8BitKid: Living Bit by Bit

A friend of mine sent me over a link to this Flickr set: LEGOd Video Games

These are amazing recreations of classic video game moments constructed with the most revered building block.  I have often thought that legos would be perfect for creating some pixel art, but have had reservations about the fidelity, since legos don’t have a square ratio. “Pixel Blocks” do seem like a toy up to the task, and will probably be my go-to block for when I eventually get around to my Megaman crafts project.

- picture courtesy of skinny coder

Flickr recently launched video functionality for the site. To celebrate, they came down to the main Yahoo! campus to host the “Faceball Executive Showdown”. You may be wondering what Faceball is, and so please check out the official site for an explanation.

I volunteered to compete in the tournament, and after beating our CFO in the first round and someone from the widgets team in the second, I was defeated in the finals by Yahoo! cofounder, David Filo. I put up a valiant fight, and rallied back in the second set, but he was a unstoppable machine and won in the end.

Check out these pictures from competition: