Month: June 2010

Happy Father’s Day!

Happy Father’s Day!

(Image courtesy VintageHolidayCrafts.com) Happy Father’s Day! Hope all the crafty dads are kicking up their feet and enjoying their special day. Here’s to the Papas! There’s still time to make Dad this wonderful recipe for grilled balsamic basil flank steak for dinner tonight!

See “Containment” at Brickworld

See “Containment” at Brickworld

This fantastically detailed science fiction Lego model, Containment, was created by Nannan Zhang of The Brothers Brick along with his collaborator “Legohaulic.” If you’ll be in Chicago this weekend, be sure to visit Brickworld today. Non-attendees are welcome to view AFOLs’ (“Adult Fan of Lego”) awesome MOCs (“My Own Creation”) from 10am-3pm, tickets are $7-10. […]

And the Super Tool 300 goes to…

The winner of the Leatherman Super Tool 300 giveaway is…. User: tegers Congrats to you, tegers! And Happy Father’s Day! And to everyone who wrote fond reminiscences of dads and granddads, thanks for the heartfelt stories. Some of them were quite moving. We’ll post tegers’ entry, and a round-up of some more of our faves, […]

Happy Father’s Day!

Happy Father’s Day!

Project from Popular Mechanics 1954, a blueprint lampshade Happy Father’s Day to all of the dads out there. We hope you’re having a fun day of paternal celebration. In honor of dads, here are a few excerpts from the reminiscences posted to the topic for our Leatherman Super 300 giveaway. There are a lot of […]