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Great interview by Eoin Sweeney for the Dave Fanning show. Comic book legend Alan Moore, author of V for Vendetta, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and Watchmen discusses his upcoming graphic novel ‘Lost Girls’ on RTÉ Radio 1.

Check it out here.

Yes, the rumours are true. Dundalk’s very own Alex Jones is considering running for local election in the town, bless his tinfoil socks.

Additionally, he says (and I shit you not): “There’s another agenda to microchip the planet. With these chips inside our bodies, they (governments) have the potential to manipulate us, emotionally, physically and mentally. It may sound like science fiction, but that’s what I and other people think the ultimate agenda is. It’s got to be stopped.”

Jim, you might want to read a *real* medical journal (and not one from consiparacyarchive.org) and realise how little we actually know about the human brain. You are reading crackpot theories and interpreting them as medical fact. Good luck with your campaign. You might want to look into getting yourself some new PR.

Posted on reddit this morning, apparently rap is becoming huge in Iran and these guys are at the forefront. Expect to hear this in the next GTA / Need for Speed game. Better than 99% of the crap being churned out in the States. Enjoy:

James Houston recreates Radiohead’s ‘Nude’ from their awesome album In Rainbows using a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, an oscillioscope, a dot matrix printer, a scanner and a speaker made out of freakin’ hard drives. It’s just… amazing. Cheers for the link, Seb

Big Ideas (don’t get any) from James Houston on Vimeo.

This looks like it was created with a copy of Powerpoint ‘97 and a (poorly spent) budget of 70 Euro. I really hope they’re not going to run this on TV. This is brand suicide. Set your faces to stun:

Via Creative Ireland forums…

“Directed by Les Blank, this is a film exactly described by its title. German film director Herzog had made a bet with fledgling director Errol Morris that, if Morris made a film, Herzog would eat his shoe. Morris went on to film ‘Gates of Heaven’, so Herzog kept his promise. While eating the boiled shoe, Herzog carries on a dialogue with the film premier audience on film, art, and life.”

Not sure if this is some kind of a joke or just a really poor metaphor, but apparently Ryanair’s new transatlantic service will offer “beds and blowjobs”. That Michael O’Leary is just *so* outrageous, isn’t he?

According to the Indo article:

“We confirmed at the press conference yesterday that the proposed Transatlantic Service will have a very low-cost economy cabin with seats priced from €10 one way, and a very high quality business class, providing better service than BA or Virgin.

“The working title for the business class service is ‘Beds and Blowjobs‘.”

Yawn.

Update: The illustrious Mr. Jazz Biscuit has tracked down the video of the press conference:

This is really cool, it’s like his hands aren’t connected to his body.

Two snippets of web lovely for you…

Interactive periodic table:

http://www.touchspin.com/chem/SWFs/pt2k61012.swf

also Wolfenstein… in Javascript. My mind, she is blown.

Watch from the start or fast-forward to 3:08 for the real meat. Instant web classic.