The Ramblings of Guise Dugal

A brief article on the things I have learnt about keeping a Domesticate Canadian in your home, ahead of a visit from X-Entertainment member (and Canadian cutie) Muppet Baby.

This was shared with by from a friends Twitter feed. A news story about a man from Las Cruces, NM, who lost a bet and had his drinking buddies set his fake leg (and the rest of him) on fire. TOASTY!

Leprechauns have always had a reputation for being mischievous and sneaky – a sort of squat ninja – but recently they’ve taken to being a lot more anti-social. Two news stories from the US tells of the darker side of the Fair Folk.

Long-standing readers of this blog will already have been subjected to my views on stealth recording, vlogging and hands-free filming. Usually this has been kept to the wishful thoughts on cambots or the real world’s spyglasses and extreme sport helmet cameras, however a recent story that I read on the website of The Telegraph had me in absolute awe and gave me a new hero.

Wow, it’s halfway through the year. About 6 months since and until Christmas and I finally get around to discussing my thoughts and feelings on the Playmobil Advent Calendars that I bought for Christmas 2009.

There’s a story I want to share with you. It’s a story of childhood dreams, celebration and the inevitable crushing of spirit by a force beyond your power to resist. It’s the story of me and Serpentor.

Guise looks at the legendary helmet weapons of MASK and VENOM, and ponders on how much of it is actually feasible these days. Luckily, Guise is lazy and also failed Craft, Design & Technology in Secondary School.

Ok, so a guy walks straight in to a Hells Angels bar? Gutsy. Same guy moons a bunch of bikers? Tough. Same guy steals a bulldozer as a getaway car? Hardcore! Same guy threw a puppy at the bikers before making his escape? Wait, what?

I was saddened this week to hear of the passing of a very interesting gentleman who had been featured on this blog twice for his exploits. Mr William Lyttle, aka Mole Man of Hackney, passed away in the accommodation he had been moved to after being evicted from his home.

I tend to fall in and out of the practice of writing these days, in part due to time and in part due to inspiration. Frequently I have ideas late at night that become notes in my handy little bedside notebook, but by morning these notes become bulletpoints that seem unable to flesh out themselves [...]

Just to clear up about the proposed vacation to Seattle in June 2010 (see Vacation 2010), sadly this won’t be going ahead as planned. I did have flight and hotel booked and a few areas I was looking at checking out, but by the start of June it was getting too impractical to actually go [...]

Wow, so I came across a draft of a document I’d been working on for a while and kept going back to, and which I completely forgot about. So, I may as well post it now! Recently I’ve been on a gaming spree, playing through Fable 2 and get my toes wet with Bioshock 2 [...]

Guise reviews the candy and toys kindly sent through from Amy last July in the second Ominous Box. Bunny Ears and Cottonbums at the ready, people!

Girl Scout Cookies, a cultural icon from the US and finally in my possession to do a taste experiment on. Nom nom nom!

You may remember that I recently wrote (Got To Wear Shades?) about the temptation towards buying a set of sunglasses with in-built devices like MP3 player, Bluetooth and, most notably, a digital pinhole camera. Unsurprisingly, I caved to the urges – well, it’s one of the few urges I’m actually able to cave to on [...]

I’ve read a few places on the internet that comment about how crazy the security systems and puzzles are in the Resident Evil games when dealing with the research facilities and other workplaces of the Umbrella Corporation. The most common examples of the perceived insanity tend to include the train with brake systems that require [...]

I recently touched on my desire for my own personal recording device in the form of a robot camera that could follow me around and capture all those little moments that always seem so awesome and worth sharing, but which never come across as any more than a “eh, you had to be there” in [...]