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This is the blog of Angus Kingston.

I am a media producer and previously I was a sound engineer/ producer in broadcast media in Australia. Currently I’m working in online.

I am a father of two boys, bicycle nut, and live in Adelaide, South Australia.

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The Bowie rumour at the BDO is still alive!

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http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertianment/bdo/2009/09/29/1253989901891.html

..and any excuse to post this picture again. It's a great story that Michael posted on the blog after I posted this picture.

 

How the Bowie photo came about–My brother, Ron, was Director of Publicity for Mercury Records. They were having trouble breaking David Bowie in the U.S. Ron arranged for Bowie to do a promo/press tour. The flight from London arrived at Dulles Airport outside of D.C. I was a music columns for the Washington Star/ I had written about David in 1968 based on his success in the UK. So…his first stop was DC/Maryland and my parents picked up Bowie and my brother at the airport. Ron had flown in from Chicago (where Mercury was headquartered at the time).

 

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Posted 2 months ago

Someone thought it funny to F*#k with the Windows7 party ad

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Too funny! 

 

(created by @fraserspeirs)

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Posted 2 months ago

'Where the Wild Things Are' soundtrack cover artwork!

via spin.com

All right! Only 2 weeks to go.

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Posted 2 months ago

DIY into space!

via space.1337arts.com

These two MIT students got a cheap camera, a styrofoam beer cooler and a balloon, launched it into the upper atmosphere. The camera took pics every 5 minutes.

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Posted 2 months ago

Matthew Sweet: legofriend
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I spend a lot of time using Flickr and this Lego character gag is wearing me a bit thin... but as a big fan of this album, Girlfriend by Matthew Sweet, I did actually laugh.

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Posted 2 months ago

Learning to ride a bike: no more training wheels for the kids

via alaskabikeblog.blogspot.com

This is a very cool invention. Training wheels are my bugbear. Toby won't ride if he didn't have them and refuses to take them off before his is 5 (some kind of kid mandatory age thing he got into his head).

Training wheels are good because kids can get going on a bike but bad, as the woman in this video says, for teaching bad - and lazy - habits.

This invention is a high stability front wheel that has a battery powered rotor in it that spins against the wheel's balance to hold it upright. Eventually it will fall.

(via Bicycles and Icicles via@bicycletutor)

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Posted 2 months ago

A Heads-Up GPS Display For Cyclists

via gizmodo.com

MY brother sent me this.

How safe can this be?

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Posted 2 months ago

NYC’s cycletrack on steroids

via bikeportland.org

Portland, OR leads the US when it comes to most things cycling and city related but bikeportland.org reports on NYC new bikeways. Totally protected in the middle of major roads. As the post says "they are really pushing the envelope"

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Posted 2 months ago

Barbie with a Whip | Altered Barbie exhibition. Barbie turns 50 & turns it on!

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My mother-in-law is in San Francisco at the end of a month long round the world trip. On gchat today she said she was off to the 'Altered Barbie' exhibition'. This was an invitation to Google I couldn't resist - and the results were fun.

Barbie is turning 50 this year and at 50 she is having a late mid life crisis and finding her real self (and her nipples) with the help of some artists who:

who reuse everything to make Barbie and Ken into recycled and re-usable art; including mixed-media, painting, printmaking, photography, quilts, fashion, poetry & 3D Barbie's, with video, performance and film! Over 100 artists showcase their eco-friendly ken and Barbie art.



and a little video that explains more about the 7th Annual Altered Barbie Exhibition.

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Posted 2 months ago

Finally a response to one Australian boy's contribution to the space race.

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I posted this a few weeks ago. I just happened across it on the the Lifeasdaddy blog. Some people commented on it as such a nice story but yesterday on ABC Radio's PM program there was a story on how the Woomera [top] rocket scientists have responsed to Denis Cox 52 years later.

There is a transcript of the story there or you can listen:

 

 

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Posted 2 months ago