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June 01, 2007
Man Quits Job to Make Lego Art
Hate your job? Wish you could just play with Legos all day? Meet Nathan Sawaya. His daily workspace went from florescent lights and dull paperwork to an explosion of color. Sawaya abandoned a career as an attorney in 2004 to take on Lego sculpting full time.
Just imagine that conversation for a second: “Hi mom. I quit my job as a lawyer, sorry for all that wasted money, but I’m gonna play with Legos….”
So what does Sawaya’s workspace look like now he’s a professional Lego artist? Basically Sawaya lives and works in a Lego playland. Clear plastic crates stuffed with Lego bricks in every hue are stacked high against the walls. There’s a computer on the floor, but it’s not functional. It’s made entirely of Lego and so is the cash register, monkey, bowl of fruit, and vase of flowers.
Want a closer look at closer look at Sawaya’s Lego art? Sawaya’s national touring exhibit, “The Art of the Brick,” is making the rounds. Its next stop is the Discovery Center Museum in Rockford, Illinois, on June 15; it will stay there until September 3. You can get more info at nathanbrickartist.com.
[Source: cnn.com]
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May 25, 2007
Lazy Segway Mom
Wow, sometimes people are lazy. Here’s a picture of a woman pushing her baby with a Segway. Besides being lazy, isn’t that kind of dangerous anyway? Because of the way the Segway works, I’m pretty sure she wouldn’t be able to reverse quickly or move out of the way with the stroller in case of an emergency.
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Question of the Day: Should you need a license to drive a Segway, or a license to be a mother?
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May 23, 2007
How Your Cursor Works
Ever wonder how your mouse connects to the cursor and moves it around your screen? Believe it or not, I found a website that explains this technical process clearly thanks to a giant digital magnifying glass.
Go to this website http://www.1-click.jp/ and then move your cursor around.
Who knew?
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May 18, 2007
5 Outrageous Inventions
Many inventions are quite useful in everyday life, but these 5 (link) could quite possibly be the most outrageous ever…
Then again, there’s always Japanese Chindogu.
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May 09, 2007
ESPN Producing Gascasts for GSTV
Wish you could get sports scores while you are gassing up your car? According to LA Times.com, now you can.
ESPN, the American sports news network, announced a partnership with Gas Station TV (GSTV) to provide 45-second broadcasts for thousands of TV screens located at gas pumps across the United States.
“It’s another opportunity for fans to be able to watch us,” ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys said.
ESPN will slowly ramp up production of the gascasts. The network will initially just produce one segment per day for GSTV. But eventually ESPN hopes to produce multiple segments everyday.
Where can you see these gascasts? Right now only in Atlanta, Dallas and Houston. But next month GSTV hopes to install more screens at gas stations in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York.
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Ivy League Grad Gets Lowest SAT Score as Experiment
At the age of 33, Colin P. Fahey decided to throw away his dignity, mock his Ivy League education, disgrace his Master’s degree, and prove that in just over three hours he could answer every question on the SAT incorrectly!
If you don’t live in the US, then you may not know exactly what the SAT is. The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is a dreaded exam that all high school students in the United States have to take for college admissions. The SAT is given multiple times a year at thousands of testing centers throughout the US. Unless there are special circumstances, the test is given on a Saturday, starting at approximately 9:00 AM in each time zone. So basically if you aren’t paying attention, a single SATurday morning can ruin the rest of your life!
Back in 2003 when Collin took the test, 1600 was a perfect score. Remember, Collin is a smart guy. He’s an Ivy League Grad. But is he smart enough to get every question wrong? What was Collin’s final SAT score? Just 400 points combined (math & verbal). In case you are curious, 400 points is the lowest SAT ‘raw score’ in history. Congratulations to Collin.
But there’s always room for improvement. Collin accidentally got 2 questions right in the math section. I guess you can say Collin intentionally failed at failure. How humiliating! Maybe he’ll do worse next time.
Sure 400 seems low . . . but it rounds up to like 540 Canadian right? You can read more about Collin’s experiment here.
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May 03, 2007
Toilet Tunes: iCarta iPod Dock Review
The bathroom. It’s one of the most important (and hopefully used) rooms of your home. So much so, that people usually add radios to their bathrooms and provide a soundtrack to their personal grooming and thinking. But isn’t this the iPod generation? Why just settle for a radio? The iCarta iPod dock lets you bring and enjoy your iPod into your private sanctuary.
This iPod dock is integrated into a toilet paper holder and is compatible with all dockable iPods. It features four integrated high performance moisture-free speakers and is powered by an AC adapter… so you can power up your iPod while you download.
For showering, shaving, and all other things you might use your bathroom for, enjoy your music your way. Bring in your iPod. Let it enhance each moment of your life.
Power Requirements:
- 12V, 1.5A AC adapter Unit Dimension
- Width 8.25 x Height 3.68 x Depth 7.12 inch, 210mm x 93mm x 181mm
- Accepts standard toilet paper rolls
You can charge your iPod while playing music. The only problem is that it isn?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t waterproof ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äú but then again, neither is an iPod. By the way, that song stinks. Light a match.
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April 17, 2007
Pictures of Geek Culture
These pictures of “geek culture” will either amaze or disturb you. Enjoy.
Did anyone else want to kick over that arch of monitors?
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