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 […]
Last Saturday’s 5K run in Owasso, OK was a fund raiser for Owasso’s “Odyssey of the Mind”. School kids who participated in the event wore duct tape clothing that they made themselves. Funds raised will be used towards sending a team to the Odyssey of the Mind world competition in Lansing, Michigan. Click here to […]
Tired of losing the end of a roll of tape, and want to avoid the hassle of folding a corner down? Try marking the end with a leftover plastic bread tab. The tape comes right of the tab, and it keeps it from sticking to itself. More tape tips here. Tapenews.com is your source […]
Jersey Shore star JWow added her face and a little more to the “mouths taped shut” photos for the NOH8 campaign for marriage and gender equality. In addition to the now well known photos of celebrities with their mouths taped shut to promote the campaign, JWow also revealed that she was wearing a bra styled […]
A 10k race to raise money for the Shooting Star Chase hospice in Hampton, England drew a couple of unique approaches to getting around the course. Alex Bloom and James Perkins, students at Hampton School, chose to ski the course rather than run it, even though there was no snow. Strapping their skis to their […]
We came across this great idea for making sure that you always have a little gaffers tape on hand. It was intended for photographers, but lots of others need a little tape too. As cameras and accessories get smaller and smaller, toting around a roll of gaffers tape becomes more and more impractical. A “do […]