Mario’s World

I came across this great website for comparing camera features. Snapsort allows you to pick two camera models and compare them feature wise. It also shows you the clear winner between them.
I just love the simplicity of the site. But although its very informative, some user / editor reviews on the same page would be [...]

Can anyone guess what I was trying to carve with my tea spoon?

I guess I just got bored of digging into this big tub of chocolate ice cream. I started carving steps and then dug a big well at the top! And all that with a tea spoon. This is interesting and hopefully I’ll do a better job with the next tub.

Yes the design on that globe is not perfect, but I’ve managed to balance it on a bridge of coins. The whole structure looks more like something with 4 legs carrying the world on its back.
This particular structure took a lot of precise measuring.

This angle shows that there is a small bridge between the towers [...]

This was my first attempt at coin stacking. Balancing those coins into a bridge structure is not an easy task. I’d say about 40 attempts before the damn thing stood still. Try it out using 10 and 20 fils coins.
Its easier using the bigger coins to construct the bridge. I got carried away [...]

Looks familiar? Any guesses? And its all balanced on a one 100 fils coin at the bottom.

Tried making a curved pyramid too, again balanced the whole thing on a single 100 fils coin.

Check out this video and watch it all the way to the end. Its amazing when the structure is lit up. Looks like the Hamra Tower towards the end.
I’m going to need a lot more coins to construct something this big.

Here is my attempt at putting up a Liberation Tower replica using about 5kd worth of coins lying around the house. Balancing coins is not as easy as you would think. Its more like a leaning tower of Kuwait than anything else.
Here is a close up…

Initial construction. I believe this is more or less what [...]

On Friday I decided to gather all the coins lying around the house. KWD 5.355 total …I’m rich!!!
What do I do with all these coins? Ice cream topped the list as usual. But then a better idea struck. Coin stacking. I’m gonna try stacking these coins and build some sort of replica monument [...]

I have this strange habit of stacking empty water bottles. I’ve managed to balance and stack up 4 bottles max to date. The round Aquagulf bottles are better than those square Rawdatain ones. The image to the right shows two bottles balanced on my wife’s knee. The stuff she has to put up with! [...]