Archive for January, 2009

Ok, I admit it, I love icing cakes…

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Just finished icing my daughter’s 8th birthday cake and thought I’d post some others. Ahhh, bless. If the career as a Creative Director goes south, I guess I’ll have something to fall back on. Loving these professional ones at Sweet Art Cakes though and the nice-n-geeky fractal biscuits. Very cool.

BTW. Some got eaten before the picture was taken though. Sorry about that.

Stabbing an LCD screen experiment

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

Ever wondered what happens when you cut an LCD screen with a knife? Probably not, but I did. Luckily, I managed to get hold of a damaged monitor and I seized the chance…

NOTE 1: The monitor had a fault anyway, it was due to be thrown out.
NOTE 2: DON’T TRY THIS YOURSELF! It’s pretty dumb.
NOTE 3: The weird effect seen on parts of the screen is due to a polarising film covering the entire screen. Under that is the LCD layer and under that, a hard plastic layer with light behind it.
NOTE 4: The ‘Liquid Crystal’ wasn’t really liquid. Nothing got wet. Bit disappointed.

Thanks to Jop for the camera work!