Posted by blogs@bobvila.com (Dave) on under demolition job, colored brick, surrey england, legos, top gear, grapes, lego, bbc, toilet | 
After failing to find a buyer, the house built entirely out of Legos in Surrey, England, is being dismantled brick by mult-colored brick. Built by James May of the BBC's Top Gear, the home was never intended as a permanent structure and was built on a vineyard without the necessary permits. It did however feature a working toilet, shower and a "very uncomfortable bed." One visitor apparently made off with the Lego constructed cat.Alas, the vineyard needs to grow its grapes and May had to ...
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Posted by on under boing boing, boom and bust, bust cycles, kurt andersen, terrific title, how to get rid of dry skin, review purchase, crco, graphic novels, c games, detailed guide, sensible advice, hot bath, positive changes, kids books, art books, orifice, new opportunit |
Mark and I have rounded up some of our favorite items from our 2009 Boing Boing reviews for the second-annual Boing Boing gift guide. We'll do one a day for the next six days, covering media (music/games/DVDs), gadgets and stuff, kids' books, novels, nonfiction, and comics/graphic novels/art books. Today, it's nonfiction! If Your Kid Eats This Book, Everything Will Still Be Okay: How to Know if Your Child's Injury or Illness Is Really an Emergency (Lara Zibners): Apart from a terrific title, the book has plenty going for it. Basically, Even if Your Kid Eats This Book is a detailed guide to everything you don't have to worry about. It has an orifice-by-orifice guide to detecting and removing Lego! A list of things under the sink that won't poison your kid! Sensible advice about how to get rid of dry skin! (Hot bath, then anything greasy from Crisco to Vaseline, then time). Full review | Purchase Reset: How This Crisis Can Restore Our Values and Renew America In 96 pages, Kurt Andersen describes the United States' previous boom and bust cycles and explains why the bust cycles are essential for innovation and improvement of living standards for everyone. Times of crisis, he says, open new opportunities for making positive changes. Full review | Purchase...
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Posted by on under amp nbsp, volt lithium, auto hammer, youtube video, speed adjustment, rsquo, charge time, battery indicator, hellip, indicator lights, soft grip, perfect size, wimpy, actual size, craftsman, zipper, lithium, lego, nails, cells |
Perhaps you have seen a commercial for the Craftsman Auto-Hammer recently and wondered as I did how useful is this new tool really. Would this ever replace my real hammer? Can it do handle large nails, what about finishing nails? I had the chance to review one the other day and hopefully this will provide a little insight if you are thinking about getting one or asking Santa to put one under the tree. Checkout the photos and also a Coptool YouTube video below.
Out of the Box
A flip up view window to check out what’s inside… I suppose it can be helpful to check out the actual size of the tool, closest you’ll get to having a model on display. Just like the large Lego kits from my younger years, got me pumped then too. When I got the tool out I was a little surprised it had only 1 battery, I had originally thought it came with two. Also the bag was a little wimpy; it comes in two separate parts you need to put together by the zipper. As for the tool itself it’s pretty basic, no battery indicator, speed adjustment, adjustable heads or other such features. The good news is the tool is the perfect size, it feels nice in the hand with a large trigger and full soft grip that goes all the way to the top so you can use your other hand to stabilize the head. The battery looks just like every other 12 volt lithium you have ever seen with 3 cells inside. The charger is pretty basic with standard indicator lights and 30 minute charge time.
Tagi: amp nbsp, volt lithium, auto hammer, youtube video, speed adjustment, rsquo, charge time, battery indicator, hellip, indicator lights, soft grip, perfect size, wimpy, actual size, craftsman, zipper, lithium, lego, nails, cells
Posted by on under mathematician alan turing, mike davey, gadgets uk, turing machine, thought experiment, thing of beauty, moti, homebrew, muffins, lego, genius, spectrum |
Mike Davey, a maker from Wisconsin, built a classic Turing Machine with a 1000 foot instruction tape that holds up to 10k. Though Turing's machine was just a thought experiment, the paper in which it is described has enough detail to create it in real life. The machining is absolutely lovely, and when it's in motion, it's a thing of beauty. A Turing Machine (Mike Davey) DIY Turing Machine (IEEE Spectrum)) (Thanks, Erico!) Previously:Turing Machine muffins Turing machine built with Lego Gadgets Will Turing Machines be illegal? LEGO Turing machine crunches the numbers Gadgets UK: Treatment of (gay) genius mathematician Alan Turing Teaching Turing: instructional tool for teaching ......
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Posted by on under m c escher, aying, lego, lips |
I'm sure a lot of you like the art of M.C. Escher and playing with LEGO, but Andrew Lipson and Daniel Shiu really managed to combine the two into an amazing example of geek art.
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