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That’s just cheesy

By Pot Luck

I came up with the cartoon drawing before thinking of cheese names. I then found out that not all cheeses fit in text wise into the teeny, weeny sign I created.  So off the Wiki I went, in search of cheese names. True to Wiki form, I found a list of different cheeses (why someone would go to the trouble of creating something like this, I don’t know). Anyway, I learnt two new cheeses:

Skyr and Oka. The Ukraines came through with the former cheese, their version of a cottage type cheese. The latter is Canadian, and has origins back to the Tappist monks from Oka, Quebec.

May 3, 2012
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Baaaa! Baaaa! Zzzzzz!

By Animals

I typed ‘sleeping sheep’ into Google to see what would pop up.

I found a game called ‘Sheep Dash’ on a BBC website. It tests your reaction time to tranquillising the fleeing sheep. If you hit them, they go to sleep. It then gives you a result. I didn’t fare too well. Apart from a woeful speed statistic of 0.87 seconds average speed response time, I was given the badge “sluggish snail”.

Let me know how you fared?

May 2, 2012
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Send HHHHHH

By That's life

Maybe being an engineer, I’m too practical to even think of Googling this one (unless of course I’m wearing my cartooning hat at the time). Did you know you can go to eHow to find a set of instructions on how to fix that annoying computer stuck key problem?

May 1, 2012
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Let’s go on a magic carpet ride

By Pot Luck

What is it with all these scientists exploring the domains of fairy tales and legends?

When I created the invisible cloak cartoon, I discovered that scientists had actually achieved an invisible cloak (well, not exactly, but did a whole heaps of calculations and demonstrated on a small model). Thinking that flying carpets would be a no go zone, I was surprised to find a mathematician (and a team – can you imagine asking for a support team – how would that conversation go with your boss, I wonder) has proven mathematically it is possible. (See Telegraph post for those technically inclined).

To a scientist, this means it’s possible in theory, but to an engineer, this means the next trick is to achieve this in practical terms.

What other cool things in fairy tales do you wish were possible? You may find some scientist and their support team are busy trying to make it true, just for you!

April 30, 2012
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Just a drop in the ocean

By That's life

Ever had a feeling of deja vu? Well, maybe you’ll get this feeling if you decide to continue reading.  Below is the final version (not the Draft I inadvertently sent out last week!)

It is with excitement that I graciously accept the Awesome Blog Content (ABC) blogger award, kindly bestowed upon me by Crubin from The Write Transition.  As per the rules, I need to describe myself using every letter in the alphabet, then pass on the award onto at least another 6 bloggers.

  1. A – Angelic
  2. B – Beautiful
  3. C – Caring
  4. D – Don’t believe all that you read, especially the above
  5. E – Engineer – mechanical discipline
  6. F – Fascinated with all things scientific, weird and unusual
  7. G – Grateful to receive this award
  8. H – Half cup full – most of the time
  9. I – Industrial design degree. Prior to getting my engineering degree, I got one in Industrial design. I think this is why people see me as a frustrated engineer – always trying to address form (and colour) prior to function.
  10. J – Just outside the box in my cartooning, as in, not too far outside
  11. K – Klever (hey, I’m en engineer, I can’t spell)
  12. L – Like receiving lots of ‘likes’ on my blog and Facebook page. Thanks for your support!
  13. M – Mum of 2 kids
  14. N – Never give up
  15. O – Over 30, just 😉
  16. P – Pink, my favourite colour at the moment
  17. Q – Quite difficult to think of anything else to say, but here goes
  18. R – Really good at not giving up and persevering not matter what
  19. S – Snails. As a child my sister caught me ‘eating’ a garden snail. In my defence, I still protest to this day that her evidence is purely circumstantial. Yes, I was sitting amongst cluster of garden snails. Yes, I had one in my hand. Yes, there was a slight slobbery gleam drooling from my mouth. But No, no one saw a snail in my mouth.
  20. T – Terrible singer
  21. U – Urban city slicker
  22. V – Very grateful that there are only 4 more letters left in the alphabet
  23. W – Walking the dogs with the kids is one of the great enjoyments in my life
  24. X – X-rayed twice as a child for fractured bones
  25. Y – Yellow makes me look sickly
  26. Z – Zumba. I love taking Zumba classes and dancing around like a girlie.

And as part of the tradition, I now bestow upon the following 6 bloggers the ABC blogger award.

  1. The Blog of Funny names where unusual names are celebrated for their uniqueness
  2. Wrong Hands, a delightful one panel cartoon blog
  3. GD Konstantine’s blog capturing thoughts, photos, reviews and links
  4. CJDelling a German Comedian with a cartoon blog. You would think this an oxymoron, but I saw her last Sunday perform live and she was great
  5. Therapy Tales is a cartoon blog about ‘avoiding eye contact’. You’ll get the tagline, when you see the pictures.
  6. The Owl and the Pussy Cat is a cartoon series about the beloved animals from the famous Edward Lear poem. Unlike the poem, they are 21st century and get up to all sorts of modern-day antics
April 26, 2012
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Joey on board

By Animals

Three kangaroo facts to amaze your friends with:

  • They are the largest marsupial, with the big red species standing over 2 metres
  • Kangaroos belong to the animal family Macropus, meaning “big foot.” 
  • They are like Superman and can leap a tall building in a single bound (well, perhaps not a building, but they can jump 9 metres reaching speeds of 48 km/hr)
April 25, 2012
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Sunday roast!

By That's life

I love mashed potatoes and now I can feel better about it knowing I’m not being cruel to vegetables. As a child I used to think they were ‘smashed’ potatoes, not ‘mashed’. But that’s just semantics, isn’t it?  The end result is the same.

April 24, 2012
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ON TV or IN the movies?

By Space and Aliens

You’ve got to love the peculiarities of the english language.  Why do you watch actors ON TV, but when you trek to a cinema, you watch them IN the movies?

It shall remain one of life’s many unanswered questions, until someone smarter than this humble engineer (perhaps an english teacher) can please explain!

April 23, 2012
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