Paul McCartneys ballet Ocean's Kingdom

We were luck enough to get invited the the opening night of Paul McCartneys ballet Ocean's Kingdom.
 

 Really enjoyable.

I especially like how the outfits were less formal and showed off the athletisicm of the dancers.

It's a little short at just over an hour but the music was really evocative as it sounded more like a movie score (though i cant help but feel there was a base riff that was ripped off from a song and it's been driving me nuts trying to think of what song it's from).

Some more photos are online here.

Cheers,
Dean
 

Hands Off My Sister

Hands Off My Sister are doing a set at Cafe Vivaldi saturday night from 9pm.

Jodie and I are going to see Moneyball at 6pm then head down to the show if you want to hang out.

Cheers,

Dean

patent approval is the crux of the issue

FFS really? someone was awarded a patent in 2010 for what amounts to nothing more "on demand infrastructure" - how is this patent examiner even still employed??


http://www.google.de/patents?id=rC3OAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&source=gbs_overview_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
 

Reddit Rocks

Reddit Rocks!!!! Check out the number 1 voted answer from someone called “kibitzor”



How much bubble wrap would you need to wrap yourself in if you wanted to jump out of a first story window and survive?


I have lots at work and am very tempted. Preferably I would like to come out of it unscathed..... and yes im an idiot.
- http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kkdez/how_much_bubble_wrap_would_you_need_to_wrap



Cheers,
Dean

"the excitement of possibility"

love this description "the excitement of possibility", this encapsulates exactly why i build startups and sacrifice so much when i could be pulling down an easy lifestyle in a 9 to 5.


http://www.thisisgoingtobebig.com/blog/2011/9/19/the-excitement-of-possibility.html

Stunning ISS view of earth from space footage

This ISS footage is just stunning, somehow i always thought you would be further away from the earths surface than this.

Love watching how the rising sun reflects off the solar panels. Cant wait to get to space to see this for myself.

Makes you realise we are all stuck on this blue ball together and all these petty human disagreements are irrelevant.

James Drake took 600 still photos from the International Space Station as it orbited the Earth, and created a fantastic time-lapse animation out of them. It must be seen to be appreciated; storms and cities fly past below in amazing clarity."



Make sure you click the button in the bottom right to watch this full screen and crank up the resolution to 1080.

Verizon to start throttling

2gb of data is nothing - what exactly are we paying our $30 a month for to be on an unlimited plan if they are going to cut us off at the nuts.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/16/verizon-starts-optimizing-read-throttling-network-for-the-m/

Sony changing the rules "mid agreement"

I'd like to know if you can return to Sony your PS3 AND all the game titles you've purchased for a full refund as they want to change the terms "after" you've purchased.



Sony asks gamers to sign new terms or face PSN ban
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14948701
Sony is preparing to ban gamers from the PlayStation Network (PSN) unless they waive the right to collectively sue it over future security breaches.

The firm has amended PSN's terms and conditions and users have to agree to them next time they log in.
The move comes months after a string of hacking attacks compromised over 100 million accounts of the PlayStation Network subscribers.

Check out the discussion here.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3004674

Being Boring

It's a weird Friday, tinged with mixed emotions about being too far away from friends and not being able to do anything about it. This video reminds me that life is for living and it's too short to do anything boring.

I've uploaded a few of my other favorite Pet Shop Boys tracks into the blogs "Mood Music of the Day" box.

Happy Friday everyone.

Cheers,
Dean

Man Land

An Ikea store in Sydney, Australia, has either set retail shopping forward by three decades or set gender equality back by three decades—you decide: they're testing out Manland, which is, as one local newscaster describes it, "basically a creche for husbands and boyfriends with short retail attention spans.

http://curbed.com/archives/2011/09/15/ikea-tests-out-manland-a-holding-pen-for-bored-male-shoppers.php



LOL - love it, great idea (though i have to admit i'd be happy doing the shopping in Ikea OR hanging out in the Man Cave equally as much).

Cheers,
Dean