Holidays
Star Wars Advent Calendar is Jediriffic Year-Round
I got a LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar! The idea of using an Advent calendar once held deep, religious significance for me – but since evolving into a non-Catholic, I only seem to appreciate the winter Holiday season for nostalgic reasons. I love the sights and sounds of Christmas, but… not its largely-borrowed-by-Christianity foundation. As [...]
Happy 2011
It’s difficult to make myself believe that 2011 is here already. Didn’t 2010 just start a couple of weeks ago? Where the hell has the time gone so quickly? It almost feels as though each and every year goes by faster than the one before. I’m not getting old, so that cannot be the reasoning. [...]
Christmas Unboxing Geek Style
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Merry Christmas to all and to all a good haul! This happens to be my favorite holiday, even when I happen to be celebrating it alone. I’m very glad to know you’re here with me (even virtually, in homes of your [...]
This Year’s Christmas Tree
Well, I think this is as good as it’s getting this year: At least I won’t have to pick up any stray needles…
Holiday Charity: Chrome for a Cause
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Bowman is using his time this week to urge you to help donate to charitable organizations – without giving up a single cent of your own money. From now until December 19th, Google will donate money on your behalf for every [...]
Is TiVo Premiere the Best Holiday Gift?
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of TiVo. All opinions are 100% mine. There are so many options available when it comes to finding a perfect holiday gift. How the heck do you know for sure people will actually enjoy what you end up buying for them? I’ve found something that [...]
Star Wars Geek Gifts
What’s the best gift for the hard-core geek in your family? Most likely, you will never go wrong with something – anything – Star Wars related. In my case, you totally will be an epic friend if you hand me something that has Darth Vader on it, as well. Thanks go out to my friend [...]
How Do You Decorate for the Holidays?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed The weather outside may be frightful wherever you live, but inside my house it’s nice and warm and full of LEGO fun. I am going to stay in this holiday season and celebrate alone – while building more LEGO sets. I [...]
How to Find the Perfect Gift
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of NAVTEQ. All opinions are 100% mine. There are many people on my holiday shopping list that are nearly impossible to buy perfect gifts for. They already have everything they really “want,” or they are very picky people. In either case, I am stumped every [...]
LEGO Advent Calendar 2010
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed ‘Tis the season to assemble LEGO! You may not celebrate Christmas or Advent, but how cool is this particular Advent calendar, anyway? There are 25 days, just as with normal Advent calendars. Instead of chocolate being behind each little window you [...]
Free Holiday Labels
The holidays can get pretty expensive. There are decorations to buy and food to prepare. Our lists of people to buy gifts for seem to expand overnight and the prices in the stores aren’t helping our budgets any. Every penny we can save is a penny which can go towards these all-important tokens of our [...]
Favorite LEGO Gift Memory
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed While building a new LEGO holiday scene recently on my live stream, someone in chat asked me what my favorite holiday memory was. It actually took me a moment to decide. I’ve been fortunate to have had many holidays that were [...]
Thanksgiving Turkey Tips
Here in the US Thanksgiving is just a few days away. Many of you will run yourself ragged and lose your mind as you try to prepare the perfect holiday meal. I wanted to help you out by scouring iTunes for some of the best apps to help you reach your goal. Thanksgiving Dinner Maker [...]
Google Chrome Brings You Free Gogo Wi-Fi During Holiday Flights
Happy holidays from Google Chrome! The team behind the browser says that they love “innovations that make our lives on the web and in the browser better” so much that they are going to give all of us free Internet access at 30,000 feet this holiday season! These people truly feel that the innovations they [...]
LEGO Minifig Sausage or…?!
I think it’s supposed to be meat, but… …you just can’t be too sure these days. This is from the LEGO 2010 Advent Calendar box.
