Do you have a lava lamp?

[Biddlybee]

The Bubbles don't do much though, they don't change colour or anything they just glow. Never seen the point of 'em.

True they don't do much, but if you've got lots of different colours would look pretty
Lava lamps don't change colour either

 

[Griff]

derv does contact juggling with his mathmos bubble. its only one colour though. thats what attracted me to the tumbler, the different ways you put it down it changes to a different colour. (and it was £30 on ebay and £49 in shops)

Took a Tumbler home the other day, the old display one and it works really well in our back room. Sold the last two the other day for £35, they're not as popular as other Mathmos things.

 

[wiskey]

derv collects lighting iyswim, he's got a few mathmos things and a few that scroll through several colours. great to play with when munted

he yearns for a projector though

 

[gentlegreen]

get yourself electric sheep - its a screensaver but you will be absorbed for hours as it continually updates as people create new parts http://electricsheep.org/. or set winamp to milkdrop which is also cool.

ooh - thanks for that - off home now to play

have you ever come across this collaborative web entertainment ?

:-

http://www.stelarc.va.com.au/

 

[MarkMark]

It's the Winamp visualiser - everyone's graphics card should have "TV out" - it's better than what's on telly a lot of the time

Like having your own vj in your living room

I must give it a go sometime

 

[wiskey]

gentlegreen - wow i've not come across that

 

[WasGeri]

I used to have one but I grew out of it.

 

[Roadkill]

yep, got one and like it.

At the moment I'm not often home and relaxing for lnog enough to make it worthwhile switiching it on though.

 

[gentlegreen]

I used to have one but I grew out of it.

What does a lava lamp owner "grow into" I wonder ...

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

I think lava lamps look the bee's bollocks - can't really understand why they became so vilified in the '80s. I have a kind of lava lamp - it's actually a blob lamp, but there's not really any difference. And it's wonderfully spacey and psychedelic and everything, so cl.

 

[lang rabbie]

No

I really wanted one exactly like the ones from the early 70s with bronze anodized aluminium, but those designs appear to have been banned as deathtraps.

 

[spanglechick]

ok. over three hours after I switched it on, it's now just about there. The wax is reaching the top of the bottle, but it isn't quite breaking off into globules and doing the rise and fall. Still cool tho.

 

[wiskey]

i didnt know they took that long to do their thang. just kinda assumed they were instant. mind you i've never played with one i dont think. certainly never owned one

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Unfortunately, I can't help but associate them with this:

So no.

 

[wiskey]

with what??

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

With 'take me to your dealer' posters.

I can't believe you haven't seen them?

 

[Tank Girl]

Griff - is this a not so cunning ploy to get people to buy things from your shop?!

we don't have a lava lamp, we have a rather wonderful mathmos projector

 

[Shirl]

I am too stylish for lava lamps

 

[Tank Girl]

With 'take me to your dealer' posters.

I can't believe you haven't seen them?

your post was a white box with a red cross.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

your post was a white box with a red cross.

Ah, that explains it.

I can see the picture though.

Just imagine the red cross looks like a 'Take me to your dealer' poster and you'll be away.

 

[spanglechick]

your post was a white box with a red cross.

I could (and still can) see the poster Tanky...

 

[maes]

ok. over three hours after I switched it on, it's now just about there. The wax is reaching the top of the bottle, but it isn't quite breaking off into globules and doing the rise and fall. Still cool tho.

Mines in a globby ball at the bottom of the thing, doing fuck all. There is a smaller globby ball at the top. No movement. Damn thing.

 

[Tank Girl]

I could (and still can) see the poster Tanky...

good for you

 

[wiskey]

Mines in a globby ball at the bottom of the thing, doing fuck all. There is a smaller globby ball at the top. No movement. Damn thing.

its broke then innit

poke it with a pointy stick!

 

[Mogden]

Yup. Red wax, clear liquid. Twas a tenner from Asda and is on most nights.

 

[Lava]

Actually I have loads now that I think about it.

 

[Epona]

Yep we have a straight cylindrical one which is blue and green.

I used to have one of the original shaped ones (quosh bottle ) which was lilac with orange wax but I left it in sunlight and it lost its colour.

But they're not as good as the laserpod I got from your shop last xmas Griff (spot the advertisement )

 

[moose]

I have lots of lovely lights An orange lava lamp, a green Mathmos ball, a fibre optic cactus, and a Michelin man like you get on lorries, with fairy lights inside.

 

[tobyjug]

Silly throwback to the '60s

or

As

(Inspired by milesy's excellent fondue thread)

Do you expect people to confess to being that sad?

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

That post would make more sense if this thread wasn't onto its third page.