January 2010 - I opened up a can of worms - and contrary to all possible expectations, it was a good thing...
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Opening Up A Can Of Worms
By Mike on Saturday, January 23, 2010, 15:24
Tag - Odd
Monday, December 28, 2009
Watching Paint Dry
By Mike on Monday, December 28, 2009, 20:21
This short video documents the results of a series of experiments in time-lapse micrography - the subject: drying paint...
Monday, August 31, 2009
A Dozen Uses For Kinder Surprise Egg Prize Pods
By Mike on Monday, August 31, 2009, 23:15
Kinder eggs - 20g of milky chocolate wrapped around small (and often bizarre) toy.
The toy is encased in a snap-closed plastic pod that is too good to throw away - here are a dozen different things you can do with them...
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Sewing A Button On A Custard Pie
By Mike on Saturday, June 13, 2009, 15:05
Sewing a button on a custard pie sounds like something that is both difficult and ultimately pointless - and of course, that's the whole point of the saying. but what if the button was edible..?
Friday, May 15, 2009
Project Horseshoe - An Empirical Search For Luck
By Mike on Friday, May 15, 2009, 22:56
Does luck exist? Not luck in the sense of plunging pianos precisely failing to hit passing preoccupied pedestrians - luck in the sense of fortuitous outcome, manufactured or provoked by items or actions considered 'lucky'.
I propose an experiment, in which every effort will be made to impart luck to an outcome - here it is.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
WDMD? - What Do Morons Drink?
By Mike on Saturday, February 21, 2009, 23:58
21 February 2009 - What do morons drink? You may never have wondered about this, but I did, so I set about finding out.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The Tower That Built Itself
By Mike on Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 08:37
Starting with a few hundred pieces of assorted K'Nex, this tower built itself before my very eyes!
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Using A Sledgehammer To Crack A Nut
By Mike on Saturday, October 25, 2008, 22:39
So what's it really like to crack a nut using a sledgehammer? Can it be done?
Sunday, July 27, 2008
No Such Thing As A Free Lunch?
By Mike on Sunday, July 27, 2008, 21:04
There is, apparently, no such thing as a free lunch. Really? We'll have to see about that, won't we?
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Things That Go Bump In The Night - A Pigeon Auto-Ornitho-Vitrograph
By Mike on Tuesday, July 15, 2008, 14:56
On 15 July 2008, something went bump in the night. I slept right through it, but my wife informed me she heard a bird hit the living room window. On examination, it was not only possible to see where the bird (apparently a wood pigeon) had struck, it was possible to see a detailed image of the bird itself.
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