Back in the early 90s, Universal and Paramount Pictures joined forces to bring the green-screen experience to patrons of the Universal Orlando theme park.
Two VHS tapes recently dug out and uploaded by Redditors ouaoausd and Cirrus42 leave no doubt as to the sheer magnificence of the concept.
Gene Roddenberry’s intro, acting tips from Nimoy and Shatner and the punters themselves. Oh sweet Lord, the punters themselves.
(H/T: Graeme McStabby)
Dublin this evening.
*tremble*
Thanks Aleesha Tully
Lansdowne Road
Yesterday: “Scuse Me While I Kiss The Sky
Meanwhile…
JD writes:
Similar purple sky in Belfast…
Also:
Purple trees somewhere in Dublin.
Thanks Custo
East Point Business Park, Dublin.
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
Update
Greystones, Co Wicklow this evening.
Thanks Sheena Griffin
Stuck for a gift for a homesick emigrant?
Why not tell them to grow up and pull their socks up?
And then have a look at RetróEire, a website containing a range of Irish keepsakes made by returned emigrants.
They write:
We were living Australia and really missing home. We began to think… what is it about Ireland that we missed the most? Was it the people, the places, the stories, the wit or was it the tay? That’s what moved us to create iconic Irish keepsakes. An image here. A cúpla focal there.
So home we went, no jobs to go to. RetróEire was born. RetróEire can be sent anywhere. To loved ones, dear ones, near ones, anyones at home or away.A small reminder for those who can’t come home.
*sniffle*
But are you really FREE?
The Marxism Festival 2013
A weekend of “debate and discussion” organised by the Socialist Workers Party in the Teacher’s Club, Parnell Street, Dublin.
Featuring…
Clare Daly, Ailbhe Smith, on Abortion Rights
Michael Taft, Kieran Allen on Challenging Capital
David Norris, Ailbhe Smith on LGBT struggle
Richard Boyd Barrett on a Different Ireland
Eamonn McCann on the Catholic Church
Brid Smith, Jimmy Kelly, Alan Lawes on Reclaiming our unions
Terry Eagleton on Oscar Wilde
Harry Browne on Bono
Peadar OʼGrady on Marx, Freud and mental illness
Trevor Hogan on Capitalism and sport
Sinead Kennedy on the War on Women
Brian OʼBoyle on Capitalist Crisis (With speakers from Egypt and Greece)
FIGHT!
More details: Marxism Festival 2013
Pic: Cheezburger
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— Jenny Huston (@jennyhuston) November 15, 2013
Slope Point is the southernmost tip of New Zealand’s South Island – an exposed headland where the vast circumpolar airstream traverses the Southern Ocean unobstructed for 2000 miles before slamming into the land with such violent persistence that the trees are warped and twisted into grotesque and occasionally beautiful shapes.
Rage.
Rob writes:
Happened to me too! Location: Down in the dropper! [Dropping Well, Miltown, Dublin]
Earlier: Ah Here
Canary Wharf’s lofty office towers are set to be overshadowed by Europe’s tallest residential building in further evidence of London’s effervescent housing market.
Tom Ryan, an Irish property investor, intends to build a £1bn, 74-storey skyscraper on the site he acquired for £100m on Thursday in the business district to the east of the City of London. The tower will be 7 metres higher than Canary Wharf’s tallest office building. The acquisition is the first in what sources say will be a series of UK property investments by Mr Ryan.
Hertsmere is the first British scheme for Mr Ryan, who has invested in several other countries, Mr Berridge said. Ryan Corporation would not provide details of Mr Ryan’s past developments.
Canary Wharf to see Europe’s tallest residential tower (Kate Allen, Financial Times) (behind paywall)
