Piet Hein's SOMA Puzzle

My Secret Garden

Gaudi Anthropomorphism

Sitting in the courtyard earlier, I noticed that my brownstone framed block built c1898 is much the same, without all the fractal detail that wasn't called that back then.
The Block Has Eyes, and Chins, and nasal cavities. Buggin'



Gaudi. Wikipedia. Go!

FrogPad Angel

I recentlly brought a #FrogPad from an eBay'er who didn't have the time/need to learn it. I mentioned it was to replace my broken one, and he turned out to be a solderer, tinkering since his guitar pickup days, and immediately offered, humbly, to try and fix my keyboard for fun. I'd dropped my old one to the floor with a Mini-USB cable plugged in, and the USB connector snapped it's solder to the mainboard. Well, I mailed my ailing, precious one handed keypad to him using a trusty USPS Flat Rate Box & Bubble wrap combo for Priority Mail and he fixes it to new within 40 minutes of recieving it. What an Amazingly cool tech friend!

Old techies never die, and practically re-incarnate when they meet their next generation.

So pay it forward, people.
Faith in Humanity Restored.

Fresh Key Caps

Nine Eleven Nine

Rubik's Cage

Surf, Get Info

Hypercube for Walter Bishop

Ergo Keypads & Stand

Storage Cases of Fury

NYC Subway Car

Geodesic Revisited

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LOST Swan Hatch

To pass the time before the LOST Finale, I constructed a model of The Swan Hatch for @jopinionated's DVD Contest . I intend to finish it eventually. Here is what I had by the deadline:

Job Corps

At least someone's Hiring!

Workers doing their morning stretches.

Tux, New Hypercubes

The Construx Manifest (no o)

This took quite awhile, but everything is in it's right place. Thanks to the 31 people on eBay who helped, and less so to the one who sent me a dank, mouldy lot. The Orange Cases were rated for 1,000 pcs, the Yellow ones for 400 pcs, but I packed in a LOT more. Trivia Note: The Yellow Cases fit exactly inside the Orange cases when emptied.

Eternal Plastic Flowers

Empire State

More Structures

7 Recursive Ball Tower

20x Size Blue Knot

Taj Mahal Dome

Construx Chess Set

Chess Board (tied together with threaded wire)



Chess Pieces


Perspective View

Dharma Logo In Construx

Yes, there are 42 blue knotted connectors. Wheel keeps on Turning.

Wah-Shing Construx

Dinner Plate for the ABS Plastic calorie-free diet:

Smelling of Mildew. Eew.



Reactor Core #1 (drying after cleanse)


Reactor Core #2 (drying after cleanse)


Reactor Core #3 (drying after cleanse)

Packing Strategies, v3

How many #Construx can fit in these 8 cases? Notice the PowerBook G3 is DVORAK, by the way :)

TOP ROW: White Beams & Turntables / 100% Gray Beams / Black & Wheels
MID ROW: Army & Weapons / Nuts & Pods / Engines & Boats (Hi, Mac!)
LAST ROW: Panels / A Nut Case / Wheels & Specials Pieces (smaller, yellow cases)

5,768 pieces sorted by color & size.nothing rattles, they're in there to such tight tolerances. I actually felt air escape upon closing each orange case, and located the small pressure hole drilled into the case. Each case closes effortlessly,so no nasty stretching and compression that can break the occasional fragile or overstretched/overturned pieces. The Gray case was liberated from a DREMEL Tool.

RIP 20 broken beyond belief pieces. Slight cracks may be taped or glue-ed back.