shot over the Pacific, somewhere between Apia and Auckland on May 31st 2011

plus the making of

> We’ve all used Google Streetview but how about Forestview?

“Deers at the feeding ground where data is downloaded and batteries get recharged”

> The Road meets The Simpsons? this

> Two books about two seminal bands, from back in the day: VU and Talking Heads (and this is a potentially scary question but if you were 18 years old now, what two bands would you consider as formative and influential as these two??)

more info about Black Deck here

> The best travel advice ever!

> Grand masters (paintings) spun at 45rpm

Analog door ‘buzzer’ by Bobby Petersen (wonder if you can program it to do the classic friendly knock-knock-kni-knock-knock?)

> Moleskins can send SMS messages in RL? who knew?

- if you went “yeah!” after watching that then you should also check this out

> I didnt know the Reactable synth had been ported to iPad etc

> Paths to success

> frustrated with your iPhone? try this

> A brief history of the vocoder on NPR – check this book for a more indepth history

> I got to thinking about the role of naivete with regards to creativity yesterday when I read this comment/advice on MW forum about creating the trance gate effect with a modular synth and it made me literally LOL: “try anything more than the basic effect – ’cause unless you’re under 30 & therefore everything still seems new and exciting, ______ lost it’s novelty around approx.1996″ From one perspective you could say its a statement by a jaded cynic, from another it is valuable advice for johnny-come-latelys and from another it may be completely the wrong advice because there are times where being naive or experiencing something for the first time may lead to totally new discoveries…. moral of the story? I guess its the may lead to totally new discoveries bit…

shot on 15th October 2007 from the 45th floor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building

Shot on January 4th 2011, West Coast of the South Island, NZ