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Digging through my Flickr archives, I came across this! I’d forgotten I shot this and how impressed I was with it! Shot this with my trusty 30mm f/1.4 lens on the UndergroundRather nifty!

Hello!! After much procrastination, sitting around on my arse and pawing ineffectually at the screen like a slack-jawed Luddite, I’ve sorted us out a website after Jan poked me and bribed me with Pretzels! It’s essentially a blog and community site for the firespinning folk I’m friends with to hang out, post pictures, musings and so forth. Also, since we do Burn The Beach meets on a regular basis, I thought a website would be cool for when people invariably ask “Who ARE you guys? ...

So since I’m supposed to be a photographer and stuff, I guess it would help if I posted some photos instead of unending verbiage. So here are some shots I’ve taken of late, in no particular order or grouping! See more on my flickr  Shot this after finishing work and missing several buses to catch the right moment!

https://knanacademy.org/ This is awesome. Check it out!

“Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit…what a ride!’” ~Hunter S. Thompson

Right. Now that I actually have time to post a real entry about SL, here goes. To begin with, I wasn’t going to go to Southern Lights as I was quite simply too poor to afford a ticket. Thankfully, the gorgeous Safire stepped in and offered me one of hers in exchange for hugs on demand. A fair trade. The festival kicked off on Friday the 11th, but I was booked that day to celebrate a friend finishing exams. ...

I can’t post a full writeup of the Southern Lights festival I went to but I did draw a map of what I roughly remember it being like.  A rough map of Southern Lights 2010

A couple of weeks ago, I travelled up to Aberdeen in sunny Scotland to catch up with (and meet) my friend Cat, whom (or is it who) I initially got to know through the Playpoi Bali retreat, and a bunch of other disparate strangers all of the flow arts persuasion. Since I could ill afford to travel by rail or air, coach was the only option. A 12-hour overnight one. With screaming babies. ...

In the wise words of Baudelaire: One should always be drunk. That is all that matters; That’s our imperative need. So as not to feel time’s horrible burden One which breaks your shoulders and bows you down You must get drunk without cease But with what? Wine, poetry or virtue as you choose. But get drunk. It’s a gorgeous day and I’m off to play in the sun.

Just had to share this tune I got off Pali – awesome glitchy downtempo stuff! Download Here

As promised: here are 2 quick videos on the very basics of poi. I shot these with my brand new (and already battered and scratched) Xacti HD camera. Apologies for awful letterboxing and general cockups as I’m still getting to grips with Premiere Elements, for lack of a better option (or a Mac). Enjoy!

G and Nick have posted a quick teaser trailer of things to come from out of Indonesia and I would recommend taking a peek! So here is “Finding the G Spot!” Also, stay tuned for a “getting started in poi” video coming from me!

The amazing Margaret Womack has uploaded a bunch of videos she shot to YouTube so I’m posting them here for your viewing pleasure! Enjoy!

My friend Mandy has kindly put up all 2337 photos she took in Bali. And some videos. Honestly, there were far too many amazing shots to list, but here are some choice picks for your perusal. All credit goes to her. Check out the rest of the series right here on flickr Spiral wraps with FlowlightsWhen I dig more shots out of the Ether, I will post them. I, too have some of my own to go on Flickr, so stay tuned! ...

I first got introduced to poi about 6 months ago and have been steadily getting better and dragging people into it as I go along. It’s a wonderfully relaxing hobby and does wonders for your coordination and proprioception (perceiving your own self as opposed to perception, which means perceiving the world around you). Some alcohol and a certain holly bush was involved in my first forays into poi spinning but I persevered and now I’ve returned from an absolutely fantastic trip from Bali, courtesy of Nick Woolsey, G and a whole host of other flow artists over at Playpoi. ...

Here’s a mix I threw together just past Christmas – I was bored and there was music to be played! XMAS Progressive Mix by Poolski on Mixcloud

Come November, New Eden will be potentially thrown into chaos. I suspect this because the upcoming sovereignty changes will drastically overhaul how territory is held in EVE Online and will make 0.0 much more accessible to the myriad lowsec corporations and alliances with designs on greatness. I, for one, welcome the change, assuming CCP don’t fuck it up and break everything. While it will not eliminate the phenomenon of New Eden’s power blocs holding vast swathes of space: ...

I’ve been digging through our forum archives and have come across a bunch of funny ‘fanfics’, if you can call them that, harking back to the Syndicate days. So I share one of them with you now. Goonswarm presents: Flight of the Burkey Remedial stood upon the main observation deck of S-U8A4 V – Moon 1, Ishukone Corporation Factory, giggling as the Band of Brothers formed a blockade around the undock point. ...