Goodbye to All That: Why Obama Matters
A deeply thoughtful and prescient essay by conservative commentator Andrew Sulivan at Atlantic.com. His blog is here
Another Venice Carnival video on YouTube by Aisling Eyre
Are they men or women? Who cares.
Authors to profit from library scheme
Draft regulations which are currently being finalised are expected to cap the maximum yearly payment to an author to about €8,200, the sum currently payable under the UK scheme. The minimum payment is expected to be as low as a few euro a year. -
The Irish Times
Peter K Austin’s top 10 endangered languages
The linguistics professor and author shares a personal selection from the thousands of languages on the brink of disappearing. The Guardian
Intellectual work induces excessive calorie intake
I knew it!
Ireland Uncorked
National Geographic’s story behind Aill Na Serracht (Cliff of the Foals), off Co Clare, where world class surfers come to surf the great way of the same name, Aill Na Serracht, which breaks about 20 times a year. Text by Gregory Mone Photographs by Alex di Suvero
Be Good or Be Gone, Fionn Regan
Very witty young Dublin singer songwriter. Nifty guitar, too. YouTube video.
Aurora is a concept video presenting one possible future user experience for the Web, created by Adaptive Path as part of the Mozilla Labs concept browser series. Aurora explores new ways people could interact with the Web in the future based on projected technological trends and real-world scenarios.
I can’t wait.
