Yearly Archives: 2014

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Alan writes:

“I found a Galaxy S4 (above) on the 5:15 Westport to Heuston train this morning. It’s in an OtterBox case. It most likely belongs to a cyclist chap who got off the train at Newbridge [Co Kildare. I’ve left it with customer service in Heuston. Apologies for blurry photo…”

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Animator Tyler Hurd sez:

BUTTS is a profound 3D animated cartoon about anxiety, depression, and lending a hand to those in need. Perhaps the most important film of the decade, ‘BUTTS’ is a reminder that no matter how strange something may seem, people can still make a difference in their own unique and beautiful way.” I worked on this on and off in my spare time over the past 18 months. I handled everything visual, and I had help with sound. It’s my most profound and stupid work to date.

You may or may not be reminded of this little beauty.

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More at language site Babbel, what sez:

German nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives are like lego bricks; you can stick them together in almost any way to create new words that encapsulate new concepts [ie. Stinktier – stink animal (skunk) or Schnabeltier – beak animal (platypus)]. This gives the language a special ability to name just about anything. You could call it the German language’s lego brick-like quality, or Legosteineigenschaft…

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