December 2009
64 posts
Official iPhone Lego App Converts Reality Into a...
Found via: Official iPhone Lego App Converts Reality Into a Brick Mosaic [IPhone Apps] When I saw “Official iPhone Lego App” in my mailbox today, I got instantly wet. Then I checked it out in the iTunes App Store, and my dreams were destroyed. But when I tried it, I loved it anyway. But then again, I’m a Lego sucker. Big time. So, while the Lego Photo application is obviously...
This Is Not the Baby Jesus You Were Looking For...
Found Via: This Is Not the Baby Jesus You Were Looking For [Lego] Much better than Lucas’* prequel explanation. [Flickr] * See, Lucas in Spanish means Luke. Get it? GET IT? Oh, TFSU.
Darth Vader Opens The New York Stock Exchange
Found via: Darth Vader Opens The New York Stock Exchange[YouTube Video] (YouTube Link) Today, Darth Vader rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. He was accompanied by stormtroopers as R2-D2 worked the floor. via io9Sent from my iPhone
Where iPods come from
J: That iPod costs a lot of money
O: Santa doesn't buy iPods, the elves paint them!
J: The elves make them?
O: Yea Santa has lots of elves
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Jeremy had Hale giggling. Owen and I heard across the house and ran to see.
So sweet.
PlayStation Digital Comics Now Available For PSP...
Found on: PlayStation Digital Comics Now Available For PSP [PSP] Coming good on its promise, Sony’s PlayStation Network Digital Comics service has launched, with PSP owners in the US, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa able to download Marvel classics for as little as 99 cents. Along with Marvel Entertainment comics, Disney, IDW Publishing, iVerse Media and several other...
Disney Launches The Muppets Animal Drummer for...
Reblog Via: Disney Launches The Muppets Animal Drummer for Apple App Store Disney Interactive Studios has launched another Apple App Store program, this one centered around Animal of The Muppets fame. Kids get to sit in the drummer’s seat for a game that combines memory and finger dexterity. Watch and listen to Animal play, then match Animal’s beat and timing to score points and unlock new songs....
These 15 Super Close Video Game Faces Would Make...
Reblog via: These 15 Super Close Video Game Faces Would Make Great Cellphone Wallpapers [IPhone] Artist Ashley Browning’s minimalist representation of classic video game characters make for some great shirts, but they can also add an awesome face to your phone. [Infinitecontinues via Etsi via Kotaku]
Giant Over-Sized Foam Legos
Reblog via: Giant Over-Sized Foam Legos Though there’s some things that just aren’t worth recreating, we really like this play on the traditional Lego brick. The catch? These are almost a foot long! Check out details on picking up a set after the jump.Read Full Post
Build customized LEGO packs with LEGO Digital...
Reblog via: Build customized LEGO packs with LEGO Digital Designer Filed under: Software, Holidays Have you completed your holiday shopping yet? Neither have I. Well, if your friends or loved ones have a particular affinity for LEGO’s construction toys, consider using LEGO Digital Designer to order a customized building block set for them. Via LEGO’s DESIGNbyME, Mindstorms, and...
“Whoa dad, no numbers!”
– Owen, after I was getting ready to count to 3…
Toddlers + Fisher Price + Twitter = Twoddler!
Reblog via: Toddlers + Fisher Price + Twitter = Twoddler!A group of Belgian university students from the Expertise centre for Digital Media (EDM) at Hasselt University created the Twoddler: a Fisher-Price busy-board connected to an Arduino that transmits toddlers’ play into reassuring tweets for their parents (it’s a real project, but the idea is a gag, no one really thinks that...
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The Texthook Makes a Great Stroller For a Terrible...
Reblog via: The Texthook Makes a Great Stroller For a Terrible Parent [Parenting] Be honest, parents. What’s your least favorite part about parenting? It’s all that darn parenting, am I right? Lucky for you there’s Texthook, a smartphone mount that lets you totally ignore your child on pleasant afternoon strolls. The worst part about this, if I had to pick just one, is that it...
LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle
Reblog via: LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts CastleMajestic and magical, the LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle ($545) is a gorgeous addition to any LEGO collection, and a stunning collector’s item for Harry Potter fans. With nearly 1,000 pieces, you can assemble many of the castles most notable rooms, like the greenhouse and Room of …Visit Playgrounder for the full post.
Comic Book Christmas Ornaments
Reblog Via: Comic Book Christmas Ornaments If I had a Christmas tree, this would be one of the ornaments on it. It just makes sense (Spidey Sense?) that the Webslinger would be hanging out there. Get a load of this and other superhero tree-trimmers at Walyou. Link. Photo from appaloosa’s Flickr stream.
Unconventional Children's Books
Via: Unconventional Children’s Books Kids Crave has a list of eight children’s books that range from offbeat to weird to extremely specialized, including It’s Just Another Plant: A Children’s Story of Marijuana and It Hurts When I Poop. Pictured above is a book that will help parents when kids ask the most difficult of questions: “Why is there a server in the house?” I tell you when you’re...
DC Comics' Heroes and Villains Drawn as Minifigs...
Via: DC Comics’ Heroes and Villains Drawn as Minifigs [Art] Comics and Lego minifigs. The only way this incredible drawing could be any better is if it included a guide telling me who the guy getting his head cut off is. Can someone enlighten this mainly-Marvel girl, please? Click on the image for a closer look. Yeah, I know it’s probably embarrassingly obvious, but I seriously...
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I Heart Robots
Via: I Heart Robots I Heart Robots I Heart Math Chemists Do It Periodically on a Table Swine Flu: Bacon’s Revenge
Jonas Bergstrand
Via: Jonas Bergstrand via http://www.jonasbergstrand.com/gallery/illustrations/13523/own-project
Noisy Alphabet
Via: Noisy Alphabet Image: Tom Gauld Included in Tom Gauld’s book, Robots, Monsters, etc. is this postcard called “A Noisy Alphabet.” Larger image. via FFFFound!
LEGO/Star Wars Character Creator
Via: LEGO/Star Wars Character Creator I bet you didn’t know that Lando Calrissian had a Rodian half-brother named Guido Calrissian. Well, he didn’t, but that’s what I’m naming my custom character from the time-killing site where you can also make one. Link
LEGO Emerald Night Train
Via: LEGO Emerald Night TrainAll aboard LEGO’s newest offering for train enthusiasts, the LEGO Emerald Night Train ($100). The steam locomotive has large train wheels with piston motion that really drive the train when you add LEGO power functions. A coal car attaches right behind the locomotive to feed the furnace, and …Visit Playgrounder for the full post.
Figla F.Robo ready to clean your home with robotic...
Via: Figla F.Robo ready to clean your home with robotic cuteness During last week’s International Robot Exhibition Japanese robotics firm Figla showed the world an updated version of its cleaning robot. The new prototype robot is taller, a bit more anthropomorphic, and looks a lot less like its iRobot competitor. The key feature of the new prototype is its ability to offer the user a tool...
Tiny Lego guitars
Via: Tiny Lego guitars LegoWow created these tiny, perfect Lego guitars and amps. lego guitars (Thanks, LegoWow!)
Samurai Mario
Via: Samurai Mario deviantART user William Chua of Singapore created this remix of Super Mario Bros. and classical Japanese illustration. He claims inspiration by both Super Mario Bros. and the game Monster Hunter. Link via Geekologie | deviantART Gallery