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MIT Open Courseware

MIT open courseware has learning materials from 2400 courses available for free online.

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Congratulations to Úna-Minh Kavanagh, author of Anseo, on the launch of her new website We Are Irish. In her own words:"We Are Irish has been created to share good news, inspirational stories and positive pieces about Irish people and those with an affinity with Ireland. B’aoibhinn liom dea-scéala a fhógairt, I love to share good news." Go h-iontach!

Life

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The Line - Matter

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Want some haunting music to shake your emotions today? Then you are in luck, The Line has just released his fantastic new track Matter.

Music

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1940s Ceramics

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Check out these fabulous French tile ceramic designs from the 1940s, scanned from a catalogue by Present and Correct.

Design

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Better CSS Gradients

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CSS Tricks published a handy post on how to create better css gradients using linear-gradient() and repeating-linerar-gradient().

Web Dev

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True Crystal Randomness

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A research team at the University of Glasgow have developed a novel way to generate true random numbers. They built an automated robot to manage chemical reactions in crystals which produce inifintely possible physical changes. The robot detects and records the changes in the crystals across multiple variables such as size, location, colour and shape and then converts the images to binary sequences.

Innovation

Science

Tech

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Noise Bracelet

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Researchers at The University of Chicago have developed a noise bracelet that jams smart speakers and microphones. The bracelet transmits white noise randomly in the 24kHz to 26kHz range.

Innovation

Tech

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Zín 07

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Táim ar bís a bheith san áireamh ins an zín eagrán 07! / I'm delighted to be included in zín issue 07!Léigh é anseo: / Read it here.

Gaeilge

Photo

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Sound of Yell Album Launch

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Last weekend I was at the Sound of Yell album launch in the CCA in Glasgow. Check out my photos from the gig here. I've seen lots of unconventional music things over the years, but it was the first time I've seen anyone (in this case Stevie Jones) play a guitar with a triangle! :-p

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