{"id":1021,"date":"2005-08-16T10:50:38","date_gmt":"2005-08-16T10:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.m3ntalcontraband.com\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2020-11-04T21:46:48","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T02:46:48","slug":"brickfest_2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/?p=1021","title":{"rendered":"brickfest 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wired.com\/news\/culture\/0,1284,68525,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">brickfest 2005<\/a>! wooha! lego-lovers united again in virginia for this years <i>brickfest<\/i>, the official convention of lego enthusiasts all over. im still in awe of some of the crazy things people build with legos. this years article pointed out how more people were using complex 3d rendering programs and algorithms to map out lego constructions. one <i>microsoft<\/i> software engineer even stated that <i>microsoft<\/i> planned on licensing the technology to software companies\u2026word. also worth noting is that theres apparently a rivalry going on between the space and fantasy lego enthusiasts. who knew? im imagining a <i>warriors<\/i> scenario, with each side decked out in lego armor, wielding lego clubs and lego bats, ready for some serious geek-smacking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-paragraph\">oh, and check out that crazy replica of a 1943 japanese battle cruiser. yea\u2026holy shit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-paragraph\">&gt; <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/wired.com\/news\/culture\/0,1284,68525,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1\" target=\"_blank\">brickfest 2005<\/a><br>&gt; <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.m3ntalcontraband.com\/journal\/archives\/000451.html\" target=\"_blank\">last years brickfest pdx<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"395\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/lego_ship1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/lego_ship1.jpg 395w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/lego_ship1-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/lego_ship1-250x329.jpg 250w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/lego_ship1-137x180.jpg 137w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/lego_ship1-380x500.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>brickfest 2005! wooha! lego-lovers united again in virginia for this years brickfest, the official convention of lego enthusiasts all over. im still in awe of some of the crazy things people build with legos. this years article pointed out how more people were using complex 3d rendering programs and algorithms to map out lego constructions. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"index","bgseo_robots_follow":"follow","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gaming-toys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7657,"href":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021\/revisions\/7657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}