Would have been even cooler with stop motion, but this is an inspired homage nonetheless.
Jan 162013
Jan 052013
Below the Boat creates awesome bathygraphic maps.
Maps that have been laser carved from wood.
Maps that would look awesome on the walls of the den.
Maps that do sadly not have shipping information beyond Canada yet.
Dec 312012
the new year’s weather
invites me to stay inside
I gladly comply
The weather is, indeed, terrible: +2C, raining and slippery.
Fireworks and champagne are better enjoyed indoors anyway.
Dec 302012
Most computer gaming/hardware/whatever magazines have slowly but irrevocably turned into vehicles of consumption, only rarely do they contain anything singnificant on creating something or understanding things any deeper than the surface.
The new marshall in town, Skrolli (in finnish), aims to correct that.
The zeroth issue (a four-pager .pdf) is out already, and the first proper magazine should see daylight in early 2013.
Sep 092012
Dan Spitz, the ex-lead guitarist of Anthrax, has educated himself as a master watchmaker.
Quite an inspiring turn of events.
Apr 022012
Eight groups of LEGO figures from their advertising campaign, renderings of figure more or less familiar from popular culture.
This image shows half of them, the rest (including the toughest bunch for non-Americans) is available from the original source.
And there’s bound to be followups, too.
Feb 042012
This spring’s limited editions of Moleskine feature LEGO designs.
They arrive in March, and I’m seriously considering picking up two.
Jan 012012
The big new license for Lego is now public: to promote the release of the Hobbit films (and the Tolkien-franchise in general) The One Ring will be borne by a minifigure.
And color me very surprised indeed, if the license is not supported by a series of video games as well.
Nov 132011
Impressive-looking, but likely impractical three-dimensional Catan tiles.
Nov 012011
Meh, missed the crowdfunding of Lovecraftian Letters.
Thus the fridge will not see words like “squamous” and “zygotic” anytime soon.
Oct 032011
A handy instructables article explains how paper art can be preserved in a few easy steps.
No idea whether “Plasti-Dip” is available in Finland.
Oct 032011
LEGO combines augmented reality and bricks in their forthcoming Life of George. Sadly the game will initially be available for camera-equipped iOS devices.
Aug 122011
Escher in a falling water droplet.
And the gadget referred to in the original thread seems like an interesting gadget to consider if I ever get bitten by the hi-speed-photography- bug.
Jul 032011
Were I a metal-crafting homebrewer, this Bender-brewpot would be an interesting project.
Jun 142011
Möbius Strip Ship by Tim Hawkinson, the most awesome piece of arts and crafts in a long while.
Jun 062011
Lego has a vault containing almost every set they have produced in the decades Legos have been manufactured.
I’m sure I could lose myself in the sets of the late seventies and early eighties.
May 202011
One impressive, the other timely humorous.
A Super 8 Movie Projector made with lego.
This is a Lego-rendition of Pasi Nurminen‘s return to Helsinki from Bratislava, the world championships in ice hockey – right before stumbling on the stairs and hitting his head on the trophy.
May 072011
The model-like look in the attached image is not the result of some careful tilt-n-shifting by the photographer.
The photograph is of Knuffingen, the world’s largest model airport.
Apr 042011
Mar 242011
Spacehack – a collection of ways for amateurs to participate in space exploration.
Mar 132011
As far as “awesome, but impractically expensive”-ideas are concerned, Cal Henderson’s Lego Carcassonne placed high this week.
Looks great, but the cost of the tiles that make up the basic set is north of two thousand dollars.
Then again, the ability to use minifigs as meeples does have a lot of appeal.
Feb 212011
Feb 012011
Lo and behold, there’s now a domestic version of the original Nanowrimo.
The scope is far more merciful, a short story instead of a 50k word novel.
Nov 092010
Nov 062010
Too bad O’Reilly’s Make magazine seems no longer to be easily available in Finland nor in an iPad application.
The newest issue is about DIY space exploration.