Frozen Out

Admin at 8:30 am March 3, 2014

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gEaO_sUvNc

U2 perform Ordinary Love from Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom at last night’s Oscar ceremony. ‘Let It Go’ by Kirsten From Frozen won the Acadamy Award for Best Song.

Meanwhile…

Oscar host Ellen DeGeneres’ backstage selfie featuring (from left) Jennifer Lawrence, Channing Tatum, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, DeGeneres, Kevin Spacey, Bradley Cooper, Brad Pitt, Lupita Nyong’o and her brother and Angelina Jolie. The picture reached 779,295 retweets in approximately half an hour.

Oscar winners (Oscars)

Blah, Blah, Blah…

Admin at 8:09 am March 3, 2014

A sled dog in Kiruna, Sweden mimics the blah blah blahs of teh hoomins.

You’ll probably want to watch this now.

laughingsquid/arbroath

TrikE

Admin at 7:54 am March 3, 2014

Ab electric-assisted trike with lean steering and a top speed of 20mph designed by Eric Stoddard, who also designed the altogether more macho Chrysler Crossfire and 2003 Dodge Viper.

So now.

designboom

Meanwhile, In Kilkenny

Admin at 7:17 am March 3, 2014

Spotted last night.

Thanks Peter Fitzgerald

Meanwhile…

Paul Kelly writes:

“Spotted in the village of Camp, Co. Kerry.”

2014: A Planetary Year

Admin at 6:59 am March 3, 2014

Last Wednesday. NASA scientists announced the discovery of 715 new exoplanets by the Kepler space observatory. To put that in context, the total number of exoplanets discovered prior to the new megafind was 1000.

Related: Distant Earths

io9

De Monday Papers

Admin at 10:56 pm March 2, 2014

Thanks Meliosa Fitzgibbon, Garrett Rowe, Alan Caulfield, Nick Sutton and Sky News

Paddywack

Admin at 1:37 am March 2, 2014

“Paddy Power has a long history of offering odds on global news events and the Oscar Pistorius trial is no different,” said a spokesman. “Given intense global media interest, including a dedicated 24-hour television channel promising ’round-the-clock’ coverage, Paddy Power is giving punters the chance to put their money where their mouth is for what will undoubtedly be the most reported on, and talked about, news story of the year.

Well that’s all right then.

Paddy Power Offers Odds on Oscar Pistorius Murder Trial (International Business Times)

(Pic via Mark Little)