Posts Tagged ‘flickr’
Fatherhood²: 12 Photos Every Lego Fan Will Love
As anybody who knows me will attest, I’ve always been a massive Lego fan. Now that I’m a father, my love for the world’s most creative toy has been rekindled, and I’m spending a slightly worrying amount of my time either playing Lego “with” (i.e. long past the time he gets bored!) Robert, or lusting over very expensive models that I can’t afford.
One thing I HAVE discovered – which every Lego-loving dad will appreciate – is that you can now download instructions for thousands of new and old models at the official Lego website. Brilliant news if you, like me, have the pieces for lots of models but not the crucial instructions. Also, and slightly worryingly for me, I’ve discovered that you can order individual pieces from the “Lego brick shop“. I’m now giving serious consideration to downloading instructions for models that I have almost all the pieces for, sorting them out and ordering the leftovers – then having the fun of building the whole thing with Robert. It’s creativity on a budget! Well, sort of anyway…
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Testing Flickr integration
Trying out my plug-ins; I couldn’t seem to get the “blog this” icon in Flick to accept my blog for some odd reason, so I’ve resorted to using the ”Flickr WordPress Manager” instead. It looks okay, but isn’t half as user-friendly as I’d like. I’ve got to paste this bloody code in for a start… here goes!
Seems to work though!