Yesterday I saw Sweeney Todd ... wow what a great movie, much better than the stage shows I have seen. After being warned that it was a musical when buying the ticket (what!) I expected there to be a near empty cinema (which there wasn't), there were however a few walkouts (some of which came back). There were a few funky blends in the initial ( Read more... )

I am currently 1/9th of my way through the short-list for the Australian Design Awards. With enough products to keep me up all night (a little under 100 of which are consumer goods) I am getting sick of orange and lime, though I am sure this will wear off with some sleep. Allot of it is people wanking on how they overcame difficulties by flavour- ( Read more... )

Stumbled across a great site for anyone that wants some models for anatomical drawing or computer art. With 550+ male or female one axis rotational models to choose from it should have anything you need.


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I was wondering if anyone was interested in any of the events or exhibitions at the Sydney Design festival this year. Its from the 4th to the 19th of August and I am hopefully going to be going by on Saturday, if not Sunday (and next weekend as well). Check out the site and get back to me if your up for a few hours of checking out the Powerhouse or ( Read more... )

Might be commissioned to make a giant Rube Goldberg machine, one day I am sure we will have to make a difference engine.

Incline, wedge, screw, lever, pulley and wheel ... check.

Edit: damn, I forgot "gears", which makes 7, then again incline can fall under wedge.

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Someone passed this retouching link onto me. It shows you one side of the wonders of photoshop. Though considering her age step 10 seems wrong - yet still amusing to see the lengths you can go.

Great for anyone that wants to look better in digital images.

On another note, yay for Heather and I's new house !

Last Saturday my work had a stall at the successful Young Bloods Designer Market at the Powerhouse as part of the Sydney Design Festival. There were plenty of interesting designs and clothing and our stall stood out like nothing else (That what you get when you have machinery in  a room full of jewelery and clothing). The day went very well and I ( Read more... )