"We love you Pam", says Bob

Sadly Leanne has left the PRMC and she will be greatly missed. As will the sound of her laughter filling the office or her screams of terror when something remotely flappy or crawly got within 50ft of her desk. Karen's lucky dip idea was great, and the pink theme definitely works for all things 'Leanne'. We wish her all the best in the future and hope she retains the sense of fun that does her so much credit.

I can hardly let the other thing go unmentioned, for fear she ever lives it down. Perhaps a clue will suffice:

Not As Hard As Golf

Shooting arrows outdoors - in the sunshine? Who'd have thought it? Well, we made the most of a good Easter Monday and dodged the showers until teatime. Jon had fun too, and showed good form for a beginner. He even managed a hit from 60 yards.
I think I need to start playing with a clicker; prinicipally to ensure consistent draw length. Will try again later in the week.

Happy Easter

So far avian flu has not had an effect on the sale of Creme Eggs, but to quote Gary Larson, "the Chickens are restless". This can only be good news for chocolate bunny sales.




Indeed, our Easter Egg hunt was actually a bunny hunt. Plus, I got to play with my new camera and hunt down all seven victims

More Clocks

Must be lots more interesting clocks out there. Here are some more of my favourites:

Timeline clock

Clocks are Great

Yugo Nakamura is my new hero. I thought I'd see what time it is in cyberspace and was immediately drawn [pun intended] to his "Industrious Clock". Why not get interactive and explore some of his other works like Entropy via his site yugop.com

Clocks are rubbish

So how far away is 30 seconds? The current definition of a metre [The length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second (where one second is the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium 133 atom)] has several degrees of complexity that you won't find in the original definition from 1799 [One ten-millionth of a quadrant of the Earth]. The answer therefore is 5,588,470 miles (assuming you are a photon)

The question I really wanted to consider is how long is thirty seconds? My current favourite answers are 0.000347 decimal days or 011/0000 binary seconds.

A Long Time Ago, In A Galaxy 30 Seconds Away...

Bunnies in space. We love it. Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou.

Why didn't I think of that?

It sometimes seems that every good idea has been exhausted. That is, until someone comes up with a new one. Recently, Alex Tew came up with the MillionDollarHomepage, now Kyle MacDonald is trying to trade one red paperclip for a house. Check his progress over the last 9 months and view each of the ten trades that has so far earned him "One Year in Phoenix".

eatdogcatmouse

Saw this the other night and thought it was cool. Kwok Fung Lam's digital short film can be found on the Channel4 website. It's a frantic tale of revenge and relentless eating. Before Mouse finds a way to the delicious cornfields it is eaten by Cat with dire consequences for the food chain. Click here to play all the characters! My best score is 45.

Whassat?

Ever seen something eyecatching, grabbed your camera and snapped the moment for posterity?
Ever wondered why you didn't get closer or just not bother?
Things seem much nearer in real life...
Feel free to guess at these 9. I'll publish the results in due course..

Ninja Bunny

Snowball is one vicious and angry lagomorph.

In Part One we see the devastation he can inflict whilst taking a simple walk in the woods.






In Part Two we learn of his mission to rid the world of evil. Or, more specifically, the evil that 'Rust' brings.





In Part Three the action really hots up. 'Smoke' is back, but this time there is a new terror for Snowball to face. Has our hero met his match?

You want me to aim for what?

Yuck, It's a tad wet out!
The weather seems to be conspiring against us. Last week too cold, this week it started raining. Still, it's all good practice. I managed to miss quite a few times and stripped an arrow on my last end, but did find my range at 70m with a couple of good arrows. Siân too was struggling at 50m simply because of her sight positioning but we all enjoyed good results at 30m. Roll on Summer evenings and fair conditions!

Samurai Bunny

Thanks Simon for the Samurai Bunny link.

Stan Sakai is clearly a genious whose art should be revered by all.

Anyone for Archery?

Brrrr. It's a tad nippy out!
After a pleasant (?) 20 minute walk around Charterhouse we ended up back where we parked the car. The club shed we were looking for was actually an out-building. Still, we found it in the end and after a brisk set-up we managed to get a few ends in. We both feel this'll be a great way to spend a summer evening. Shame it's currently only 4 degrees before windchill.
We shot over 30m and 50m with no misses and some reasonable grouping before we decided to call it a day. It may have only been a short excursion but I guess at least we know where to find the place for next time.

I Hate My Cat

For anyone who loves Bad Cat check out the source: My Cat Hates You.
Featuring a huge array of felines, there's bound to be one that looks eerily familiar.

HtWwW4

ooooooooooo twinkly lights........

mmmmmmm shiny new car........

Cresstionable Behaviour

1. Wait for your friend to go on holiday for a week.
2. Find an unused keyboard and remove all the keys
3. Dress with cotton wool and replace the keys.
4. Pour cress seeds into the gaps between the keys. (An old credit card may come in handy).
5. Spray with water every morning and evening for one week
6. Wait for your friend to come back from holiday...

Make Your Own Zoo

Rare and exotic zoo animals are no longer the preserve of fruitcakes like Jacko. You too can create your own menagerie with little more than some socks, tights and gloves, etc.

Gimme Shelter

Possibly the unwanted love child of Princess Leia and Kryten, this mysterious man is "seeking sanctuary". He is utterly harmless and cheap to care for, but consideration should be given to his needs in the long term which as yet are still undefined.

They're breeding like rabbits!

A first year fine art student at Coventry University is rabbiting on about her latest project which is set to make the institution wobble! Heather Corfield is going to be creating a public installation with a difference – using jelly rabbits! Every day for a week, from Saturday 18 February, she will be placing 15 jelly rabbits on the concourse outside the Graham Sutherland building. By the end of the week, there will be at least 100 jelly rabbits wobbling all over the place!

Heather said, "I think my jelly rabbits will make people smile as they will remind them of their childhood. Everyone at some time must have had jelly and ice cream at a party or helped to make a jelly for some other occasion. For me, jelly rabbits represent happy childhood memories but there is a serious side to the project as the rabbits also represent life and death. During the week, some of the rabbits will disintegrate and be replaced by new rabbits."

The rabbits have been crafted using rabbit shaped jelly moulds that Heather has either been given or made herself. Heather has an interest in the qualities of materials and attempts to get the best out of them. Previous work included making sculptures out of CDs by slotting them together and using human hair to make a life-size human-shaped sculpture.

Heather added, "My jelly rabbits are simple and uncomplicated. As well as being an art project, the rabbits are a lot of fun to make!"