wizz, bang, boing – paradine psytrance demo mix

My old trusty Sony headphones broke where the headpiece joins the earpiece a while back. I tried gluing them a couple of time but by the third break I knew they would never work out. I got myself a nice pair of Sennheiser HD25 Mk II’s which I’ve always loved. I took them for a test drive this weekend and recorded the result and named it Wizz, Bang, Boing.

It is 2 hour psychedelic trance journey to a damp land inhabited by heavy wild things stomping about bending balloons into fantastic shapes as robot insects flit between the speaker stacks looking for their guitars.

Update: I have moved this 200+ MB mix to adrive.com. You should be able to download it with no problems now!

linkage: download via the demo mix page

have you seen this cat?

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biological function of the third eye

The sixth chakra in Kundalini yoga, the Anja, is located in the centre of the forehead. Also known as the third eye it is a focal point for inner reflection and symbolises a connection to the higher mental powers. With recent (>100 years) discoveries in Western science fingers point to the pineal gland as being the physical representation of the third eye. The possibility that the pineal gland could be a vestigal third physical eye is backed up with research into New Zealand’s native lizard, the Tuatara.

This short informative article highlights research into the pineal gland and the relationship between neurotransmitters like serotonin and melatonin, the third eye and psychactive substances like LSD-25.

linkage: biological function of the third eye

fit-pc slim – tiny and low power

I have been keeping an eye on the compact PC market for a while now, eying the pico and nano ITX form factors but they remain on the expensive side. The micro Fit PC has been slimmed down and will be released in September 2008 touted as worlds smallest green PC. A mere 6W and running at 12V allows for easy hook up to a car or solar collection system running from a self contained water resistant enclosure you can hold in your palm. It features on board components like soldered memory retaining a removable 2.5 inch disk.

Prices (USD):

fit-PC Slim Barebones (256MB, no WiFi, no HDD) – $220
fit-PC Slim Diskless (512MB, WiFi, no HDD) – $245
fit-PC Slim Linux (512MB, WiFi, 60GB hard disk with Ubuntu and Gentoo pre-installed) – $295
fit-PC Slim XP (512MB, WiFi, 60GB hard disk with Windows XP Home SP3 pre-installed) – $335

linkage: fit- pc slim

attack of the robot spiders

Have you ever wonder whether insects are affected by stress? Some researchers have devised an experiment to see if they can find out which uses fake ‘robot’ spiders to capture and then release a bee unharmed so they can then watch it’s future behaviours for signs of stress.

linkage: via science news

galactic empire dollar

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kongai – online card game

If you’ve ever been into card games and have some time to kill take a look at Kongai from Kongregate (an online gaming service). Kongai is collectible – but you get given a new card for winning matches and/or by completing challenges on other games on Kongregate. There are only 50 or so cards -  most of which are characters. You take 3 characters into battle and then use a scissors, paper, rock combat system to render your opponents characters to dust.

linkage: play kongai

knology internet speed test

My internet speed

linkage: test your speed here

diversity music festival 2008 video clips, texada island

DJ Soma rocking the Diversity stage with some sweet Psychedelic sounds

diversity music festival photos 2008, texada island

We were lucky enough to have the opportunity to cruise up to Texada Island for Diversity Electronic Music festival. What an experience! Rolling into a festival by boat and unloading onto the beach to camp is something to experience! Thanks so much to all the lovely people we met and played with – you make it all worthwhile!

linkage: see part 1 here, see part 2 here, main photography page

entheos festival 2008 – video clips

I captured a few short (30 second) video clips while at Entheos Music festival 2008 on my Canon S80 digital camera.

The main dance floor looks pretty dark – but thats what you get under Psychedelic lighting conditions! Enjoy

how to skin outlook 2007

So if you are anything like me you will be a little sick of seeing the same Microsoft blue everywhere you look. Don’t despair I just worked out how to change the appearance (i.e. Skin) of Outlook 2007. It is actually very easy but not obvious – probably why I only discovered it today.

Now you can choose a nice black theme to match your Vista Transformation Pack or Nasa Night Launch theme for Firefox. That rocks!

Outlook Skin Screenshot Black

entheos festival photos 2008

Entheos electronic music festival and conference was held near Robert’s Creek on the Sunshine Coast, British Columbia. The site was stunning with camping in the trees on the moss, two music zones and market area by the lake. Lots of beautiful and wonderful folks.

Thanks to all those who put on such a nice festival for us.

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entheos festival 2008 main dance floor night

linkage: entheos festival photos 2008, main photography page

super cheap, eco friendly, wooden pallet and adobe construction

This is a wonderful idea. Wooden pallets are available in every corner of the world and correspondingly inexpensive. Often they are scrapped. Sure the wood isn’t usually top quality but as internal structure for adobe it need only be srong, not pretty.

linkage: via green upgrader

how to get expert linux help – quickly and free

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