A fantastic gallery of images from around the world of the aurora caused by the coronal mass ejection ( animated gif) which passed us by on the 20th Nov.
A list of recent solar events with some excellent images, more solar images and the solar weather report.

Mr Who is a cork based street artist profiled in the Wooster collective – a New York street art site I’ve been checking out a lot lately.

The list of the EU trade sanctions against the USA that will be imposed if Bush doesn’t end his illegal steel tariffs by December 15th. The great thing about this list is that it’s been specially designed to hurt Bush in key election battlegrounds and shows the EU is serious about standing up to the US.

According to the Armagh observatory the best time for Irish viewing of this years Leonids will be between 00:50am and 01:30am on Thursday 20th November when the Earth encounters the dust trail emitted by the comet Tempel-Tuttle in the year 1333 though this year there may only be 20 meteors per hour. More advice on viewing here

Tony Blair has turned down an American request for permission to shoot to kill protestors during Bush’s visit, persumably Tony figures he’s still paying the price for the last time they tried that.
New rules on Warhol authenticity, so much for the factory!
800 women artists.
Complete Young Ones scripts not quite as funny as they once were.
Why Rubber Ring is the best song ever, passionate but wrong – it’s not even the best Smiths song. Well y’know everyone gets over their Morrissey phase… except Morrissey of course.

They’re auctioning off the survivors of the Dublin Cow Parade ‘art’ exhibit, yep if you’ve got between €5-100k get along on the 20th and if you do get one just make sure to keep it indoors

Indymedia gives the background to the referendum to ban the sale of Coke on the University College Dublin campus and Coca Cola’s involvement in the upcoming re-run.

Paul Murnaghan’s new exhibition Snow opens Tuesday at the Digital Hub Warehouse. It’s Paul’s first major work since Abode and marks his return proper to art since the closure of te 5th gallery, where he was Director, was closed. Well worth checking out!
Digital Hub Warehouse 10-13 Thomas St, D8
14th November 2003 – 12th December, 2003
Tuesday to Sunday from 10.30 am to 5.30 pm

I don’t normally pay much heed to net awards but Nicky Gogan of DATA, Darklight Film Festival and the Digital Hub has been nominated for the innovation award at the Irish Internet Association Awards. So whatever you think of this kind of thing I can’t think of anyone who has done more for the digital arts in Ireland, in fact it would be a travesty if she didn’t win. So as they used to say in Belfast, vote early and vote often!

I’ve been a bit busy and so neglecting this, but here’s a few things to keep you going:
An extensive Observer sport Muhammad Ali special
and Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips gives insider tips in This much I know