Daily Roundup

Since we are apparently on the dark side there is nothing better than some Darth Vader cufflinks.

These handmade Darth Vader cufflinks, $22.49 from Cuff Relations, are a pretty good power meeting accessory (cue “Don’t fail me again, Admiral”). (via Geeky Merch)

Then there is you very own working V8 coffee table.

The Haynes Build Your Own V8 Engine ($65.62) sounds completely awesome. Check out the reviews which seem to confirm the manufacturer’s claim that a “talented 10 year old” could assemble it, and it can be disassembled and reassembled. (via Red Ferret)

Picture this: A father and son working on the engine for a cherry red hot rod in the garage, dad bent over the open hood, beckoning for his son to hand him the next tool. So emotive. If you’re into building engines (or want to be into it) there’s another option for people who don’t have garages, kids, or cherry red hot rods. The Haynes Build Your Own V8 Engine is a no mess option for curious grease monkeys wannabes.

Cameron Slater

As much at home writing editorials as being the subject of them, Cam has won awards, including the Canon Media Award for his work on the Len Brown/Bevan Chuang story.  And when he’s not creating the news, he tends to be in it, with protagonists using the courts, media and social media to deliver financial as well as death threats.

They say that news is something that someone, somewhere, wants kept quiet.   Cam Slater doesn’t do quiet, and as a result he is a polarising, controversial but highly effective journalist that takes no prisoners.

He is fearless in his pursuit of a story.

Love him or loathe him.  But you can’t ignore him.

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