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Build Your Own Cityscape

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the we-built-this-city-from-rock-and-roll dept.

Hoagy writes "Many friends think I've moved when I show them this picture. I've constructed a lit model of midtown Manhattan to fill an otherwise unspectactular view out of our kitchen window. The website details the construction process and how to design and build your own. The city lights also automatically turn on/off via an X10 cronjob on my home Linux server." Nice hack job.

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  1. what for? by Fletch · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    i thought it was kinda neat until i saw the size of the thing. my god, what a colossal waste of time.

  2. Re:You *want* a view of a city? by EnderWiggnz · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    now... if only i could spend 30 minutes getting to work in an underground cave ... that smelt like urine... i would _love_ it here!!!!!

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  3. Why? by jackyl_meoff · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What is outside your kitchen window without the model? Reality? Get some exercise, fatty fat mcfat.

  4. Everybody has a hobby, I guess. by Mulletproof · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    "I've constructed a lit model of midtown Manhattan to fill an otherwise unspectactular view out of our kitchen window."

    Um, it still looks rather unspectacular. In fact, it looks like one of those early Star Trek models fitted with Christmas tree bulbs. And what's this? "Nice hack job"!? As in poorly done? Hack? Somehow I think if somebody surrounded a gopher hole with barbed wire, micheal would consider it some sort of hack. "Tee hee! I found a website for underwater BB stacking! Nice hack!"

    Maybe if he used fiberoptices. An actual skyline you could see. Changing backgrounds. Something beyond cardboard and Christmas lights. Everybody has their hobby sure, and I respect that. But why am I seeing it here? News for Nerds, stuff that matters, anyone?

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