A Pivot touch to anything is always a marvelous thing to hear

The second series will feature artists including Andrew Bell, Gary Ham, Doktor A and a few from the folk behind the Android team at Google, huzzah! Won't be out until sometime in the first quarter of 2011 so there is only a teaser banner.

The good news is a standard 3" vinyl figurine will be available in November in limited quantities. Sexy beast, ain't it? Looking at between AUD$10-$15 each.

And to top it off, a Do-It-Yourself one will be available for you to customise. Also at 3" and will be disassemble-able for easier decoration.

Will be stocking these via Klaus und Sven

Then I found some articles about people who really don't like American Apparel ads.

And then I found some images that suggest that I might.

NSFW; over the fold

Sometimes they show a bit of bum to, you know, be a little cheeky.

Sometimes it's about manliness and style.

One campaign featured a Canadian pornstar.

And the rest are just sexualised garments.

The great thing is, American Apparel know they do good ads, so you can find their archive of it here.

After news broke that Cheezburger Network's Ben Huh was offering to buy the ailing Reddit, it was natural to investigate what role Ben Huh plays and what he did to capitalise on something I'd dare say is phenomenal on the internet: lolcats (cat memes). Reading through his blog, he posted up a talk he did at a Ted conference in Seattle around April about the "19 debts" he owed himself; i.e. his 19 goals he has set himself out to do.

I was really touched by the moment just under 8 minutes in where he choked up, reflecting on his failings and his struggles, most likely for his first start-up after he graduated.

There is nothing harder than waking up in the morning, look in the mirror and seeing a failure.

There is nothing harder to realise that you've let people down, your family down who put money in you, let your friends down who you hired.

But that kind of struggle, getting out of that struggle means that you've become a person with character and moral values and a person who has a centre that can not be shaken.

This is personally one of my biggest challenges and something I always wanted to largely avoid and not be a burden to society. It's that relentless pursuit of making things work, and that determination of refusing to ever take no for an answer, but there are times when the stars align to say "fuck you, not today it ain't". But it is so important to remember that a true test of character and entrepreneurial craftsmanship is when you go through all that and pick yourself up. Pick your fucking self up.

I wasn't a big fan of him, considering he was making money off an idea derived elsewhere, but I do admire the rags-to-riches entrepreneur who recognised the opportunity and brought an idea somewhat wholesome from 4chan into the mainstream which I believe partially makes the internet what it is today. Macroed memes are such a huge part of internet subculture now and some credit is due for Huh to brand it and make it recogniseable.

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It's a good idea to be inspired by your favourite music.

Plasmo, a little alien, risks his life by flying his spacecraft into an oncoming comet to deflect it. In doing so, the core of a certain planet gets filled by a naturalistic/ forest-like utopia. In his last seconds, he sends a photo of himself and Pasty, as a gesture that she was probably the last thing on his mind before he hurls himself and his spaceship into the comet.

To think 4 year olds watch this straight after school and digest it within minutes. Nevertheless, 'epic' still isn't adequate enough a word to describe the density of that episode.

N.B. My blog's name is partially inspired by this series

I was going to write up some review, talk about some of the ideas, appreciate some of the artists, love the characters, etc.

But it is wrong because this movie provided a canvas for anti-establishment, and writing anything remotely about the movie's ideas would prove its point.

So don't watch it because you should.

I wonder who really planted the seeds to eventually give birth to the whole rave scene in the UK back in the 80s? Club owners, the drug culture, or quite simply, everyone's fascination with Doctor Who?

It came as a hidden track after the actual 60-90 seconds of 'Iraq says':

Boards of Canada - Iraq Says