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angelmb · Feb 5, 2009, 11:48 AM

an URL is worth a thousand words.

Dakar V · Feb 5, 2009, 12:01 PM

Nice.

Maflynn · Feb 5, 2009, 12:06 PM

somewhat amusing, clearing the dude has plenty of time on his hands.

brassplayersrock² · Feb 5, 2009, 12:38 PM

imaginative.

Dakar V · Feb 5, 2009, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by Maflynn

somewhat amusing, clearing the dude has plenty of time on his hands.

Maybe. A creative person with a bout of inspiration and a Sunday afternoon free could pull it off.

KeyLimePi · Feb 8, 2009, 02:04 PM

More appropriate thread title: I LEGO NY, mildly amusing.

Eriamjh · Feb 8, 2009, 07:39 PM

It's funny how the simplest lego really looks like what it represents.

Cold Warrior · Feb 8, 2009, 08:13 PM

I wasn't impressed. I clicked the link thinking I'd see a Lego recreation of NYC. A few random pieces thrown together with MS Paint text and arrows does not equal creative.

voodoo · Feb 8, 2009, 08:14 PM

Legos rule!

Mithras · Feb 8, 2009, 11:30 PM

Originally Posted by Cold Warrior

I wasn't impressed. I clicked the link thinking I'd see a Lego recreation of NYC. A few random pieces thrown together with MS Paint text and arrows does not equal creative.

On the contrary. Seeing similarities across vastly varied scales takes more creative imagination than a laborious replication...

zro · Feb 9, 2009, 03:15 AM

Oh hilarity, why must we always be kept apart?? :_(

brassplayersrock² · Feb 9, 2009, 07:36 AM

Originally Posted by zro

Oh shift key, why must we always be held down together?? :_(

...

Dakar V · Feb 9, 2009, 10:04 AM

Originally Posted by Cold Warrior

I wasn't impressed. I clicked the link thinking I'd see a Lego recreation of NYC. A few random pieces thrown together with MS Paint text and arrows does not equal creative.

A recreation of NYC wouldn't be more creative than this.

SpaceMonkey · Feb 9, 2009, 10:19 AM

My favorite of the "abstract" blog series is the one on coffee:

http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/coffee/

d4nth3m4n · Feb 9, 2009, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by Cold Warrior

I wasn't impressed. I clicked the link thinking I'd see a Lego recreation of NYC. A few random pieces thrown together with MS Paint text and arrows does not equal creative.

have you ever spent any amount of time in NYC?

zro · Feb 9, 2009, 11:21 AM

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock²

...

It's a wonder you didn't like Blazing Saddles.

Cold Warrior · Feb 9, 2009, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by d4nth3m4n

have you ever spent any amount of time in NYC?

Yes.

I guess I'm the odd man out on my opinion here. Oh well.

residentEvil · Feb 9, 2009, 03:32 PM

change building names and it can be any major town. i didn't find it all that "hilarious" as the post title says. meh.

angelmb · Feb 9, 2009, 05:13 PM

OK, I blame my so-so english, my bad, but hilarious as 'extremely amusing' is not that far from reality.

KeyLimePi · Feb 10, 2009, 09:37 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar V

A recreation of NYC wouldn't be more creative than this.

Well, it could. In fact, many things could. I appreciate you enjoyed it, but that doesn't mean it someone couldn't do something more creative.

Tastes are subjective, but on my clever-meter, this is right up there with putting a hat and pipe on a dog and pretending he is a detective.

residentEvil · Feb 12, 2009, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by KeyLimePi

Well, it could. In fact, many things could. I appreciate you enjoyed it, but that doesn't mean it someone couldn't do something more creative.

Tastes are subjective, but on my clever-meter, this is right up there with putting a hat and pipe on a dog and pretending he is a detective.

no no no; hat and sunglasses on the dog's butt; where the tail is the nose holding up the glasses.

Dakar V · Feb 12, 2009, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by KeyLimePi

Tastes are subjective, but on my clever-meter, this is right up there with putting a hat and pipe on a dog and pretending he is a detective.

Which is still more clever than creating one out of legos.

KeyLimePi · Feb 17, 2009, 07:05 AM

Give it up, Dakar. This is just getting sad, man.

Dakar V · Feb 17, 2009, 10:05 AM

Originally Posted by KeyLimePi

Give it up, Dakar. This is just getting sad, man.

Give what up?

dcmacdaddy · Feb 17, 2009, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey

My favorite of the "abstract" blog series is the one on coffee:

http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/coffee/

Holy Crap!

That post has 724 comments. I haven't seen a NYT piece get that much commentary since Judith Warner's (typically self indulgent) piece on raising daughters.

SpaceMonkey · Feb 17, 2009, 12:00 PM

Originally Posted by dcmacdaddy

Holy Crap!

That post has 724 comments. I haven't seen a NYT piece get that much commentary since Judith Warner's (typically self indulgent) piece on raising daughters.

Imagine if they had a hot babes or Battlestar Galactica column.