A fund raising drive for a new playground at Baker Elementary School in Little Rock, AR featured a contest to duct tape Vice Principal Justin Robken to the wall. Home Depot donated the duct tape. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. Send us your interesting tape news and we’ll […]
Duct tape turned out to be the secret ingredient for the winner in West Virginia University’s 24th annual Pumpkin Drop. The Daily Athenaeum, WVU’s student newspaper, reported that the winning entry used duct tape, and a cardboard box to survive the drop. The event was a fund raiser for the Ronald McDonald House. Tapenews.com is […]
You can turn every day clothing into custom Halloween costumes with simple and inexpensive electrical tape. Here’s some quick ideas from a thrifty mom. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. Send us your interesting tape news and we’ll share it with the world! Thetapeworks.com.
Tyler Card has taken home made Halloween costumes to a new level. His replica of a human sized camera not only looks like a high end Nikon, it actually takes pictures. Naturally, a key component in his list of construction materials was black gaffers tape. Watch how he made his unique costume by clicking here. […]
In a story announcing plans for NBC Sports to occupy a new campus in Connecticut, moving from their long time headquarters in Rockefeller Center, gaffers tape was in the spotlight, keeping the deal out of the spotlight. In the process of early scouting of the site, Paul Koopman, a senior broadcast engineer with Versus (an […]
German pianist Hauschka plays what he calls “prepared piano”. The avant garde performer (real name Volker Bertelman, modifies his piano with an assortment of items including tin foil, bottle tops, ping pong balls and gaffers tape in order to create an entirely new sound. Read more about Hauschka here. Want to see him perform? Click […]
Foxnews.com reports that a Ryanair flight with 200 passengers aboard and headed from England to Latvia, was forced to return to Stansted airport in Britain after after gaffers tape that a Ryanair crew used to seal the plane’s windshield failed in flight. Ryanair claimed that the tape was used as an extra precaution to hold […]
Enterprising revolutionaries involved in the “Occupy” movement are partnering with Amazon (not the mega corporation version with the billionaire owner, we assume) to create an online store where individual Occupy encampments can post a “wish list” that lets supporters contribute goods needed by the camps. We were particularly intrigued by the list posted by “Occupy […]
Scott Qurollo, an advertising exec in Florida, has a rather exciting way to spend his spare time. Scott hunts alligators. Commenting on his most recent success, Qurollo says that the scariest part of the hunt is when you tape the gator’s jaw shut with electrical tape while it is alongside his boat. I certainly would […]
Linda Gittleman, columnist for the Michigan Morning Sun, expressed the frustration lots of folks feel when trying to create the “do it yourself” projects promoted by gurus like Martha Stewart who always seem to have everything they need at the ready to do what they describe as “simple projects”. She was referring to a “make […]