Rolling Thunder™ presents:

What did we say about Lego? (here and here)

We should soon start getting paid by Lego for writing so much about their product. Or, it’s prbably just high time to move on to the next thing, yes?

Following the hugely successful My Name is Robot exhibition early this year, we helped the designer robotandspark to create a couple of 3d renders of the über hip designer toy, about half a year ago. But now they are taking things to a completely different level and are making an actual toy! Here are a few sneak peaks from the 3d printing. We are completely sure this will be awesome!

Happy National Day!

Here’s a tip: If you don’t feel like paying 31 dirhams for one (1) pannekoeken (which is Dutch for pancake, but that’s no excuse) at More, why not make your own? It’s super easy, dirt cheap and easily as tasty as More’s, if not even better!

Recipe (for around 12 pancakes)
* 2½ cups of flour
* ½ tea spoon salt
* 6 cups of mjölk
* 3 eggs
* 3 tea spoons butter

Mix flour and salt in a bowl. Add half the milk and whisk to a smooth batter.
Whisk in the rest of the milk and eggs. Let it rest in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
Melt half the butter in a frying pan and add it into the batter. Use rest of butter to fry thin pancakes.

Serve with your favourite jam; or just some sugar; or why not some fresh chopped fruits?
Cost per pancake at home: around 1-2 dirham.
Cost per pancake at More: 31 dirham.

PS. We actually like More. They have a lot of nice food, and the ambiance is very “un-Dubaian”. But they DO have overpriced pancakes. Sorry, “pannekoeken”.

What do you get if you are a lego fan, a Matrix fan, and you have 440 hours to spare?
Well, Lego Matrix of course.

(read more about it here)

Movember is drawing to an end, with only 1 day to go. Henrik followed through all the way with his handle bar-side burn combo. Apparently he’s been toying with the idea to keep the handle bar part for a bit. We’re not completely convinced. But we’re happy we don’t have to see his patchy Scandinavian side burns at least.

Our buddy Taliesin of Duttyartz sent us this truly fantastic mix today “Solar Life Raft”. We’re not going to say much more than: get it. Get it now. Get it at amazon, boomkat, itunes, or beatport.

Here are two of the tracks, just to get you salivating a bit.

Matt Shadetek – Strength In Numbers
Gang Gang Dance – Bebey (DJ /rupture and Matt Shadetek Remix)

Oh, and Director/Animator Sara Taigher made a music video of a medley of the mix, check it.

Every month we receive thousands of emails asking about the picture we use for our header here at AAMBNQ. The most common request is to see the full picture. And today we oblige. Now, we know it only starts tomorrow, but since we won’t be in the office then, here’s our Eid Al Adha gift for 2009. The whole shebang*. From Rolling Thunder, to the world.

*All of it; the whole thing. Read more here. And see, we taught you something today! Unless you already knew about Walt Whitman’s use of the word in 1862? Never say we’re superficial. Ever.