The Confectionery - 11

These are the things that I think are great.  So great that I want to sing about them.

MOON WINS GOLD

A Reuters photographer, Luke MacGregor, captured this beautiful image of a full moon rising behind the Olympic rings on London's Tower Bridge.  Perfect.

As many joked on the night this was taken, the moon may now be sued by the IOC.

CURIOSITY ROVER LANDS

Early this morning, the Seven Minutes of Terror took place, & ended successfully.  Amazing.  @NASA tweeted a photo of the Curiosity Rover's shadow in the Gale Crater, which is located ON MARS in case you forgot.

Read more about the landing here.

POOR BATMAN

TACHYON

Whether you're a seasoned musician or a 4 month old, you will enjoy Jordan Rudess' latest app.  The keyboardist for Dream Theater has co-created several apps - MorphWiz & SampleWiz have won several awards - & now Tachyon lets you create music with your fingertips, transforming the screen into a visual representation of the sound. 

It's fun, cool, pretty, & if you're a musical genius like Rudess is, you could use it with another app, DrumJam, like this:

Could be the coolest musical instrument you can buy for $1.99.  Get it here.

LEGO SERENITY

It's about time for a Firefly reference, right?  Here's a 7 foot LEGO model of the ship that's still flying, The Serenity.  Adrian Drake spent almost 2 years building this, beginning with The Serenity's blueprints for accuracy.  Yes, they're available.

Yes, I recited the lines when I saw that last photo.  Why don't you watch this classic Firefly scene so you can do the same?

To see more photos of the LEGO Serenity, go here.  To see photos of the construction (with Adrian's commentary), go here.



Those were my favourite internet sweets of the past week.  Come back next week for more goodies!



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LEGO City for Wii U

The Nintendo Wii U system is scheduled to be released just in time for the holiday season, & this morning at E3, a few of the games were announced.

Among the new titles for the new system are a new Super Mario game, & one I'm very excited about, LEGO City, being described as Grand Theft Auto meets LEGO.

I AM IN.

I love, love, love the LEGO games that are based on licensed material.  Batman, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, & Pirates of the Caribbean: I love every single one & cannot wait for the release of their Lord of The Rings game.

The LEGO games are filled with hours & hours of content, wonderful (& familiar) stories, humour, & gorgeous soundtracks. They are, quite simply, fun.  I can play them by myself or with my son...& LEGO is just awesome.

All of our LEGO games are for our PS3, but I guess I'll be buying a Nintendo Wii U.

For more on the Nintendo Wii U, check out this great article.

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