If it weren't for these bunch of intrepid people.
We'd still be stuck in the middle of the desert right now.
Sunday 31 July 2011
ccxi) Los Heroes.
Saturday 30 July 2011
ccx) Twinkle Twinkle.
Look at the numbers of stars picked up by the camera and triple the density of lights in the sky.
That's how many stars we could see from the desert.
Friday 29 July 2011
ccix) Dark Materials
Packing for my desert adventure...
..seems to be a distinct lack of colour in my clothes...
Thursday 28 July 2011
Wednesday 27 July 2011
ccvii) My Constants.
Watch. Wallet. Glasses. Keys. Phone. Camera.
Bet you have your lil ritual before you leave the house as well.
Tuesday 26 July 2011
Monday 25 July 2011
Sunday 24 July 2011
Saturday 23 July 2011
cciii) Holy Macaroni!
You know that ep of The Simpsons where Homer got sucked down a 3D wormhole?
Think I found him.
Friday 22 July 2011
ccii) Whip It Real Good.
These cheap-arse SkullCandy phones don't even come close to replacing my beloved and already much-missed Sennheisers.
But time, budget and the fact that the only shop I could find in Santiago that actually stocks Sennheiser headphones are charging silly-money for them means I must Make. Do.
Experience has taught me that such flimsy support of the wire near the jack will not do.
Again, Sennheiser knows how it should be done.
Electrical tape will eventually slip, and without any heatshrink handy,
I turned to the one who has always provided the answers I seek in my times of need;
"What Would MacGuyver Do?"
All it takes is a length of nylon cord, and a rope technique I learnt in Scouts, called "Whipping".
No, really.
*sigh*
The whole point is to allow the wire to produce a gentle curve instead of a sharp kink when it's in your pocket.
An inch ought to do it.
Use teeth to pull the locking loop into the winds, trim off the ends with a pair of nail-clippers.
Make it pretty.
That black bit where the cord jumps from the jack casing to the headphone cable began to bug...
So I gave it another layer of whip.
If anything is worth doing properly, it's worth properly overdoing.
All in all, about 2metres of cord was used to protect this inch of cable.
Who woulda thought that Pioneers Badge I earnt all those years ago would still be so useful today?!
Thursday 21 July 2011
Wednesday 20 July 2011
Tuesday 19 July 2011
Monday 18 July 2011
Sunday 17 July 2011
cxcvii) Make. Do.
Today, I took a door and an old clothes rack, and repurposed them into a standing desk/shelf kinda thing.
Grandad woulda been proud.
Saturday 16 July 2011
Friday 15 July 2011
Thursday 14 July 2011
Wednesday 13 July 2011
Tuesday 12 July 2011
Monday 11 July 2011
Sunday 10 July 2011
Saturday 9 July 2011
Friday 8 July 2011
Thursday 7 July 2011
Wednesday 6 July 2011
clxxxvi) Teaching Styles.
Biching about the world you've been dealt always seemed a bit of a waste of energy to me.
I'd rather take the hand I have and shape my world into something I'm happy live in. Suck it. =)
Tuesday 5 July 2011
clxxxv) So Close.
Just a tad more rummy sponge and a tad less cream and it woulda been perfect. The honey base works surprisingly well.