"As part two (see previous attempt) of my ongoing series in ‘computational necromancy,’ I’ve spent the last year and a half or so constructing my own 1/10-scale, binary-compatible, cycle-accurate Cray-1." Gorgeous.

Just so beautiful. Now: I just need a video of it rotating on loop, please.

A detailed look at various techniques for greebling Lego models.

Not every social software system has all of these, but most of them have three or more. And the most popular social websites implement many of these building blocks, but focus on just one or two.

Yes yes yes. Walking, tracked, other weird model toys - all powered by real live steam. Beautiful model engineering at work.

Awesome. Super-detailed working V8 engine made of paper.