Dr Lara Dungan, above, will be hosting a welcome seasonal science series ‘Science is Everywhere’ from 6-7pm on New Years Eve AND New Years Day on Newstalk 106108fm.
Catherine (from the show’s makers Athena Media) sez:
Science is Everywhere seeks to provoke curiosity and unpack the science in everyday life and answer questions like ‘how in a country with so much rain can we have a problem with clean water? Each episode is driven by questions and scientific experiments which seek to answer those questions like Professor Shane Bergin at Trinity College Dublin who uses his laboratory to demonstrate why the doppler effect can explain both the expanding universe and the redness of Rudolf’s nose…
Using data from Pumps.ie, it lets you know the price of petrol and diesel as well as the services available in stations close to your current location.
It also lets you save your favourite so you don’t have to go searching for them.
It’s available now on the Windows Phone App Store for free (and with a promise of no ads or in-app purchases in the future).
For iOS and Android users, there are existing apps (by other developers) available on the Apple App Store and Google Play.
Every year, British artist and engineer Simon Beck embarks on a large scale art project – tromping through the pristine snow near his home at Les Arcs ski resort in France – creating elaborate geometric patterns much to the delight of ski-lift passengers dangling nearby.
A new winter season approaches. This sequence of photographs was taken earlier this year before the snow melted.
Today’s XKCD is a little bit of nostaliga for an undocumented feature in a Windows product. But for Colin Birge, it reminded him of the woman who talked to Clippy.
What a lot of people didn’t realize was that Clippy, by default, sent anything you asked it to Microsoft, anonymized.
No cash, favours, ‘six packs’, etc were given for this post other than the prize.
Update:
Runners up:
Monkeyman:“Please send a case of McGargles to my daughters granny Eileen (mother in law) because she will be unbearable on christmas day without a fiery brew to cancel out her bitter but well rounded ‘charm’.”
J:“Please send a case of McGargles to my better half, because he really is that. He does the all the early morning shifts and bedtime routine with our cracked in the head toddler, plus he’ll need something to numb the pain while he’s been used as a toddler climbing frame.”
FergusMc:“Please send a case of McGargles to Carrie from Homeland because she is a complete gimp. I’m glad I got that off my chest.”
Thirsty: “Please send a case of McGargles to my sister Sarah because she’ll be home to Dublin from New York next week for her wedding and part of our ploy to get herself and her husband to be to move back permanently is to convince them that Irish beer really can compete with the offering in the US!”
Winner:
Dangerfield: “Please send a case of McGargles to my brother’s husband because he used to drink swill but since they moved to Canada he’s moved onto craft beers so he needs something locally brewed to keep his thirst quenched while he’s home for the holliers and dealing with his gaggle of crazy sisters.”
A short by South Korean animator Hyunji Lim, who sez of it:
As society evolved, the mandatory amount of stress people had to receive increased immensely. Modern people are vulnerable to mental problems. Regardless of age or gender, anyone can suffer from a mental illness and not be aware of it. However, people are unsure if they have a mental illness and also the symptoms sent by their mind. That is why people nowadays are constantly suffering from their mental illnesses without even realizing it.
The characters represent each metal illness and show us their symptoms. Someone may find his figure through the characters. I hope that my characters paved the way to look after your tears.
