Rough!

So .... I don't 'usualy' drink spirits but there tend to be exception's to every rule and last night was a prime example. I was out with a few friends and then we head back to a flat for a few more drinks but all that was available to drink was Vodka! WooHoo. And you know what it was good!


Working in cinemas for the last 10 years and having a hidden interest in architecture and old buildings it nice to see old cinemas, I used to work at one of very few listed cinema building in the UK.

The cinema was built as a corn exchange and was converted to a cinema years ago and after many referbs this was what it look like before it closed.

Old photo of Blackburn corn
exchange

One of the pubs I visited last night was
the 'Moon under Water' in Manchester
which (guess what) used to be a cinema,
its nice walking into a building and being
able to see where the Booth was and screen
used to be. I do think we don't build cinemas
as grand as they used to be, Its all about cost
cutting, cheap.

Beta car cam holder v2

After making and trying out the beta v1 holder I thought I would be a good idea to build a new phone holder (see previous post) and after driving in to Manchester with it attached to just under my number plate I thought it looked good, there was some traffic which slows the speed of the drive but I think there are some good bits.

had to split it in to 3, sorry.

Part 1



Part 2



Part 3

Beta car cam holder

Well after trying to new phone holder thought I would post the video, I shot it on the way home one night. It dost start from work as I spent 5mins trying to record in mms mode (only 30sec clips). I have had to split the video as its a bit to long. 20 mins or so.

Part 1



Part 2

Trip Home

Well after seeing This Bloggers Post I was inspired to try the same, I thought it looked fantastic and I would like to try editing and visual and audio.

So at work with no help I built a prototype of a phone holder (yes I know I can buy one but this is cheaper). The design is florless, built from high grade card board and expertly put to getter with gaffa tape. There is a hole for viewing while you drive.


As you can see the windows are designed so the camera and window are visible. The expertly placed stickers were placed there but the blogger who started this, Dam that Man










I tryed out it on my home that night, the thing worked but would like it to be higher so I think I will just buy a cheap phone holder and try again, But this then got me thinking and I came up with a new idea. I have a spare K750i (as I don't want to use my new expensive w810i) which I have built the following for.

























So as you can tell I have designed it to fit to the front of my car, with a low vantage point it should give a good view. I have covered it in gaffa tape and there is a plastic cover for the lens, the padding is so I can fix it firmly to my bumper.

I do think it looks like the viewing platform of a apache gunship.

Stay tuned!