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You’d be hard-pressed to find two geeky pastimes that complement each other better than Lego and Minecraft: Minecraft offering an endless virtual environment to build your world one block at a time, and Lego offering a real world equivalent. It’s not surprising in that case that one of the more common requests I receive for Lego-based computers are around some …
If you interested in a full scale, functional, 2U rack server built entirely of 2000+ Lego than read on for more details and pictures! Back in 2017 Silicon Mechanics reached out to me about creating a full size 2U rack server for them to display in their booth at the 2017 SC show (SuperComputing Conference). After some back and forth …
How about a Lego Computer that’s just as customizable as the original but 75% smaller and 40% cheaper? Like many of the projects I’ve done, one thing tends to lead to another…. and another and so on. When I built my first Lego Computer about 5 years ago and posted it on my site, I got a lot of …
Lego + Computer = Lego Computer It seems straight forward enough – not a new concept by any means. But more often than not, it’s the most common request I receive: to build a Lego computer. This probably goes back years – to around 2011 – when the Lego computer system I built received a lot of interest. Since then …
I’m an avid Lego geek; I love sitting down for a build session whenever I can fit one in. This often means pulling out the bins of Lego bricks and clearing a spot on the floor or a table and having at it. With bricks flying and hands madly building it’s only a short time before robots, dinosaurs and all …
With all the snow outside it seemed like a perfect time for a Hoth. I rounded up some of General Veers’ finest troops and commandeered one AT-AT and set out on recon mission. We got underway quickly and were on the move looking for any Rebels who might be out on patrols. I’m sure the sight of three armed Snowtroopers …