In case you missed it, last Friday (3/14) was Pi Day (in the US).
Mathematician Vi Hart was singularly unimpressed.
Previously: Vi Hart’s Paper Snowflakes 101
Of this ‘parallel cycle’ with artist Fergal McCarthy, Paddy Cahill writes:
Soon after moving to Dublin Fergal developed a fascination with the river Liffey. During the 2008 economic meltdown, Fergal’s art project Liffeytown, comprising lifesize Monopoly houses floating on the Liffey, received worldwide attention, as it was seen to symbolize the state of the Irish economy. In another project, Fergal constructed a small island in the Liffey and lived there for a week. We went for a cycle with Fergal along the Liffey to discuss his newest idea: turning the Liffey Quays into a park, thereby replacing the current six lane motorway by a ‘Ribbon of Green’.
Related: One Man’s Love Affair With The Liffey
See all 16 ‘Cycling With…’ films here.
Modified, PG-rated scenes from the foul-mouthed Pixar classic by the Jake Vale Show, inspired by a Jimmy Kimmel skit.
Unnecessarily censored versions of Frozen, Despicable Me and Finding Nemo here.
Gasp
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Who Is He?
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[Faye Dunaway and Mike Murphy (left) in the RTÉ Radio Centre, Montrose, Donnybrook, Dublin, June 1984]
And why is he playing pocket hand jazz?
Via RTE:
Do you know the man standing in the centre? Faye Dunaway was a guest on Mike Murphy’s morning RTÉ Radio 1 series ‘The Mike Murphy Show’. This photograph was taken by John Cooney. If you think you can help identify this man, please get in touch on archives@rte.ie or via Twitter @RTEArchives.
Anyone?
Faye Dunaway and Mike Murphy but Who is the Man in the Middle? (RTE)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jj9Q4OsdCE
A female cyclist was knocked from her bike on Collins Street in Melbourne yesterday when a man opened the passenger-side door of a taxi.
The woman captured the incident, and the follow-up conversation she had with the man who stepped out of the taxi, on camera.
Would never happen in Dublin.
UPDATE: Man comes forward to police over CBD car-dooring (The Age)
Police urged to charge passenger after cyclist car-doored in CBD (The Age)
Thanks Mark Geary
People from Brazil who at one time or another lived in Ireland.
They liked us!
Ricardo Furlan writes:
“Our St. Patrick’s Day party in a small city in Brazil (Caxias do Sul). Most of the people you can see have lived in Ireland! I lived in Ireland in 2010…one year of studies and (hard) work.. After some of us came back to Brazil we organised this group to celebrate Irish traditions.. music, food, relationships.. and to organise others eurotrips! PS. The celebration on Saturday wasn’t only because of Saint Patrick’s day but to celebrate the SIX NATIONS trophy as well.”
Niall writes:
“St. Patrick’s day in Coral Gables, Florida…run by Germans!”
PI writes:
“irish Army UN peacekeepers, from left: Paul Lamb, Ken Sheridan Paul O Mara with Shamrock Lebanon in the Lebanon yesterday.”
(Defence Forces/Photocall Ireland)
Boyle, Co Roscommon yesterday.
DaithiF writes:
“The Boyle St Patrick’s Day parade, with the traditional Running of the Cool.”
[A Newfoundland saves a young girl from the River Liffey a child]
Baby saves dog.
Meh.
Dog saves baby.
Now you’re talking.
Sibling of Daedalus writes:
“Just browsing through ‘Brown’s ‘Biographical Sketches and Authentic Anecdotes of Dogs’ (as you do) when I came across this daring canine act of bravery at Carlisle (now O’Connell) Bridge.
“One day, as a little girl was amusing herself with a child, near Carlisle Bridge, Dublin, and was sportively toying with the child, he made a sudden spring from her arms, and in an instant fell into the river. The screaming nurse and anxious spectators saw the water close over the child, and conceived that he had sunk to rise no more.
“A Newfoundland dog, which had been accidentally passing with his master, sprang forward to the wall, and gazed wistfully at the ripple in the water, made by the child’s descent. At the same instant the dog sprang forward to the edge of the water. While the animal was descending, the child again sunk, and the faithful creature was seen anxiously swimming round and round the spot where he had disappeared. Once more the child rose to the surface; the dog seized him, and with a firm but gentle pressure, bore him to land without injury.
“Meanwhile a gentleman arrived, who, on inquiry into the circumstances of the transaction, exhibited strong marks of interest and feeling toward the child, and of admiration for the dog that had rescued him from death. The person who had removed the child from the dog turned to show him to the gentleman, when there were presented to his view the well-known features of his own son! A mixed sensation of terror, joy, and surprise, struck him mute. When he had recovered the use of his faculties, and fondly kissed his little darling, he lavished a thousand embraces on the dog, and offered to his master five hundred guineas if he would transfer the valuable animal to him; but the owner of the dog felt too much affection for the useful creature, to part with him for any consideration whatever.‘”For anyone interested in the exact location, it seems to have been at Aston Quay and it seems to have happened some time in the late 18th century. The name of the dog is unknown, but it apparently belonged to Colonel Wynne. Long-time readers of Broadsheet may remember another post 9link below0 about a different Newfoundland dog which took part in a daring sea rescue some years later, and now haunts St Patrick’s Cathedral…
Previously: The Dog That Haunts St Patrick’s Cathedral