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Can Command + Legoland + 1 Brick Your Mac?
Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 8:32 PM on June 19, 2008
This is the second thing I found in my trip to the centre of the Lego universe. Road sign or secret tip? I tried the keyboard combo in my PowerBook and it didn't work, but given the origin of the command symbol--as commanded by Steve Jobs and executed by Susan Kare--I thought it was well worth a try.
Finally she [Susan Kare] came across a floral symbol that was used in Sweden to indicate an interesting feature or attraction in a campground. She rendered a 16 x 16 bitmap of the little symbol and showed it to the rest of the team, and everybody liked it. Twenty years later, even in OS X, the Macintosh still has a little bit of a Swedish campground in it.
It certainly marks the spot in this case.
I'm back from Lego's headquarters in Denmark, frantically writing features, editing video, and preparing images showing the amazing brick manufacturing process, the Lego cathedrals with billions of pieces in them and giant robots moving them around, the Lego secret vault with every single set ever produced, and many more awesome things. I've to say that I've been blown away and, trust me, it's not just fanboyism. [LEGO in Gizmodo]
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Glavan27
Posted 9:22 PM 19/6/08
Zlatan?...Zlatan Ibrahimovic? those girls have good taste in soccer players
Glavan27
Crescent
Posted 9:19 PM 19/6/08
Is Addy real or something you made from Lego bricks?
Crescent
strider_mt2k
Posted 9:09 PM 19/6/08
@mangochutney: Uh dude.
You're supposed to wear them over your face. :|
@Git Em SteveDave just got compared to Matt Dillon for the third time in his life: Follow the yellow brick road!
strider_mt2k
mangochutney
Posted 9:04 PM 19/6/08
@CODIFEROUS: I'm bringing the pantyhose!
mangochutney
Git Em SteveDave just got compared to Matt Dillon for the third
Posted 9:04 PM 19/6/08
I tried pressing both of the command signs in that one picture, but it didn't have the effected I wanted it to, in more ways than one.
I couldn't find the legoland key on my G3. I still have some old ADB keyboards in my closet I can check. I'll keep everyone updated, unless I get whisked away to a magic Lego world where I am to be the savior of the "good" Lego Fig's, a la many cartoons from the 80's. If that happens, you will not hear from Lindsay anymore, as I can think of no one better suited to become the Queen of all Lego Figs after I liberate them.
"One brick to rule them all, one brick to find them, one brick to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them."
Git Em SteveDave just got compared to Matt Dillon for the third time in his life
strider_mt2k
Posted 8:48 PM 19/6/08
Well you must be like a pig in slop!
Lucky, lucky Jesus!
How long is Addy going to be finding tiny Lego pieces in the bottom of the dryer after this trip?
(At least they'll survive.)
Yes sir, I'm sure I'm not the only one eagerly awaiting your findings! :D
strider_mt2k
CODIFEROUS
Posted 8:45 PM 19/6/08
Lego secret vault with every set ever made???
Anyone wanna go on a heist?
CODIFEROUS
yelraf
Posted 10:08 PM 19/6/08
@CODIFEROUS: I smell a script for "Ocean's 14".
yelraf
Git Em SteveDave just got compared to Matt Dillon for the third
Posted 10:34 PM 19/6/08
The Ljungan chick is really cute, and she spells her name like a piece of Ikea furniture.
"So what you do last night?"
"I spent a few hours on Ljungan."
Git Em SteveDave just got compared to Matt Dillon for the third time in his life
Dook_In_The_Urinal
Posted 10:19 PM 19/6/08
@strider_mt2k:
I lol'ed.
Dook_In_The_Urinal
BoinK
Posted 10:45 PM 19/6/08
@Git Em SteveDave just got compared to Matt Dillon for the t...: It's not so much her name as it is the Swedish nick name for Fredrik Ljungberg, a football player. (it is also the name of a river up north in Sweden).
The more you know!
BoinK
jesusdiaz
Posted 11:40 PM 19/6/08
@Frizzoo: Did you read the post?
jesusdiaz
Frizzoo
Posted 11:30 PM 19/6/08
That sign is for attractions here in Denmark :P
Frizzoo
Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes
Posted 11:10 PM 19/6/08
@BoinK: Damn. I had already started calling everyone named Ljungan in Sweden to try to talk to her. You'd be surprised how many people hang up when you say:
"Hej, jag heter John. Jag kommer från Amerika. Jag såg din bild på Gizmodo.com. Jag tycker du är söt. Är du singel?"
Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes
Frizzoo
Posted 12:06 AM 20/6/08
@jesusdiaz:
Ohh i didn't see that..
Frizzoo
Frizzoo
Posted 12:04 AM 20/6/08
@jesusdiaz:
Ohh i didn't see that xD
Frizzoo
Noobs-R-Us
Posted 12:04 AM 20/6/08
fuda, fuda, fuda fuda...
Noobs-R-Us
emre5
Posted 10:41 PM 19/6/08
@Git Em SteveDave just got compared to Matt Dillon for the t...:
"Ljungan" of course refers to Fredrik Ljungberg, the slick Swede with no hair:
[en.wikipedia.org]
And Legoland is in Denmark, not Sweden, so where´s the connection, Giz?
emre5
giyad
Posted 1:12 AM 20/6/08
That picture was definitely taken before the games ;-) Sweden lost to Russia and are now out...
giyad
Human Bomb
Posted 2:00 AM 20/6/08
Brick your Mac! Hilarious!
Human Bomb
TBM-Fan
Posted 1:08 AM 20/6/08
you have to press the command button to do something, right?
hmm interesting wait what did the post said??
TBM-Fan
ps61318
Posted 3:01 AM 20/6/08
Leave it the soccer fans to ruin a good Lego story with interesting side notes...
...and no, I have no clue what I mean either.
ps61318
LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
Posted 8:05 AM 20/6/08
@CODIFEROUS:
Yep. I wanna go! Except I wanna be the one grabbing the sets!, except I'd probably be better as a diversion.
And really, I now even have more love for my Command Key.
LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
discounteggroll
Posted 10:26 AM 20/6/08
KERNEL PANIC!!!
discounteggroll