Ever tried making a pinhole camera from a shoebox? No, me neither. But the thought was always there. Well, how about making a projector from a shoebox and a Smartphone?! Launched recently by fellow Bristolian Chris Price, Project Yourself celebrates the ‘hack culture’ – modifying objects to create a whole new use for them. Like gluing a cheese grater to your iPad but with less chance of getting yourself institutionalised. ...
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How Animals Eat Their Food
Taking a break from reading about Thatcher, moaning about Thatcher, or moaning about people moaning about Thatcher – here is a gem of a video from internets. Two gentlemen are having a nice sit down meal when one decides to demonstrate how animals eat their food. Doesn’t sound funny. But it is. Image: Pedro Szekely ...
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£B. Clean. Untraceable. The perfect crime. Usually used to purchase fresh sausages from a local market stall, or perhaps a loaf of sour dough from an independent bakery, the recently launched Bristol Pound has recently found a more sinister and worrying use. ...
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Childhood dream jobs. Hopes of adventure and the unbridled aspirations of youth. Fantasies ingrained into the minds of young generations by sickly American kids movies (excluding the ‘The Mighty Ducks’ which I can only assume was a feature length documentary) before the throbbing inevitability of a life spent endlessly chasing up an office stationary order you put in for printer toner two weeks before. All this disappointment unless of course you have achieved your personal childhood dream job, in which case go away and close the door on the way out. For those underachievers, i.e. you, is it such a bad thing you missed out on space cadets? My personal childhood dream job was to be Hulk Hogan! Because when you are a child, being a person, or an animal, feeling, weather or anything else are categorised as ‘jobs’. But wrestling was for me; tiny short, excessive grimacing, feigned physical ...
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With petrol prices at an all time high, Eco-enthusiast Martin Bacon turned to the next most readily available liquid to source the fuel for his car (apart from water, or wee) – Coffee. Although not strictly a viable option for the family runaround, the converted pick up does at least demonstrate the viability of alternate resources and probably smells quite nice. ...
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Feel like your lack of energy is stopping you from reaching your full potential? Do you dream of being a successful entrepreneur selling pirate themed bungee jumps? Or do you have aspirations of floating around in space, as proper astronaut, not just one of Richard Bransons chums? Well stop crying, firstly astronauts can’t cry in zero G and it’s no good for your training. Why stick to coffee though? Over 400 billion cups are consumed each year but there’s a whole new world out there. Good old uncle caffeine is here to massage your irregularly beating heart just enough to get that spreadsheet finished. Well, not finished, it was already finished, but you sort of broke it and you now have to fix it. Idiot. If people can eat it, drink it, or smear it across their foreheads, then at some point, someone has tried to put caffeine in it. And I’ve probably bought it, for research ...
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Skiing is a sport, yet it is also widely classed as a ‘holiday’. A holiday, for people who love trying not die in a remote location with little medical assistance for a whole week before hobbling back to work. Personally, I believe that skiing holidays are the product of years of Darwinian selection within the four walls of Thomas Cook. Years must have past since badminton holidays and curling holidays died out. Now only skiing and beach sitting holidays are left. I get restless on beaches, so off I went. Below be my summary of the joys of skiing. ...
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Can I see what the fuss is about? I suppose I do, I once had a KitKat that was solid chocolate and can only assume that finding out you have digested my little pony would bring a similar level of outrage. That was a bad day mind. Although horse meat in burgers is obviously a fairly serious offence, the media backlash has been one of those of maelstroms saved for special occasions. A tasty tasty maelstrom. ...
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Yesterday I watched a television programme called Splash, brought to you by the nations favourite bronze medallist Tom Daley. As well as sufficing as ample pun fodder for reviewers, Splash served as a reminder to us all that TV is all about the ratings. Twitter was in outrage, Facebook was a scene of mild annoyance and Instagrammers we’re too busy taking pictures of ham. ...
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The Olympic Legacy? How can we tell whether the ‘Olympic Legacy’ was successful and we inspired a new generation? The sensible way would probably be the Team GB performance in Rio. That’s quite a while away. Cue 4 years of painful speculation. What does Olympic Legacy mean for you? Discounted gym membership? Not likely. I’m waiting for Burger King to release the Olympic Legacy Meal. Filled with promise and delicious (onion) rings, but ultimately idolised by a generation of chubby funsters. Gangnam Style 2.0? K-Pop hall of famer Psy and his now iconic horse riding dance gave us the song of 2012. Inevitably there will be more. Which gives me a perfectly good excuse to introduce you to everyone’s favourite incarcerated and jump-suited dance troupe; the CPDRC Inmates: A Year of Bad Luck? Are you superstitious Well you should be, life is so much more dramatic when you are in a state of perpetual ...
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