gift jones
Hope all yawl had a happy nappy holiday thus far. I just wanted to spread a little cheer before I go back into history, economics, sex or politics ... his hair and oiling his scalp – and if he has dreds, a lil grooming.2 A brick (or brick for each toilet in his house). One brick in the toilet, well you would not believe how much on his water bill [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 18:41:00
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MINIWIZ Creates Interlocking Recycled Building Bricks
Green product design company MINIWIZ is known for their ingenious personal sized solar and wind power collectors ... . It’s a recycled polymer architecture brick made of recycled PET plastic. The bricks are self-interlocking and possess impressive thermal and sound insulating properties. POLLI-Bricks strength [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 19:52:56
iJewish – Software by Rusty Brick
Even though I am someone who uses many different kinds of mobile technology every day in the workplace and for diverse forms of ... by a company called Rusty Brick for the iPhone. They produce iPhone versions of the Siddur ... audience, but it would be a nice feature to have. The best feature of all I feel is what Rusty Brick [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 14:54:49
"You're not looking!!!" Part II
The previous post was a bit sketchier than I had intended ... that allow us to say they are different in degree from others (as one simple example, my brick is a paving brick; what distinguishes them from bricks used for buildings are their weight [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 20:45:00
No! We will not be posting the leaked late 2009 LEGO set pictures [Editorial]
By now, most of you who don’t rely exclusively on The Brothers Brick for your LEGO news have probably encountered all the grainy, ... that these were newsworthy enough to share with you. With this post, I’m announcing that The Brothers Brick ... has never attempted to exert editorial or any other kind of control over The Brothers Brick [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 07:32:03
SLACKERJACK - Brick Stacker 2
Tetris was a good game, wasn’t it? We wonder why nobody’s ever tried to copy it in the past. Maybe it’s because… hey, wait a minute! Brick Stacker 2 is identical to Tetris, but with one minor difference - where in Tetris the giant rotating blocks came falling towards you, in Brick Stacker 2 you get to place them wherever [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 12:00:59
DIM MAK - “The Death Touch” (Feb, 1970)
DIM MAK - “The Death Touch” in this exclusive book! BLACK DRAGON FIGHTING SOCIETY ... their FORBIDDEN SECRETS OF TERROR can be shared with you. BREAK A BRICK. Included In the manual is a GUARANTEED method, of brick and board breaking enabling anyone to break a brick or board after only [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 05:49:06
Water landings, threats, and throwing bricks gently
My father (probably not very originally) used to tell me, “If you have to throw a brick at someone, throw it gently ... their tax obligations. In such cases, a gentle brick toss of advice may be appropriate, especially [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 19:08:29
thinkin’ about spring
So our yard is covered in straw right now, underneath which is mud, but we did have a bit of progress before the rains came ... unearthing bricks, so I did a crappy but serviceable job putting them in a mud spot for a chair ... . We found all those bricks in the ivy, along with a lot of toys, shells, two garbage bags filled [more...]
Date: 2009-01-24 21:52:11
Boogie Fever, I Got To Boogie Down
Posted by Gidge Uriza I didn’t have any plans for New Years Eve, but when QXI Gears invited me over for an informal get together with friends, ... I wanted to wear something festive even if it wasn’t a “formal” event. Digit Darkes Nicole dress with it’s bright splashes of color was exactly what I wanted. Shes a Brick, House She's a Brick [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 05:03:13
Sony set to bring PSP replays, streaming for Arsenal matches
Filed under: News If you ever find yourself preparing to trudge off to London's Emirates Stadium in attendance for an Arsenal match, ... and a brick. Why you might ask? Because you can use that PSP to watch live streaming video pertaining ... finish throwing that brick at their least favorite player, they have another object of ample shape [more...]
Date: 2009-01-22 19:30:00
New markdowns, not bricks
I keep trying to get my kids to walk around with bricks on their heads so that they won’t outgrow their clothes so quickly ... . They just laugh at me and say things like “I can’t help it,” and now I have plenty of pavers for the garden, but still often have to ask a child ... [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 12:12:27
Another Color In The Wall: Inspiration From Bricks
The fired color of clay bricks is significantly influenced by the chemical and mineral content of raw materials, ... of "pastel" shades can be achieved.. Bricks formed from concrete are usually termed blocks [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 13:28:35
Whether as a kid many years ago or an adult fan today, I know many of us have dreamed of working for The LEGO Group as a set designer ... . In this exclusive three-part interview with The Brothers Brick, Mark Stafford tells us about his own journey from AFOL (adult fan of LEGO) to LEGO Designer. The Brothers Brick: Firstly, please tell us a bit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 01:39:05
Merry Happy Dear Readers.
‘Twas the day before Christmas at the Casa de Blog All the family was hyper, including the dog. ... hall or a mudroom or a pantry, In their brick Cape so cheap. stockings While her college son ... like a brick from the sky, So Bossy did tally things from the year past, Such wealth and success — Hey kid [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 15:43:57
Roundup of District News (weekly)
King Valley Watchdog - News and Views: Inquiry into shared government and community facilitiesNationals Member for Benalla, ... and unacceptable in the 21st century. Holding’s brick wall | ChronicleA PUSH to enlarge Lake William Hovell, being pursued by Ken Jasper (MLA, Murray Valley), has hit a brick wall. Water Minister, Tim [more...]
Date: 2009-01-25 00:34:53
Seagate learns important PR lesson: keep the customers happy!
First, a disclaimer. Seagate is one of the sponsors of FastCompanyTV (the video network I manage) ... can go down in flames in a weekend. Which is what was going on. Bricks were flying through the window and, like usually happens when bricks fly, that gets people to start seeing the implications [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 09:40:05
The Chinese Laundry [UPDATED]
It appears Raleigh soon will be losing yet another of its historic commercial buildings ... and Jones Streets, across from the 42nd Street Oyster Bar. The 2-story brick structure has stood ... -down versions. Its solid red brick walls have been painted over many times through the years [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 15:57:59
UPS Drops off 30 Pounds of Buddha…to Wrong Address
Posted by Bossip Staff Looks like some more dirt bud just popped up in a Texas home unannounced: UPS delivers, ... later that night, police spokesman Officer Ryan Grelle said. It contained a 30-pound brick of compressed marijuana with a street value of $10,500. A brick of 30# in decent dank should bring [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 16:04:39
BlogWell: Perfection Isn’t a Prerequisite
I spent the day at BlogWell yesterday, where Radian6 was a table sponsor ... and is building it - brick by brick - within her company. It’s okay to swing and miss. Molson ... , so if it works for dish soap…). The critical component, however, is the company responding to the customers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 21:22:00
Shop Makeover: Welcome to Your Online Presence
Sellers, you may want to print out this Shop Makeover post and subtly plant it on the desk of your friend or family member who needs a nudge into ... . This makeover is meant to transform the physical "brick and mortar" seller into a lovely online ... if you only wish to present your crafts or artwork to brick [more...]
Date: 2009-01-22 19:00:00
UK: Second Starbucks Fire-Bombed by Islamists in London's Muslim Dominated East End....
Why Starbucks? It's simple, the CEO is a Joooooo (NOT an Israeli)..... A second Starbucks has been attacked in London by Islamist thugs ... in Whitechapel Road, 300 yards from Brick Lane, at 1am. The manager was trapped in the office ... of youths hurled a brick at a Tesco delivery van half-a-mile away, then attacked the driver [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 04:49:55
Figuring it out at kitchen tables
I can't let today pass by without writing something about the wonderful inaugural poem and commenting on Dianne Feinstein ... , raised the bridges, picked the cotton and the lettuce, built brick by brick the glittering edifices [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 00:49:00
Weekly PlayStation Store Update: Skate 2 Demo
This week's PlayStation Store update is marked primarly by the Skate 2 demo, ... of the updates? A brick-breaker called Magic Ball and the arcade racer GTI Club+ have been added ... brick-breaking gameplay, in which players bust apart a 3D environment, piece by piece. Smash your way [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 02:45:00
Sorry, Folks: The Shocking Truth Behind those Three Kings
brick testament.png We apologize for doing this on Christmas morning, but it’s time someone spilled the dirt on the Three Kings, ... of Modern-Day Iran Are.” Image via the highly recommended Brick Testament. [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 10:00:06
Rebuilding A School, Brick By Brick: By Tim Kash, Reporting From Kenya
It’s a 50-minute drive through the Kenyan countryside to the school in Lahunda — a stone’s throw away from Obama’s Kenyan hometown. The long road there is in pretty good condition, until you get to the dirt-road intersection that leads directly to the school [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 22:31:12
DVD Review: Brick Lane
The family drama Brick Lane is a case in point, a gracefully filmed but exasperating mood piece about a young Indian Muslim woman's adjustment to an unhappy arranged marriage in the UK. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 21:23:49
Against the Brick
A lot of good things have happened in Washington, ... sidewalks built out of concrete slabs with nice-looking but impractical brick sidewalks. The day [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 13:30:35
Green Construction
There are a lot of builders that are jumping on the band wagon proclaiming their conversions to “Green” that are using the same products they used ... , as the saying goes “you can’t make up for loss with volume”.Products like brick, concrete, steel ... but concrete does not. How about polystyrene? NOT, I suppose you can grind it up and mix it with cement [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 03:33:20
Favourite Stores
Hi all, there's a couple of threads about people's favourite bike related stores (both 'bricks 'n mortar' & online) ... as you can just give a few reasons as to why you rate the store. I'm talking bricks & mortar, high street type [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 13:54:02
Do
He mumbles it softly so I ask him to spell it and he scrawls it in thin graphite across the top of the lined paper smudged with math scratch work ... windows of this upper story Salvation Army building, out at Regent Park, with its postage stamp yards ... because it’s entirely monochrome, grey concrete, flat bricks? Or is it because of the loneliness [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 13:19:27
lego batman actually made with lego bricks
filed under: geek art & craft | technology | video games January 24th, 2009post a comment stumble it! digg it!by: alisha k ... in real Lego bricks. That’ll show ‘em.LEGO enthusiast Dave, who puts his work on Flickr under [more...]
Date: 2009-01-24 20:07:59
disappointment
It looks like I may have my work cut out for me again this Spring/Summer.I know I said no more remodeling, at least nothing expensive, this year ... yesterday from a concrete place to pour a patio. I asked them to give me two options. I wanted stamped concrete so it would look like pavers or brick, and the two options were based on color and design [more...]
Date: 2009-01-22 14:34:00
Building Materials Manufacturing Factory Machine Operators (Kuwait)
Employer: Ratna InternationalIndustry: Construction and Property, EngineeringLocation: ... experience in factories, preferably brick factories i.e. in white brick factories (AAC). He must be able [more...]
Date: 2009-01-24 09:48:46
Red Brick Soul by Mark McNairy
Mark McNairy has recently launched a footwear range called Red Brick Soul under his eponymous label. Having combined a really clean and classic aesthetic with some really interesting tones [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 03:41:03
Review: 'Frontline: The Old Man and the Storm'
Three and a half years after the floodwaters rose and swallowed New Orleans, ... of rebuilding brick by brick. He became a bit of a media star in those early years, and no wonder [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 00:48:44
Hub worker crushed by tumbling brick
A construction worker died yesterday at a Financial District high-rise construction site when he was crushed by a falling brick. The man was working on a construction... [more...]
Date: 2009-01-24 15:02:40
Smarts
There’s something oddly impressive about my husband to me ... he was more interested in ditching class to find chicks, booze and other illegal stuff than in paving the way ... to his place in his book and looked up. “Mason? As in the secret society, or as in people who builds brick [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 22:54:01
Many Deals Collapsed in ‘08, Not Always Quickly
Josh Beckerman and Jennifer Rossa of Private Equity Analyst, look at one of the more notable ripples of the global financial crisis ... company had previously warned about “revised interpretations as to the availability of debt financing ... brick wall of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., which was concerned that Huawei had ties [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 19:30:00
Bricks
Sorry about the lack of posts. Busy weekend. Trying to be a good student and get some work done today. If that goes accordingly I’ll be able to blog all day tomorrow. I try so hard to keep everyone happy, lol. I might say something worthwhile on Twitter, but that’s about it for now. Be back soooon… Oh yeah, I like Gucci Mane now [more...]
Date: 2009-01-24 20:34:58
As You Know, Bob 8
The cat lady’s tiny bungalow was nearly hidden by overgrown shrubbery and sat well back from the line of newer brick homes, ... of the fence in front of the dilapidated house like spinach on a hobo’s teeth. The wafting aroma ... as she unlatched the rickety gate and stepped onto the detritus of what was once a concrete pathway [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 15:14:00
Is It Possible To Browbeat Down Your Broadband?
Broadband is everything to a Third Wave attorney. We literally live off the pipe. Telephone. TV. Internet access ... single day. Now, the Wall Street Journal / Tech is reporting that it might just be possible ... has been like talking to brick wall. (And, that statement might be geneous). But, with a bad economy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-22 16:35:23
Afternoon Pieces!
Afternoon Pieces! For Pete’s sake - where are the twins! Popbytes Someone is trying to extort the Travolta’s? What’s next! E!Online Kate Hudson wants to take on darker roles. But would that fit? I’m Not Obsessed Lauren Conrad and her boyfriend surfing at the beach. Bricks & Stones VIDEO: Jessica Alba on Bill O’ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 15:28:07
Scientists develop lunar bricks as first steps in lunar construction
A team of Virginia Tech students, under the advisement of Kathryn Logan, ... Resource Utilization materials and construction category award from the Pacific International Space ... that it was almost as strong as concrete under various pressure tests. This strength would enable it to withstand [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 14:20:57
Zoning and the Obama Administration
Oh, come on, now. That’s really going too far, isn’t it? Trying to link zoning with the Obama presidency – even if it is inauguration day? ... , and environmentally destructive patterns of growth. Sure, federal road subsidies played a part, but many ... of the bricks and concrete and energy and labor that they represent – and will help end the charade [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 03:58:00
Meols Parade Gardens Bricked Up
There’s work currently being undertaken at the Promenade Gardens that doesn’t really look that attractive ... s been some graffiti on the existing brickwork for some years …you have to wonder if some fresh wall will encourage ... of improvements would be welcome. station-landscaping Elsewhere in the vicinity the remaining ground [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 10:56:26
Dont Overlook the Exterior of a Building
There is another aspect to brick buildings and that is seismic retrofitting of the building. Southern California is known for earthquakes ... doors. In my experience, exterior door thresholds, that portion on the flooring that you step across ... can be of many types. Tile, stone, waterproof material, concrete and metal are the most common [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 09:00:20
Seoul Shots: Shooting Up the Palace
You’ve been very patient. Here’s your candy: In Seoul, almost nothing looks like it’s been there since the Silla Dynasty - because it hasn’t ... incohate is truly made concrete - though not by use of concrete. Rather, it’s wood and stone, brick ... that speak eloquently to the modernity of the city and its frenetic pace. But the thick stone wall [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 19:50:51
Time and Space
As long as I can remember I have been drawn to abandoned buildings, corroded weed-covered cars, churches whose bricks have crumbled upon each other, dilapidated barns, and houses that have been left to ruin. I look at them and wonder. Who worked there? Did they drive that car to the prom? [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 06:07:57
Stories Open Tomorrow
Need something to do tomorrow? If you live in or around Los Angeles, cruise over (there’s no walking in L.A.) ... is a clean, open space with an outdoor patio, exposed brick, and sparking concrete floors that doesn’t feel ... by Thomas Robertson’s Ripple Design. The project opened just six months after Garo and her co-owner [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 18:43:39
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