Dublin developer par excellence, Ross Duggan, has been playing around with Arduino and produced this delightful video of a pair of floppy drives playing the Tetris theme. Our hearts sing with joy as we watch it. Figuratively.

Starting with Arduino (Musical Floppy Drives!)

Peter O’Brien writes:

I made a documentary on Barney McKenna two years ago and would love to have it up on the site in commemoration of his life. Lovely man and sad to see him go. The greatest Banjo player of all time.

Dublin illustrator Alan Dunne writes:

You may be interested in this. Get Off That Ship is an illustrated graphic novel I am making about the Titanic from the point of view of a priest photographer [Father Francis Browne] who managed to get off [the ship] before it sank. The first chapter, which is all about the 10th of April 1912 can be seen here

Facebook has bought Instagram for $1 Billion.

So how do you get your pictures out of it now it’s gone all mainstream and evil?

Enter the talented Über-developer James Whelton (of CoderDojo fame) with GramGrab which allows you to grab your photos before deleting your account while maintaining your hipster credentials.

Related: Instagram’s Founder Had No Programming Training. He’s A Marketer Who Learned To Code By Night (The Next Web)

 

From Newstalk.

A sneak preview of Ireland’s training facilities for Euro 2012 in Gdynia, Poland, plus the PGE Arena in Gdansk, venue for Ireland’s first second match (against Spain) on June 14.

Fit for a Keane.

Thanks Fiona Flynn

Meanwhile, in Wexford

Via Verucuochina

President Higgins meeting members of the Irish Girl Guides earlier at Áras an Uachtaráin. Top from left: Ciara Carroll, Aoife Whelan, Squee, Aisling O’Reilly and Aoibhinn McDonald. And, bottom pic, Ciara and Aoife making the ‘Ladybird salute’.

(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

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