Yearly Archives: 2013

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What you may need to know.

1. Here’s the first clip from a new Irish film from the guy who made Kisses (2008), Lance Daly.

2. Life’s A Breeze stars Pat Shortt and Fionnuala Flanagan. They were both in The Guard (2011), but never shared a scene.

3. After that unforgettable nude scene in Garage (2007), Pat just can’t keep his clothes on onscreen. He’s our McConaughey.

4. Pat’s in Calvary (2013), the next one from Guard writer/director John Micheal McDonagh.

5. Fionnuala Flanagan is a right and proper Irish screen legend; she’s starred alongside Jim Carrey (twice), Bruce Willis and Mark Wahlberg, has been in Star Trek (Enterprise, Deep Space Nine and Next Gen), Lost, Murder She Wrote, Columbo, Kojak AND Bonanza.

6. Designated Gleeson: Life’s A Breeze co-stars Brian Gleeson, AKA Hughie Power (from season 1 of Love/Hate).

7. Broadsheet Prognosis: We’re there, as long as Pat keeps his bottoms on.

Release Date: TBC

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Behold: The MYO armband from Thalmic Labs. The device uses six-axis and muscle activity sensors to allow users to control electronic devices with hand and arm gestures. The device connects via Bluetooth 4.0 to OSX and Windows with iOS and Android versions in development.

Available to pre-order for $150+shipping here.

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You know you shouldn’t.

We have one, yes just ONE, box of Irish-made food-based board game Smorgasboard to give away.

Cooked up in Hasbro, Co Waterford city, Smorgasboard is the perfect mealtime diversion for couples/families that have literally run out of things to say to each other all ages.

To enter…

The Fourth Annual Great Irish Foodie Quiz will take place on Thursday, March 7 from 7.30pm in The Circle Club of the Bord Gais Theatre. Entry costs €100 for a team of four with all proceeds going to Down Syndrome Ireland. Pre-Booking (essential) here.

Team names already booked include My Little Pony Burgers, Gastronomicon and A Flock of Budgies

Unless you can do better.

Lines close at 1.45pm  2.15pm.

The team name judged finest takes the ‘Smorgasboard’. Winner announced in comments.

Smorgasbord.

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The Delgany Inn, Delgany, Co Wicklow, 1971.

They might have waited for the rain to ‘lift’ and supplied the male model an undergarment to avoid unnecessary ‘pure wool’ chafing.

 

Other than that.

Good times.

Previously: The Aran Safari Jacket

Via Brand New Retro

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UCLA graduate Mark Nelson’s multi-award winning MFA thesis project concerns a group of misfits in Leeds during World War 1 who must overcome their deficiencies to save Blighty and the world.

At nineteen minutes, it’s pretty long for a ‘short’ but still worth a full-screening.

Tally-ho.

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Sido writes:

Reading between the lines the Italian population voted against Draghi’s Austerity. The really weird thing is the notion that you can choose a government with balls.

 

Italy Votes Against Austerity Leaving EU In Turmoil (Guardian)

ECB Bond Plan In Jeopardy As Italy’s Voters Reject Conditions (Telegraph)

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