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Waxy.org have posted online all the episodes of this documentary, which I’d not seen before, but which is fascinating in a thoroughly geeky and pre-intertube way:

The Machine That Changed the World: Great Brains – Waxy.org

So far I’m just into episode II, dealing with ENIAC and the breakthrough of computing machines into business. Thankfully I’m not quite old enough to remember punch-cards.

Well I’ve belatedly discovered that Weebl was responsible for the animated Hexstatic video which gave this blog its name. The song was Chase Me (from Master View) and the animation is available for your viewing pleasure on Weebl’s site. I’m glad I squared that circle.

Oh and Hexstatic also appear to have posted a lovely new mix up on their site.

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Long time no post. It’s been a busy few months and no mistake. Although not strictly cheese related, I felt I just had to share The London Review of Breakfasts. Great reviews, on a great subject, one dear to my heart. Not deeming it sufficient simply to review the food in question, most of the reviewers also recount the state of their minds at the time of the breakfast. Call it metaphysical reviewing. Whatever you call it, it works for me. A good bunch of folks with an unhealthy outlook on life, and a great love of the first meal of the day.

I can’t help but think that Pellici’s got a bit of harsh treatment though. Having said that, I wouldn’t know what their breakfast is like, since I only ever eat Cannelloni and chips there. But oh what chips.

Well it’s being reported on Indymedia (and unsurprisingly nowhere else in the UK media) that thousands of G8 protestors have broken through the first wire-cordon and breached security measures to reach the main perimeter fence (albeit still 6km from the centre).
So while the TV shows propaganda shots of leaders meeting and pointing into the middle distance, it’s heartening to know that some folks out there are at least managing to express the collective roar of discontent which seems so necessary right now. And apart from anything there are a striking set of images of protest and determined resistance being produced.

I hope to goodness some of this news gets out, and that the agenda of the protest groups is intelligently articulated but experience suggests that this will just get hushed up or, if trouble occurs, demonised.

As a change from the many house dominated mp3 blogs out there I was delighted to find Flea Market Funk. A refreshing change, and a lovely collection of 7″ recommendations. With some lovely mp3s to go with. The author has even started a podcast with some rather juicy mixes. So what are you waiting for? get down after the jump.

Courtesy of Geekologie, comes a link to CNN with example of the work of Nathan Sawaya, a sculptor of LEGO. Some spectacular work. I particularly like the monochromatic figurative stuff. “Infinity” caught my eye thanks to my love for all things Escher. Plus I’ve just started reading GEB. Loops and infinity feature large in that book.