In Pure Spirit

Getty is the defacto home for some of the world’s most impressive photography and video. The video below is their summary of 2011 – a video story that ranges from royal weddings, through to sports and global economic chaos. Getty say that they covered more than 8,000 news events, more than 19,000 sports events and [...]

It’s the Chinese New Year today. May the Year of the Dragon be a good one for you. Although these two dancing puppets aren’t dragons – they’re Chinese tigers – it’s still a good time to share the video. The two dancing tigers start of dancing to some traditional Chinese music but that doens’t last [...]

This video shows the amazing yoga-esq routine of Arthur Cadre. The music is by Awolnation (the track called Sail). It’s fantastic. The performance sets the bar extremely high for anyone who wants to demonstrate a supple body and ability to move to music. In Pure Spirit What did you make of the video? Impressive or [...]

Simple question – do you have an idea that would make someone more happy? If the answer is yes then World of Betters might interest you. Western Union are using the project to collect 500, pubicly voted, ideas. They’ll then pick the best 100 and give $1,000 to each. All you have to do is [...]

Amnesty International’s American branch have put together a fantastic animation to celebate it’s 50th anniversary. The animation was created by Prague’s world famous Eallin, directed by Carlos Lascano and with music from Hans Zimmer the video packs a heavy punch. In Pure Spirit Do you support Amnesty International? What do you make of their 50th [...]

Microsoft was once public enemy number one according to many of the technical people this blogger knows. It may have lost that title recently as it has become fashionable to dislike Apple, Google, banks, oil companies, lawyers, etc. That most people can agree on, though, is that since stepping back from his position at Microsoft [...]

Couples get discounts from some car insurance companies. This comes from insurance providers trying to win multi-car deals but also from the belief that you may well drive more safely in your wife’s car than, say, a company car or perhaps even your own. The Pink Pound scheme offers: Car insurance for same sex marriages [...]

I hope you’re not easily spooked because the poster below may scare you. This spooky poster visualises the awesome and destructive powers of an angry Mother Nature. This image is something to show to your friends, or strangers if necessary, if they begin to forget just how horrible and cruel reality can be. In Pure [...]

You may have seen some of the right leaning newspapers carry the news that up to 90% of the tents outside St Paul’s for the Occupy London Stock Exchange protest are empty at night. The newspapers are making the point that these protesters aren’t trying, that they don’t really care and that the tents are [...]

The clergy of St Paul’s Cathedral are split over how to handle the Occupy London Stock Exchange (#occuplylsx on Twitter) protest. Protesters outside have set up a camp and are refusing to move; they wish to see support the 99% against the corporate greed of the 1%. The cathedral has been forced to shut over [...]