BED Online Magazine - The Bed Blog - We are crazy about beds. » computer http://bedzine.com/blog Your source for BED related stuff on the internet Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:52:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 LEGO Desk http://bedzine.com/blog/bed-diy/diy/lego-desk/ http://bedzine.com/blog/bed-diy/diy/lego-desk/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:27:42 +0000 TanYA http://bedzine.com/blog/?p=13039 Continue reading →]]>

If you want to make LEGO Desk like the one seen in the picture above then we highly recommend you visiting this page here. Maybe you can actually make one for yourself!

Here are some facts about The Desk:

* Approximately 35,000 LEGO bricks were used. This includes almost all the pieces from 32 Blue Tubs (#3033), almost 300 (!) small baseplates (8×16 studs), and 63 blue plate packs from LEGO Shop-at-Home. A few other pieces were also bought from private collectors (226 tiles so the drawers could slide, et cetera).
* The desk weighs about 120 pounds, I think. I have not actually weighed it… but I think that is close.
* About 7 pounds of glue were used. Brand: Oatey, All-Purpose (PVC, CPVC, ABS) Glue.
* The desk has the following dimensions (inches, WxHxD): 60″ x 29.5″ x 30″.
* It has 7 working drawers (six small, one large).
* It has a folding lid in the top that conceals a hole for computer cables to drop through.
* Yes, the top is bumpy — studs up. I offered to make the top smooth, but the client specifically requested otherwise. Whatever. I also offered to build a retractable keyboard tray in the front, but that was not wanted. Nor a mosaic of the company logo on the top or sides.

LEGO Desk

]]> http://bedzine.com/blog/bed-diy/diy/lego-desk/feed/ 0 Using Twitter for Room Light Control http://bedzine.com/blog/bed-designs/bed-home/livingroom/using-twitter-for-room-light-control/ http://bedzine.com/blog/bed-designs/bed-home/livingroom/using-twitter-for-room-light-control/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 19:45:06 +0000 brian yalung http://bedzine.com/blog/?p=8527 Ok here is something neat from Justin Wickett. With the proper connections, a mobile phone can send a simple text message to a computer and turn off the lights. Well, it’s an innovative way of trying to innovate your light controls but the fact remains that the idea is really something to consider.


Control Lights with Twitter from Justin Wickett on Vimeo

Using Twitter, a new social networking site, you can set up your laptop and connect it to your light switches (or any other electrical device) and control the device by sending text messages to your twitter account. It’s a fairly simple setup using this software which controls this hightech lightswitch (which is suprisingly affordable)

[via hacknmod via gizmodo]

Using Twitter for Room Light Control

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Space Bed

Check out this cool bed with a headboard that has a built-in TV and stereo. Very creative!

A headboard with a built in TV and stereo. How crazy is that? This photo came from an estate sale a couple of years ago. The bed was no longer there. Darn. I’d add a computer to mine and stay in bed all day.

via swapatorium

BED with a built in TV and stereo

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