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Invention Corner – Pegasus gets the nod

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Posted 14 Sep 2006 — by Alex
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Last week I got an email asking me to attend a Dragons Den style panel to present Pegasus after i’d entered it as a bit of an ‘also ran’

After a 5 hour drive down to Derby on monday night followed by a late night with Teenwolf, Slowly Bowley and Bernard Manning I dragged myself, with nasty hangover, to Warwick for the presentation. It’s amazing what a shower and a suit can do because this morning to my utter surprise I got the call…..

Ask me the question Noel…….

Deal…Or rather I’m in the final 4 for a grand and possible manufacturing deal.

Heres the bummer. Mrs G7KSE is due on the 25th Sept. They want me down on the 7th October for 3 days at some trade show, so if she’s late then we miss out. Push damn you woman push, like you’ve never squeezed before.

There is another bummer, my attempts at building a mock up oout of foam board and covering it with cloth went well and truely noticed. My collar was well and truely felt by the style police. So I’m going to have to produce a proper prototype in 3 weeks.

Note to self: Focus on one thing at a time

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Urchin – Street urchin update

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Posted 11 Sep 2006 — by Alex
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I’ve built the cot, put up shelves, paid out for all sorts of paraphinalia that you’re going to need, but I’m no where near ready. Just 2 weeks to go until it’s supposedly due and I’m starting to get a little nervous.

Mrs G7KSE has become a much larger version than when I married her and there’s something moving around inside thats frankly putting me off my cumberland sausage. Don’t be drawn into the ‘Ah in’t it lovely thing’ because quite frankly I find it a little disconserting to see a foot or backside point at me when I’m eating my chips.

Still no idea what flavour it is either although our neighbour decided that it was a boy or was it a girl because of the shape of the bump, either way she’ll either be right or wrong and if she’s right she’ll let us know. As will everyone else who decided early on what it was. I should hve taken a book to see how confident they were!

So thats my excuse for not putting any posts in the last week or so. Busy doing baby stuff.

Invention Corner – Project Pegasus Update

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Posted 05 Sep 2006 — by Alex
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I think I’m going to have to code name my little projects. So this one will be project pegasus (and before you ask it was actually the name of the business card holder that I have on my desk, no link to either real or ficitional winged horses is intentional etc)

I got an email from the sponsors and I’ve been shortlisted for a ‘dragon’s den’ style presentation on the 12th Sept. I basically need to produce a vaible mock up that isn’t made out of cardboard by then and if sucessful then a proper prototype by the 8th October (which is when the little Urchin is due! nice timing)

So armed with a shopping list and a some power tools, I’m off to B&Q for some hardware and to Boots for some plasters and antiseptic wipes when I cut my fingers off!

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