Singular Scene

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Son of Awesome

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Hello from the chill of the Waikato, NZ. This flying visit to celebrate my sister’s 40th was a big surprise to everyone but Lil’ Sis’ and the looks on people’s faces when the penny dropped was priceless!! So glad that I don’t live SO far away that a long weekend home isn’t out of the question… Oh that and ridiculously pleased that the fares were affordable! Thank heaven’s for a competitive market… (but sorry about the carbon footprint…)

I’ve just updated the O for Awesome sidebar – here’s a brief precis of this week’s picks!!

Image of the week is actually a gallery if images I found via Coudal’s Fresh Signals Feed (my no 1 source for things awesome) and just seems to sum up to me the wonder of children’s imaginative play – check out Journey to Everywhere by Jan van Holleben

Surf’s Up is a site called The Creators Project – cool to surf around and see what other creative individuals are getting into!! Some cool music and video and interesting people!

Video of the Week is some ‘tech-cute’ can I get an awwwww? AT-AT Day Afternoon

I’m still reading a Million Miles – but the CD on rotation this week is Technicolor by The Parachute Band. A churchy one for the uninitiated but some very cool stuff if that’s your bent…

Because I’m in NZ I’ve posted http://kiwifruit-the-blog.co.nz/2010/07/a-weekend-of-rellies-and-ralli.html as my featured image – just to give a shout out for one of my longest standing bloggy friends – and the http://sizzlesays.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/i-am/ who had the revelation this week that I hope everyone who’s ever felt small gets sooner rather than later in their life!

Edited to add, I have two lots of featured images – Fi’s who has me all nostalgic for nice wines on her balcony is a bonus!! Have a great week.

Oh for Awesome!

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I have a bit of a reputation for finding and passing on interesting and amusing corners of the internet and in this new incarnation of Singular Scene I’ve created a little corner of sharing and discovery! The categories are fairly clear and I hope that as you surf these little treasures you’ll pass them on and share the love!

Oh, and if you find something you think is worth sharing here let me know I’m always keen to find other cool stuff! (And it’s totally cool if the post/image/video submitted is your own handiwork, just make that clear in the submission!)

I’ve identified 6 categories of ‘stuffs’ and here they are with the first week’s picks!

Surf’s Up – websites of note – and this week it’s the Museum of Online Museums a collection curated by Coudal Partners (worth following). I could get completely lost down a rabbit hole of surfing from museum to museum finding more cool stuff to dish up for ‘Surf’s Up’ next week!

Video of the Week – a title with little imagination but a showcase of videos from the imaginations of others… you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll gasp…. this week – best birthday ever!!

Image of the Week – equally imaginative in title – but a feast for the eyes!! This landscape looks painted… amazing

Posts of Note is all about the writing… Blog posts, articles, whatever catches my ‘virtual ear’! Keep updating, you never know when the ‘post of note’ could be one of yours!! This time it’s from the Boston Globe – the ‘right side of wrong’

Listening/Reading – I’m not much of one for writing literary reviews, or music reviews really – I like it, I may hate it but it’s always hard to qualify – these are what I’m listening to – the audiobook version of Girl who Kicked a Hornets’ Nest – and a Million Miles in a Thousand Years. Neither of which I’m deeply into enough to be able to comment… but I have to ask… if I’m listening to a book, am I still reading it???

(I should point out that the listening/reading links go to Amazon and are affiliate links. If you buy these books/cds I get a bit of a commission – not that I’m expecting ever to get anything out of these, but I thought you should know…)

So, like I said. I’m always interested in ‘what’s out there’ If you find anything you think I’d like, I’d love for you to let me know!!