LEGO turned 50 yesterday. Gizmodo has a cool LEGO timeline. It includes major advances in LEGO technology over the years. Click image to enlarge.

LEGO brick curiosities

• There are about 62 LEGO bricks for every one of the world’s 6 billion inhabitants.

• Children around the world spend 5 billion hours a year playing with LEGO bricks.

• LEGO bricks are available in 53 different colors.

• 7 LEGO sets are sold by retailers every second around the world.

• The LEGO bricks sold in one year would circle the world 5 times.

• 40 billion LEGO bricks stacked on top of one another would connect the earth with the moon.

• There are 55,600 LEGO videos on YouTube.

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“Professional athletes, especially NFL players, need thousands of calories a day. Many enjoy a high-protein, high-fat smorgasbord of steaks, chops, burgers, pizza, ice cream and beer. Mr. Gonzalez’s tight-end job requires him to push around monstrously sized opponents. Occasionally, he gets to catch a pass. Mr. Gonzalez is famous for combining the brute power of an offensive lineman with the acrobatic skills of a nimble receiver. ‘My biggest thing is strength,’ he says. ‘If you lose that strength you get your butt kicked.’”
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So what’s Rock Band like when people are playing it… you might ask? Well Fwd the video below to 28.00 minutes. BTW the video below is called The Totally Rad Show. It’s by far my favorite podcast on the internet and on iTunes. I saw every episode. I even visit the forums! These guys are Rad!

Everyone knows how much I love this game… I just finished playing Oasis “Wonderwall”..It’s freakin awesome…anywayz…

The Drum kit for the Microsoft Xbox 360, will ship to retail outlets starting on February 12th of 2008 and will sell for $79.99. The wireless Fender Stratocaster guitar controller will be available on April 1st for $59.00.

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Above Jessica Biel is portrayed as Pocahontas in a photo illustration titled “Where Dreams Run Free.” Annie Leibovitz “Disney Dream Portrait Series” was commissioned by Disney Parks to celebrate their Year of a Million Dreams promotion for Disneyland and Walt Disney World. - The Disney Blog

If you click on the pic, you’ll also see Gisele Bundchen, Jennifer Lopez, posed as Jasmine and husband Marc Anthony as Aladdin from Disney’s “Aladdin”, and Whoopi Goldberg as the Genie from “Aladdin”. Cool Pics!

Starring Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz.

So according to Arthur Staple, a writer for Newsday and who has an amazing blog called Inside the Giants, says that the Giants will be wearing their white jerseys for the game.

So I’ll be wearing my white Manning jersey and if you don’t have one, go over to NFL shop and get yours. BTW they have cool Superbowl replica versions with the Superbowl patch on them!

Microsoft and Dell unveil their AIDS-in-Africa relief project partnership. Donations of $50 - $80 of each machine’s purchase price going to RED, and $5 on the printer.

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Sharp has a new line of LCD TV’s with the AQUOS X Series, E Series and D Series.

While the E and D series are somehow common we will focus our attention to the stunning X Series which is available in 37, 42 and 47” and has a thickness of only 3.44cm !

All X Series TV are of course Full HD (1920×1080), has a Double-Speed LCD (120Hz), offer an amazing contrast ratio of 15000:1 and 12-bit BDE color value rendering, a 1Bit Digital amplifier and 3 1.3a HDMI input.

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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has dumped Jessica Simpson, OK! magazine reported Thursday.

Dallas fans accused the entertainer of being a distraction to Romo and she was cast as a scapegoat after the Cowboys, who went 13-3 in the regular season, were sent packing in a surprise 21-17 playoff loss to the New York Giants.

“Tony is now starting to blame her himself,” an unidentified friend of Romo’s told OK! magazine. “Before dating Jessica, he was Texas’s golden boy. Now he’s become a joke.” - CBC

Shit! I just realized after making this photo that I hope I didn’t jinx the Giants. Well as long as Eli stays engaged to his long time girlfriend, the team should be fine!