pootling

• Minifig Communists
  Dunechaser is the undisputed king of the Minifig form, and it’s this sort of work that is the reason why…
  (tags: lego minifig dunechaser communists politics)

• The Harry Potter Lexicon
  I’m re-reading the end of the series at the moment, and this is rather useful for answering (or, indeed, asking) the odd question I have.
  (tags: books encyclopedia reference harrypotter Literature)
• The A Team in Lego
  Caliban of my sidebar fame asked for the A Team in minifig form a fair little while back. I couldn’t work out how to do Mr T’s jewelry, but now I need worry no longer, since Dunechaser has found them created far better than I ever would.
  (tags: minifig ateam lego dunechaser)

• BBC to play music and light entertainment in the event of nuclear war
  “In the event of all-out nuclear war, the BBC was to distract the nation by broadcasting a mix of music and light entertainment shows, secret papers reveal.” A bit of Des O’Conner and Morcombe and Wise would have made for a rather surreal apolcalypse…
  (tags: bbc nuclearwar apocalypse newspaper article)

I love the fact that the Sex Pistols are having nothing to do with the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. It shows exactly why they deserve to be there.

Their note (pictured here) is so much cooler than the “we are not worthy” bollocks that I’ve seen at all of the recent spate of awards ceremonies. It really shows up the fact that there’s not a band around today with the same attitude, and I really wish there was.

BBC Article
Sex Pistols Website

• Einstein’s blackboard
  Edit Einstein’s blackboard. Best used to make him write rude words, I feel.
  (tags: design graphics humour writing science Einstein photo)

• Surname Profiler
  Find out more about your surname, or indeed, someone else’s.
  (tags: genealogy geography history people uk surnames family)

Well, I just got interviewed by Capital Gold. I think the DJ was trying to work out why he was interviewing a guy that took a photo of some bits of Lego then put it online. I feel he has a point.

Still, it was nice of them to be interested, and they did call me a Lego Genius, and ask me whether I wanted to work at Legoland which, frankly, I do so I’m pretty happy. I don’t think I came over as any more of a buffoon than usual, but I’d be interested to hear from anyone who actually heard it…

There are a few more people around here than usual at the moment, following a weird, but pleasant couple of days. On Tuesday night, my Dick Cheney in Lego picture got picked up by Boing Boing (I say this like there was some internet swirl of activity before someone suggested it to them, actually I suggested it myself - my ego knows no bounds). Following this a few thousand people have popped along to have a look, and lots of them have left comments, which has been really cool.

Then, last night, after an email, I got a telephone call from a San Diago News Agency, and so there’s a chance that there might be some more about this going happening at some point, but who knows?

And, this morning, the wonderful Tom from Random Acts of Reality has linked to his picture here pointing out, quite rightly, that he wouldn’t look as happy if the guy was drunk - so hello to all the people coming from that wonderful site too.

Leave me a comment if there’s anyone / anything that you think needs to be recreated in Lego (singular, no ’s’, ever) and I’ll see what I can do.

You can email me at pootling {at} gmail {dot} com, see all of my photos here, and see a really cool recreation of Sesame Street, done by Count Blockula here - it’s great.

• Fully automatic book-scanner made from Lego
  Is there anything you can’t make from Lego? I have it on good authority that this is how Google managed to bring Google Print into being.
  (tags: book lego gallery scanner)

Quails and lawyers prove harder to distinguish than one might expect.

• Top ten reasons Geeks make good fathers
  There may be hope for me yet…
  (tags: geek father top10)

It seemed sensible to start with Tom Reynolds of Random Acts of Reality fame, since he’s one of my favourite bloggers, his was one of the first blogs I really started to read, and I’ve seen a picture of him.

Any comments or suggestions for other people to do are more than welcome.

• Why philosophy is important from The Independent
  Philosophers ask: “How do you analyse arguments, spot fallacies, reason responsibly, see other points of view, think for yourself?” I suppose I would agree with this, having a philosophy degree myself, but I still think that it makes a good point.
  (tags: philosophy uk news newspaper theindependent education)
• The Big Four record companies under threat
  An interesting take on the current state of the music industry. Personally, if this is true, good riddance to them, I say.
  (tags: music riaa musicindustry recordlabels)
• Where Digg meets Del.icio.us
  Quite fun to watch how stories are being covered across the two.
  (tags: digg del.icio.us social)
• CD and DVD cover searchengine
  Really simple, really useful.
  (tags: art cd music albumcover)

• Muppet Wiki
  For all your Muppet-knowledge needs.
  (tags: movies tv sesamestreet muppets reference wiki)
• We Don’t All See The Same Color.
  Well, the title’s a little misleading. What this is suggesting is that different cultures name and conceptualize their colours in different ways. Interesting nevertheless.
  (tags: science psychology philosophy colour sight)
• Busta Rhymes: Wanker?
  Busta Rhymes (although let’s call him Trevor, since that is his name) says his bodyguard was “one of the rare friends that you come across that you can trust with your life.” But not so much that you’d tell the police who murdered him, it turns out.
  (tags: bustarhymes music rap police crime murder)

Can I just give some heartfelt praise to those wonderful, hard-working people at Barbelith who tirelessly work for the good of mankind discussing stuff. They’re the sort of fellas and lasses that, if you knew them, you’d invite around for tea, perhaps even sacrifice your first-born if they asked really nicely.

No reason, I just think they’re great.