This Sunday we would like to Invite you to leave your house and bring your inner geek on an adventure! Of course, we wont fault you for staying home and surfing Moms Basement or Etsy!
To start things off I want to show you a recent trend on both the internet and *gasp* the real outside world, an event called Yarn Bombing. If you have the needles, the yarn, and the Imagination we would love to see if any Basement Dwellers could replicate these awesome exhibits of Nerdery. Coming next month is International Yarn Bombing Day. One website, yarnbombing.com, sends a world-wide invitation to participate in the holiday cheer:
“The hope is that by having yarn bombers around the world put up pieces of graffiti knitting and crochet on the same day, as a collective group. If you are are a knitter or a crocheter, I hope that you will join others in a day of world yarn domination “
So If you get the chance to bomb something with yarn, we here at Moms basement would love to see it!
For our Technology nerds, Ive found something totally strange. Its called a “Dead Drop.” Take the idea of peer-to-peer programs, but outside in the streets and alleys. Imagine a literal pandora of music and media files left behind and shared by others. You can even add your own. The project was started by deaddrops.com.
On the site, they state:
Everyone is invited to drop or find files on a dead drop. Plug your laptop to a wall, house or pole to share your favorite files and data. Each dead drop is installed empty except a readme.txt file explaining the project.
With almost 500 drop sites word-wide, You can , get out there and find a Dead Drop near you! As long as you have the big bad Norton body…er…laptop guard
The project is open to everyone and anyone can ‘implant’ a Dead drop and upload the location to the database. Expect Us to be participating in this soon!
Please let us know if you find yourself plugged into to one of these awesome super secret sharing slots!
If you are the constructive type, bring some legos with you take note of the areas in your neighborhood that may be lacking in color and/or repair.Among others, artist Jan Vormann, 26, takes the idea of ‘building blocks’ to a whole new level.
There is only one thing more literal than that, and it would be building a Lego Tower. With 500,000 peices and standing 102 feet tall. I think its safe to call this an Epic Lego set. Brazil’s own “Lego Director” says
“Our mail objective is [to] establish Brazil as the country that holds the Worlds Largest Lego tower.”
As far as funtional lego buildings go; one of my personal favorite TV personalties, England Top Gear’s James May, Built a completely functional Lego house out of 3.3 MILLION bricks. Over 1,000 people volunteered to build this house that Lego doesn’t want to move, but will not allow to be broken down, or sold. James may spent one night in the house, discovering it was not 100% waterproof.
The Below Video is May himself giving a tour of the house, breaking numerous facilities of the house, inviting real estate agents to value the house, and lastly inviting an artist in for his expert opinion of the house. The artist said ” Its just an orgy of Lego isnt it really?” then valuing the house at about 900.00 dollars.
May had one thing to say after spending one night in the house.
‘The most uncomfortable bed I’ve ever slept in’
Thanks for Reading, and remember, some of the activities may be considered vandalism(however innocent it seems), please be polite about what, where, and how you geek bomb things! But, by the chance you do, please show us your naughty geek bomb!(just do not actually bomb something)
Kimmie out.
 Crochet Froggy Hat … $30.00
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 Crocheted Teenage M… $12.00
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 Child size 3 eyed a… $21.50
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 Custom Zombie Hat $60.00
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 GBA USB Flash Drive… $44.99
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 Lego Light Saber Da… $13.95
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 Personalized, lesso… $79.95
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 4GB Bob-Omb from Ni… $29.95
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 Artist LEGO key cha… $10.00
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 Words for Nerds – … $24.95
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 S A L E Lego Style … $10.99
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 8 GB USB Star Wars … $60.00
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Thanks for the feature and for inviting me to view your blog. What a great find! I especially enjoyed reading about dead drops. I’ve never heard of these before. I live in Utah so unfortunately there’s no dead drops near me. I think I’ll have to be the first one to place a dead drop in the state. Maybe on BYU campus!
No problem! When I was looking at the google keyword tool for Usb drives I saw a suggested keyword of ‘harry potter drives’ and ‘star wars drives’ I had to see if anyone on Etsy offered them, and hey, YOU do! I freaking love them, and as far as ive seen the lego customizers on etsy do really really well. Please let us know If you do in fact drop a USB into a wall in utah!
thanks for the Treasury feature.
geek out!!!
LOL.. Proud to be geek!!
Resistance was futile, so I gave in and suddenly I’m shining in all my geekness. I was always a nerd, but being geeky is way more fun!!
Thanks so much for including me and my Lego light sabers in your menagerie
Uber Glad to have you in our ranks! Enjoy the site and the community, and dont forget to check out the giveaways!
I think Ill need a red pair of those saber earrings!
I love the idea of yarn bombing things! Thanks for mentioning my TMNT hat and making me aware of this site. I am now in love.