http://www.apotome.com/wordpress Copyright 2010 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:56:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.2.2 http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=215 http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=215#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:56:16 +0000 General http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=215 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/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=215 http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=214 http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=214#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:29:57 +0000 Misc LEGO http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=214 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/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=214 http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=213 http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=213#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:26:07 +0000 Music http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=213 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/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=213 http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=212 http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=212#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:22:23 +0000 General http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=212 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/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=212 http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=211 http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=211#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:34:34 +0000 General http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=211 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/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=211 http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=210 http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=210#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:23:41 +0000 General Misc LEGO http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=210 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/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=210 http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=209 http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=209#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:43:11 +0000 General http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=209 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/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=209 http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=208 http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=208#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:21:03 +0000 General http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=208 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/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=208 http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=207 http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=207#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:06:35 +0000 General http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=207 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/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=207 http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=206 http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=206#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:26:58 +0000 General http://www.apotome.com/wordpress/index.php?p=206 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/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=206