The trailer for a multi-screen film by Timo Arnali about the hidden infrastructure of the internet – in this case a large data center In Alcalá, Spain operated by telecomms company Telefónica.
The film was made for Big Bang Data, an exhibition running at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona until October.
Hmm.
Olga writes:
“There should be an ongoing page dedicated to the grubby optimism of crap Daft Ads, such as the one above: (I’m still trying to figure out what the refurbishment is.)”
Pope Francis said that staying childless will ultimately bring married couples nothing but “the bitterness of loneliness”.
The Pope also counselled childless couples to be fruitful and multiply, and not spend time raising pets when they could be raising children. He said that while a childless life offers better vacation opportunities, it will end in solitude:
This culture of well-being from ten years ago convinced us: ‘It’s better not to have children! It’s better! You can go explore the world, go on holiday, you can have a villa in the countryside, you can be care-free… it might be better – more comfortable – to have a dog, two cats, and the love goes to the two cats and the dog. Is this true or is this not? Have you seen it? Then, in the end this marriage comes to old age in solitude, with the bitterness of loneliness. It is not fruitful, it does not do what Jesus does with his Church: He makes His Church fruitful.
Maybe Eamon Casey and Michael Cleary had the right idea after all…?
Pope Francis Urges Couples To Raise Kids, Not Cats And Dogs (Maya Rhodan, Time)
Pic: Wikipedia
Some of the ‘ladies’ hogging the limelight taking part in yesterday’s Flora Mini-Marathon in Dublin, the largest charity fundraising day of the year.
Undeniably funny?
Or lacking many of the key elements that constitute ‘funny’?
YOU decide.
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
Rob writes:
“A work in progress…Pine Street, Cork.”
Brian O’Driscoll is joining Newstalk.
Commenting on the move, Brian O’Driscoll said:
“Making the decision to join the Off the Ball team was an easy one for me – it’s the nation’s leading sports show and best radio station and following a break this summer I’ll be more than ready for it come September…”
FIGHT!
The ‘new’ Sinead O’Connor.
Donal Moloney writes:
“Sinead asked me to do some promo shots for her new album and her record company asked if they could use that shot for the cover…”
Sinead O’Connor Renames New Album ‘I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss’ (RollingStone)
[Lucinda Creighton]
A brand new political swarm,
Will soon take the country by storm,
They’re bound to delight,
The Catholic Right,
And they’ll call this reaction “reform”.
John Moynes
(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)
Sunday night saw another episode of HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and this week Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was profiled.
Abbott’s awkward Irish joke from 2011 is at 01:50.
Contains NSFW language.
Tony Abbott lambasted on US TV show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Nick Bond, News.com.au)
