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:: Sunday, December 13, 2009 ::

I Am Lego

Just discovered the Lego Express blog, also via pied-a-terre.



"Brick for Scirocco" is the name given to the Lego styled radiator designed by Marco Baxadonne.

Labels: Design, Film, Humour, Lego

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by Jason Feeny

Labels: Design, Lego

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The Atheist Billboard Campaign


E&T chronicles some truly ingenious escapes over, through, across and underneath the world’s most sinister engineering structure - the Berlin Wall.

E&T visits Estonia, a former province of the Soviet Empire, to find one of the most technologically advanced and IT-savviest nations in the world.

There's Only One Sun | Wong Kar-Wai

There's Only One Sun | Wong Kar-Wai
by YforYerom

[thanks Natali]

Solar panels shaped like clay roof tiles


The Bigshot, a DIY digital camera designed for kids to build and use


Muji + Lego x-mas collaboration


In praise of the sci-fi corridor [via grom]

Z-DAY from Peter Thomas on Vimeo.
"In late October 2009 a meteor crashed into St Werberghs, Bristol U.K. While the initial damage was contained efficiently and promptly by the authorities, Solanum-based particles from the meteor quickly spread on the wind, infecting many of the local population and causing a class-2 zombie infestation/outbreak. Within hours, the walking dead had descended on Broadmead Shopping Centre in search of meat and brains... Few survived and many souls were lost that day, however a blood-stained video tape from a local underground film-maker was recovered from the wreckage... Following a press black-out, this film documents the fateful event (dubbed "Z-Day" by locals), and provides a rare and privileged insight into a full-scale zombie attack on a densly populated urban area."

Flavorwire » Blog Archive » DJ /rupture’s Favorite Cities and Songs
"Bristol is amazing, and it’s especially amazing for all sorts of different types of bass music. For a track, it’s hard to say, because there’s so much dub, dubstep, UK garage, reggae, as well… all this stuff coming out of Bristol. But my favorite spot in Bristol, I think it’s a Sunday night party, is at this place called Cosies."

Labels: architecture, Art, Atheism, Bristol, Environment, Film, Humanism, Lego, Photography, Sci-Fi, Technology

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There is a pattern to my blogging here that shows that every time I buy an actual hard copy of a newspaper I blog about half a dozen stories out of it I may otherwise never have stumbled upon. This is no exception, here are my picks from Thursday's Guardian:

British therapists still offer treatments to 'cure' homosexuality
"Survey suggests a significant minority of mental health professionals continue to provide treatments to gay men and lesbians despite no evidence they can change orientation and concerns they are harmful...One counsellor who is a member of the British Psychological Society said: "Although homosexual feelings are usual in people, their physical expression, and being a person's only way of having sexual relations is problematic. The physical act for male homosexuals is physically damaging and is the main reason in this country for Aids/HIV. It is also perverse.""
This is outrageous. It can be criticised, if not demolished, from so many different angles I don't think I need to point that out. It's like a throw back to the 50s, when our society lost great minds like Turing because of it's backwards treatment of sexuality. From some of the quotes in the article there are, to me, some scary signs of counsellors forcing their personal (probably 2000 year old religious based beliefs) on people. These practitioners should not be allowed to "help" people again.

Are women doing better or worse in IT since Ada Lovelace?

Why not let the security services spy on Twitter? It's not like they'll learn anything from it

Getty Images now licensing hand-picked Flickr photos

Google's would be watchdogs are distracted by its chew toys

Vintage sound chips? They are music to my ears
Chip tunes goes mainstream?

E-government survey urges councils to free data

"Never mind the recession - Lego is now so popular that there are 62 little coloured blocks for every person on the planet. Yet only five years ago this family business was on the brink of ruin. Jon Henley reports from the Danish town where it all began"

Labels: Electronic Music, Feminism, Flickr, gay, Google, IT, Lego, News, Photography, Politics, Retro, Secuirty, web 2.0

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In a return to my occasional series on unusual magazines found lying around in the office kitchen, I am now a convert to Engineering and Technology magazine.

For a start, here are some interesting links from October’s fashion and technology special:
A new breed of robot
Catwalk goes techno
Haute tech couture



And the current issue is a Lego special!
Building on a dynasty
Play for tomorrow
Lego for life
Inventors’ inbox
Falling for technology
Diy society
Child's play
And more

From the DIY Society article:
www.modumobile.com
www.buglabs.net
wiki.openmoko.org
www.openhandsetalliance.com
www.sand-labs.org
www.gumstix.com
I hadn't realised how far the open handware movement had got!

Labels: DIY, Engineering, Fashion, FOSS, Lego, Technology

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White Bandit
Originally uploaded by gusset.

[got mine now!]

Also...
Super Lego Sushi

[via suicideblonde]

Labels: Lego

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Lego camera project
[Possible repost?]

The results look like this:


Wheel_Chair
Originally uploaded by Found Photographer.

"This double exposure was taken at Midway airport with my trusty Lego pinhole camera. Yes, the camera made it through security without even a funny look."

Labels: Lego, Photography

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"A RANGE of Lego-style fighting figures — including an al-Qaeda terrorist — has been slammed by religious leaders."



Added to my Christmas list!

Labels: Lego, News, Politics, Religion

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We're doomed! Alien-like Squid With "Elbows" Filmed at Drilling Site.



It seems the Kraken has finally awoken.


[About the lego Kraken]

Speaking of which, the Triffids are back too! I'm slightly concerned that 'it is billed as a "fast-paced, futuristic and electrifying take" on Wyndham's work' but I still can't wait to see it. Slow, impending dread is always better. As Simon Pegg explains.

Labels: Ecology, Environment, Lego, Literature, Sci-Fi, Zombie

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Labels: Humour, Lego

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Stephen Hawking LEGO

Labels: Lego, Physics, science

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NordLead Modular in Lego by Avro
[via Music Thing]

I'm still waiting for Lego to make a working modular synth kit. I can dream.

Labels: Lego, Synths

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