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Alright as loyal readers know (thanks dad!) my nerd, Cyclops is an AFOL, which means he is a baller at the LEGO Store. As I was perusing the latest LEGO news I stumbled across an interesting story. Here’s a little backstory, my dad is the owner of a 7-campus Montessori school, (for those NOVA nerds out […]
Read More…Can’t believe we missed the 55th birthday of our beloved nerd’s favorite toy, LEGO! On January 28, 1958 Godtfred Kirk Christiansen patented the LEGO brick and in doing so gave the children (and in some cases adults) of the world hours of joy building whatever their minds could imagine. But on the other hand it has […]
Read More…LEGO has improved on a classic Christmas tradition, the advent calendar, although improved might be too strong, I for one very much enjoy that little bit of chocolate each day. For years LEGO has released it’s very own advent calendar, where every day leading up to Christmas you open the numbered door to find a […]
Read More…If you haven’t heard, a 3D LEGO movie is heading to a theater near you very soon! On top of that is was just announced that some big stars have signed on to the film as voice actors including Will Ferrell, Nick Offerman and Alison Brie. Here’s the official plot synopsis for the Warner Bros. […]
Read More…I may have just found my new obsession. A little backstory. During a bacherolette party to Mardi Gras a few years back my friends and I discovered the most magical thing ever…WIGS! Ladies (or any readers out there so inclined) if you have never given wigs a try you are missing out on the best […]
Read More…Back in May 2012, Merlin Entertainment and LEGO announced plans to open their first attraction in our neighbor to the north, Canada! “This attraction will be a $12M LEGOLAND Discovery Centre and will open in Spring 2013 at Vaughan Mills which is one of the Greater Toronto Area’s premier shopping and entertainment destinations, owned and operated by Ivanhoé Cambridge. […]
Read More…As I mentioned in a post at the beginning of October, I love, love, love Halloween! And because of that, I try to make sure that every weekend this month is filled with Halloween activities. Two weekends ago Oct. 6-7, Cyclops and I went decoration shopping. DATING A NERD WARNING: If you are dating a nerd be […]
Read More…I have seen some pretty cool LEGO builds but Simon Burfield has taken it to a whole other level. He has created a fully functional motorized wheelchair. “The wheelchair uses the exceedingly versatile Lego Mindstorms NXT kits, which allow for sophisticated but user-friendly robotic applications using the plastic building blocks.” info courtesy of Geek.com. Burfield […]
Read More…As I just mentioned in My Letter to Apple, after a lot of frustration and effort I just ordered the iPhone 5. The iPhone features a new type of connector and but Apple is not planning on offering a dock. But thanks to the research of Cult of Mac we now have some options. There are third-party […]
Read More…Now this is what I call cool, LEGO artist and designer Sean Kenney has recently debuted a line of hand crafted lamps created from LEGO bricks. There are 5 different styles (listed below) and available in 10 different colors. Customized lamps are available upon request. Each lamp is crafted with approximately 2,500 LEGO bricks, which are […]
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