Another Lego post

I have to say, putting together the Minerals set is a perfectly pleasant way to spend a Saturday evening at the midpoint of a five-day break. I don’t want to be too much of a Lego wanker (who am I kidding) but this set, especially for something that only has 880 pieces and has to build three frames, has a ton of cool techniques that I’ve never used before. I’m going to have to find somewhere bright to display this so that all the translucent pieces look properly amazing.

Brace yourself; it’s possible I’m going to watch a movie later.

Snow geology

2014-02-08 10.21.20A neat thing you might not be aware of about snow, if you live somewhere where it doesn’t snow very often:  under the right circumstances, it forms clear striations like rock does, if you happen to get a decent break in between storms and different kinds of snow fall in the different storms.  Note here just how clearly you can see the break between Major Winter Storm 1 and Major Winter Storm 2.

No real point, I just thought it was neat.