Five and a half years after starting MoM, we have; 1 book, 2 weddings, several MoM workshops, and over 1 000 000 unique visitors (according to our stats counter).
And this is MoM’s 1000th blog post.
Phew.
Thanks for reading, and here’s to the next 5 years.
The above image is from theFlickr acrylic balls pool. by Maido of Japan.
Smiles
Drew
On our sidebar to the left you will now find randomly selected links to awesome videos from the past.
<As our archive is old, you may encounter videos and links that are no longer working. Flag these in the comments and we will do our best to update the old links>
Strangely unique and surreal circus art from Alexander Calder. Suggested by one of our readers, Morgan Wilson.
From Wikipedia:
Alexander Calder (July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976), also known as Sandy Calder, was an American sculptor and artist most famous for inventing the mobile. In addition to mobile and stabile sculpture, Alexander Calder also created paintings, lithographs, toys, tapestry and jewelry.
Ebbinghaus Illusion – 
See the whole set of these wonderfully subversive Illusion Illusions on Flickr here.
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Learn how to surf a paper airplane on a wave of air! This is totally awesome, for like five minutes. Better than that rizla paper trick.
Break out the Vuvuzelas and check out some classic videos from our archives.
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Dan Pink talks about motivation, brought to life, and illustrated by cognitive media
The bit about “Mastery” is really relevant to jugglers and manipulators.
More at RSA animate.
This smiling old Belgian chap is absolutely obsessed with rolling balls and has been for 60 years.
The Ministry approves of this obsessive behavior.
Wow, we haven’t been hacked for almost 2 weeks, seems like normal service can resume…
Some pretty sweet new shenanigans with ball contact on other props. I like it.
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are awesome ice dancers from Canada. They are competing tonight here in Vancouver as top contenders for Olympic gold, and I’m all caught up in the excitement in my hometown.
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The title is descriptive enough. Ball size: 2.25″
Sports Science: “World Record Kick to the Groin”
“How much punishment can the human body withstand? Sports Science explores Combat Ki with the help of Rod Sacharnoski and American Gladiator Justice.”
Brings a whole *new* meaning to Ball Contact.
Warning to our gentlemen readers: Cannot be unseen.