Yearly Archives: 2014

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS2iusYcYeo

What you may need to know:

1. Young coder Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson) is selected to participate in an experiment by evaluating the human qualities of a breakthrough in artificial intelligence created by Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac).

2. This is Alex Garland’s first film as director, having previously written The Beach (2000), 28 Days Later (2002) and Sunshine (2007).

3. @1:31 – where do the batteries go?

4. The US trailer is a little more spoilerific. A little too spoilerific to be honest.

5. The next time Gleeson and Isaac will appear together will be in something called Star Wars: Episode VII. Nope – me neither.

6. Broadsheet Prognosis: Blade Runner (1982) meets Her (2013).

Release Date:  January 23, 2015.

(DelBoy is queueing for Script tickets. Mark blogs about film, TV and other stuff at WhyBother.ie)

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The 250th Le Cool Dublin cover.

By Edinburgh-based Irish illustrator and designer, Mica Warren.

Mica sez

I thought that something number based would be fitting for the 250th issue, I used that as my starting point. I’ve been reading a book about Islamic Patterns recently and the geometric grid structures that underpin them. So I thought geometry, maths, numbers, savage, I’ll have a whack at that. Using one of these grids I created the type for the cover. What’s amazing about these patterns and grid structures is that they can potentially repeat and go on forever, I would like to wish Le Cool the same kind of longevity. Happy 250th!

This week’s Le Cool Dublin issue

A chat with Mica 

Thanks Michael and Kate Le Cool

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Gatwick Airport. West Sussex, England.

Shauna ( above) writes:

How to avoid Ryanair check in fees when travelling [to Dublin] with your Halloween costume [I’m the Bride of Frankenstein]…

Touch gown.

Gown.

Fair enough.

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Of this extraordinary image, CIT Jet Propulsion Laboratory sez:

As it soared past Saturn’s large moon Titan recently, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft caught a glimpse of bright sunlight reflecting off hydrocarbon seas.Also in the image: an arrow-shaped complex of bright methane clouds hovers near Titan’s north pole. The clouds could be actively refilling the lakes with rainfall. A “bathtub ring,” or bright margin, around Kraken Mare — the sea containing the reflected sunglint — indicates that the sea was larger at some point, but evaporation has decreased its size.

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Women’s Christmas writes:

We are Women’s Christmas, featuring members of Jogging, Villagers and No Monster Club. We’re launching our debut album this Saturday at The Pop Inn, Little Britain Street.

And here’s our album, streaming in full.