Thursday, July 10, 2008
By Mike on Thursday, July 10, 2008, 21:21
I was called upon by my daughter to remove a fairly large moth from her bedroom one evening, which I did, using the glass-and-card method - I did this primarily to avoid injuring the insect during capture and relocation - I'm not at all squeamish about handling moths, but they will tend to damage themselves in trying to escape from a human hand.
As I turned to leave the room with the captive moth, I noticed two tiny, glittering brilliant pink jewels on its head - after a little bit of moving around and changing angles, it became apparent that these were cats-eye type reflections - from those compound eye elements pointing in my general direction, appearing when the light source was more or less behind my head.
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Sunday, June 29, 2008
By Mike on Sunday, June 29, 2008, 19:14
How many times have you heard someone say of some stupefyingly dull thing, "At least it's better than watching the grass grow"? - The implication, of course, is that there are few things harder to endure than watching grass grow.
This is a challenge I cannot - will not - leave unanswered.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
By Mike on Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 16:46
Setting out once again to pursue the inadvisable, I shall here be attempting something widely considered impossible, or at least very unrewarding - I intend to nail jelly to a tree.
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Sunday, June 1, 2008
By Mike on Sunday, June 1, 2008, 16:35
So, is it possible to really make a mountain out of a molehill?
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Monday, February 11, 2008
By Mike on Monday, February 11, 2008, 20:35
Using a can of tuna in oil (the cheaper the better - as there's less fish and more oil that way), you can make an emergency lamp that will burn for several hours.
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Saturday, January 19, 2008
By Mike on Saturday, January 19, 2008, 08:14
Travel can be a bewildering experience for the first time traveller and even seasoned international jetsetters may find themselves occasionally confused by the perplexing array of informational signs on display.
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Sunday, February 18, 2007
By Mike on Sunday, February 18, 2007, 12:51
You're the conductor - click on the mice to make them sing
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