29 October 2008

Deal of the day

Somebody at play.com has a sense of humour

Edit:
To add a little context, this deal was posted on the day that this was going down.

15 October 2008

02 October 2008

Amazing miniature midtown Manhattan

via MAKE Magazine by Collin Cunningham on 02/10/08

Wow. Now that's impressive!

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Michael Chesko built this scale model of NYC's midtown using balsa wood and a love for detail -

This scale miniature of Midtown took 2000 hours to complete. As reference, he used blueprints, old photographs, digital reproductions, and satellite images. On a good day, he'd work his way through four city blocks. The entire model is 36" x 30"... a good deal smaller than most office desks. At the 1:3200 scale, the Empire State Building Chesko's favorite skyscraper) roughly reaches the dizzying height of a Campbell's Soup can.
- Check out Tinselman's blog for more pics and info - Stop and Smell the Miniatures