Okay, we’ll have to grudgingly give these guys some credit. The makers of a new tape product with extremely aggressive adhesive have christened the product “Sticky Ass Tape“. The picture on the label is a bucking donkey (ass?) and the product is advertised to bond to metal, wood and more. Unlike most tape distributors web […]
The web site for the ABC affiliate in Salt Lake City, UT, ABC4, shares a video on how to make colorful hair bows from duct tape. They fail to point out the downside of what happens if you make them sticky side out! Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. […]
Doclink, A South Carolina health education non-profit, recently used “Duct Tape A Doc” as a fund raising promotion that involves taping doctors to the wall. Doclink soldstrips of duct tape for $1.00 (3 for $5.00) that were used to tape the doctors to the wall. Here’s the story from The Independent Mail.com. Tapenews.com is your […]
This article caught my eye from the online edition of Broadcast Engineering. The article, titled “Digital Duct Tape” is about tools that broadcast engineers are using to troubleshoot and repair digital video equipment. The thing that resonated with me about the article is how the proliferation of standards for digital video equipment means that we […]
Dutch artist Johan Jijpma has created a time lapse animated film showing rolls of tape unfurling. The piece is called “Tape Generations” and can be viewed by clicking here. Jijpma apparently spent six months completing the project. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. Send us your interesting tape news […]
British magician Robert Bone, a professional mind reader, covers his eyes with gaffers tape during his 90 minute performance and is then able to sense objects in his presence without seeing them. This psychic feat is wowing audiences all over the United Kingdom. You can test the psychic powers of gaffers tape yourself, but we […]
Sam Wills, the comic known as “The Boy With Tape On His Face”, has turned a simple strip of gaffers tape into a career. Wills, a New Zealander, is working to bring mime back to contemporary comedy with a gaffers tape across his mouth. There’s more about this refreshing comedy act here. Tapenews.com is your […]
We love duct tape, but that’s not the sort of love that tape was shown at the U.S. Open tennis tournament. BBC blogger Jonathan Overend nominated an attempt to repair a soggy court with duct tape as “The worst moment of the tournament”. Tournament officials used towels, their feet, and finally duct tape in an […]
The Vans Tudor Duct Tape Invitational surfing competition is set to kick off tomorrow in Malibu. If you know why this is called the Duct Tape Invitational, please let us know. 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 […]
Scammers in South Carolina convinced a woman in a gas station parking lot to purchase a brand new Apple laptop at a “volume” discount, and she jumped at a chance to purchase what she thought was a brand new computer for an unbelievable price. When she got her price purchase home she realized that what […]