Made me laugh, Comedian Bob Wiltfong begs for money on the New York City subway system.
Filed under: Humour | Tagged: Begging, Bob Wiltfong, Comedian, New York, Subway | Leave a Comment »
Sir Ian McKellen on how to act well
Posted on March 29, 2008 by Sam Rich
Filed under: Humour | Tagged: Acting, Extras, Gandalf, Lord of The Rings, Ricky Gervais, Sir Ian McKellen, Wizard | Leave a Comment »
American Military Trial the Non-Lethal ‘Pain Gun’
Posted on March 29, 2008 by Sam Rich
The Pain Gun is a non-lethal crowd control device which looks from the videos like its going to be very effective in riots. Watch the videos below as two reporters allow them selves to be guinea pigs in a test.
Explanation of the active denial system and [...]
Filed under: Current Events, Technology | Tagged: Active Denial System, ADS, Non-lethal weapon, pain gun, pain ray | Leave a Comment »
Bubble Gum Sculptures
Posted on March 29, 2008 by Sam Rich
The time and effort Maurizio Savini’ has put in to make these sculptures out of bubble gum is mind boggling.
Click here to see more and visit his site
Filed under: Art, Making, craft | Tagged: Amazing, Art, Bubble Gum, craft, Gum Sculpture, Maurizio Savini, Sculpting | 5 Comments »
700BHP Electric Supercar
Posted on March 17, 2008 by Sam Rich
Fuel Prices in Britain are reaching ridiculous heights. Today I payed £1.17 per litre to fill up. Looks like this coupled with Global warming and definite need for a decrease in emissions means we really should be looking elsewhere for other means of power. My belief is it won’t be too long before petrol/diesel driven [...]
Filed under: Current Events, Technology | Tagged: 700BHP, Electric car, Fuel Emissions, Fuel Prices, Global Warming, Green Car, Green energy, Greenhouse Effect, Reducing emissions, Supercar, The Lightning | 2 Comments »
Crazy englishman uses thirty foot trebuchet to fire chicken poo at potential thieves
Posted on March 10, 2008 by Sam Rich
Daily Mail via Gizmodo:
“A businessman in the UK has come up with a novel way to deal with potential thieves: firing chickenpoo at them from a 30-foot catapult. Joe Watson-Webb, a retired showman, had the iron trebuchet left over from his days as a showman, and gets his avian ammo from the farm next door. Local [...]
Filed under: Current Events, Gadgets, Humour, Making | Tagged: Chicken Poo, Englishman, Humour, Joe Watson-Webb, smart poo, Taking the law into his own hands, Thieves, Trebuchet, Yobs | 2 Comments »
Bob Geldof interviews George Bush
Posted on March 6, 2008 by Sam Rich
Bob Geldof writing in Time Magazine:
I gave the President my book. He raised an eyebrow. “Who wrote this for ya, Geldof?” he said without looking up from the cover. Very dry. “Who will you get to read it for you, Mr. President?” I replied. No response.
The Most Powerful Man in the World studied the front [...]
Filed under: Current Events, Injustice | Tagged: Africa, Air Force One, America, Bob Geldof, George Bush, Injustice, President, Rwanda, Time Magazine, U.S, USA | Leave a Comment »
Dave Veloz’s amazing ‘Steampunk’ wedding present
Posted on March 6, 2008 by Sam Rich
This is Dave Veloz’s wedding present to his wife. Amazing, a fully working, modified Apple Mini Computer.
Jake Von Slatt pointed out this beautiful remake of his steampunk keyboard and monitor:
“He’s done an absolutely beautiful job, outdoing me in several respects, the first being the use of actual granite for the monitor’s base! The keyboard is [...]
Filed under: Art, Making, craft | Tagged: Apple, Art, Computer, craft, Dave Veloz, Fiance, Jake Von Slatt, Mini, Modding, Modifications, Present, Steampunk, Wedding | Leave a Comment »
Liam Byrnes on confrontation, doing it in love
Posted on March 5, 2008 by Sam Rich
My good friend Liam has a great post on confronting someone the right way. Read the full article here
Filed under: Christianity, Friends, How To | Tagged: confrontation, love | Leave a Comment »
How to cram for Exams and other Life Tips
Posted on March 5, 2008 by Sam Rich
Came across these on lifehacker, you may find useful.
How to cram for an exam
Increase your morning productivity with the 10 o’clock rule
Brain training- memory tips
Filed under: How To | Tagged: exams, finals, How To, Life, lifehacks, memory, productivity, revision, Student, tips, work | Leave a Comment »
