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DIY IKEA Lego Table

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2:00PM July 1, 2011 | Angus Kidman

Lego is an awesome toy, but no fun for your feet when you tread on it. This clever adaptation of IKEA’s bargain LACK table creates a handy building surface and minimises mess. More »


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Build A Chess Set Out Of Lego

3:00PM February 28, 2011 | Melanie Pinola

Play with Lego in a whole new way by creating your own chess set out of them. It seems like Lego bricks were made for this. More »


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Use Lego To Enliven Your Table

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1:00PM January 27, 2011 | Angus Kidman

We’ve highlighted the idea of using Lego to decorate furniture before, but combining the iconic bricks with some IKEA styling can yield impressive results even with simple designs. More »


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Restore The Colour Of Old Lego Bricks

1:00AM July 25, 2010 | Whitson Gordon

We’ve been known to break out the Lego every once in a while for fun DIY projects, but if all your Lego is old and discoloured, here’s how to get it looking like new. More »


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Make Your Own iPod Stand From Lego

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3:00PM April 27, 2010 | Angus Kidman

We’ve shown you plenty of ways to make your own iPod stand, but this one is pretty cool: a stand built entirely from Lego. Woo-hoo! More »


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Build A Lego Router

11:00AM January 17, 2010 | Adam Pash

We love the Linksys WRT54GL router for its extreme hackability (it’s what we used to transform our router with Tomato), so we couldn’t help but appreciate this fun WRT54GL Lego mod. More »


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Repurpose Old Furniture With LEGO

10:00AM December 30, 2009 | Lisa Hoover

If the idea of stripping and repainting an old table or bench bores you to tears, dress up the eyesore and entertain your inner child at the same time by covering over the entire surface with LEGO. More »


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Hanging Lego Recharger Holds Your Keys, Charges Your Gadgets

6:00AM November 13, 2009 | Adam Pash

We’re suckers for any project that involves Legos, and the DIY gurus at weblog make play to our weaknesses with this saucy Lego recharger and key holder. More »


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Building The Google Chrome Icon In Lego

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2:00PM August 10, 2009 | Angus Kidman

I’m not going to argue a serious productivity case for this, but for the almost 8 percent of Lifehacker readers who use Chrome, this is essential viewing: the Chrome icon built with Lego. [via The Official Google Blog]


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Track Your Time with LEGO Bricks

1:27AM August 5, 2008 | Gina Trapani

Software developer Michael Hunger wanted a better way to track the time he spends on various projects throughout the day, so he’s opted to use LEGO bricks (pictured) instead of software or time sheets. Each one-line LEGO track represents one day of the workweek, and different coloured bricks correspond to different projects. He stacks up a wall for each day to log where his time went or pre-plan the day. Hunger writes: You can easily see how much work you did for any given project as you recognise the coloured areas rather than time ranges (8:45-11:15). Having the relative time shares as part of this setup helps as well.

He says that the fun of using his LEGO time tracker is a big advantage—we do use systems we enjoy using—but that co-workers coming to your place and disassembling your workweek is the one disadvantage. On LEGO Powered Time-Tracking; My Daily Column [Better Software Development]

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