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As you all know Cyclops is a bit of an AFOL (Adult Fan of LEGO), and by a bit of one I mean that he has a LEGO Store VIP card and frequently talks about all things LEGO to me like I care. Anyways after years of begging to go I finally took him to […]
Read More…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…Alright so far we have covered nerd gift ideas for Movies/Toys, Pixar, Comic Books, Avengers and Gadgets and now we have to suggest some ideas for a group very near and dear to my heart, that’s right these are for all you AFOLs out there. Gadget Review has compiled a list of 18 unique LEGO gifts […]
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…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…For those of you who have been living under a rock for the past few weeks Felix Baumgartner made history on October 14, 2012 by jumping from a world record 24 miles high (which is basically the edge of space). On the basis of provisional data, Baumgartner also set the record for the highest manned balloon flight (at […]
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 […]
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