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Silicon Valley tech executive nabbed in false barcode scheme involving Lego toys - San Jose Mercury News

www.mercurynews.com
2012-05-22T18:23:18.000Z
to:fb compulsion barcodes lego odd bayarea imported:pinboard

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But "loss prevention" officers at the Target on Stevens Creek Boulevard in Cupertino had never seen anyone take an interest in bar codes quite like Thomas Langenbach, a top Silicon Valley executive with the global software giant SAP. Prosecutors charged Monday that Langenbach used the tools of his trade -- computer codes and the Internet -- to steal a Santa's workshop worth of Lego toys. They say Langenbach brought his own bar code stickers to the store, used them to cover up the real ones, and then purchased his plastic prey at enormous discounts.

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Massive Lego Man Washes Up on Florida Beach

feeds.wired.com
2011-10-25T18:48:00.000Z
lego odd funny imported:pinboard

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Bricksmith

bricksmith.sourceforge.net
2008-08-10T05:12:19.000Z
osx software virtual lego modeling imported:pinboard

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"Bricksmith allows you to create virtual instructions for your Lego creations on your Mac. The magic is based on the LDraw library, a collection of 3D models of Lego building blocks created by enthusiasts from around the world. With Bricksmith, you never have to worry about running out of parts"

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Penny Arcade! - The Flavor Factor

penny-arcade.com
2008-06-20T07:11:53.000Z
lego fun snacks choking hazard imported:pinboard

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"I just spent the first three years of my sons life trying to get him not to eat blocks, and now you're telling him they taste like fucking strawberries. Thanks a lot assholes."

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Papercraft Star Wars Lego Stormtrooper

piromodel.fc2web.com
2007-10-22T01:39:49.000Z
papercraft starwars scifi stormtrooper lego imported:pinboard

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You Grew Up Playing Shoot'em-Up Games. Why Can't Your Kids? -

www.wired.com
2007-04-09T16:03:35.000Z
lego gaming wired xbox gearsofwar imported:pinboard

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"The Lego Company, it seems, has a policy of not producing toys that replicate 20th century weapons. "You can have swords, and you can have laser guns in space, but no actual 20th century guns," Anderson says"

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Stargate: A LEGO® creation by Kelly McKiernan : MOCpages.com

www.mocpages.com
2006-10-20T19:02:45.000Z
via:revgeorge stargate scifi lego awesome imported:pinboard

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"This rotating Stargate is 19 inches tall with light-up chevrons. An RCX drives a treadmill, which spins the inner ring randomly for x seconds, then reverses direction, seven times."

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LEGOd Video Games - a photoset on Flickr

www.flickr.com
2006-02-21T21:04:09.000Z
nifty gaming lego imported:pinboard

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"A growing library of combining LEGO and video games!"

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LEGO Technic Difference Engine

acarol.woz.org
2006-02-07T16:56:02.000Z
lego compsci hacks hardware imported:pinboard

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"I set out to build a working Difference Engine using LEGO parts which could compute 2nd or 3rd order polynomials to 3 or 4 digits."

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LEGO.com MINDSTORMS NXT Home

mindstorms.lego.com
2006-01-07T16:29:27.000Z
lego toys hardware wishlist imported:pinboard

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Wow. Geek explosion.

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The Goldfish Online- LEGO Logic Gates

goldfish.ikaruga.co.uk
2004-12-16T04:12:05.000Z
compsci cool lego imported:pinboard

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Ooh, mechanical logic gates of lego

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