Feb 5, 2009 8:00 AM

Snow Day for a Geek

Just had to pass along this image that’s making its rounds. Flickr user and dedicated LEGO bulder roguebantha_1138 (nice Lucas references there) got a day off when there was a big snow storm, and proceeded to make a snowman – a LEGO snowman! We applaud the geek design ethic at play here! (found via Neatorama, […]

Just had to pass along this image that's making its rounds. Flickr user and dedicated LEGO bulder roguebantha_1138 (nice Lucas references there) got a day off when there was a big snow storm, and proceeded to make a snowman - a LEGO snowman! We applaud the geek design ethic at play here!

(found via Neatorama, I think)

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