Month: January 2010

If you go out in the woods today…

Don’t wear a disguise. Despite what the nursery rhymes tell you this is actually likely to get you shot by hunters. Apparently.

A Greek man camouflaging himself in a goat skin while hunting for Christmas dinner was shot, and killed, by another party out hunting for their own Christmas goat.

Talk about being a scapegoat…

Police said members of a shooting party made up of families opened fire when Christos Constantinou, 49, moved through the undergrowth.

They are thought to have been confused by the fact the victim was disguised in dark goat skins, which are used to camouflage and to mislead their prey.

January 1, 2010

Who would win?

Speculation is fun. But there’s nothing like speculation that involves pitting one party against another. This fascination began when, as a child, I would catch bees in match boxes and put them in jars with green ants. Locking them together in a fight to the death.

This probably says something about some deep seeded psychological problems that will come back to haunt me.

A couple of years ago I contacted a crocodile specialist to find out who would win a fight between a croc and a shark (Townsville has both in droves).

The Pacman v Mario video I posted today is part of a series of these conceptual match ups. It’s like the celebrity deathmatch claymotion series… just with fictional characters in line drawings, and names changed to prevent trademark infringement.

January 1, 2010

How stuff works

I have a fascination with how ordinary things are made. I used to wonder how the deodorant companies packed all that smelly stuff into a can. Or in fact how any aerosols worked.

Then Abraham Piper of 22 words posted links to these 22 videos of stuff being made.

Now, though I’d never wondered, I know how globes are made. If you watch this video you will too.

Here’s how roll-on deodorant works.

And some of my other favourites.

And most importantly, how bacon is made.

And a musical interlude.

There goes half an hour of your time.

January 1, 2010

Pacman v Mario

Have you ever wondered what would happen if some sort of video game worm hole opened up and Pacman ended up in Super Mario World?

Me neither.

January 1, 2010