Daniel Pikora (formerly Danfourth)

Forgot to mention – if you go to Brickworld Chicago, you can use your badge from that for free admission to the Brickworld Expos. You know, if you just want to check it out without exhibiting…

It’s not that difficult to get an “invite” to a Brickworld Expo – basically you can get one if Bryan knows you want one. I’ve done a few of his Tampa events. They’re a fun experience (the hang-out-with-AFOLs part is still enjoyable without a formal schedule or games) but the pay for travel costs doesn’t usually cover all of the travel costs in my…[Read more]

Any tips on where to park or unload? I’ve got directions for the Nova deck so far, but that looks like it’ll run $12/day.

I’m looking at arriving around 3 PM tomorrow.

A little more info I’ve found about the local hackerspace that puts on the event: HackPGH ( http://www.hackpittsburgh.org/ ) has open activities open to the public both Friday and Saturday evening. I’ll probably pop over there after the Maker Mash at the Children’s Museum ends at 7:30 on Friday, and then again on Saturday night.

The GBC module…[Read more]

A little more info I’ve found about the local hackerspace that puts on the event: HackPGH ( http://www.hackpittsburgh.org/ ) has open activities open to the public both Friday and Saturday evening. I’ll probably pop over there after the Maker Mash at the Children’s Museum ends at 7:30 on Friday, and then again on Saturday night.

The GBC module…[Read more]

I’m planning on being there the whole time (give or take a little time to check out the other displays).

Getting more into MOCs – I keep forgetting that my “old crap everyone’s seen already” hasn’t really been seen by everyone already. I’m still really behind on current photos, but a friend of mine got overview shots of most of my island at…[Read more]

I’m Daniel Pikora – 316danny@gmail.com

How do helpers get in if we don’t get badges? Regular admission isn’t free, and I’d assume we’d need a badge to get in without paying it…

The GBC module I’ve been working on does have a self-feeding feature. If no one else is doing GBC, I’ll stick with just the one instead of trying to get my other…[Read more]

I need to start getting serious about this. First question: Is there anyone interested in splitting a hotel room? I’m definitely going to need somewhere nearby to stay that Friday and Saturday night, Sunday might be good too.

I’m game for GBC – I’ve got one new module ready to go, a few old ones I can clean up, and a few ideas for new ones. What…[Read more]

The ball run and pneumatic walker seemed to help with that, but I’m not sure if we can expect that much space this time around. One thing that worked well at Maker Faire NC back in the day was a MUJI make-and-take – kids cut out various shapes, use LEGO-sized hole punches and connect the paper pieces together with 1 x 1 round plates (we had a…[Read more]

That settles it. That shall be my name here from now on, so say we all.

One and the same. I don’t really call it a GBC (there’s nothing motorized in it), but I’ve been pushing the DUPLO Ball Run since last November and it’s getting traction (my display based around it at National Maker Faire last weekend took home two ribbons).

It’s very family friendly. I’ve exhibited MOCs at BrickUniverse events in Dallas and Raleigh. The public days offer considerably more themed play areas than other events – instead of just one or two “Stay and Play” type areas, there have separate ones for “Friends”, “Star Wars”, and “Architecture”, as well as the monochrome sort you see at Kids…[Read more]

…or we could all team up and see if anyone else can stop Team Dan!

I could get a nickname, I guess…