Day 10: Dental floss
This trick is something you only want to pull off once in a while because the molars can only take so much. The less natural evolution of bounce around the head.
Month: December 2020
Dec 9: Diabolo advent calendar
Day 9: Bounce around the head to stick grind to whip
Once you start doing combos, you have to actively stop yourself from doing them. I meant to do a bounce around the head but naturally threw the diabolo on to the stick and who doesn’t love a whip?
Covid19 vaccine, I’m happy to wait
Theres been a bunch of press with older people and key workers having had their first shot of the Covid19 vaccine. This is great news of course but I got to say everytime I see someone having a injection in the press its still scary for me. Love to have something of a trigger warning for this all. But then again I’m not anywhere as bad as I use to be thanks to hypnotherapy.
I have always said I’m happy to wear a mask and will be wearing a mask till October next year I predict. The vaccine needs to go to the people who most need it, the people who protect the vulnerable, front line works, yes; but that list needs to include other nations.
The rush to get the vaccine is locking out poorer nations and I’m glad to see this is being highlighted and being acted on?
To be clear when its my time, I will get it even if it does mean yes I will need 2 shots within a month, not great for someone terrified of needles. I have no doubts about the vaccine(s) just the injections. Really wish I could take a pill or like Contagion, could be delivered via nasal spray. (you don’t need to write to me to explain why that couldn’t work, its been explained to me over and over again to me)
I won’t be surprised if having the vaccine will be a requirement for travel on planes in the near future. If not expect getting travel insurance to be troublesome to say the least. I don’t think it will be mandatory in the UK but
Dec 8: Diabolo advent calendar
Day 8: Around the leg
Another classic diabolo trick and bit of crowd pleaser. Most can do it super close to the leg and with speed.
Dec 7: Diabolo advent calendar
Day 7: The high throw
We had the throw and of course we got to have the crowd pleaser. I would add high throws are not too difficult to catch if you point the handstick at the diabolo. The problem I always have in the garden is the wind which will take the diabolo a good 3 meters if you are not careful. Those 3 meters could mean over the fence, although it hasn’t happened yet.
Dec 6: Diabolo advent calendar
Day 6: Stirring the pot. This is our first cradle trick.
Theres many of them and stirring the pot is a nice simple one which you can do for a very long time with a solid spin. Here is another view of it.
Dec 5: Diabolo advent calendar
Day 5: Its our first combo, the hand grind to whip.
You have seen the previous two separately but this is the beauty of the diabolo, the combinations. I have seen everything from 2-3 trick combos to 24 trick combos from the pros.
Watching the pros perform their combos is like magic.
Some tricks chain together nicely, some need you to end in a certain way to move seamlessly to the next one. There’s a neutral respect for those who make it look elegant.
On reading the Inner Level
I recently read (actually listened to) The Inner Level by Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett. I first came across them at Nesta’s Futurefest conference, but had heard about the Spirit level beforehand.
The book leans a lot on the Spirit level but expands the results with new data and papers looking directly at the psychological effects of inequality on society
In short the inner level can be summed up in this graph…
Its not a surprise but the evidence is clear and the examples are spot on. You might also prefer the keynote where Kate takes directly takes bits from the book.
While I’m working from home, I have been listening to a lot podcasts and audiobooks. Each book has got me writing and thinking but this one really has given me a framework for a lot of the ills of the world. Now I’m a lot clearer on the fact equality is the core (or very likely one of them) of so many.
Lets take for example the American dream which I have been critical of previously. Work hard and you too can be successful and rich? Casey Gerald’s book and talks titled there will be no miracles here, highlights the problems of the American dream and the ultimate effect of inequality. If you want more have a read of the world economic forum.
It reminds me why the likes of Jeff Bezo’s net worth growing, is just all types of awful for us all. First time I heard about this, I wasn’t best pleased but besides the comment Amazon must pay their taxes, theres little more I could really say. I hadn’t really factor in the bigger effects of stuff like this.
In the book they mention the equality trust and trying to reach out further to gain some impact on policy makers. This reminded me the badges work and of course our own BBC Human Values work.
Dec 4: Diabolo advent calendar
Day 4: The Whip, love this trick. It sounds amazing and attracts a lot of attention. This is great but also bad when you miss the catch. Its also a real problem as there is almost no way to recover. See this bonus out-take footage of what happens when you get it wrong.
Dec 3: Diabolo advent calendar
Day 3: Little more advance trick, the hand grind. Always love this trick and quite like switching position with the fingers (maybe for another day). If you are wondering if it hurts, no because the axel is a bearing keeping it only running in one direction. However if you are not careful, when your finger does rub against the side by accident it does burn and hurt.