Tilley Lamp

When I was a kid, my dad owned a Tilley Lamp exactly like this one. We'd take it on every camping trip and I was always fascinated by it. Everything about it seemed magical, and when at maximum pressure, the mantel can be amazingly bright. It could almost light up a whole field if needed... I will ask him if he still has it.

How to make a REAL bow and arrow for kids!

Ingredients

BOW

1. Stick
2. Brass coat hook + 2 small hangers
3. String
4. Elastic bands

ARROW

1. Stick (cane/bamboo)
2. Metal screw for weight
3. Cork (to place over screw and make child safe)
4. REAL PEACOCK FEATHER (semiplume) for fletching!

1) Arrange thus and apply to child (in this case my son, Miran):

2) Use iPhone to take amazingly-timed picture.

New Site

Launching my new site tomorrow. Excited, but I'm a bit nervous that I now have to keep updating it. I'll find a way.

Clouds

Just started using Amazon EC2 for a project at work and discovered that the servers in the cloud are faster than our local ones. Also - the view from the kitchen in my office:

Are clouds allowed to be that pretty?