I liked "Tweaking your brain implants." especially considering we're all io9ers. The current one is just not as cool. But I've a few questions.

Y'all know the drill: open thread, post whatever the hell you want. I'm off to sleep. I leave you to ponder this:

Welcome to a new column I'm going to be writing each week (maybe more?), where I write up a review of the comic I enjoyed the most from this week's releases. I thought that TAY didn't really have any comics discussions and I love 'em so anyway here's my thoughts:

We've made a concoction. You may have already heard about it, or not. I'm going to share it here anyway, because it's made up of 100% Niner-y goodness!

Wish you had $20,000 to create this Lego masterpiece? Me too. This impressive recreation of the epic battle of Helm’s Deep took four months, 150,000 bricks and 1,700 minifigs to build. It's about 90% finished and weighs around 160 lbs. If Tolkien was alive to see this, I believe he'd weep with joy (and probably say…

We're under massive flood warnings in NYC and Westchester at the moment, so major thanks to my friend, Ceez for getting these pictures at my request.