I follow a lot of photography tip blogs, and this posting caught my eye: “Make Your Camera Look Like A Heap of Trash”. The writer traveled with an expensive camera and recommended covering up the logos with gaffers tape and generally “trashing” the equipment with randomly applied duct tape and carton sealing tape to make […]
The Galway Independent reports that European car manufacturers are getting less than accurate mileage ratings on new cars with a trick that uses gaffers tape. By selectively covering gaps between body panels and reducing the size of air intakes, they are able to temporarily improve the cars aerodynamics and thus improve fuel economy. Don’t expect […]
Well, in this case we’re using a less known definition of fix-meaning that something is stuck. You can use duct tape to help open a jar with a stuck lid. Watch this Lifehacker video and then grab some duct tape and give it a try. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit […]
Well, not exactly, but close. Photographer Nick Fancher has a method for using the reflective properties of black and white gaffers tape to change the highlights in the eyes of a photo subject. His technique is for what is called “catch light”, which is what you see reflected in the pupils of someone in a […]
An exhibition at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning features duct tape drawings created by Joe Girandola. Girandola is the director of the MFA program in Fine Arts at the school. Click here to see his Taj Mahal “drawing”, made completely of colored duct tape. Tapenews.com is your source for […]
The more expensive your camera lens, the more susceptible it is to damage from an unexpected shower. Photos taken in the rain can bring lots of unexpected nice effects, but they are rarely worth ruining an expensive lens. The lens guard is made from the case you get when you buy 100 blank cd’s, and […]
One of our favorite new websites is Gizmag, so we were pleased when they turned up in our daily search for gaffers tape news. This particular review was about a blue tooth headset designed to be installed inside motorcycle headsets. Gizmag liked the Sena SM10, but found they needed to pull out the gaffers tape […]
While proclaiming “duct tape fixes everything”, North Carolina representative Tim Moore surmised that women could get around the bill that proposes making the baring of a woman’s breast a crime by covering up with a patch of duct tape. The bill would make exposing one’s “private parts” a felony. If the law ever passes, this […]
There’s lots of buzz about this week’s Vatican conclave and thousands wait for the traditional black or white smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney that announces another vote by the Cardinals has been taken. The smoke is generated by a stove that is specially installed in the chapel to burn the ballots after every vote. […]
Corona, NY police report the arrest of a shop lifter who attempted to conceal items by placing them in a shopping bag lined with duct tape. Apparently the thief was under the impression that duct tape could be used to defeat the security sensors attached to many retail items. Read the story here. Tapenews.com is […]