Now, before you call PETA on me, the least you could do is read the article. The Bangor (ME) Daily Post has a “how to article” entitled “Make Toys Cats Will Love”. Try this one for your kitty. The toy is called “feathers on a stick”. Here’s how to make it. “First, assemble the materials […]
Recently released photos by automoblog.net of Ferrari’s new super car, the 599 apparently needs gaffers tape to hold the headlights in place. See pics of this amazing car here. 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.
Verizon workers are on strike and 45,000 employees who work in their “wired” division (telephones, cable tv, etc.) are walking the picket line. This story in Reuters caught our eye and put a human face on Verizon management’s postion that company executives are capable of stepping in and replacing field workers.. Click here to read […]
Lovely ode to duct tape from Louisiana humorist Chuck Boutwell. Click here to read his essay in Houma Today. 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.
We were drawn to a recent headline in the Washington Post about swiftwater resuce training that used a picture of equipment hanging from the belt of a participant. The caption said, “gaffers tape” but the image clearly showed a roll of duct tape. If you are involved in any sort of rescue training, you really […]
There’s nothing new about The British tabloid The Sun using scantily scad models to sell papers and get media attention, but this really makes no sense to us. A new series of “Do It Yourself” videos is designed to get more men to help with household chores by using videos of women in their underwear […]
We told you about Duck Brand gaffers tape scholarship contest a few weeks ago in a posting on one of our other blogs. This contest offered scholarships to high school students who designed prom wear from duct tape. Duck Brand duct tape has announced the winners of its “Stuck At The Prom” scholarship contest. Click […]
These are definitely worth sharing. The online version of the British paper The Daily Mail posted these photos of sculptures made from clear carton sealing tape. Look at the pictures and then give it a try. You can get the carton sealing tape by clicking here. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s […]
Amy Winter, a librarian in Mentor, OH, is running a summer activities program where she shows kids how to use duct tape to make craft items. Using duct tape to make handy items like wallets and book covers is not really new, but the name of Ms. Winter’s program certainly is. She calls it “Ductivities”. […]
The Hall of Fame Weekend celebration at the Baseball Hall of Fame gave a “tip of the hat” to masking tape. Ex-New York Yankee Ron Blomberg explained that he had always put a piece of white masking tape on his batting helmet for luck. Read the story here. Click here to get your own good luck. […]