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So, the latest DiRT rally game, DiRT3 is coming out in a month or so and one of the trailers I saw had an absolutely stunning soundtrack. So I looked it up on YouTube and it turns out it was used in some rather spectacular videos – like this one!

My friend Kristoff re-introduced me to this tune. It’s been kicking around my hard disk for a while now, but it’s been like a splinter at the back of my mind. You know, when you can think of the melody but for the life of you can’t remember what the tune is called. Anyway, the mystery was solved and I’m glad to share this with you. It’s a beautiful Goa chill track. ...

A friend linked this to me. It’s a spectacular piece of time-lapse photography. I can only imagine how long this took to shoot.

As promised in my earlier post, I’ve thrown together a quick video on the subject of ground-state moves. I hope you enjoy it and find it useful!

I came across this talk by Nigel Marsh about work-life balance and how it’s not dramatic change, upheaval and radical re-thinking, but rather the little things in life that help you achieve your ideal work-life balance.

I’ve been watching a bunch of TEDTalks of late and I would love to share them with you people!

A ferrofluid is a made up of nanoscale ferrous particles suspended in a carrier fluid such as an oil or even water. They behave in a similar fashion to non-Newtonian fluids in the sense that you can do some rather funky stuff with them. Here’s an art installation! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me5Zzm2TXh4 I like science!

After my lovely trip up to the Frozen North to catch up with friends long absent I brought back tunes, videos and stories! So firstly, massive thanks to my perpetually happy friend Corinne, I’ve been introduced to Blogotheque which has lots of delicious, crunchy and smooth music from all manner of artists on. Here’s one that I love especially As well as discovering new music, Corinne, Cat and I got to geek out over poi for about 6 odd hours which was many different kinds of fun. ...

A friend introduced me to this rather awesome band whose only instrument is the drums. They do covers of popular metal songs. Watch this one first to get an idea for what the song’s like: Then take a look at the Van Canto cover: Pure awesome, I think you’ll agree!