Beadmobile
Posted on Monday, 31st May 2004 at 6:03pm12 Comments Ensuing
In 2002 David Best came up with the idea to make the above Beadmobile after being asked by the Germany’s Essen Motor to create an art car for the event. It took over 100 people, mostly passers by and school children, to help glue the thousands (possibly millions) of beads supplied by Fire Mountain Gems and Beads onto the car.
Beadman: “What’s that I hear… a beader in trouble…?”
Tigertail: “Yes, I think it is beadman.”
Beadman: “To the beadmobile tigertail!”
Via Bead and Button – Issue 60.
Hot Water Bottle
Posted on Tuesday, 25th May 2004 at 12:37am51 Comments Ensuing
I saw something, a shadow on my roof, which looked oddly like a hot water bottle. It moved. I jumped up and cowered in the corner of my room looking around for the hot water bottle shadow to emerge once again, nothing. I ran towards my door, far cry style, ducking just in case the hot water bottle shadow was planning an attack. I turned the light on and looked around, again nothing. My heart was racing. I walked into the kitchen and it finally hit me…
“What the hell am I doing? I’m looking for a fucking shadow shaped like a hot water bottle in my room, that’s what I’m doing!”
I went back to bed, confused about what had just happened and very scared of hot water bottles. Earlier I had taken the shoe forgetting medication again. I had been in pain all weekend and was frustrated by lack of sleep, so it seemed like a good idea at the time. I really should stop myself from proceeding with something after thinking “seems like a good idea”, because in the past, it never turns out to be a good idea.
I know that I wasn’t dreaming when I scanned my room for hot water bottle shapes, the jewellery boards which I knocked over were proof of that. I must have been hallucinating beforehand though, imagining some hot water bottle shadow in my sleep. I hope I was hallucinating, because otherwise there’s some weird fucking creature lose in my room.
I am so never taking the shoe forgetting medication again.
Hooray, no spam here!
Posted on Sunday, 16th May 2004 at 5:24pm34 Comments Ensuing
About a week ago I got Gmail (Thanks to Pam). My thoughts?
I like the look of Gmail, it’s very clean and there are no ‘buy this kitten now and get another one free’ banner ads which tend to distract you. I don’t even mind the text ads (which I’ve started using at kitta.net a few day ago, I too have sold out just like Sergio).
And they weren’t lying when they said it’s fast, I wasn’t sure if the first few emails I set were actaully sent, due to its fastness. It also seems to refresh the window if left open. I’m pretty sure Hotmail or Yahoo don’t do this (I could be wrong though, so don’t hurt me with sharp objects) and it’s a nice feature.
I’m not sure how it goes with spam, since I’ve received none so far, the “Hooray, no spam here!” message not only makes me laugh, but also sigh in relief.
The spell check is pretty damn good, although I’d like to see an option where the user could choose other languages, it keeps telling me to spell colour as ‘color’ and jewellery as ‘jewelry’.
Well, that’s my thoughts on Gmail so far. Feel free to email me so I can beta some more, I haven’t received many emails yet and I’d like to test it out a bit more. My address is:
nikitak [at] gmail.com
(Note: I do not, repeat DO NOT, have any Gmail invites yet, so please don’t ask me for one. If and when I do receive any invites they will be given to family and friends who’ve been bugging me for the last week about them.)
Odd Spot
Posted on Friday, 14th May 2004 at 4:39pm32 Comments Ensuing
I only noticed something odd today, which was that the bit of paper that covers the sticky part on Libra sanitary pads now comes with some facts on it…
I can just imagine the meeting at Libra…
The boss: “Ok people, we need to come up with something new, so the ladies will buy our products, any ideas?”
Jill, the only female in management: “We could make a commercial that pisses them off, thus making them remember us.”
The boss: “No, we need to think bigger people.”
Craig: “What about re-designing the packets once again, maybe we could find out a way to make an invisible case, so when it falls out of their bags there will be no embarrassment. We all know how the ladies hate tampon incidents.”
The boss: “We tried that last year, the test subjects couldn’t find the case once they dropped it.”
Ben: “I know! Why don’t we put silly little facts on the bit of paper that covers the sticky part?”
The boss: “Fantastic idea Ben, we could call it ‘odd spot’, it would be a hit with the ladies!”
Ben gets a raise and I write a blog entry about sanitary pads.
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