Items of Interest

The Line - Matter

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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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

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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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Jellyfish Mucus Grenades

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"The creatures lay on their backs and lob globules of venom-enriched mucus into the water overhead." Have a nice weekend! :-p

Life

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Rotary Mobile Phone

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Justine Haupt created a rotary dial mobile phone, because she could! :-) Check out her how to post with schematics on her website.

Innovation

Tech

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Diversity in Organisations

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Karla Thomas posted a fantastic helper post on medium for organisations looking to welcome diversity, by actually doing the work and not just saying "We welcome diversity". The post describes initiatives that companies need to adopt such as anti-bias training, HR policy reviews, holiday celebration and assessment tools.

Business

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