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Alternative Birthday Card

It’s my flatmate Erin’s birthday today (happy birthday!) and I thought, as usual, all the cards available in the local shops were a little uninspiring.. She’s a bit of a cat lover, so I made this cat and matching card from an old converse shoe box I had lying around. I took the outline of the cat from a photo I found online, then cut out 7 layers (different profiles to include tail, legs ears). The layers are stuck together with double sided tape. Don’t think I’ll be able to find an envelope to fit it though!

cat card

art / Comments / 2008.01.06.18:29

Recycled Headphones

I’ve had these nice old Phonia headphones for ages (rescued from my father). I’ve always loved the way they looked, but they sounded terrible and had a worn cable. I also aquired a newish set of sony headphones which had damaged casing, So I’ve now combined two fairly useless sets of headphones into one great pair :-)

I just had to cut out the plastic mounting for the old speakers, and then insert most of the sony headphones into the massive enclosures of the phonias. They seem to sound even better than the sony headphones did to start with, perhaps because of the larger airspace behind, or maybe just because they sit more firmly on the ear. I’m sure they’ll look a bit odd paired with my ipod shuffle though !

tech / Comments / 2007.11.29.0:41

Keep dancing

It occurred to me recently that I hadn’t been doodling anything for the last year or so. this must be rectified. Also dancing is great. so combine the two. [that doesn’t mean dancing and doodling at the same time, I imagine that would be quite difficult :-) ]

art / Comments (1) / 2007.11.27.23:25

Cardboard Christmas

Noticed an annoying pile of boxes and also the lack of christmas decorations in my flat, so thought I’d fix both at once :-)

art / Comments / 2007.11.26.16:10

Lolz rich is old

Or so my birthday cake proclaimed - certainly partied on through the night like a youngster though it seems :-)

misc / Comments / 2007.11.05.20:55

Forza 2

Very much enjoying Forza Motorsport 2 for Xbox 360 today. Always wanted a camaro with flames, now if only there was a cortina in it too… :-)

cars, gaming / Comments (3) / 2007.06.24.23:57

Goodwood Festival of Speed

Interesting selection of cars and a great day out as always! - lots of photos here

photo, cars / Comments / 2007.06.23.23:44

MUSE at Wembley Stadium

Very impressive, they put on an amazing show!

more photos here !

music / Comments / 2007.06.19.11:43

Tina rides again

The cortina lives again, and is now very clean; Great to see her again after a lengthy garage session.

Hopfields autos in bermondsey did a great job on the strut tops, less so fitting the exhaust manifold - which blew on the way back. I’ll have to look for a performance one this time, it seems to keep going.. only 2 weeks till goodwood, so i’d better get a move on!

very smooth welding on the strut top repairs, i’ll have to have a go at the colour though - it’s a little out.

Interior’s still looking good, just a few trim items to replace to tidy it up a little, though perhaps a rev counter would be nice at some point..

cars / Comments / 2007.06.10.14:59

healthy transport

Thought i’d try and be healthy this summer, so got myself a bike. one of the cheapest ones from halfords at £90, stripped of all the nasty stickers. much more fun than going to the gym I reckon. also useful for getting around town when the cortina’s not working (so that’ll be often then). Great value, and unlike a gym membership, I can sell it at the end of the summer if I get bored of it :-)

misc / Comments / 2007.06.02.20:07

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