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Off-topic items and general stuff

Hello world :-(

Well, it looks like I accidentally deleted my website. I though I learned to keep good backups 20 years ago, but I don’t have one. :-/

Ya… This is going to be a winter project. Apologies for the lack of content. A few posts have been restored below. Some pages are also back up.

20 Years of Birthday Parties

On March 5th 2005 I did my first ever birthday party. While I didn’t have the name Brickworkshop, or the website, I had built dozens of collaborative public displays and viewers often asked about bringing the magic of those displays home. March 5th marked my first solo venture into professional work with my bricks. Did I take any pictures? no! But it was a city theme party (other themes came later) and this picture from the same era has a similar look.

Kids playing in a LEGO city

And 20 year later, my red brick apartment building is still the tallest building in my traveling LEGO town, based on the height restrictions of plastic totes. 🙂

Archery Games

Take a break from your bricks and go play outside!

For content related to my Archery Games/Battles, take a detour away from the LEGO content. Until I decide to create a dedicated website for my archery games, the content is here.
Sorry for the break in LEGO related content… 😉

Why Voting Sucks In Brickish Columbia

A short stop-motion PSA regarding the upcoming referendum in BC.

I brainstormed this idea with my friend Dayla and she liked it. We worked on the 2009 campaign together and this felt like a great way to do something different, and hopefully meaningful. She took the lead as director while I pulled out bins of pieces and started building sets.

Election BC has an excellent, in-depth and non-partisan explanation of both questions in this referendum and the potential new systems. See my long rant in favour for more detailed thoughts. Or check out this Fact Check Site.