Month: March 2011

DIY Lego Birthday Party

Melanie Crownover sent in details about a birthday party for her 6-year-old that featured a theme after my own heart: Lego! She writes: Ah yes, Legos! Kids love ’em! I know mine play with them for hours on end, so it was a no-brainer to plan a Lego Builders Birthday Party for my soon-to-be 6-year-old. […]

ThinkGeek Giving Away Damaged Stock to Hackerspaces, Schools

ThinkGeek Giving Away Damaged Stock to Hackerspaces, Schools

How cool is that? From Blurgh! The ThinkGeek Blog:

We have a problem. And itโ€™s growing at a rate proportional to our return pile. We canโ€™t, in good conscience, resell damaged electronics. And we canโ€™t donate them to charityโ€“the saddest kid in the world is one with a handheld video game that wonโ€™t turn on. Garbage, then? Not good for the environment. Luckily for us, thereโ€™s an entire class of scavengers out there ready to pick the bones of our helicopters, keyboards, and interactive t-shirts: hackers, makers, and crafty techy types.

Theyโ€™re even polling interest in a possible subscription service. [Thanks, John!]