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A recent post by the indispensible Fustar led to a mass outpouring of reminiscence, affection and, truth be told, mostly incomprehension, regarding Count Curly Wee of the Indo. Prepare then, for the joy of an updated CCW, complete with contemporary topical verse of a somewhat Twenty-ish cast. Brilliant.
Ambrand Dot Com Free Money Originally uploaded by Editor_Tupp. Free money, as had previously been promised. It purchased a Latte for Mr Crehan and a Green Tea for myself.
Further to it@Cork's problems, related here and here, I was mulling over what I might suggest if I had somebody come to me in their situation. You might write back, noting that the application E4972212 for a Community mark, as lodged in the UK Patents Office on 21. 03.
Venu Brasserie, Off South Anne Street Originally uploaded by Editor_Tupp. It’s a little hard to spot Venu Brasserie- it lives in a side street opposite the long established Chilli Club off South Anne Street, in the basement of what looks like a white marble office block.
Piaras Kelly thinksIt isn’t hard to think why some people hold blogs in such disdain given the fact that there’s all this chatter about the phrase ‘Web 2. 0?, but in terms of some of the biggest stories which have been in the news recently such as the Afghan hunger strikers in St Patricks Cathedral, Irish bloggers have been relatively silent.
A throwaway remark in one of Damien Mulley’s posts today went through me like a dagger. The Mystery Train is no more. It’s like a death in the family, or the loss of an old friend.
As some people may be aware, Tom Raftery (a good sort, from my small dealings with him) is part of a not-for-profit group called IT@Cork. They've been arranging an "it@cork Web 2. 0 half-day conference".
Poetry, as I mentioned last week, is so filled with distilled meaning that it can be read only at a fraction of the pace of prose. Thus, Seamus Heaney’s Opened Ground, which I bought a month and a half ago, is an ongoing presence in my reading life.
After a bit of a rethink and a rejiggle, I've come back with a rather more polished edition of the National Gallery of Ireland Guide podcast. This week (yes, I'm still aiming for weekly) I talk about Francis Denby's The Opening Of The Sixth Seal. It is a huge, gloomy picture of the apocalypse that used to entrance me as a child.
This week I talk about Francis Denby’s The Opening Of The Sixth Seal. It is a huge, gloomy picture of the apocalypse that used to entrance me as a child. I discuss the sublime, Romanticism, the campaign for emacipation of slaves and quote the Bible all in less than 5 minutes.
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