Buying Earth

May 5th, 2008

Things have been busy around these parts lately, jumping through the hoops associated with buying an 18 acre block. Looks like we’re set to take ownership in the next couple of weeks. We spent Sunday up there spraying weeds and generally walking around our little chunk of the planet.

Exciting times.

Interesting Stuff:

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  • YouTube - Kinetic sculpture at the BMW Museum (full lenght)
    Watch this amazing display of steel balls on strings. It really gets creative after 1 minute....


  • YouTube - George Carlin - Religion is bullshit.
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  • Photos of Bubbles
    Photographer Jason Tozer was asked to take some pictures of bubbles by Creative Review magazine, using the new Sony Alpha 350 D-SLR camera.


  • YouTube - Fat Shark FPV RC Racer Demo
    World's first production FPV RC car with RCV922 wireless video glasses, onboard camera and head tracking. Full immersion RC racing....


  • YouTube - BMW GINA Prototype Car
    With the development of the BMW GINA Light Visionary Model the BMW Group presents trendsetting solutions. Chris Bangle gives us a first impression of the ideas behind the process of sculpturing an experimental study....


  • YouTube - Floppy Drive Plays Star Wars Theme
    A floppy drive from a PC has been modified in such a way that the sounds it makes while writing to a disk plays the theme song from Star Wars....


  • YouTube - Introducing The Moog Guitar
    The Moog Guitar puts revolutionary new technology in the hands of the guitarist. Moog Music is known for building the finest instruments...