How to make a terrarium

I had a spare lightbulb that I had hollowed out left over from another project so I made it into a terrarium for my mum for Christmas.

It's very easy to make, you hollow out a lightbulb, then add regular soil, then stone or bark (I used bark) that has a load of moss on it. A dramatic rock adds good zen effect too - I used a chip of slate stolen from the garden centre.

No special tools required, though I used a few cotton buds to clean up the inside after all the soil had gone in.

Inpsiration from Instructables, one of the fewer and fewer remaining websites that bring me some form of joy.



The other good thing about this is that I still don't really know what it is. I guess the nearest analogy is a pot plant, but it's much cooler than a pot plant.

rav 4 jousting

I have been researching a lot about modern jousting e.g. on bicycles, unicycles, etc., along with other forms of dueling recently. It's part of this thing I'm working on relating to chivalry, ethics, and other stuff. So, anyway, completely by chance, I found this clip on youtube:



I know it's old news, but anyhow, for the 3 seconds before I realised it was a spot, I was totally stoked. I had been thinking about all the different modern platforms possible for jousting, and hadn't thought about standing on top of cars.

My 2 complaints:

1. It's not real (neither is the rav4 bowling spot). The whole thing would have been made really engaging and interesting if they had actually tried to do it (e.g. like Jackass style) - outtakes, injuries, etc.

2. How did they possibly get approved? Both spots are based on real life ASBO behaviour, and I, for one am definitely going to try to imitate the SUV jousting one, which will almost certainly result in me being injured.

By the way, if anyone would like to joust on bicycles, or other forms of steed this summer in East London, please let me know. Here's an example of 2 kids in the US bike jousting. Ours is going to be faster, more realistic and higher impact. We're currently researching technologies, and would love any help.