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Scott Crossfield

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Spare a thought for Scott Crossfield the first man to fly at twice the speed of sound, taking his Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket to 1,291mph (Mach 2.005) and the first man to fly the X-15 rocket plane who died recently aged 84 after his Cessna light plane crashed during a thunderstorm.

Even more Eurovision

Thanks to Darren for pointing me to Silvia Night, Iceland’s Eurovision entry, now that’s Eurotastic!
More YouTube of Lordi,so bad it’s good and Brian Kennedy so bad it’s embarrassing.

Kathleen McNulty

Irish born pioneering computer programmer Kathleen McNulty Mauchly Antonelli who programmed the ENIAC and the first UNIVAC died recently. A fact that got strangely little coverage in the Irish media and blogosphere. Dún-na-nGall.com have a very nice tribute page.
via boing boing

Finland RWROCKS

Finland's Eurovision entry
Lordi Finland’s entry to the Eurovision, now why can’t Ireland do something cool like that?

Exhibition Opening Wednesday

I am taking part in an exhibition of work in progress by MA students at the NCAD which opens this Wednesday 6pm at the Backloft Gallery. Augustine St(off Thomas St).. It should be a really interesting show and I’ll be showing something quite a bit different from my usual so I hope you’ll all make it along. Full details below and please note that it’s a short run exhibition ending Sunday the 30th.
You are invited to the opening of
MAPLESS
Backloft Gallery,
7 – 11 Augustine St.
Dublin 8
Wednesday April 26th, 6-8pm
to be opened by
Mick Wilson
Samantha Corcoran,Ed Cunniffe,Shea Dalton,Francis Fay,Barry Foley,John Graham,Rory Greenan,Sarah Kenny,Barbara Knezevic,Katharine Lamb,Aissa Lopez,Jonathan Mayhew,Conor McGarrigle,Grainne Nolan,Aiseling Noone,Emer O Boyle,Sarah O

Art vending Machines

Here’s an interesting call for submissions for art content to be sold via art vending machines during the Dublin Fringe festival, how can you resist?
DUBLIN FRINGE FESTIVAL 2006 VISUAL ART EVENT
‘THE VENDING MACHINE PROJECT’ (curated by Alan Butler and Lola Rayne Booth) are seeking submissions from artists/designers/musicians to create small works to be sold in vending machines around Dublin for the duration of the Dublin Fringe Festival 2006. As part of the Dublin
Fringe Festival, The Vending Machine Project will offer an alternative space for artists to exhibit, engage with the public and promote their work. Selected artists will be required to make 10 small works under the dimensions of 15cm x 15cm. Proposed artworks can be multiples, editions, originals, photos, CD, DVD, etc.
E-mail submissions:
thevendingmachine -at- gmail.com .
- 3-6 images of previous work (.jpg only)
- current C.V .
- short proposal (no more than 300 words)3-6 images of previous work (on CD or prints

The 1916 Military Parade

Some images from the first 1916 military parade the first since 1969. While as a once off it’s OK I don’t think I’d want to see it every year. I saw the Bastille Day parade in Paris the year before last and it was truly a bizarre militaristic affair tied into a colonial past, not really something we want to emulate here. Interestingly while we all know that we have a numerically small army it appears from the evidence of todays parade that the army is also, well, small. At 6’1″ I felt like a giant.