Showing posts with label clever. Show all posts
Showing posts with label clever. Show all posts

31 March 2015

The Secret to Success

so they say, is to find a niche that needs filling, and then fill it better than anyone else can.

Take these creations creations, for example:
The tenth Doctor (Doctor Who)

His companion, Rose (Doctor Who)
 
Captain Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly)


Yes, those are recycled Mickey Mouse Club hats.

Oh - and that last one? She said this was the second one of that model she'd ever made. The first one was for some bloke named Nathan Fillion.

11 October 2013

Overheard in the Coffee Shop

Customer: I called in sick this morning, so I could have the day off.

Barista: What'd you tell them?

Customer:  I said it was an inflammation of the attitudinal glands ... must be fishin' pox or something.

I'll give her an "A" for original thought. :)

01 October 2013

This Is Astonishing

From the BBC program Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams, Professor Simon Schaffer examines a clockwork creation of Pierre Jaquet-Droz.




The thought process which lies behind the creation of this absolutely amazing invention is jaw-dropping.

If you get all caught up in how clever we moderns are, just watch this again, and remember the clockmaker who created this programmable robot some 240 years ago.