http://www.apotome.com/wordpress Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:56:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 Who would have thought that my publisher would be doing another reprint so soon after the last one? Not me! Wow... I have confirmed that sales were much better over the end of 2009 than we'd anticipated. That's the good news. The bad news, for the moment, is that Amazon.com appears ... http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=215 If you've followed my blog at all over the last few years, or perhaps seen some of my models on Brickshelf, then you'll already know that I LOVE fire apparatus modeled in LEGO bricks. When it comes to my own designs, I tend toward 4-stud wide models, as they remind ... http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=214 I read several Ambient music-related blogs each day. Yesterday, I spotted a link to some new music by Stretta. I enjoyed the sample that was there. You can download the entire work from Soundcloud, just by following the link in the embedded music player. Then I started browsing around Stretta's blog and ... http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=213 It's taken me a long time to get to, but I finally was able to clean up the front page of Apotome.com last night. It's not a redesign or anything radical like that. Rather, I just got rid of a bunch of old 'updates' that were starting to feel a ... http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=212 I thought this story was very sweet. And take a look at the book behind held by the smallest child (near the middle of the table). Yes, that's a copy of ULBG. :) http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=211 Every so often I stumble upon a mention of my book on a website. Or I spot a model that someone's made using techniques found in ULBG. But it's not all that often I spot a pic of myself somewhere that I didn't know it had been posted. Here's an interesting ... http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=210 A couple of times in the past few years, I've posted images taken from the StatCounter.com website, showing a visual representation of where visitors to Apotome.com are coming from. I took another look at the map function yesterday and was delighted to see the little markers covering the map from one ... http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=209 If you've stopped by this blog over the years, you may know that ULBG is already available in English, Italian and Romanian. I was contacted last week by publisher who is interested in releasing another translated version of it. I won't tell you you which language it might be appearing ... http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=208 Just a quick note to let everyone know that I will soon be updating both this blog, and the Apotome.com website. Thanks for your patience!! http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=207 If you've happened by this blog over the last year or so you may have wondered if I had fallen off the face of the earth. Thankfully, I haven't. :) But it has been a busy and personally challenging year for me. I haven't been as connected to the LEGO hobby ... http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=206