Prison uniform consisted of:  white tee, chambray shirt, grey chinos, white socks, leather shoes, pea coat.  It feels weird that my wardrobe is becoming convict style.

I fell asleep before the ending.  That’s not a reflection on the movie, just how tired I was.

I’m 3/4 through making a new postal bag.  Overall I think I nailed the first design well.

The minor changes in this one are:

- Silver hardware (not sterling silver), D-rings are stainless steel, buckle and clips are nickel plated base metal (I need to find a source for stainless versions of these).

- I’m making it without copper rivets.  As much as I love the look of the rivets, they are just waiting to scratch the door of your Aston Martin DB6.

- I’ve also made the tongue longer with more holes and room to tighten.    I found that as the original bag softened I was able to tighten the strap further, but my original design left no room for that.

Anyway, I should have it finished within a couple of weeks, and I’ll take more pictures and put a price on it through PayPal.  If there is interest, I’ll get cracking on another one.

www.indidenim.com

I doubt that I’ll try it, but it’s an interesting idea.

Got some new leather hides to make some bags.  Spanish and Brazillian raw vegetable tanned hides.  A couple of Horween cordovan shells.

Let’s see how long it takes me to make something in-between childcare duties.

http://eu.wrangler.com/bluebell/

Nice interactivity.

Felix Baumgartner aims to break Joe’s records and jump from 120,000 feet for the Red Bull Stratos Project.  Joe is assisting the Red Bull team.

I thought I’d also show you a recent Toshiba advertisement which took a chair up to 98,000 feet and filmed it with 8 HD Toshiba cameras.

The Toshiba ad is especially enjoyable if you’ve recently watched the Pixar movie UP!

Imagine sitting in that chair.

Here’s a related topic:

How to Fall 35,000 Feet – And Survive

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4344036.html

“Be a Neatnick”

“Dress-Up Jeans with a permanent crease down the center of each leg…”

“Press-Free Jeans by h.i.s.”

Yes, you’re thinking what I’m thinking…  it was the Baby Boomers who killed off quality denim!!

Studio D’Artisan make a jean that is a mix of left-hand twill and right-hand twill.  It’s a nice combination of Levis versus Lee in one package.

Studio D’Artisan SP-005 23oz Crazy Jeans

But sometimes this concept can be taken too far, and a freakish monster – which should never have been born – is released upon an unsuspecting public.

Studio D’Artisan D1397

Sugar Cane SC10006

I’m very happy with the coat, but  Melbourne weather will be too warm to wear this until April.