Grand Theft Auto: Lego City.
Hilarious lego stop action trailer modeled on the PS2 game GTA: Vice City.
Reminds me of my childhood when my brother Ross and I made a 4 minute stop-action Lego film.
March 31, 2005
GTA:LC
Back in the Shop
This time I’m building cabinets for our pantry. They’ll go above the washer/dryer and hold all the stuff that’s currently sprawled across other shelves and moving down onto the floor. It’s really amazing how much stuff you accumulate.
Of course, since the shelves are going in, that means that we have to paint the walls. And since we’re painting the walls, that means we’ll have to paint the trim as well, and install crown moulding and accent lights. And clean out the lint trap. And reorganize the pantry. And… and… and… It’s seemingly endless, but the end result will be a very nicely finished room that will hopefully add some value to the house for not much money.
Oh, and it’s a good excuse for shop time.
Do I Look Fat?
World’s most sensitive scales weigh a zeptogram.
But now they’re trying to get really sensitive by developing a scale that can weigh a single hydrogen atom- a weight called a yoctogram (10-24)g.
I really like saying that word: yoctogram. yoctogram yoctogram yoctogram.
La Vida Robot
I subscribe to Wired magazine. At only a buck a copy, for a magazine that I will read cover to cover, it’s a real bargain. I re-up my subscription every three years to get the best rate.
Whenever I discover a good article there, I usually pester Erin to read it and then pass it on to a friend. So I was very happy to discover they Wired posts many of their articles online. Now I can pester my dear readers!
Don’t miss this article in the current Wired mag. It’s about a group of underprivileged, undocumented high school students in Arizona who take on the well funded brain trust of MIT in an underwater robot building contest… and win! If you’ve ever worked with kids, you’ll be inspired by this story (Durb!)
Has “movie of the week” written all over it.
Approve This
Are you sick of having pre-approved credit applications mailed to you every day? Do you worry about them getting lifted from your mailbox and being the victim of identity theft? According to financial guru Clark Howard, the most common way thieves can get your personal info is by swiping a pre-approved credit application from your mail and posing as you to get the card. Clark recommended the credit card opt-out site found here as a way to get yourself removed from the pre-approved credit card listings FOREVER.
You see, by law, the four credit agencies (Equifax, Experian, Innovis, and TransUnion) have to maintain a list of people who do not wish to receive pre-approved credit cards in the mail. All you have to do is go to the site here, give them your information, and click “opt-out forever”. Just like that, you’ll never receive another unsolicited credit card again (doesn’t apply to businesses you’ve asked for one from, or ones you currently use).
The credit agencies and credit card businesses do not want this option to become well known because they make their money by selling people’s names and addresses to credit card companies so they can spam you with plastic. If you’re on this list, they can’t profit from you.
Just think of it as a “Do Not Call” list for credit card applications. It’ll reduce the amount of junk in your mailbox, increase your security against identity theft, and stick it to the credit companies: three very good things.
Oh, and if you’re worried that it’s maybe not a legitimate operation, or that it’s just another phishing scam to get your personal info, don’t be. Clark Howard vouches for it himself here (second or third paragraph down).
Use it! It only takes about sixty seconds to do, and you’re free forever.