Inflatable faeces raises a stink
August 14, 2008
McCarthy is renowned for his
giant inflatable artworks |
A giant inflatable dog turd brought down a power line after being blown away from a Swiss museum.
The artwork, entitled Complex Shit, was carried 200 metres on the night of 31 July, reportedly breaking a greenhouse window before it landed again.
The sculpture, by American artist Paul McCarthy, was equipped with a safety system that should have deflated it.
The fake faeces has been returned and will remain on display at the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern until October.
McCarthy is well known for his inflatable artworks, two of which - Blockhead and Daddies Bighead - were displayed outside the Tate Modern in London in 2003.
The Zentrum Paul Klee, which opened in 2005, houses a collection of about 4,000 works by the noted Swiss painter.
Still here?
May 26, 2008
Hi guys, I guess the onus is on me to try and stir some life back into this thing.
It seems as though everyone has drifted apart a little over the last few weeks. Well I guess that isn’t entirely true as myself and Anne Marie still manage to chat once a day usually and going by all the mushy luvy stuff being typed into Skype announcement messages, I think it’d be a safe bet to say that Ash and Netty are still chatting to each other.
Dave has been around and I have chatted with him on several ocassions, usually at the weekends, he is off to China tomorrow for a couple of weeks so he’ll not be around too much for a while. have a good one Dave, I for one am very jealous.
Larry seems to have been dodging tornadoes since New Year and has also been swallowed up by online galaxy conquering in its various guises, Ogame and EveOnline is where my money is. Gopher is on and off rarely these days it seems.. That man is much too sober for my liking these days.
It happens, we have all seen it before, you find a new web site you chat away find a new group and after a while you move on. Hopefully we will all still keep the Jokers bookmarked and maybe for once we can buck the trend and stay in touch through the website and blogs. What I was considering was writing a monthly newsletter so at the least we’d all recieve a bit of news, a touchstone so to speak that would ensure that we never quite lost touch completely, yanno what I mean?
Besides I can’t lose touch completely with you guys.. I mean who are Anne Marie and myself gonna bum off if we ever get over the pond to do some serious Las Vegas-ing? And Ash and Netty gotta stay in touch with us so they know where to send the wedding invites, right? Gopher has to stay in touch, one because Fridays ain’t Fridays without our personal tipsy Scotsman and two because I still hold out a sliver of hope that he’ll actually pay me for a PC he had 2 years ago.. lol (fat chance)
Poker has really not been an issue for me last couple of months. I’m having far more fun playing backgammon and dominoes lol sad innit.. I don’t consider poker most nights and certainly do not fret about thinking I ‘have’ to play.
I did build myself a new website and had it 90% finished and then in a fit of pique one day (caused by yet another upgrade) I just took it down again. I had filled the site with news and videos and articles and all that kind of stuff. Then I sat back and thought about it and realised I was filling the site up, padding it with things just for the sake of it. I should just build the site around the things I enjoy doing and forget trying to please everyone all the time. So that is what I am going to be doing.
It’ll be a site basically split into a few areas, mostly graphics and art and maybe an opinion area for politics and current affairs. Weird mix maybe but that is what I enjoy online.
Actually I think I will play poker again real soon, I can feel the itch starting up. Maybe that is what was required, for me to stop fretting about it, forget about it for a while and sooner or later the itch would return of its own accord. I’ll keep you all updated on that one for sure. 
Anyhow before I go on too much, I hope you are all having fun whatever you are doing and hopefully we’ll hook up a game together one night in the not so distant future.
Till then .. toodle pip!
US Army Robot Suits Tested
April 22, 2008
The US army is developing robotic suits for its soldiers with the aim of giving them ’superhuman’ powers. Rajesh Mirchandani watches them in action.
Thumbelina the world’s smallest horse
April 21, 2008
She may be small, a mere 17 inches and weighing only 60 pounds. But she is all horse.
Born as a dwarf to a miniature horse, Thumbelina is officially the world’s smallest horse.
She may never aspire to be a champion show-jumper – she is so tiny she would find it hard to jump over a bucket.
But these things matter little to the feisty Thumbelina, who has been officially recognized as the world’s smallest horse. Read more
Dude, I Think We Picked the Wrong Bar
March 4, 2008
SYDNEY, Australia - An armed robber picked the wrong target when he raided an Australian bar where a biker gang was holding a meeting. He ended up hog-tied and in a hospital.
The man and an accomplice, wearing ski masks and waving machetes, stormed into a club in a western Sydney suburb shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday and yelled at patrons to lie down as they tried to rob the cash register, police said Thursday.
About 50 members of the Southern Cross Cruiser Club had just started a club meeting in another room, and the bikers jumped up to intervene. Read more
Science Fiction becomes Science Fact
February 20, 2008
Brain control headset for gamers
Emotiv’s Tan Le wears the Epoc headset
Gamers will soon be able to interact with the virtual world using their thoughts and emotions alone. A neuro-headset which interprets the interaction of neurons in the brain will go on sale later this year. Read more
