This afternoon.
Jonathan writes [via BS app}:
Two misprinted signs on roof of Stephens Green Shopping Centre [Dublin]….TWO
Also: soft day.
Peter Fitzgerald of the anglo tapes has tendered his resigned as interim CEO of the Addiction Counsellors of Ireland & resignation accepted
— Pearse Doherty (@PearseDoherty) June 27, 2013
You literally couldn’t make it up.
Previously: CV Wonder
https://vimeo.com/67189599
Are you partial to the moodily-lit robots at all?
If so, you may like one or both of these robo-related sci-fi shorts currently on the Vimeo staff picks list:
Tonight I Strike by Dan Gaud in which a big brother desperately tries to find his abducted little sister.
And Dr Easy by Shynola (the prologue of a planned feature film based on the novel ‘The Red Men’ by Matthew De Abaitua) in which a holed-up man with a gun is approached by a medical robot sent in to negotiate with him.
The festival formerly known as Fortstock 2013 to have taken place in Clones, Monaghan.
Is now the Oriel Festival and is happening in Dundalk.
Rock ‘n’ roll, eh?
Adrian writes:
Was wondering could you give a concert we’re running called Oriel Live a shout out! Originally the concert was Fortstock 2013 at Clones Co. Monaghan, but due to an issue with the County Council we had to cancel and quickly rebrand it and move to Oriel Park, Dundalk, Co. Louth.
No way to treat Bressie.
Mothers Monifa and Malull with ‘dominant male Danzo and their new babies Awiane and Jomoro.
At the African Plains enclosure.
Kelley Cousins writes:
We are celebrating the birth of two White crowned mangabeys. The half brother and sister, sired by the dominant male Danzo, were born just two weeks apart to mothers Monifa and Malull.
On the 5th April, Malull gave birth to a male who the keepers named Jomoro, after the western region of Ghana, home to a majority of the world’s population of this rare species. Ten days later Monifa gave birth to a young female who the keepers named Awiane, the capital of the Jomoro district.White crowned mangabeys are endangered in the wild and their numbers are rapidly declining. Dublin Zoo is one of twelve zoos in Europe participating in a breeding programme and has a very successful breeding record.
I come from a society that this is part of their culture to have an Eleventh Night bonfire and what goes into that bonfire is important.
Also some people feel it’s perfectly alright to put the flag of a foreign nation, which actually at one time claimed that they had some right over Northern Ireland.
I’ve no problem about burning of a tricolour on top of a bonfire let’s be honest. I’m not going to make any apologies for that. This is the flag of a foreign country as far as I’m concerned.
It’s just the way we are.”
DUP MLA Paul Girvan
MLA has ‘no problem’ burning Tricolour (UTV)
Top pic (taken in 2010) via Skyscraper City
The charming Martyn Poliakoff, Pete Licence and Darren Walsh (g’wan the Darren!) from the University Of Nottingham’s Chemistry Department explore the 3000fps nuances of the Barking Dog reaction – a giant ‘woof’ caused by the combustion of nitrous oxide (laughing gas) and sulphur dioxide in a huge test tube.
Previously: One Hundred And Ninety Seven Billion Quid’s Worth Of Gold
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Nisan Greenwich writes:
Testing a rare 35mm print of ‘Visions of Light: the art of cinematography (1992].
Screening at the IfI [Temple Bar] Tuesday 18:30. This is a must see for any cinephile.
The Adidas Springblade runner ($180), available (in the US) from August. Adidas sez:
Springblade features 16 forward angled blades made out of a high-tech polymer. The highly elastic blades instantaneously react to any environment, compressing and releasing energy to create an efficient push-off that feels like you have springs under your feet. Each blade is precisely tuned in geometry, thickness and position for each phase of a runner’s stride to provide support and a full range of movement.