Awesome stuff you see on the internet
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<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://thetruesize.com/'>http://thetruesize.com/</a><br><br>Interactive map showing the true size of a country without Mercator generated polar inconsistencies<br><br>eg<br><br><br><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/COYTxMJW8AAbz9M.mp4'>https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/COYTxMJW8AAbz9M.mp4</a>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Hooroo" data-cid="515637" data-time="1442195347">
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<p>I still don't know who it is!!! (Even witht he spoilered initials)</p>
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<p>What he said. </p>
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<p>Can those cool ids who know please share with us dweebs? Ta</p> -
<p>Try this for the answer (I have done a short URL so it isn't spolied in the link)</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://goo.gl/LqJ8XZ'>https://goo.gl/LqJ8XZ</a></p> -
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<p>Wow that's a bijoux desk for a guy like him. Here's what he used for mixing <strong>DSOTM:</strong></p>
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<p><img src="http://www.premierguitar.com/ext/resources/archives/b4bb5844-944c-4b8d-9623-876f251957ca.JPG" alt="b4bb5844-944c-4b8d-9623-876f251957ca.JPG"></p>
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<p>I'm lost like Hooroo, but am guessing that is Dark Side of the Moon?</p> -
<p>'Nickcole" obviously not descended from rocket scientists <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/72202242/florida-woman-had-3700-weapons-with-blades-in-house-terrified-neighbours'>http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/72202242/florida-woman-had-3700-weapons-with-blades-in-house-terrified-neighbours</a></p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="jegga" data-cid="516658" data-time="1442551516">
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<p>'Nickcole" obviously not descended from rocket scientists <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/72202242/florida-woman-had-3700-weapons-with-blades-in-house-terrified-neighbours'>http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/72202242/florida-woman-had-3700-weapons-with-blades-in-house-terrified-neighbours</a></p>
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<p>Is she the one on Orange is the new Black?</p> -
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<p>I'm lost like Hooroo, but am guessing that is Dark Side of the Moon?</p>
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<p>Yep. Alan Parsons was the engineer on it. Back in those days he actually had to make a lot of the equipment he used from scratch and invented a lot of the doubletracking techniques that became commonplace.</p>
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<p>Nowadays when digital production and engineering tools are commonplace it's probably hard for anyone who wasn't around back in 1973 to realise how groundbreaking DSOTM was. It was apparently bloody hard to make, and the effects were, for back then, mindblowing.</p>
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<p>My mate's dad got it for himself for his birthday but he wasn't allowed to play it through his speakers as the noise upset his wife. So the first time I heard it was at their place and was also the first time I'd even seen a pair of headphones. It's probably not stretching things to say listening to that LP on those headphones changed my life.</p> -
<p>gollum - that was fucking gold. Old school comedy. Can't like it as I've run out of likes.</p>
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<p>JK - awesome. Love those retrospective moments where you can put your finger on something and say "yep, that was the thing. Right fucking <em>there!</em>"</p>
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<p>My contribution for the evening:</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/donald-trump-announces-asktrump-qanda-on-twitter-backfires-spectacularly/story-fnjwnhzf-1227538837451'>http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/donald-trump-announces-asktrump-qanda-on-twitter-backfires-spectacularly/story-fnjwnhzf-1227538837451</a></p>
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<p>Donald Trump goes on a Q&A session on twitter, and the public deliver some gold. You really have to click through, and I'm sure there are many more.</p> -
<p>Also, this. This is fucking awesome:</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-advice/mitch-kyle-explores-spain-through-an-800km-trek/story-fnndib5x-1227539261459'>http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-advice/mitch-kyle-explores-spain-through-an-800km-trek/story-fnndib5x-1227539261459</a></p>
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<p>Some nice photos, but basically this guy said "fuck it, I'm going the Camino</p>
<p></p><p></p><blockquote class="ipsBlockquote"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:rgb(41,41,41);font-family:'Unit Slab Pro Bold', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Mitch Kyle explores Spain through an 800km trek</span></span>
<p>WITH nothing but a small backpack and sleeping bag, Mitch Kyle embarked on an 800-kilometre journey that would change his life forever.</p>
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<div>The remedial masseur from Mooroopna decided to ditch his job and make a spontaneous decision to trek Spainâ€
s Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route for three months instead.</div>
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<div>With no preparation except a new pair of shoes, Mr Kyle walked about 40 kilometres a day for 20 days, only eating one main meal every 24 hours.</div>
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<div>“I did it on my own and it wasnâ€t a race — it was the journey I was enjoying,†he said.</div>
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<div>During his trek he stopped at small villages where chickens, cows and dogs would be trotting through the dirt.</div>
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<div>As Mr Kyle ventured closer, Spanish children would greet him excitedly, asking him questions about where he had been and where he was going.</div>
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<div>He would be handed bags of peaches and bananas grown around houses that had washing hanging from the windows.</div>
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<div>“It was like something out of a movie,†Mr Kyle said.</div>
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<div>The trek reminded him that people often forgot to appreciate the little things and Mr Kyle was surprised to find there were people living on the trail as fulltime pilgrims.</div>
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<div>“You think itâ€s just a walk you do before going back to your own life but seeing these people and the way it changed their lives changes your own,†he said.</div>
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<div>“Iâ€m a lot more open-minded and my perspective now is to try and stay positive with everything.</div>
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<div>“You realise when youâ€re walking that all your little problems in normal day-to-day life donâ€t matter.</div>
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<div>“Once youâ€re out there thinking about the things you were worried about you realise none of it really matters and the small things in our life are not worth stressing about.â€</div>
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<div>Mr Kyle said the trek tested him beyond the rough sleep-outs and agonising blisters.</div>
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<div>“Itâ€s 95 per cent about your mentality — your body just adapts physically but your mind has to overcome everything,†he said.</div>
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<div>“The challenges are minimal when you are in the right mind frame.</div>
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<div>“I just had to believe in myself and stay positive.â€</div>
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<div>While the journey Mr Kyle embarked on was impulsive, he said he had no regrets.</div>
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<div>He has walked through amazing villages and has immersed himself in authentic Spanish culture.</div>
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<div>He has even made friends for life after sharing just one day of his journey with them.</div>
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<div>Despite doing the trek on his own and often in 35 degree heat, Mr Kyleâ€s sanity was never compromised.</div>
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<div>The rolling green hills and the characters he met were enough to keep him going in a place where people were often disconnected from technology.</div>
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<div>While Mr Kyle did carry a mobile phone, he did not often use it and he plans to leave it at home when he conquers the trail again in the future.</div>
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<div>Mr Kyle did the trek the “French way†by walking through Basque Country, the Meseta and the Galicia.</div>
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<div>The Camino Frances route is the most popular in North-West Spain and starts in St Jean Pied de Port in France before finishing in Santiago.</div>
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<div>Mr Kyle said a lot of people would not complete the trek for years.</div>
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<div>“Some would do the first part one year and come back the next year to do the next part,†he said.</div>
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<p>Nick, at the film festival the other week I went to a movie about exactly that. It was called "Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago". It was a gentle doco talking to people along the paths about why they chose to do it, and it's surprising how many of them did it basically on impulse. Anyway if you like that sort of thing it's very beautifully shot and a pleasant way to spend a couple of hours, though I did find myself thinking I'd prefer to do it on a mountain bike because those feet sure looked sore.</p>
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<p>With thanks to: <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.facebook.com/therealcrediblehulk?fref=photo'>https://www.facebook.com/therealcrediblehulk?fref=photo</a> for some sanity in your Facebook feed.</p> -
<p>New York Times obituary<span><b><i>.</i></b></span></p>
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<p><em><strong><span style="font-size:24px;"><span style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/24/sports/baseball/yogi-berra-dies-at-90-yankees-baseball-catcher.html?_r=0'>Yogi Berra Dies at 90</a></span></span></strong></em></p> -
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<p>New York Times obituary<b><i>.</i></b></p>
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<p><em><strong><span style="font-size:24px;"><span style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/24/sports/baseball/yogi-berra-dies-at-90-yankees-baseball-catcher.html?_r=0'>Yogi Berra Dies at 90</a></span></span></strong></em></p>
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<p>only in America...oh hang on!</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="JC" data-cid="518543" data-time="1442875972"><p>Yep. Alan Parsons was the engineer on it. Back in those days he actually had to make a lot of the equipment he used from scratch and invented a lot of the doubletracking techniques that became commonplace.<br><br>
Nowadays when digital production and engineering tools are commonplace it's probably hard for anyone who wasn't around back in 1973 to realise how groundbreaking DSOTM was. It was apparently bloody hard to make, and the effects were, for back then, mindblowing.<br><br>
My mate's dad got it for himself for his birthday but he wasn't allowed to play it through his speakers as the noise upset his wife. So the first time I heard it was at their place and was also the first time I'd even seen a pair of headphones. It's probably not stretching things to say listening to that LP on those headphones changed my life.</p></blockquote>
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Some of the pioneering sound engineering stuff being done in those days with anologue equipment and tape loops etc was really clever. I also remember being blown away by DSOTM when I was just getting into my teens and used to babysit for a cousin of mine when she and her husband used to be playing in gigs. They had a great record collection and a kick ass stereo. Best still was that their kid had grown up with loud music and it didn't wake her. <br>
Not sure what the neighbours thought about it though. <br>
If you want to hear some incredible production that predates DSOTM put some good headphones on and listen to Marvin Gaye's What's Going On. That double tracked vocal in the title track (although accidental to start with) is still an unrivalled masterpiece.
