Holy Fuck!

Drop everything, forget everything and watch Zeitgeist The Movie!

Incredible!

The mysterious people of the Envira region of the Brazilian-Peruvian frontier. They're thought to have NEVER made contact with civilization as we know it and to them, the strange craft hovering above could well be an Evil Spirit. More from Mail Online>>

This is Steampunk!

I've loved this type of stuff since I can remember but I never really knew that it had a name - Steampunk. Steampunk basically depicts a different age, perhaps sci-fi or fantasy or even an alternate history where steam power (and not electricity) prevails. It's often set in Victorian England or in worlds that might reference Victorian elements. As a genre, Steampunk started some time in the 80's. But as our global interest in alternate energy sources and different ways of being in the world grows, so too is the rise of interest in Steampunk. Here's a few more examples of Steampunk you may or may not have seen. Beautiful stuff.

Steampunk - an anthology of Steampunk fiction.

 
A PC all blinged out in Steamy Punkness

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This cover from the comic strip but also made into a not-too-high rating film.

The Film - The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morrello 

Steamboy - a Japanese animated film by the director of Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo. 

Steampunk Star Wars figures by Sillof, makers of all things steampunk. Chewy looks completely bitchin'.

The human brain appears hard-wired for hierarchy.

Human imaging studies have for the first time identified brain circuitry associated with social status, according to researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) of the National Institutes of Health. They found that different brain areas are activated when a person moves up or down in a pecking order – or simply views perceived social superiors or inferiors. Circuitry activated by important events responded to a potential change in hierarchical status as much as it did to winning money. More>>

Stop the Spread on Global Birdalism.

A personal realisation: With every respect to birds, I think I've had it with these types of vector based  bird and flower motifs. It's time to move forward design people of the world. 

The Aamby Valley Experience.

A couple weeks back there was a story on the ABC about Aamby Valley - about two hours outside of Mumbai in India. Having traveled there, I'd never heard of it so it piqued my interest. When one thinks of India, first thoughts generally hover on images of dirt, squalor, poverty, industry. But not so in Aamby Valley. In fact, you can buy yourself out of the reality of India - at a price. The roads to Aamby Valley are some of the cleanest, well maintained in India and lead toward the HUGE Megalopolis that is Aamby Valley City. Definitely for the privileged, you can reside in this 10'000 acre estate (not a typo) among "misty hilltops and scented flowerbeds" in your choice of a chic and cozy timber chalet or perhaps a fabulously modern and customized villa.

With high fences and 24 horse-mounted security roaming its perimeter you're sure to feel secure from the scurge of India's lower class, as you tee off on the 18th or maybe take in a game of hockey on ice. Heck - you don't even have to leave the compound (at all), given Aamby Valley also comes stocked with shopping malls, a first class hospital, an international school and much much more.

Experience Aamby for yourself>>

New York Man Hole Covers.

Made in India. Barefoot.

Via ffffound

Creativity and Education.

Carolyne sent me this. It's great. This is taken from the TED site and reveals footage of a talk given by Sir Ken Robinson on fostering Creativity in Education. Roughly 20 minutes but well worth it.  

1904.

Just cute. Via Vintage Photographs

Petition for Tibet.

Please sign this urgent petition urging Aussie PM Kevin Rudd to stand up to the Chinese on his upcoming visit to China. It takes less than a minute. Visit GetUp! I have lived among Tibetan refugees so I don't take this issue lightly. For more information visit the Australia Tibet Council.  

Image via Time Magazine. Tibetan Buddhist monks lead protesters carrying the Tibetan national flag in China's Gansu Province, home to many ethnic Tibetans, as protests erupted in Lhasa on March 14.

Sanna Annuka.

>Such nice stuff from this Finnish born designer. Go see>>

What if Saul Bass did the Star Wars Intro?

Good things from to-kichi.

Tuvan Throat Singing.

Cute!