casually playing might benefit from a few simple Pokémon Go Twin… May is a great month, not only because it’s the beginning of the summer movie season, but also because LEGO Disney Minifigures are here! This set contains 18 different characters. While we were trying to figure out what was in the bags, we realized that there were a ton of the Aliens from Toy Story…as well as Donald Duck. Spring has sprung and if you’re like me, you want to get some new shoes for the upcoming summer season. For those of you living in the Twin Cities metro area, you should check out the Naot Footwear Trunk Show and Donation Event at your local Schuler Shoes Thursday, May 5th through Saturday, May 7th.
Have you ever been to a trunk show? Who doesn’t have exercise struggles? I get that I need to do more walking. How in the hell am I supposed to get in 15,000 steps a day though? When we went to Disney World, I got about 14,000 steps a day in, but that took literally walking for 90% of my waking hours. Exercise Struggles #1: Location Since I… The Day Of The Dead is a Mexican holiday with pre-hispanic origins to remember friends and family members who have died. The celebration takes place on November 2, and was declared by UNESCO as Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Day Of The Dead! The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) also known as MANGALYAAN, is a space probe launched to Mars by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Launched on 5 November 2013 and reached Mars orbit on 24 September 2014. Like the real one, this LEGO model was built based on a cube. Spacecrafts are usually wrapped in a golden reflective film, to protect scientific instruments from temperature oscillations.
This time the probe is presented "naked" to show some details. The cube is made of 6 4x4 plates, interconnected with "hydrant" bricks. Solar panels were modeled with 4x6 plates covered with blue "grills" to make the cells. The panels are interconnected with flexible links. In the original spacecraft solar panels and high gain antenna were stored folded inside the rocket. To build the probe around 140 steps were needed. The biggest visible features of MANGALYAAN are its 3 solar panels, high gain antenna and scientific instruments on the surface of the cube A lot of times happens that some stuck lego bricks are impossible to separate using only our hands. In this desperate situations is common to use tools like pliers or screwdrivers, leaving scars or some damage to the bricks. LEGO 630 brick separator tool Well, LEGO has a tool to make this task a bit easier. In this case is LEGO 630. Useful to solve problems like: Plates stuck to a base - Small low height plates stuck to a base.
Using the tool like a lever, doesn't require too much effort to remove. If a lot of force is applied bricks can fly anywhere! - Two low height bricks strongly stuck together. This situation requires 2 steps: First: Put the stuck bricks in a medium size base, levering towards the base with one hand and pushing the tool towards the bricks with the other hand. Second: Use the thinnest part of the tool to finish separating bricks. Wheel strongly attached to the axle. Use the cross shaped tip of the tool, holding the wheel with one hand and pushing the tip towards the middle of the axle Separate wheels from axles & other technic bricks This tool can be bought separately, but it's included in so many sets like LEGO Minecraft series The ISEE-3 spacecraft was launched by NASA in 1978 to study the the interaction between the Earth's magnetic field and the solar wind and was operated up to the year 1997. In 2014 it was discovered that the probe wasn't deactivated and was emitting radio signals.
A group of Citizen Scientists crowdfunded the ISEE-3 reboot project, earning enough money to buy and build equipment to reestablish contact and take control of the spacecraft. This LEGO model fall into the "micromodel" category because some details were sacrificed to make it easier to build. The original spacecraft is formed by a 16-side cylinder, this model was made with 8-side cylinder. Another fine detail like thrusters, scientific instruments and antenna details were omitted due to the difficulty of being represented in the right size scale. Each side side of the cylinder has two solar panels (upper and lower), antenna support and plate brick. The top and bottom pieces of the cylinder are made of 4x4 round plates. The inside of the spacecraft is made of a superposed crosses structure, this is one of the techniques used to build cylindrical objects. The colors of the insider bricks are irrelevant because aren't viewed from the exterior. In the center of the cross lies a "fire hydrant " brick with 6 connecting points.