Upstart Blogger is having a bit of a linking contest. Any links to this post right here will enter the ‘linker’ into a ‘hat’ drawing for a new MacBook Air.  Now, while I’d just as soon keep keep the field small, this is too cool not to spread around. If you’ve got a page or blog, post!

To get the Mac Book Air simply link to Upstart Blogger and leave a comment below so I can record all the participating links in one place. At the end of May I will put the names of all those of you who link to me into a hat, draw one out and send the lucky winner a shiny new Mac Book Air.

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I couldn’t play a tune on any piano but with a thing of such beauty like this sitting in your living room who would care.

Cred: ectoplasmosis

  Amazing. While this kind of equipment has limitations (size of tree, inclines, rough terrain) it’s still a fabulous example of tech ingenuity.

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Thanks to Garry over at the Winextra Forums. If you’re one of those people, give yourself a second to get over any issues you have with half-naked men touching each other, then sit back in awe of the absolute power of these performers.

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5.1 sweetness

but at $850.00 USD I seriously doubt these KEF KHT1005.2 Series speakers will be gracing my office anytime soon.

Cred: SlipperyBrick

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As some-one who studied art all through school and was accepted into art college in my younger years (but decided to hitch-hike across Canada instead - but that’s another story) my jaw dropped in total admiration with I saw the piece art shown below in a post this morning

So what you say .. it looks okay. Well how about the fact that it was done with nothing more that a blue BiC pen.

Original Artist: Juan Francisco Casas

Cred: Boing Boing

If you could write a story but only if you used a 100 words - no less - no more what do you think you would come up with?

Hide and Seek

There was a sound, a loud banging at the bedroom door, as though someone was closing a car door in quick succession, over and over, and screaming, ‘Mary! Mary! Open up you fucking bitch!’
Mary didn’t open the door. She was too busy trying to hide her feet under the skirts of her long evening gowns. It was like hide and seek, only when she was a kid her nose wasn’t pissing out blood, and she wouldn’t end up dead if the seeker found her hiding place.
There was a sound, like the crash of a door being forced open.

An incredible tumblr blog by Melissah Burt .. hauntingly hypnotic and definitely not for those who don’t like questionable writing style or content.

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I don’t care if I live in the city. I’ll keep the bastard in my room.

From College Slackers

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  A German boss of a small office fired three "trouble makers" who were causing disruptions by complaining about the other employees smoking on the job.

   "I can’t be bothered with trouble-makers,". "We’re on the phone all the time and it’s just easier to work while smoking. Everyone picks on smokers these days. It’s time for revenge. I’m only going to hire smokers from now on."

Preach on, Brother.

Found: Reuters

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This was put on one of my profile pages on another web site and I liked it so much I just had to share!  Andy Mckee is one talented individual and if there were more people in the world like this guy, our world would be full of music just for the sake of making music!

He’s a 28 year old genius!  Andy is a fingerstyle guitarist and he grew up in Kansas. He’s got a really cool web site that can be linked by the above reference to his name. 

I hope you enjoy this as much as I did!

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