March 2008

Inflatable sculptures
Here's some amazingly creative street art from Joshua Allen Harris. He makes shapes out of plastic bags and ties them to air vents above the subway. Watch what happens to this plastic dog when a train goes by underneath. (There...
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Another google reader tip.
Did you know, you can add a next button to your browser and it will open the next unread item in your Google reader list? But it opens the pages on the actual web sites they come from. This adds...
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Fatso
There's a Chinese restaurant out in Bray called Fatso. Ok. Not really. But it's not far from the original name.
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Robot dog parody
Boston dynamics have created this amazing robot dog. And while the dog's ears are hardly wet, there's already a hilarious parody by David Fine, and Beau Lewis, the guys who did the Mac or PC rap.
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Dundalk Ice Dome
Ice skating is one of the rare physical activities I find myself enjoying but was restricted to doing once a year, and while listening to Jingle Bell Rock. I considered roller blades for about 1/2 a second but even thinking...
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Stronghold
Quick plug for a friend with a new record out. Dave Anderson - Stronghold. This his is debut release as a solo artist on the legendary techno label Ferox , four great tracks with that Classic Detroit flavour. Listen or...
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storm-in-a-teacup
Update: Yuck: I don't like it. Seemed like a good idea at the time, but its pig ugly to look at. This post will self will self destruct in 5...4...3...
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Piclens
Here's a great plug-in for your browser. It's called Piclens, installs in the blink of an eye and works great. It's a photo browser for sites like flickr, Picasa, and facebook. Searching through Google images is no longer a chore....
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7 Mortal Sins
I've decided to release a list of seven mortal sins. State interference Child rape Blind faith Stupidity Superstition Gullibility Hypocrisy Watch this space for the 10 Commandments. p.s. Have you seen Catholic.ie yet?
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Morvern Callar
Morvern Callar is an offbeat supermarket girl who takes a devastating event and spins it to her advantage. Its fairly original in style; quietly haunting and with little dialog. Random unimportant events come and go with the one big event...
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