How many?
2,000.
Homebase it is so.
Joanne Cullen writes:
This is a the first plastic bottle greenhouse in North Dublin [Lynn Boylan, above, who lead the build]. It was constructed of 2,000 2 litre plastic bottles and reclaimed wood. It was created by Global Action Plan (GAP) Ireland for a local school in Ballymun and is fully operational.
Two thousand bottles.
And it’s all fancy.
Look! Swipey things with manly hand icons.
And that’s just the start of the MASSIVE improvements Karl has made over the last 23 months since assembling our first iPhone app.
Unusually, Karl listened to what you had to say about the “creaky, soulless functionality” of his original app.
And he got to work.
An hour ago Apple approved his new creation.
You can download the app from the Apple App Store and if you have the previous app already installed you should be able to update.
Karl explains the new developments here, and will patiently answer any queries below.
Android Users: a new Android app is ready to go bar a couple of tweaks.
Blackshade Bridge, Clonard, Co Meath, this morning.
A very nice piece of symmetry on the Royal Canal this morning, As Patrick Kavanagh put it: “Fantastic light looks through the eyes of bridges”
Juggler Ravi does what he do.
Dude should join the Nerdling Bros Circus. Or something.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMTeqdklsKk
Joey Harper from Campus Television News talks with Youtube sensation Jenna Marbles, (ask a young person) during her visit to University College Dublin where she received the James Joyce Award on Wednesday (previous recipients include Hans Blix, Noam Chomsky, JK Rowling and Eddie Izzard.)
We like Joey. This is exactly how Paxman started out.
Here’s La Marbles’ version of events.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQEsA6Ipq3o
And one of her trademark NSFW virals from a few years back, which you’re almost certainly far too old to dig.
Greeting the Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg at Government Buildings in Dublin yesterday.
It’s all in the hands.
(Wanderley Massafelli/Photocall Ireland)
