And if my last hex crossword post wasn’t enough, here’s a hex colour word search too. Does life get any better than this? Right, no more, I promise.

So you think you know Kung Fu hex colours? Have a go at this little crossword to find out if you’e the Rain Man of the colour world.

And if you think that’s hard, I was originally going to make it for sequences or DNA…

Just bought a Giant Omnium track bike and looking to get a set of road wheels. Now, being a bit of a designer, ye olde boring black and silver rims just bore me to death. Seems the British only like black and silver so I’ve got to get them custom built. My local bike shop, Bike & Run in East Finchley (who incidentally, have some right nice bikes in their new showroom!) are lined up to build ‘something’, just got to decide what colour. Luckily, Velocity do a range of bonkers colours (I already have orange ones on my MTB) so just a case of Photoshopping my bike with a few options and choosing.

Thought I’d share the results just in case it helps you decide your wheel conundrum too. I guess I should make this in flash some day so you can change the colours yourselves and change the frame colour. Maybe one day I’ll get the time…

I’ve uploaded the .PSD layered file here if you want to add your own frame in by hand. Just open the file in Photoshop, select the rim or hub layer and change the Hue/Saturation (Apple+U or CTRL+U on a PC).

(And yes, I know I’ve made the rear wheel radial too… just saved a bit of Photoshop time)

I saw an interview with a perfectly mad aristocrat chap who thought pigeons where a bit dull, so employed someone to dye them bright colours. Turns out it’s an ancient and noble art practiced by the Spanish. Turns out there’s a company that dyes them for you for that all-important ‘mass release’ event you’re planning. See video on YouTube if you don’t believe me.

According to some, rather unofficial stats, there are roughly 400 million pigeons in the world, that’s 1 pigeon for every 16 humans alive, not a bad ratio. In the ever more segmented ad market, any new mechanism for reaching new consumers has got to be a winner. Especially in urban environments.

Anybody else thinking what I’m thinking?