Nibmeister John Mottishaw puts a modified, custom-ground Namiki Falcon fountain pen through its paces.
The sound, the blackness, the flourish.
Calligraphic.
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Bob writes:
“Spotted this in Rathmines today. It serves to highlight the growing issue of shortages in student accommodation in the Dublin area. This, in addition to Dublin Institute of Technology’s recently-issued Student Cost of Living Guide, means that students attending third level this year may face a number of challenges outside of the lecture hall. With the Leaving Cert results out next week, and CAO offers out soon thereafter, potential students should avail of the resources provided by Students’ Unions and Student Accommodation Services as soon as possible.“
Previously: Have You A Room For A Student?
A new quarterly magazine about Dublin, called We Are Dublin, was launched by Conor Purcell in The Library Project in Temple Bar last night.
Mag Culture writes:
While still based in Dubai, Conor Purcell published several issues of his travel magazine We Are Here; two about Dubai and one about Kathmandu. The issues were put together using an iPhone for photography and laid out on a laptop – he really was there. They were a fascinating paradox of high-quality content and lo-fi presentation.
Conor has now moved to Dublin, where he has just launched the first of a new quarterly, We Are Dublin. It follows the same template as We Are Here but, aside from the blue-sky cover, presents a very different world. The new magazine is less about travel and more about living in a place, but it sets itself clear boundaries from the start, promising PR-generated stories. History, sociology, memoir, theatre and retail all figure. It’ll be interesting to see how it develops as Conor gets to know his new home.”
The magazine is available from The Irish Design Shop, on Drury Street; Designist, on South Great George’s Street; Indigo & Cloth, in Temple Bar; The Winding Stair, on Lower Ormond Quay; and the Gallery of Photography in Meeting House Square, Temple Bar. It will also be available from Love Supreme coffee bar in Stoneybatter soon.
Out now: We Are Dublin (Mag Culture)
Pics: Bernard Shaw and Le Cool Dublin
Double European 400m champion David Gillick, who’s now retired
Writing for RTÉ, “the white ox” David Gillick casts a question over some of his past rival competitors.
It hit me as I returned home after winning my second European title. I relocated to the UK that year and worked my backside off.
To have someone come up to my face and ask me, “In all seriousness David, what are you taking? Like…come on, all you athletes are taking stuff,” really told me the damage the cheats have done to our sport.
As a retired athlete I now wonder ‘Who was really clean? Did he really beat me fairly or was he on the juice?’
I don’t want to be a cynic, but I do have questions; however at the same time I know there are clean athletes competing out there, and they should be protected, admired and enjoyed, as should our great sport.
Juicy!
RTÉ: An athlete’s view on the world of doping
Previously: Three Cheers
Halls Creek
ABC News reports:
An Irish backpacker has been charged with hiding the body of her newborn while travelling in a remote part of Western Australia. The 25-year-old was charged with “concealing the birth of a child that died before or after birth”, WA police said.
The law requires all births to be reported, even if the baby has died of natural causes.The woman had been travelling through the Kimberley region with friends and had not realised she had fallen pregnant, police said.
She gave birth one night in May, while at home alone in the town of Halls Creek.
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She appeared in court in Kununurra at the end of last month, when the case was referred to Perth, and she is due back in court later this year. The charge carries a maximum penalty of two years in jail.
It is understood the woman has had to remain in Perth while the court case proceeds.
Irish backpacker charged with concealing death of newborn in outback WA (ABC News)
Pic: Madjital Moorna
Trinity Online writes:
Trinity has launched its first free online course, Irish Lives in War and Revolution: Exploring Ireland’s History 1912-1923 in partnership with FutureLearn. This free, online 6-week course will start on 1st September 2014.
Irish Lives in War and Revolution: Exploring Ireland’s History 1912-1923 (Trinity College Dublin)
Squarehead and Owensie will play a fundraising gig in aid of the Middle East Children’s Alliance in Whelan’s, Dublin, at 8pm.
Thanks Barry Lennon
http://vimeo.com/102873475
12 Mile from Tall Story media.
A culinary movement to find great produce sourced within a 12 mile radius of your front door?
What freshly-produced madness is this?
Kevin from Sage Restaurant writes:
The lush farmland and dedicated farmers of Midleton [Co Cork] and its hinterland enables us to source all our meat from within this radius. All our poultry is reared by “12 Mile” farmers and is free-range. Our fish is trawled and line-caught by East Cork fleets in Irish waters.
FigNONOMNOMNOM
“I hope my old business card will go to another fellow Apple enthusiast with a sense of humor and the desire to help raise some money for a good cause. Although the auction is for my business card alone, I have framed it alongside my old uniform [as seen in the picture] and I will arrange to courier it [frame, t-shirt and lanyard included] to you….”
Former Apple employee Sam Sung (above)
Former Apple Employee ‘Sam Sung’ Is Selling His Old Work Gear On eBay (DesignTaxi)
(Thanks Spaghetti Hoop)
This afternoon.
Daniel writes:
“Two enthusiast/photographers taking picture of this rather unspectacular train in Lusk [Dublin]…Anyone?”