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  • Digging up a grave

    From Ringtail Raider@3:633/10 to All on Friday, February 13, 2026 16:51:54
    Last month was r.t.l's 32nd birthday (33rd if you count a.t.l)! Now it's
    dead here. It already was several years after Lugnet (which itself is
    slightly less dead) was created, but now there's not even spam from
    Google Groups any more. I wonder what everyone from here is up to 32
    years later? Will anyone even see this?

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Eli the Bearded@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, February 14, 2026 00:32:11
    In rec.toys.lego, Ringtail Raider <RingtailRaider@protonmail.com> wrote:
    Last month was r.t.l's 32nd birthday (33rd if you count a.t.l)! Now it's dead here. It already was several years after Lugnet (which itself is slightly less dead) was created, but now there's not even spam from
    Google Groups any more. I wonder what everyone from here is up to 32
    years later? Will anyone even see this?

    I'm seeing it. I've not been here 32 years, but maybe 15 to 20.

    I'm seeing lots of interesting things with Lego on Mastodon.

    A short video:

    https://syzito.xyz/@fkamiah17/116064995919137705

    The Great Wave:

    https://sunny.garden/@waverer/115975241612139402

    This one is youtube, but I followed the progress on Mastodon before the
    video was made:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wBrOV2FJM8

    Ancient James has a number of other interesting projects, both Lego and
    video.

    Elijah
    ------
    sent out printed with Lego holiday cards last year

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Nicolas@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, February 21, 2026 21:53:44
    * Ringtail Raider <RingtailRaider@protonmail.com>:
    Last month was r.t.l's 32nd birthday (33rd if you count a.t.l)! Now it's dead here. It already was several years after Lugnet (which itself is slightly less dead) was created, but now there's not even spam from
    Google Groups any more. I wonder what everyone from here is up to 32
    years later? Will anyone even see this?

    I did see it. I?m here, trying to find something alive.

    Still playing with mindstorms from all generations, RCX, NXT, EV3,
    51515?

    Nicolas.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From DK@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, February 22, 2026 12:05:32
    Ringtail Raider wrote:
    Last month was r.t.l's 32nd birthday (33rd if you count a.t.l)! Now it's dead here. It already was several years after Lugnet (which itself is slightly less dead) was created, but now there's not even spam from
    Google Groups any more. I wonder what everyone from here is up to 32
    years later? Will anyone even see this?

    I just recently got back into usenet after discovering eternal-september.org

    I never really lurked on this group - at the time alt.fan.sailor-moon
    was my goto group. It's been fun looking at my old posts on Google Groups.

    Maybe usenet will have a revival if the new social media platforms cause people to leave. Either that or we will be forced back into retro
    computing since all the AI data centers use up all the GPU, RAM, and SSD capacity. :)

    Lego has always been a favorite hobby through all of my life. Although
    there have been waves where I have sold off a bunch of sets only to buy different ones years later. Right now I'm getting back into collecting Minecraft ones.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.11
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)