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I remember printing out this dragon and making the illusion work a fair few years ago, though for some reason the more recent video calls it a T-Rex…
Looking at the original PDF I used, I can see now that it is slightly different. You can also see the dragon originates from 1998.
There are Christmas markets and then there are Christmas markets.
Over the last few years I have enjoyed browsing the Christmas market in Birmingham, disappointed I had missed the one in Bath by one day last Christmas.
If you want to be disappointed, then I suggest you visit the Christmas market in Weston-super-Mare.
Don’t expect to see lots of wooden huts selling handmade wooden toys. Nope. Nor are there stalls selling all manger of German delicacies.
There were three stalls.
A hook a duck fairground stall, where instead of ducks, you could hook a santa!
A wooden hut selling German style sausages as well as bacon butties.
A giant inflatable snow globe that you could have your picture taken in.
That was it!
Missed opportunity really, even if there wasn’t German stalls, I wonder if there were local craftspeople and farmers who would be interested in running stalls over the festive period?
So there I was reading the BBC News and read this article on escalator etiquette, there is a link in the article to one of those chilling 1970s safety films.
The one thing I noticed that I remembered was the yellow lines and yellow warnings about staying within the yellow lines. I can’t recall if they still have these, I am pretty sure that they don’t anymore. Is that because they don’t work, or because they have worked out how to make escalators safer and less likely to crush blue welly boots!
Clever use of Post-it™ Notes.
Some people have way too much time on their hands… and paint!
Wonder what happens after you post a parcel?
Well wonder no more…
What happens when you send something by mail? What happens in between you sending it of and someone else receiving it? What people and processes are involved and how many steps does it take?
Clever piece of animation using the original strips as key frames.
Enjoyed that. Must find my books…
Ah simpler times…