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Fri 27 Jan 2012 12:43:26:

#origami blog bost: Frog base extended http://t.co/vFt3Uc29 Includes my fold of Robert J Lang's tree-frog design.

Fri 27 Jan 2012 10:30:31:

This is just full of win. http://t.co/2FI4A0Y1

Thu 26 Jan 2012 23:56:23:

@bobby138 herp der derp der derrr... Adam Sandler... but herp der derp derr der Adam Sandler!

Thu 26 Jan 2012 22:18:13:

He doesn't know meaning of word comedy. RT @bobby138 So far, Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy has left me wanting to burn him alive. #FuckOffE4

Thu 26 Jan 2012 22:16:13:

Does the theme music from @BigBang_CBS have so many scientific errors on purpose? :-/

Thu 26 Jan 2012 22:07:41:

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Thu 26 Jan 2012 22:00:50:

Hey dawg I hear you like PDF... MT @clientsfh I asked a client to send me either a PDF or a picture of her website... http://t.co/eRLxMqqQ

Thu 26 Jan 2012 21:02:15:

BBC2 on Staffordshire Hoard. Mind boggled. Did they really say a modern jeweller said he could only do work like that with 4x magnification?

The Kitchen Sink

Last updated Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:43:27 +0000

Following on from the previous two posts, if you unfold your frog base so that it’s back to a flat square, you will see that the crease pattern looks something like this: Now what if we want to make a more complicated frog, perhaps with fingers and toes? We need extra paper! To get the [...]

…and from a frog-base to a frog

Take your frog base (see previous post) I also mountain-folded the “nose” under in the model shown below.

There’s more than one way to fold a frog-base

In this discussion, I’m going to assume a familiarity with the water bomb base. (If you’re unfamiliar with the concept of origami bases, start with the origami terms page here.) Starting with the water bomb base: Flap one: Flap two Turn the model over (not shown). Flap three Flap four The final result for each [...]

Some thoughts on the various “Occupy” movements

This post was largely prompted by a tweet from @HollyS_: “Hose them out of there!” – James Wale. lol in reference to the London ‘Occupy’ camping trip. Brill My reply on @markfiend: @HollyS_ yeah because brutal police suopression of lawful protest is a right laugh! (Typo in the original lol)Now I willingly admit that the [...]

My life in the premium-rate industry, part 1

Here I was, fresh from college (having done a degree in “New Media”). I had seen a job advertised on the college noticeboards, “Wanted: designer for mobile phone logos”. Now I don’t know if you remember but back in the late 90s the state of the art in mobile phones were handsets that allowed custom [...]

BBC - Weather Centre - Forecast for Leeds, United Kingdom

Last updated Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:45:00 +0000

Saturday: sunny, Max Temp: 5°C (41°F), Min Temp: -1°C (30°F)

Max Temp: 5°C (41°F), Min Temp: -1°C (30°F), Wind Direction: NW, Wind Speed: 5mph, Visibility: moderate, Pressure: 1031mb, Humidity: 90%, UV risk: low, Pollution: low, Sunrise: 07:58GMT, Sunset: 16:39GMT

Sunday: white cloud, Max Temp: 3°C (37°F), Min Temp: 1°C (34°F)

Max Temp: 3°C (37°F), Min Temp: 1°C (34°F), Wind Direction: N, Wind Speed: 3mph, Visibility: moderate, Pressure: 1033mb, Humidity: 93%, UV risk: low, Pollution: low, Sunrise: 07:57GMT, Sunset: 16:41GMT

Monday: light snow, Max Temp: 3°C (37°F), Min Temp: -2°C (28°F)

Max Temp: 3°C (37°F), Min Temp: -2°C (28°F), Wind Direction: SSE, Wind Speed: 8mph, Visibility: very good, Pressure: 1031mb, Humidity: 69%, UV risk: low, Pollution: low, Sunrise: 07:55GMT, Sunset: 16:43GMT

Sun and Moon times (in GMT) for 2012 January 27, Leeds, UK (from HM Nautical Almanac Office)

As of 00:00 today: Waxing Crescent Moon. The age of the Moon is 3.7 days old and the illuminated fraction is 14 per cent.

Sunrise: 08:02
Sunset: 16:37
Moonrise: 09:03
Moonset: 22:07

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