Items of Interest

Munster V Leinster

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The annual Christmas Munster rugby match against Leinster was a bit later this year, but it certainly wasn't without excitement and controversy! It was great to see the Moyross express return to Thomond Park though! :-) You can check out some photos of the match that I took from the East Terrace here.
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Insect Cam

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Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have developed a 1.4mm thick camera prototype. The novel ultra-slim camera design is based on the eye structure of the xenos peckii parastic insect, which consists of a series of micro-prisms that sit above a set of microlenses.
Innovation
Science

Holiday Radio

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Jon Keegan has an interesting post on medium that analyses 122 hours of holiday radio from New York's WLTW 106.7 LiteFM. The data plots the most played Christmas song (Santa Claus is Coming to Town - all versions), most played specific version (Bing Cosby's White Christmas) and most played performers (Bublé) among other interested facts like plays per time of day and song versions by play count. 
Data Vis

Tá / Yes

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On a positive note, among the many wonderful things that happened in 2018, one of my favourite was when 66.4% of Ireland voted to repeal the 8th amendment to the constitution on May 26, 2018, and has since been passed into law. I could not have been more proud to be Irish this year.
Life

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