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The Lego shape is simple yet iconic. From afar, it is a single block of plastic with nodules on the top. The internal technicalities are more complex, of course, but these outer aspects can be copied with ease to make anything from awful iPod speakers to brick-shaped hard drives.

Or, of course, a candle. The sheer size of this thing can be seen by the tiny minifigs standing atop. We’re sure that it wouldn’t actually look like Lego for long, either — after a few hours the nubbins would have burned down to the level of the main block, and upon further burning they will just become holes.

The price for this heavy, 7.5” x 3” x 3” bar of wax? A steep $48, and you’ll need to buy few if you want to stack ‘em (you do).

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See Also:

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• Lovely Logos in Lego
• Video: A Peek Inside the Lego Factory
• LEGO Mac Will Make Apple Geeks Salivate With Envy

This article was written on October 27, 2007 by CyberNet.

If you’ve ever needed sound effects or music loops, you know that searching the web for a free solution is both tedious and difficult. And of course once you come across something great that would be perfect for your project, you realize it’s not royalty free. This can be extremely frustrating.  Thankfully, there’s a perfect solution to end your frustration once and for all.  The site is called Soundsnap and it’s a free online sound library. Yep, all 30,000 sounds that they offer are royalty free!

With such a large selection of songs, it’s important to have a clean and simple interface that’s easy to use.  They offer just this, and the sounds are tagged and categorized into 16 different categories with many choices in each. Users of Soundsnap play a really important role because they’re the ones that submit the content to begin with, and many of them are sound engineers so it’s not all amateur. If you’re wanting to listen to some of the most popular songs, you can just view their tag cloud.  If you want to download a clip, you can first preview it and then download it in MP3, wav or aiff formats.

There’s a social aspect to Soundsnap as well. It’s social in that members have a public profile where they can show-off some of their work if they’ve submitted it. They’re also able to keep a list of their favorite sounds for all to hear. Users can get involved by rating sound clips using a five-star scale which gives you a good idea if the sound will be worth listening to or not.

Overall, Soundsnap is a great service that provides a broad selection of sound samples, sound effects, and music loops — all royalty free. You can’t beat that!

Source: John @ Soundsnap – Thanks!

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Odds are you’re going to have the phone to your ear nine times out of ten when this screen’s showing, but it’s still somehow interesting — nay, mesmerizing — so we’re happy to see that a recent build of Palm’s webOS emulator for developers has a polished version of the call screen included. Other goodies in PreThinking’s new gallery include options for adding Google, Facebook, and Exchange calendars, the pop-up battery / WiFi / Bluetooth status display, Google Maps shots, and a bunch of miscellany that only true Pre aficionados could appreciate (you know who you are). Follow the break for another shot — and let’s hope the next time you’re cycling through screens, it’s on a Pre of your very own.

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Halifax Courier UK: Natural skin treatments have been launched by a company passionate about animals and its eco-friendly approach.

Mags and Graham Roxburgh, who care for a host of animals in Holywell Green, poured months of hard work into researching and creating a mix of natural products to create what they say is a non-chemical based cure for horses infected with “sweet itch”.

The tests by the couple’s company, Stable Environment Ltd, have led to the launch of the Ultimate Two-in-One Fly Repellent and Skin Tonic.

Managing Director Mrs Roxburgh had already learned how essential oils could heal and prevent skin disorders in both humans and animals as a trichologist of 15 years. And it was these techniques, as well as those picked up as a qualified aromatherapist and hairdresser, that she used to blend oils to make her environmentally-friendly products.

She is keen to create products which were gentle on animals and affordable for a wide market.

Eco-friendly remedy? It’s horse sense: New product bid to ease skin problems [Halifax Courier UK]

If you’ve got a DSLR you’ll notice your lens will only focus so close. Maybe not close enough for you. That’s especially true if you want to show detail in a flower or insect or some other small object. When your photo shows an object larger than real life it’s called macro photography.

What’s a shooter to do? Moving your lens farther from your camera’s sensor with an extension tubes or bellows is an idea I’ve talked about before. That’s a common method of reducing your minimum focus distance and getting macro shots.

There is another method–not always preferred. You can put corrective optics on your lens in the form of a close-up or macro lens. If you wear reading glasses the concept is exactly the same. Close-ups attach to your lens by the screw threads made for a filter. There are expensive close-up lenses and cheap close-up lenses. eBay is littered with the cheap kind, which is what I decided to try.