It may have been a pain getting in to work what with schools back and the tube strike, but it was a beautiful morning to commute for our Creative Director:
Good thing he’s always got his camera with him, eh?
Archive for the ‘Driving Stuff’ Category
Commuting ain't so bad…
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010Motorized Couch???
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010I still believe that for Google to fully achieve their dreams of world domination, they are going to have to invent a battery powered “Google Car”. Yup. You heard me, I predicted it first. Anyway, crystal ball aside, I had a big, fat chuckle when I found this post about two BYU students who invented a “Motorized Couch”. This so called “chick-pulling” wagon puts Segways to shame. Who wants to stand up anyway?
Unfortunately, like all things schweet, it has been banned from the campus grounds. One has to wonder why the powers of learning institutions are always hell bent on banning stuff. When I was a brace-faced junior, side partings were all the rage (don’t laugh, I happened to love having curtain-esque hair covering my eyes), so they immediately banned long fringes, and then when too much gel was all the rage, they banned hair product. Short hair, long hair, gel, wax….. I really hope that pudding bowl haircuts become Jedward-like popular so they can finally ban them too.
Anyway, check out the video below, get inspired, and build one. I am looking forward to someone pulling up outside IWOOT towers offering to give me a ride home. Double points if it’s a lazy boy. Found on Geekologie
Mario Kart Nostalgia
Friday, December 11th, 2009We’ve had something rather special arrive at IWOOT Towers – samples of some new remote control Mario Karts. That’s right. Mario Kart, but in real life. And miniature. It’s difficult to express quite how cool this is if you weren’t beguiled by the ludicrously addictive early Mario Kart games, but for those among you that were, you’ll know that this is Super Mario-mazing. Rather than showing you pictures and silly videos of us larking about with them (no doubt that’ll happen in the new year, stay tuned), I thought we should stop to consider the original game itself.
I’ve spent a good portion of this afternoon racking my brains about the original SNES version (bought in Currys for my older brother and I as a Christmas present in about 1994, good times…), and am now a nostalgia-ridden mess of pixelated pining. By far my favourite thing about this game was the solitary time trial mode. I really must have been a lonesome child. Hours were whiled away, trying desperately to get a sub-20 second lap time on Rainbow Road, a sub-12 second lap time on Mario Circuit 1… ah, memories.
Anyway, a little bit of trawling has yielded some interesting results – I was never as good as this:
Nor this:
Perhaps even more amazingly, there are several websites dedicated to the current (well, current for a game released in 1992) world record holders and leader boards. An amazing subculture. I feel like Louis Theroux. Have a look here to see who’s currently the niftiest with Donkey Kong around the ghost levels (I was always a Koopa man myself…).
Apologies for the terrible nerd-out, it is a Friday after all.
See IWOOTE In Action
Friday, November 6th, 2009Further to the launch of I Want One Of Those Experiences, we took some distinguished guests out on a bit of a jolly around the middle of London, all in the name of showing people the freeing feeling of being driven around in a bed. And an office desk. Obviously. Was the throng of fashionistas in Soho Square ready for such a disarming sight? Did anyone climb in the bed and demand five minutes’ kip? Well, no, but you can see the results below. Watch out for the supremely confused-looking folk on the office desk:
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This is just the tip of the iceberg as far as IWOOTE (we’re all pronouncing it “IWOOT-E”, but I personally prefer to make it a little jauntier… “IWOOTY”…) is concerned. Pop across to the website to see the full extent of the experiences on offer. If you’ve really dried up on the present-buying front, you could do an awful lot worse that buying a days worth of circus skills tuition as a way to say ‘I think you’re neat’. Or there’s a massive array of supercar, hypercar and flying experiences – and there’s always a sports themed boudoir photoshoot. Crumbs.
Asleep At The Wheel for IWOOTE.com PR Day
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Anyone who found themself stalking the streets of central London yesterday may have been confused to find some comfortable-looking people taking to the roads in some bizarre vehicles. Unless, of course, you’re used to seeing a bed, a sofa and an office desk driving around Theatreland – and you’re not, are you? So let us tell you, there’s no better way to beat the numbing inevitability of a traffic jam in the capital than slipping on your jim-jams, closing your eyes and letting it all pass you by… assuming you’ve got a licensed and awake driver that is. Ahem.
Anyway, here are some pictures of our PR event for the launch of our brand new Experiences website, I Want One Of Those Experiences:
If you want your life to look like those pictures (and you’d be mad not to, surely) then have a look at the World’s Wackiest Racers Experience here. For a plethora of other silly, dangerous, white knuckle-inducing and, above all, fun experiences, look no further than our range of unhinged adventures here.
I Want One Of Those Experiences Launches!
Monday, October 19th, 2009You’re used to finding all sorts of quirky and cool bits and pieces from IWOOT, but we also ply a noble trade in experiences too. In fact, we love these experiences so much that we’ve launched a whole new website dedicated to them – they range from snowboarding to paintballing, from wine-tasting to indoor skydiving. Or there’s always driving a sofa. We’ve called it, quite logically, I Want One Of Those Experiences (or IWOOTE, as it’s becoming known), and we think it’s top.
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Whatever you’re looking for (within reason, we can’t get you onstage with Take That or anything… not yet, anyway), just have a flick through the ridiculous range of experiences we’ve got and you’ll see something you or someone you know will fancy. Some are genteel and relaxing, some are utterly insane thrill-rides, and there’s quite bit in between. Head over here to discover the new site, and say goodbye to your lunch hour as you ponder exactly how one goes about Medieval Jousting.
Hydra Spyder – Amphibious Sports Car
Friday, July 3rd, 2009I most definitely WOOT! Ever since I watched my first James Bond film I’ve been fascinated by gadgety cars, whether they’re equipped with an ejector seat, surface to air missiles or a musical cigarette lighter. But a sports car that’s also a speedboat? Surely that’s far too much fun for one person to enjoy without exploding.
The Hydra Spyder is powered by a Corvette 6.0 litre V8 engine, so even when you’re out of the water it’s still an impressive hunk of car. The hull has been packed with positive floatation foam allowing the beast of a machine to keep it’s head above water while you tear around the nearest lake. It truly is a beast of a machine, but with a starting price of $155,000 I may have to wait until those lucky numbers come in before I put my order in. Check out Cool Amphibious Manufacturers International for the full range of vehicles and their specifications.
Now THIS is a Sidecar.
Monday, June 29th, 2009If I had $20,000 and ten years to spend it I’d probably not have made something as fantastical as the Snaefell, so thank God for people like Francois Knorreck. He’s made an absolute beast of a machine and, I have to admit, if this was available for sale I would be straight down the DVLA to book my driving test (what, I live in East London, in between 3 tube stations – why would I ever need to drive?). The designer has used parts from several different vehicles to construct the sidecar and combined it with a Laverda Motorcycle. It kind of reminds me of one of the vehicles from Mask, the cartoon. If he makes one that can transform I am definitely dedicating my life to possessing one.
Breganzane via DVice via Geekologie.