Archive for the ‘ Technology ’ Category

Laser Engraving a Mac

I’ve been thinking of getting an engraving on my computer for a while now. Have yet to find a place local that will do this well for a good price. It is a far nicer idea than putting stickers all over it, that’s for sure. I also want to change the colour of the Mac logo, which seems to be a straight forward enough process. iColours are a company in Canada that provide this service, although it is something you can do yourself very easily with some coloured gels.

Anyway, back to the engraving. There are a lot of very cool design out there from people who have bravely put their laptop under the knife. The following are three such examples done to Macs.

cool mbp engraving

Engrave Your Tech are one firm out there who will help you customise your laptop etc with high quality engraving. This design is amazing and shows you the detail that can be achieved with this process.
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Pic Lens

Pic Lens is one of the coolest Firefox add-ons you can get. You can search images on Flickr, Google, Yahoo etc with a 3D image wall interface. Add it on! Go get Pic Lens and while your here grab th Previews app also for viewing full webpages from links. Makes browsing blogs much better. Big up Cool Iris!

Lego: playing well for 50 years

happy birthday lego

The brick is 50 years old! The Lego brick was patented on January 28th, 1958 and has had an immense impact on the world since then. Lego was born from the creative mind of Danish carpenter Ole Kirk Christiansen back in the early 1930’s. The Lego name was coined in 1934, meaning “play well” and it certainly has lived up to it’s name. The Lego brick as we know it today was adapted from a Kiddicraft design in the 40s and eventually perfected with it’s modular ‘locking’ design in 1958. This same design is still used today and old and new bricks are compatible! The rest is history!

Lego today is a global craze and enjoyed by fans both young and old. Originally conceived as toys, the infamous bricks have spawned a wealth of creativity from all age groups. Below are just a tiny selection of Legoworks which have caught my eye.
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