mountain masala

new mac? ooh yes!

about to get insurance payment for a new mac (advice - don't fry this at home...)

mr jobs making announcements this week...

great timing for me!

art galleries & installations

i've created a 'galleries and installations' collection in my Flickr photos and added a few from the recent trip. since i'm researching this stuff, i thought i'd better make it easier to refer back, plus give viewers a way to browse the world of art through dodgy low-res images!

galleries & installations

a few more to upload from my many travels...

Media in the lives of 8 - 18 year olds

Researchers have finally measured multi-tasking and found that it exists...

Generation M²: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds is the third in a US series of large-scale, nationally representative surveys by the Kaiser Foundation about young people’s media use.  The report is based on a survey conducted between October 2008 and May 2009. 

A national survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that with technology allowing nearly 24-hour media access as children and teens go about their daily lives, the amount of time young people spend with entertainment media has risen dramatically, especially among minority youth.  Today, 8-18 year-olds devote an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes (7:38) to using entertainment media across a typical day (more than 53 hours a week).  And because they spend so much of that time 'media multitasking' (using more than one medium at a time), they actually manage to pack a total of 10 hours and 45 minutes (10:45) worth of media content into those 7½ hours.

Find out more and download the report here.

great news!

the twins got their uni offers today. Ellen got into a B.Mus at Adelaide Uni to study jazz drumming, and Grace to do B. Visual Arts at Uni SA. Both very happy. And so are we.

New West Records Sampler

New West Records has a free 12 song sampler album from its 2009 catalogue.

Artists on the album include Steve Earle, Buddy & julie Miller, Ian Hunter, Ben Lee and the Drive-By Truckers.

To get the album, visit their website and join their mailing list or sign up to follow them on Twitter.

looping bobblehead jesus

i just discovered that i'd registered for muddy river media at some stage - free video loops and images.

muddy river media is the project of mark and melissa fogarty of nova scotia, canada.

i really like the bobblehead jesus loop.