This is kinda cool. I got a bag-o’-gears as a gift from my wife the other week, and in it was a differential. Here’s what it looks like assembled.

I didn’t build this one. No, not gonna take credit for that.

And a close-up of the steering mechanism:

Oh, I forgot to credit Pete Willard, he’s the Lego Maniac ’round these parts. I supply the Legos, he supplies the creativity.

Well, I don’t promise one every day, but here we go two days in a row so I think LPOD has begun.

Lego Skiing!

When I setup my desk at a new (to me) HP site I brought some of my Legos. Turns out there is a guy a couple of cubes up who is crazy about legos–seriously. Well I was going to put my kits together “by the book”, but he started fiddling so I just left him to it. Now just about every time I come up here, I have new creatons.

I had a co-worker shoot some pics with her Ericsson phone. Not the best quality, but you can get the idea.

The Flying Crane’s propeller turns when the wheels move.

The Mobile Catapult really fires. The white piece is the catch and its connected to a trigger you can’t see in this picture.

Here is the Bionicle Chariot. It doesn’t do much but roll.