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-1That’ll learn you.

Shonagh writes:

“My bike was stolen from South Kings Street, the Dunnes end of St. Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre [top]  at lunchtime. My friend borrowed it to run into the barbers for 20 minutes and when he came out, it was gone:(. One of the members of staff in Pearl saw it being taken. It was a one-year-old white Fuji road bike with dropped handlebars, and silver and blue markings [above]. I’m devastated needless to say! (as is my poor friend who borrowed it) Ughh..”

 

Anyone?

CheeseAt The Science Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin, TOMORROW.

Gizmodo writes:

“Folks often shy away from fancy cheese because it smells like feet. But what if the cheese was actually made from feet—or rather, the bacteria that makes your feet stink? A couple of bio-hacker artists decided to explore that possibility. And it sounds really gross.”

“On Friday, Christina Agapakis and Sissel Tolaas will showcase their stinky human cheese project at a new exhibition called Grow Your Own… Life After Nature, hosted by Trinity College in Dublin [in the Science Gallery]. Their installation is literally a bunch of cheese wheels, each of which was made from bacterial samples pulled from the feet and armpits of different people.”

That could well be the most disgusNOMNOMNOMN

Any excuse.

Would You Eat This Cheese Made from Human Armpit Sweat? (Gizmodo)

Science Gallery

Thanks Anna

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Only five shopping days left before Halloween.

A time for giving and a time for getting.

Don’t despair.

We have a MONTH’s supply of Rice Krispie ‘Scares’ [Prank launching video above] that can be delivered to ANY door before the ‘ween proper to giveaway in a literally bewitching competition.

Rice Krispie Scares are Rice Krispies the way you like them. With chocolate. It’s a Halloween snack beloved of kids, adults ghouls and even some stoners apparently.

To enter just complete the following sentence:

Please send me a month’s supply of Rice Krispies Scares as I have a genuine irrational fear of [name of thing/person here]

Lines close at MIDNIGHT!

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Eoin Purcell, of New Island, writes:

“We’re leaving out free copies of Being Alexander, Diarmuid Ó Conghaile’s debut novel, [above] in some key places around the city today and tomorrow in see-through sandwich bags with stickers saying “TAKE ME READ ME I’M FREE” stuck on them. Set in boom-time Dublin, the book is about Alexander Vespucci, a man who is failing at life despite his every effort. Even when he tries to pull it back from the brink, Alexander cannot quite manage it. It’s a book about life, about knowing and noticing things and a satire of Irish society at the height of our recent madness. It has an anarchic wit, an electric pace and is fuelled by a chaotic energy and a dark humour. Diarmuid has really made Dublin a part of the story which is why we are doing this. We hope to give a wider audience a flavour of the book which we think is really great.”

 Being Alexander

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Telescope is a visual sci-fi treat directed and edited by Colin Davis with the VFX mastery of Wes Ball (he of the wonderful post apocalyptic animation RUIN)

The year is 2183. Earth is dead. With all evidence of organic life lost, a cosmic archaeologist travels faster thanlight into deep space to capture images of the once vibrant planet. When his vessel is damaged he must take matters into his own hands, risking his life to witness humanity’s lost home.

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DickHooper DickHooper2A RTÉ report from the first Dublin Marathon in 1980, won by  Dick Hooper, from Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club, above, in 2:16.14, ahead of this year’s marathon which takes place on Monday, starting from Fitzwilliam Street Upper at 8.55am.

The first woman  to cross the line was Carey May, of Dublin City Harriers, who ran it in 2:42.11.

Watch here

Via Dublin Marathon

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