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Don't ask me whether that's Hertz or Percent
"The frequency of love, dreams and madness is 0.1" -
Musical Squares
Click on a random selection of squares (12-20 is a good start) and listen to the results.
By inoyan I think, although he might just be hosting it.
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Setting the World Alight
Today I went down to Bunnings Warehouse in Porirua, to get some screwdrivers for a side project of mine. I'd bought this automatic nerf-gun on sale at The Warehouse, and wanted to have a look at it's electrics to see if anything could be done about it's truly pathetic muzzle velocity, so I needed screwdrivers halfway in size between jeweler's ( Read more... ) -
State of Emergency
I went to sleep in a Democracy and woke up to the specter of a Totalitarian future.
Last night, parliament unanimously voted to grant Gerry Brownlee dictatorial powers (1, 2, 3). I can't think of any politician in Australia, the US or UK who has enjoyed such powers in modern history. The Greens and ACT "expressed reservations" but... obediently ( Read more... ) -
Christchurch Earthquake
Well, that was exciting. As you can see, I'm fine. Casualties seem to be low, however from the number of people driving around last night in the dark with no traffic lights, I imagine there'll be A&E reports later ( Read more... ) -
An Illustrated Guide to Dodgy Uncles and Aunties
I've been informed that I need to provide some guidance in the area of Dodgy Uncles and Aunties, being somewhat of an enthusiast of the theme, and the instigator of the upcoming Auntie/Uncle/Cultist Battle at the 48 this year. Of course, there is no one thing that makes the Dodgy Uncle or Auntie, it's more a matter of family resemblance (pun ( Read more... ) -
Making a Robe without Sewing
These instructions are for making a simple "square" robe without any sewing. Of course, you can sew this together if you know how, but this is aimed at those people who have no experience of (or competence with) sewing machines, and who think that needles are strictly for donating blood.
The Finished Robe
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Return to the Planet of the GIMP
That's right kids, it's time for another adventure in GIMP-land, bought to you today by the letters H, P and L.
So you know how it goes, I was hanging around on the internet, without any pants, and somebody was passing around the weaponised hallucinogens. Which led to this little piece of disturbing mental imagery.
( The eyes! The velour! )
