The LEGO House is on Fire

Oct 3, 2010 | No Comments

As I was pretending to walk through a LEGO medieval village, I happened upon this fiery scene at BrickCon 2010: I kinda feel sorry for them. Here, they’re laying witness to a local building going up in LEGO flames, and all they can do is raise their little LEGO arms in tiny terror. But you [...]

4th of July Fireworks can be Deadly

Jul 3, 2010 | 3 Comments

We often hear about accidents involving fireworks at this time of year. Inevitably, we’ll read about someone losing a home due to the many exploding rockets landing in places where they shouldn’t. However, we tend to think that it can’t happen to us. We’re cautious, right? We follow proper safety procedures. We don’t shoot them [...]

Learn to Start a Fire with the Great Indoorsman

Jul 21, 2009 | 2 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Without a source of heat and light, you will have a difficult time surviving the night. Cavemen used to rub sticks together, creating fiction, and thereby creating fire. For thousands of years, mankind (and women too!!) have relied on fire for [...]

Bar Tricks

Jul 14, 2009 | No Comments

My favorite brews at Pyramid include: Rollick Haywire Curve Ball I’ve taken to holding a few of my own tweetups at the Pyramid Brewhouse in Seattle – they have the space for small groups, they have good beer, free parking for customers, and a killer reuben. Staff is always friendly, and it’s easily accessible (no [...]

Laptop Fire

Mar 11, 2008 | 67 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed James Bayliss is an active community member of ours. He was the creator of the “bouncing Chris heads”. I got an email from him with a picture attached of a burned-up laptop! It actually happened to his Macbook Pro today. He [...]

Yule Log: Fire Video Screen Saver for your Desktop or iPod

Nov 28, 2007 | 51 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed There’s nothing like a crackling fire to warm you inside and out during the holiday season. And now… you can even have that “fire” on your desktop. At iYule.tv, you can purchase 30-minutes of crackling fire and a beautiful original score [...]