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Artificial Paradise, Inc is an experimental film anticipating a future where a major corporation has developed an unique software, based on organic virtual reality, which holds all the lost memories of humankind. A user connects to this database of the forgotten…what is he searching for?

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I just put down the Watchmen; a truly ace book! To be honest I’ve never really been a comic book kinda guy, but after I saw the movie I just had to read the book.

The book evolves into several layers of complexity; each character has their background carefully illustrated as the plot thickens.

I thought to myself, if I’ve seen the movie is there any point in reading the book? The book was much better than the film adaptation and it had some real unique touches such as famous quotes to conclude chapters:

At midnight, all the agents and superhuman crew go out and round up everyone who knows more than they do” – Bob Dylan (end of chapter one)

I’m not sure if comic books and graphic novels will make a regular appearance on my syllabus, but if you’ve never taken them seriously before the Watchmen is a good place to start.

A book that truly deserves all of its accolades.

Ps. I’m going to start putting book reviews on my blog from now on. I use to leave them here, but I think its community that hasn’t quite taken off —not for me anyway.

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Pic by Gavin Watson, a masterpiece of low-light exposure balancing.

Great set of rave pictures taken by Gavin and Neville Watson. This guy seems to have been at the centre of every other significant cultural movement in recent decades.

If you like the music, Where were you in 92? by Zomby is worth a listen.

The book is on my Amazon wish list, ahem.

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I’m one of those photography geeks that has all the kit, but rarely finds time make use of it. Last weekend I visited the Tate Modern to see Bodyspacemotionthings but it wasn’t that exhibition that really inspired me.

Instead it was the contact sheets taken by Robet Frank, for his iconic book The Americans.

Every now and then you see a piece of work that simply inspires you to reach for your camera and Frank’s work definitely does this.

A must see!

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It makes a nice change to see some something interesting where a Batman poster was once hanging. Art on the Underground is a nice touch from TFL, and I have also noticed a stealthy mention of the charity Clic Sargent below the piece I saw.

Reminds me of the recent art collaborations Nero have done with the Tate Gallery.

I was surfing the web for t-shirts today, just looking and not buying. I want to print my own, there are so many Banksy tee’s available but no Binoy Varghese tee’s or any of the artists that I like.

Anyway I stumbled upon Zazzle.Com, which at first looked like any other t-shirt website, however, after some exploring I discovered the neat product zoom feature on their home page.

I haven’t seen it anywhere before, but I think it’s pretty dang cool because it eliminates the need to leave the product gallery in order to zoom in on products. I didn’t delve into how they’ve done it, probably some ajaxery at play.