Entries by whill
Well, after repeated inspections of our LC(A) storage area [Harpo's basement] we have discovered that the everything is gone. Our prime suspect – Lyle. Now Lyle is a founding member of the LC(A) and held a quarter of the stake in our physical assets. Before heading off to college Lyle came by to pick up [...]
The Legal Conglomerate of Awesomeness just received its first credit card offer. American Express feels that our business needs to go with their Plum Card®. We had curry for lunch, and decided to go with spicing it from scratch, going the working-class route instead of sticking with capitalist ways. It turns out that you standard [...]
In an attempt to make the “donate” button on carofawesomeness.com more exciting, we made it in Polish. Unfortunately, this also turns the donate page Polish. So it is back to boring English. You might ask, “What will these young fellows do with my money?” Well, we have many plans, such as pneumatics and an upgrade [...]
We are rebuilding the central chassis frame to accommodate the new gearing systems at either end. This is quite a job; we have completely disassembled it and are putting it back together from the ends in. We started working before eating some leftover pancakes (with Trader Joe’s Organic Concord Grape Jelly and molasses, as we [...]
After a lull from the LC(A) while I was farming in Italy, Harpo and I are back together. We are doing a bit of maintenance on my MacBook Pro and Harpo is working with Hannah on a duet for a competition for a bit. We should also probably get going on Multivariable Calc and Calc [...]
As Harpo and I use Wikipedia so much, it would only make sense for there to be an LC(A) article up on it. Recently I have been looking into Wiki policies, and prospects are not the best. It seems that we need a little more in terms of credentials, and someone else should probably write [...]
Things are moving along as far as themes go. A semblance to our old site is emerging. There are plenty of links that we are currently lacking, but most of the basics are there. Right now we are trying to figure out the galleries.
Last night Harpo and I spent some time on adding content to our site. We have a steady but slight stream of traffic, which makes sense; we are unique, but do not really have that much showy stuff to show for it on the web right now. As we got going, developing our theme throwing [...]
Harpo and I have been considering applying to become a nonprofit organization. The LC(A) has a bright but expensive future; we plan to upgrade to the NXT system eventually, and there are other costs such as pneumatics that might arise. There are twenty eight kinds of 501(c)(3)s, and although they are the most common kind [...]
LEGO® finally got back to me on the RCX voltage issue, but they said they did not know, and referred me to Philo’s site. He has some excellent resources but his site did not answer our question. I e-mailed him and he promptly responded, shooting down our li-ion proposition, bringing into our awareness the possibility [...]
Harpo is at the hospital right now as he needs to get a bad cough of his looked into. I am at his house, and I cannot make much progress on the car without Harpo here, so I have decided to do more research. We have decided that we are going to take out a [...]
I was interested to discover a project even crazier than ours – the splinter. It is a super car made of wood. Joe Harmon Design
I researched our trademark a while ago to see if it was available through a database linked to the US Patent and Trademark Office’s site. This evening I have been going through USPTO’s step-by-step instructions for getting a trademark. I have discovered a few things. Every application needs a “representation of the mark,” which comes in two [...]
I was initially concerned that Lego® would not allow us to prefix our almost-pending trademark “Car of Awesomeness” with their brand name. After writing to them though, it looks as though we will be fine. The main think that I am now wondering about is that our applications must be personal and non-commercial; what if [...]
Recently I have been researching patents and have learned many things. Thing cannot be patentented if they have been in public use for more than a year. Patentability is a large field: patentable things must be novel, non-obvious, and useful. The US Patent and Trademark Office publishes a Manual of Patent Examining Procedure. There are [...]
Some day, Whill envisions a world where engineers of automotive Lego creations can unite to share their ideas and progress to a world of better designs.