Symphonic flash mobs

I think they're amongst the most impressive of flash mobs. Do you have any idea how hard it is to lug around a harp or a double bass? Let alone timpani. Yet here the performers appear out of no where with their heavy instruments, enchant their audience and disappear into the crowd.

This one is my personal favourite: the Copenhagen Philharmonic perform as a flash mob in Copenhagen Central Station.




And here, a performance of Symphony No.9 (Beethoven)





A little closer to home: the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra perform with guitarist Justin Firefly Clarke.

Five for Friday no. 34

The 2012 London Paralympics have begun!  Full coverage is on the ABC. See the program online. I watched some of the basketball this morning and it is incredible!

Starting next Wednesday is the annual Brisbane Writers Festival. Check out the full program.

The Campus Satorialist. The style and fashion of over 40 different universities world wide. I suspect none of our Qld unis are going to appear very much. 

Image courtesy of The Campus Satorialist. 

An amazing trick for separating eggs.

Rich Kids of Instagram. Voyeuristic and annoying. Much like reality TV. 

 Image courtesy of Rich Kids of Instagram.

This video will change your life.

This might be one of the most amazing videos I have ever seen.

How to fold a fitted sheet. It takes a while to get the hang of it, but it is a skill you will treasure for the rest of your life. Thanks to this video I am now a master folder of fitted-sheets.



Watch it. It'll change your life. 

The silliest tax in the land

Day 2 of the Carbon Tax and already there are no words. Or maybe it's just that all the sensible ones have been used up.

Anyway, I'm not going to attempt intelligent political commentary. I just want an excuse to lead you to this video of Federal MP Craig Emerson's song and dance response to a question of Carbon Tax. And I mean that literally.