September 30th, 2009 by Stinkhead
I ordered this POD (bean bag tripod) from ThePod.ca and it arrived today. I couldn’t wait to give it a whirl. Basically its a hockey puck shaped bean bag with a universal tripod screw mount on top. It slides right into your pocket. You can put this just about anywhere, (top of a mailbox, fence post) to position your camera.
They make different sizes for different cameras. The yellow one is for small pocket sized cameras, but they have bigger ones (black) for even the paparazzi sized behemoths, and a bunch of sizes in between. The base is water resistant, and there is a velcro pouch so you can take out some of the beads to get a better “floppy grip” on whatever perch you found.
I have just started shooting some video (and now I can get into the act), and will have a demo collection soon, but I wanted to share some pics with you now. Check out ThePod.ca to see some more examples. All of the pods are on sale as of writing this. This is an awesome dad tool because now I can get back into the videos.
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September 29th, 2009 by Stinkhead
These are some bad ass LEGO sculptures. Check em all out at Nonch.com
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September 29th, 2009 by Stinkhead
I think you may have to sign up for a quick TheBump.com account to post, but it’s worth it to show your appreciate for this meager Daddy Blog right?
YAY!
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September 28th, 2009 by Stinkhead
Jack Logar from Magic 106.5 and I talked about the Minimum Credit Card Purchase wallet cards I designed. Click below to hear the bit, and download the free wallet cards.
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September 24th, 2009 by Stinkhead
Learning Curve sent us some new Thomas the Tank Engine Wooden railway engines to check out. See my pics and thoughts. There is a new Thomas DVD out, Hero of the Rails, and both of these vehicles feature in that film.
Check out (Lost and Found) Hiro and Kevin the crane truck.
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September 21st, 2009 by Stinkhead
GraphJam.com is one of those blogs I have to pop onto once or twice a week. I felt like I should share this one.
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September 20th, 2009 by Stinkhead
On Saturday September 19th, I was on Micheal Finney’s Consumer Talk on KGO 810 AM. We discussed my free downloadable Wallet Cards that contain the actual text from Visa and Mastercard’s Purchase Agreements stating that it is against their rules to require a minimum purchase. You can either listen to the 5:00 hour of his show in its entirety here. (The first part contains Andrew Martin, a writer for the New York Times discussing overdraft fees on debit cards. I am at 31:00 mark.) or click below to listen to just my bit. Read the rest of this entry »
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September 17th, 2009 by Stinkhead
Saw this on UglyDoggy.com, this ad campaign in Singapore is, I guess, aimed at adults? So they get classically dangerous stuff (chainsaw, razor blades, matches, a bottle full of pills) and sculpt it out of Play-Doh. Like we’ve said before, parents aren’t cool with mixing their adult and kid friendly worlds. Sometimes it’s hilarious, but most of the time, it’s pretty disturbing. Growing up, I was told not to make turds out of Play-Doh (I was 3)… my how the times have changed.
Check the link, UglyDoggy.com, for more pics.
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September 17th, 2009 by Stinkhead
This was hilarious.
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September 17th, 2009 by Stinkhead
This morning I got to chat with Jack Logar from Magic 106.5 about the awesome playmobil Egyptian series.
Click below to listen to my report, and check out the links to the original reviews.
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