LEGO Bastion: Superdwarf Game

Ain’t much Matt De Lanoy can’t handle with LEGO and creativity in hand. Matt aka Pepa Quin built this sweet diorama based on one of the early levels in Bastion. Matt built it as part of his Iron Builder entry.

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Here’s a closer look at Matt’s take on the Kid and the gasfellas.

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The reader wants to see better shots of the diorama. Figures it’s a good time to go to Flickr and check them out.

[via Reddit]

The Simple Math of Why Smaller Bullets Are Deadlier

The Simple Math of Why Smaller Bullets Are Deadlier

The long range rifle has been around since the 19th century, a short 100 years after Daniel Bernoulli published his book, Hydrodynamica, on the relationship between pressure and potential energy (or speed) of a fluid. The jist of his principle relates an increase in speed of a fluid to a decrease in pressure. Using this with the venturi effect that states the velocity of a fluid increases as the cross sectional area decreases provides the key to projectile ballistics.

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Work in the Big City From the Comfort of Home With This Skyscraper Desk

Work in the Big City From the Comfort of Home With This Skyscraper Desk

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This Tron-like World Trade Center Is My Everything

This Tron-like World Trade Center Is My Everything

I’ll be perfectly honest with you. I didn’t really like the design of the new World Trade Center, when it first won approval. It seemed basic. But I watched it rise , and I saw it start to shine, catching reflections of the surrounding downtown skyscrapers. I realized I’d missed something early on.

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Ask a Sewer Expert Your Burning Questions About Where Your Poop Goes

Ask a Sewer Expert Your Burning Questions About Where Your Poop Goes

During my tour of LA’s sewers , I was consistently amazed by how little I knew about what went on in the drains and pipes beneath my feet. I asked Kent Carlson, the city’s sewer and stormwater field operations manager, to stop by and shoot the shit.

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Apple says iCloud wasn't breached in celebrity photo leak

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Kunin Ninja in Training iOS game review: I can’t stop playing

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