Comments on: What Google Engineers do for Fun: Computerized LEGO Art Project

By: MikeE

MikeE — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:55:49 +0000

what ever happened with this… even if its not totally finished, having access to this program should provide some fun on rainy days.

Kindly (re)consider posting the code/executable.

By: Riyad Kalla

Riyad Kalla — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:23:36 +0000

I was never able to get in touch with Justin about it unfortunately. Multiple death threats later and a puppy to say “I’m Sorry” and I’m pretty sure we aren’t friends anymore

By: legolover

legolover — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:21:35 +0000

What happened with posting the code? I’d love to give this a try!

By: Riyad Kalla

Riyad Kalla — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:15:38 +0000

LEGOgeek, sorry guys, never got a reply back from Justin — and I pestered the hell out of him for it… it’s very likely we aren’t even friends anymore

By: LEGOgeek

LEGOgeek — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:59:02 +0000

Editor,

I was wondering if you had any updates on the source code for this. Can we look forward to a link anytime soon?

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:12:25 +0000

Waiting for source code too…..

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:21:38 +0000

All I want for Chrismas is the source code for this project.

By: Riyad Kalla

Riyad Kalla — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:57:51 +0000

Sorry guys, I never heard back from Justin on this… believe me, I’ve sent him just shy of 75 emails.

I have to imagine he’s buried in work though and I’ll just keep probing until he goes insane or forwards it along

By: ts

ts — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:13:59 +0000

Was the source ever published? It would be a great tool to do create some very nice christmas presents.

By: Tamer

Tamer — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:07:17 +0000

Pretty cool stuff — I’d like to try this with some of my photos!

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Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:09:48 +0000

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links for 2008-10-21 | Yostivanich.com — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:04:03 +0000

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By: Riyad Kalla

Riyad Kalla — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:05:59 +0000

No word back from Justin yet unfortunately, sorry guys.

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:57:19 +0000

Any word on how soon the software will be available?

By: Go Miniman Go » Google + LEGO = Wall Art

Go Miniman Go » Google + LEGO = Wall Art — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:05:43 +0000

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By: Editor

Editor — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:38:01 +0000

Guys,

Sorry for the delay, emailed Justin twice over the weekend, so hopefully will have a reply to you shortly with regard to the source code.

By: Karl

Karl — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:36:22 +0000

Justin,

Many of us are sitting here waiting (as though for an original trilogy Star Wars movie) to get the source for this project. I am finishing up my vacation prior to starting a new job and my God would I be a Legoing fool (bet there’s no such word as Legoing, but then again I bet that guy is not Nick Berg [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Berg])

Hope you get to post it soon!

By: Editor

Editor — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:08:56 +0000

Nick, thanks for the heads up. I originally wrote the entire article using “l3g0z”… so I guess that was even worse

By: Nick Berg

Nick Berg — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:47:43 +0000

The word you’re looking for is LEGO, there’s no such thing as “Legos”.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:59:21 +0000

10 hours per image?

By: The9th

The9th — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:49:23 +0000

As an unimaginative soul who’s built lots of legos w/his kids over the years, I’d love to see some close-ups of these great-looking things.

And to know how you approach Lego to get these huge lots of bricks.

I had the same question about how Normal Mailer managed to get thousands of clear blocks from Lego so that he and his pals could build a coffee-table skyline of Manhattan (article in New Yorker mag way back when). If I recall, Mailer had one complaint–that Lego didn’t make clear “cap blocks”, so the skyline was “dimpled.”

By: Editor

Editor — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:28:25 +0000

James, Awesome followup. Insulting, trite and misses the entire point of the writeup. I'm going to mail you a giant gold star that says "Internet Smarty Pants" on it. You wear it, right on your shirt and let everyone know.

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By: James Pereira

James Pereira — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:24:08 +0000

Google engineer smart? Try seventh grade. Why is this a top story on slashdot??