Last week, it was reported three men had been expelled from Saudi Arabia for being too handsome.
Now one of those three has been allegedly revealed as Omar Borkan Al Gala (above).
We are currently awaiting Bodger’s verdict.
In the meantime, YOU decide.
Saudi Arabia deports ‘irresistible’ men deemed ‘too handsome’ to women (Daily Telegraph)
We like to binge.
Fancy.
Inforgraphic by Dublin-based digital marketing strategists, eightytwenty, whose Luke Abbott writes:
We put together this infographic on how social media is used in Ireland. It covers the big ones Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Youtube and includes the not so big ones Google+ and Instagram…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlF4X2OFtSc&feature=youtu.be
Your surplus ‘sraith pictuiri’ problems solved.
Laura Gaynor writes:
I’m a leaving cert student from Sligo. As part of the Irish oral exam all students in both honours and pass have to learn 20 picture stories (or sraith pictuiri) They change every year and serve no purpose once the orals finish this week. I’ve made a video about nine fun things to do with your sraiths – I’d love if you’d check it out!
Previously: Laura At The EU Presidency
Minister of State for Disability and Equality, Kathleen Lynch and Enda Kenny getting punked by Micheal Dunleary, the taoiseach’s ‘Job Shadow for a day’, in government buildings today.
The Job shadow initiative gives people with disabilities a chance to “follow and learn” the job of a government minister/taoiseach for a work day.
Michael got this trick off Phil Hogan.
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
*throws pencil*
The May issue of An Phoblacht, on sale tomorrow.
Thanks Mark Moloney
A telly ad applauding the 350,000 mugs people who have downloaded the AIB app.
Made entirely with an iPhone 5!
The ad was shot entirely with an iPhone 5. “It was a big decision to shoot the ads on the iPhone. But once we did some preliminary tests, we knew that they were able to deliver high quality footage,” Damian Hanley, creative director at Irish ad agency Rothco, the creator of the ad.
Damn hipster spendthrifts.
Music; Delorentos ‘Petardu’.
This TV AD Was Shot On An iPhone (Mashable)
Thanks Owen Derby
Courtesy of the UK’s National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH), arrives this report from December 2011, which comprehensively contradicts what those in the pro-life camp would like us to believe.
Namely that the mental health outcome for a woman (with an unplannned pregnancy) who has an abortion is worse than for the woman who chooses to have a baby.
The outcomes, according to the study, are the same.
In fact, It lists stigma, the need for secrecy and lack of social support among the contributing factors in a “negative post-abortion outcome”.
The report’s recommendations state:
“it is important to consider the need for support and care for all women who have an unwanted pregnancy, because the risk of mental health problems increases whatever the pregnancy outcome”.
Hat tip: Susan Mitchell
Download here (2MB, PDF)
Brief report overviewContinue reading →
Realistic fluid dynamics (CG water with accurate physics that doesn’t look fake or require massive processing power to render) is a bit of a black art.
Enter game developer PhysXInfo with its ‘position based fluids’ software. The impressive demo here is powered by a single, far from state-of-the-art GTX 580 graphics card.
(Hat tip: Andy Sheridan)
