Technology breakthrough - Wok TV!

[Marcia]

Why pay $20,000 for a commercial link to run your television station when a $10 kitchen wok from the Warehouse is just as effective?

$10 wok keeps TV station on air [nzherald.co.nz]

[olwen]

A year or two ago I read something about wireless networking that used a wire "spider" strainer as a dish. I can't find it at the moment.

[maccas]

Arrr good old kiwi "Number 8 wire" ingenuity.

[olwen]

When my partner turned 21 his friends gave him a large roll of number 8 wire and a large pot of fibreglass because then he had the means to fix anything. Poor old guy is turning 60 this year, and is not well enough to use those things now.

[lawman]

When I was in Jr. High School, one of the class geniuses figured if he wrapped a coil of copper wire around his finger and stuck his finger in his ear, he could listen to the radio during class. Didn't work. Maybe he used the wrong finger.