Author Archives: Niall Murphy

Pixar, or latterly Disney Pixar, is not known for its false-starts (no, not even Cars). But John Lasseter and his team aren’t too conceited to admit failure on the rare occasion they encounter it.

Here then, is a gallery of images from the abandoned amphibian rom-com Newt.

Would we have brought the kids? Of course we would. And by all accounts we’d have been terribly disappointed.

 


Do you work for Anglo Irish Bank? Is it 2006? Right well, you’ll be wanting one of Group Harrington’s range of half-scale classic car replicas for young Oisín.

From the e-type Jag to the Willy’s Jeep to the Bugatti T35: fully customisable with disk brakes, electronic ignition, working horn and lights, leather interior and a set of keys. Engines from 50cc to race kart spec.

Prices yet to be announced but, really, if you have to ask…

Wasted much time on the Tipp-ex interactive viral ad lately? Well, we have.

Apparently there are 50 possible outcomes. This guy has found (and categorised) thirty-nine so far, and he’s requesting help to isolate the remaining eleven.

How hard can it be? They’re just verbs.

(NB: ‘A hunter f**ks a bear’ has already been done. So we’re out of ideas.)

Hay fever: up close, personal and alarmingly spiky.

From the Telegraph’s amazing slideshow of scanning electron microscope images of pollen grains, captured by Swiss scientist Martin Oeggerli.

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The pool at the San Alfonso del Mar in Algarrobo, Chile is a statistician’s dream. Designed by Crystal Lagoons Corporation, it took five years and nearly a billion dollars to build*. The annual maintenance bill? $2 million.

It is more than 1,000 yards long, covers 20 acres, has a 115 ft deep end and holds 66 million gallons of water.  The pool is so large that resort guests use kayaks and small boats to move around. A computer controlled filtration system is used to keep fresh seawater in the pool. Seawater is taken in at one end of the pool and then pumped out at the other.

[UPDATE: Apparently, it cost $3.5 billion, or 0.05 Anglos to build. Thanks for that, Oreally. Really.]

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owP3cHrp3b0

Japanese students show off their discipline and co-ordination.

Like Irish students, only with discipline and co-ordination.