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DIY enthusiasts that make things that require electronics and software to operate will be familiar with the Arduino platform. That platform can be used to make just about anything you … Continue reading

I am a sucker for cool LEGO projects. If I see one, you bet I will share. I will share even if I don’t know the show or what it is about. Case in point is this LEGO Downton Abbey build that has recently turned up. All I know about that show I learned while watching Iron Man 3.

I watched the movie Emma in the theater with my wife years and years ago. I still haven’t recovered and shun anything that looks remotely English and romantic. The closest I want to come to an English period costume drama is Game of Thrones.

Regardless, this LEGO Downton Abbey build by Eric Stevens looks pretty neat. The builder of the LEGO Abbey even made the characters from the show in minifig form.

This doesn’t look to be one of the more complex LEGO projects we have seen, though the minifigs look like they required a lot of work. I wonder how long it took him to build the Abbey and the minifigs.

[via Mashable via Nerd Approved]

One of the coolest little developer boards that has become the heart of many DIY projects is the Raspberry Pi. The little device offers modest computing power, but also has … Continue reading

Here’s the thing about chocolate chip cookies: they’re delicious. Here’s another thing: unless you’re a professional baker maestro who bakes a batch everyday and tweaks their cookie recipe after every time to adjust the flavor, it’s going to be hard to come up with the perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe. It’s a numbers game, you just don’t bake enough to figure out exactly what works. Not anymore. Not with this machine. This is perfection.

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Every slice of this Twitterific cake gives you the bird. As in, Larry, the Twitter mascot. Don’t expect it to stop you from eating more than 140 calories. It is just too delicious looking for that.

You can learn how to make one yourself here and serve up a slice of Twitter at your next party. Basically you will need a tall, somewhat cylindrical container. Next you will print out a template and bend some 0.3 millimeter-thick aluminum flashing to mold into the shape of logo.

After that mix a chocolate cremeux and a white chocolate mousse for the background. You can get the rest of the details at the link. It sounds delicious and it is worth a retweet for sure.

[via Neatorama]