Timeless toys

Un-frikkin-believable! Rupert gave me a small Lego figure of Father Xmas in 1998, and it has lived on my desk ever since. It has survived more than 20 desk moves since then. It consists of 19 pieces and has been a source of creative energy all that time. Now after 11 years (!) you'd think all the possible variations on this kit would be exhausted. Frankly, so did I, until I invented two new models last week. Both models use all 19 pieces...

20090621 Aquaplane

20090629 Hoverboard skater boy

(Here piece no 19 is concealed, making the board appear to hover.)

Geez, the gift the keeps on giving, eh? Rupert, love man.

Google waves back

First update for a while. Why? I'm a busy guy but my employers have sanctioned personal blogging/teeting/postings during office hours as a way to stimulate our brands involvement in Social Media. Me? On the "Internet" since 1994 I've gotten pretty tired of the fads. I still remember Instant Messaging and Voip as pretty cool. Blogging is the lesser of several evils for "Internet Participation". I post these blog entries via email from my desk and phone (and only occasionally pull up my site to see how they displayed!). I still get genuine pleasure out of spamming my group of a dozen "real" friends with my clips and thoughts, whines and moments of clarity BY TEXT-ONLY EMAIL. Which makes it noteworthy that Google (starting to dislike them almost as much as the Cult Of Mac) has invented a threaded messaging app that aggregates all your chitchat together, obviating the need for any standalone services from tw or fb or blogs. *sigh* Google Wave looks like a winner, and nicely timed to co-incide with fb boredom (and disillusionment that, amazingly, we don't feel more loved and appreciated and noteworthy, despite all those friends). http://mashable.com/2009/05/28/google-wave-guide/
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Aeroplane graveyard

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