For your festive pleasure, the dark Yule stylings of Christopher Lee‘s Christmas Metal single – released to celebrate his 90th birthday.
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The weakest part of iOS are Apple’s own apps bundled in with it.
When so much effort is put into pretty much every other aspect of iOS the apps only seem to get a cursory look. This has resulted in a host of apps that aim to replace the default apps.
My Artists by Oisin Prendiville is one such app, being his interpretation of the music player. On top of playing the music stored on your device, it will also pull information about the bands from the net giving you detailed bios as well as letting you buy their back-catalogue in app.
But playing your existing music just doesn’t cut it in today’s world of online music discovery. By leveraging last.fm, the app can suggest and play music you may like as well as create a customised iTunes Store based on your tastes.
It was €2.69 but the latest version is free so there’s no excuse for not trying it out.
My Artists is available now on the Apple App Store.
Do you have an Irish app? Broadsheet@broadsheet.ie
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The Calvin and Hobbes Search Engine, created by Michael Yingling (the site isn’t actually Bing-powered. ‘Bing’ is Yingling’s nickname. Is the thing), will link to all the strips containing the search term you input, including summary, release date and the publications they appeared in.
Get your small boy and stuffed tiger on here.
One of a limited edition of 50 typographic sets based on the Champion (Lightweight) Gothic font, created by Sutherland at Hat Trick Design in the UK. (the King is 5cm tall, the pawns, 3cm)
Each set costs £275 (plus £22 P+P)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__gxog_3xcQ
Kermit sings ‘It’s Not Easy Being Green’ with Cee Lo Green on The Voice.
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The culmination of street artist ROA‘s recent visit to Johannesburg, photographed by Martha Cooper.
Giant monochrome animals are his thing.
The official Nerdist video for the perky Do It Anyway from The Sounds Of The Life Of The Mind album, directed by Phil Hodges, exec produced by Chris Hardwick and Lisa Henson and featuring the denizens of Fraggle Rock.
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STATE INVESTMENT of about €200 million along with matching funds from private telecom companies will be required as part of a national broadband plan to be launched today.
The plan will be focused on smaller urban centres and rural areas. More than 40 per cent of Irish homes already have access to very fast broadband – but they are centred in the major urban areas.
State aid clearance by the European Commission will almost certainly be required, in order to guarantee that public funds are not substituting for potential private sector investment.
Quick! Spend it before they tell us we can’t afford it.
State investment of €200m required for broadband plan (Deaglán de Bréadún, Irish Times)
(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)
They’re slightly less scary this way.
Previously: Synchronised Swimming The Wrong Way Up