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January 26, 2007
Fathers and Daughters
One hundred six balloons in a mass ascension at the Reno Balloon Race 2006. (From Coudal)
Luke Jerram, a sound artist, working with hot air balloon pilot Peter Dalby and composer Dan Jones has developed Sky Orchestra. Seven hot air balloons, each with speakers attached, take off at dawn to fly across a city. Each balloon plays a different element of the musical score creating a massive audio performance that many hundreds of people experience sub-consciously as the balloons fly over their homes
A wikipedia list of the largest historic gatherings of people for a single event. Naturally, top 5 gatherings were in India & in China
Would you pledge your virginity to your father? Colorado Springs’ Seventh Annual Father-Daughter Purity Ball
The Okalolies of Tristan da Cunha are coming. (From Exploding Aardvark)
Over 500 types of mango are featured at the International Mango Festival in Delhi
The Maldon Mud Race: 180 competitors racing through the mud of the River Blackwater at low tide. The winner wadded it for 3 mins 20 seconds. Photos on flickr. (From Welsh View)
By the way, I received quite a few emails today from readers, telling me of difficulties they have reading Growabrain with RSS feeds on NetVibes. In September, there were similar problems on Bloglines. Unfortunately, I have nothing to do with it, and have no clue of how to fix it. Sorry about that.
Instead, I’m gonna flip out like a Ninja
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Love the ninja bit. Check out this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H69eCYcDcuQ
Posted by: Jonathan Greene at Jan 26, 2007 5:53:51 PM