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A spectacular close up of a Fiery Throated Hummingbird taken by Canadian photographer Jess Findlay in the Talamanca Mountains of Costa Rica.Sez he:

Several of these hummingbirds were visiting a nectar feeder. As they fed hungrily, often quarrelling with one another, occasionally one would get displaced onto a nearby branch. I waited by the branch for a couple hours, staying very still. I used a telephoto lens with a special attachment that allowed me to focus on close subjects. What made this a challenge was how fidgety these birds can be and the fact that the full spectrum of colour is only seen when they pause at a very specific angle.

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YouTuber pannenkoek2012 found what was thought to have been the last coin in Super Mario 64 in 2014, to great rejoicing from hackers and programmers obsessed with unravelling the twenty-year-old game’s secrets.

Or did he?

Allegra Frank from Polygon writes:

Somewhere in the enlarged version of the Tiny-Huge Island course lies a line of just four coins. That’s unlike the rest of the game’s rows of five coins, writes pannenkoek12 (on his second account, UncommentatedPannen). The reason for this? The invisible fifth coin spawns and gets stuck approximately “49 units below the ground.”

The whys and hows of this truly impossible coin are explained in exhaustive detail over the course of the nine-minute video. Some of this will go over the heads of any who’s never studied game design or programming, and it’s not quite as fun of a watch for the rest of us without pannenkoek2012’s trademark vocal stylings. The dedication that he has to the ins and outs of Super Mario 64 is pretty remarkable either way, though — and completionists now have another reason to dive back into the game.

Alright, so.

*blows on cartridge*

Polygon

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Elephants and rhinos at Dublin Zoo ahead of the zoo’s ‘Spooktacular Boo at The Zoo’ on Monday.

Cormac Coughlan, of Dublin Zoo, writes:

Dublin Zoo has announced a line-up of activities taking place next Monday, 31st October. From 12–4pm, visitors are invited to take part in an unmissable afternoon which will include a creepy animal trail, festive keeper talks as well as Halloween-themed arts and crafts!

Face painters will also be on hand to transform trick or treaters into friendly or scary Halloween characters for the annual monster-themed disco on the Great Lawn. What’s more, children who come to the Zoo dressed in costume get in for half price.

Spooktacular Boo At The Zoo (Dublin Zoo)

This morning.

At the Ashling Hotel in Dublin.

Spoken word artist Raneem Salah performs at a conference entitled Muslims in the Media: Challenging misconceptions organised by the Immigrant Council of Ireland.

#muslimsinmedia

 

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John Collison, deputy head of asset recovery at Nama at time of Project Eagle sale

Today.

Nama officials are appearing before the Public Accounts Committee to discuss the sale of Project Eagle in light of the Comptroller and Auditor General’s report into the sale.

Those appearing include John Collison, deputy head of asset recovery at Nama at the time of the sale; Michael Moriarty, now the current head of asset recover at Nama; Alan Stewart, senior divisional solicitor; and Donal Rooney, former chief financial officer at Nama.

Meanwhile…

*popcorn*

Today’s proceedings can be watched live here

Previously: 

Nama’s Project Eagle Anomaly

‘You Give Limited Information To Get The Answer That You Want’

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A new Van Morrison single?

Oh go on then.

Pete Murphy writes

‘Every Time I See A River’, written by Van Morrison with lyrics by Don Black, also features Van on electric guitar, is the second single taken from Van Morrison’s 36th studio album, ‘Keep Me Singing’, which reached the number 4 spot in the UK official album charts and was met with widespread critical acclaim upon its release….

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Chris Power – Leeside beatmaker with second mixtape

What you may need to know…

01. Last time we checked in with Chris Power, he’d released his first mixtape for Cork’s Cuttin’ Heads Collective.

02. He’s just released his second, entitled The Trees, a mix of instrumentals, remixes and collaborations, including with Detroit MC Sincere.

03. It’s streaming above, and available for free/pay-what-you-want download.

04. The Cuttin’ Heads lads, Power among them, converge on Pigalle Bar, Barrack St. on the Friday of this Jazz Weekend in Cork – kickoff at 8pm, strictly jazzy hip-hop.

Verdict: More of what’s good – and good to see his work with collaborators ahead of more high-profile releases on the horizon.

Chris Power

Broadsheet.ie