Unfortunately, other, more glamorous entries won. Anyway, no-one wanted Spudnic after its brief blaze of glory, so I’m planning to [...]]]> A few months back when I was working at Sophos, TechPubs & Translation came up with the magnificent Spudnic for the Sophos Abingdon potato challenge, a beautiful rotating parachute to get a potato down to a target safely.

Unfortunately, other, more glamorous entries won. Anyway, no-one wanted Spudnic after its brief blaze of glory, so I’m planning to launch her from the 12th storey of a tower block where a friend of mine lives and video that. Some repair work may be necessary. I’ll put the video here.

The warning on the back of the packaging was a bit worrying though.

Just in case you can’t read that, it says

WARNING: 36 months+ due to small parts and a functional sharp point. please retain packaging for reference. THIS IS NOT A TOY

Well, [...]]]> Bought a birthday badge for a small someone recently.

The warning on the back of the packaging was a bit worrying though.

Just in case you can’t read that, it says

WARNING: 36 months+ due to small parts
and a functional sharp point.
please retain packaging for reference.
THIS IS NOT A TOY

Well, it’s good to see informative health and safety information on things.

]]> http://krishna-das.com/arjuna/blog/2010/01/not-a-toy/feed/ 0 http://krishna-das.com/arjuna/blog/2010/01/hello-world/ http://krishna-das.com/arjuna/blog/2010/01/hello-world/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:16:56 +0000 Arjuna Krishna-Das http://krishna-das.com/arjunablog/?p=1 Welcome to my first blog entry.

And in news today…

In Glasgow, a Ryanair plane failed to stop and skidded off the runway after not enough passengers paid the optional braking surcharge.