Monthly Archives: March 2010

Observations from Tas Laser Skirmish

This morning I was lucky enough to go and have a few rounds at Tas Laser Skirmish, which is basically infrared gun warfare in a decent chunk of Australian bush. It was awesome fun, but coming from my fairly extensive experience in the video game equivalents a few things weren’t quite how I expected: Crouching [...]

Fumigation MkII

“Do not use in spaces of volume smaller than 5 cubic metres.” This is a statement on the side of the Mortein pest control bomb spray cans. I wonder what’s significant about that figure. I know the gas is flammable — if used in smaller spaces does it spontaneously combust? Does it become potent enough [...]