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Re: The Mac that LEGO built....
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lugnet.mediawatch
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Sun, 18 May 2003 14:27:56 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Tommy Rainwater writes:
> You guessed it... another LEGO case-mod for a personal computer... this time
> an old Powerbook 5300.
Macs and LEGO.... were they made for each other?
http://www.apotome.com/builder1/archives/m0001.htm
:)
I always liked Tom Owad's machine, as the color selection made it look like
it had been built by a seven-year-old kid. Which in my mind gave it a
tremendous amount of charm.
> Funny quote towards the bottom, about LEGO's "binary" qualities... I seem to
> remember Author Douglas Coupland (Microserfs) saying something similar of
> LEGO back in 94'.........
In the book, if I recall, he makes a correlation between kids who grew up
playing with LEGO and those who ended up as computer programmers or in some
such job. As one of those kids who ended up with that job, I've often
wondered about the connection myself.
I was skimming through the book just now but can't find the specific passage
I'm looking for. I did, however, find a great quote about juniorization.
Unfortunately it's not quite G-rated. :)
All the best,
Allan B.
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