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140 minutes of ambient electronica and downtempo tracks for your interstellar journeys. ∞ Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against...

Living Fields by Portico   When you sleep beside a head full of images, there is an osmosis, a certain sharing in the night. So he thought. He thought a lot then; more than he ever had, perhaps. Or...

This was an incredible novel given to me by NoDayWithoutArt for Xmas. Téa Obreht deftly intertwines storylines across various times, and weaves a mesmerizing blend of magical realism from rustic baltic...

Matt Mason holds nothing back in his book 'The Pirate's Dilemma'. It's a fantastic read, and his perspective is uniquely cyrstalline; effortlessly tying points together while giving historical context to bring...

I've been thinking about the war a lot recently, and I think I've decided it's wrong. We are defeating ourselves in waging it, will destroy ourselves by winning it. All our statistics and assumptions mean...

Thailand Our journey to Thailand and the island of Ko Lanta Yai began with an epic ocean border crossing from Northern Malaysia. After hunting down directions to the immigration port building, we hit what...

Excerpt from the Foreward of Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley - (1966) The people who govern the Brave New World may not be sane (in what may be called the absolute sense of the word); but they are not...

The Fairy Reel  - Neil Gaiman ---- If I were young as once I was, and dreams and death more distant then, I wouldn't split my soul in two, and keep half in the world of men, So half of me...

Excerpts from American Gods, by Neil Gaiman ----- "Gods die. And when they truly die they are unmourned and unremembered. Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed, in the...

So welcome to Georgetown! A multi-cultural city set in the northern Malaysian state of Penang. It was through these streets that I enjoyed dashing through in the rain; seeking shelter for myself and the...