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After some initial problems getting LDD 2.0 to run correctly, I was finally able to get it going, and I must say, it is pretty impressive. For a basic LEGO CAD program, aimed at a younger audience, it is very good, and a definite improvement over version 1.6.
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Another update to my LEGO instructions cross-reference, find them here. Highlights include:

City: Café Corner
AquaRaiders: All the new sets
Train: Hobby Train (main model and complete pictures only)
Creator: Fast Flyers

And a few other goodies 😉

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Thanks for corrections to:

• Peeron.com

Recently, the 5th cycle of LEGO ambassadors were announced by Steve and Jan. I’m delighted to be on the list, and I hope I can contribute something positive to the program. The full list is:

• Tania Baixinho : Portugal
• Andrew Becraft : United States of America
• Caspar Benndsen : Denmark
• Jakob Bindslet : Denmark
• Eric Brok : the Netherlands
• Lluis C. Gibert : Spain
• Marco Chiappa : Italy
• Ross Crawford : Australia
• Adrian Drake : United States of America
• Volker Draschka : Germany
• Richie Dulin : Australia
• Doug Eaton : United States of America
• Ben Ellermann : United States of America
• Didier Enjary : France
• Chris Giddens : United States of America
• Felix Greco : United States of America
• John Langrish : Canada
• Mark Neumann : United States of America
• Jean-Marc Nimal : Belgium
• Casper Van Nimwigen : the Netherlands
• Jason Railton : the United Kingdom
• Peter Reid : the United Kingdom
• Dan Rubin : the United States of America
• Stephan Sander : Germany
• Mark Sandlin : United States of America
• Barbara Werth : the Netherlands
• Jeff Van Winden : Canada
• Paul Wolters : the Netherlands
• Diana Wong : Singapore
• Nelson Yrizarry : United States of America

A truly globe-spanning list!

Well, after installing the new version of WordPress, I actually read some of the documentation, and found that it has these neato gizmoes called permalinks. Seasoned bloggers are probably laughing at how long it took me to figure this out, and all I can really do is say “better late than never.”

Anyway, I’ve changed Brickley’s Words to use permalinks, and one effect of that is to make the page URLs a lot nicer, including my Instruction Cross Reference page.

The new link is here. As usual, let me know if anything doesn’t work the way it should.
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