- Total lunar eclipse will turn sky red An event known as a total lunar eclipse will occur tomorrow morning where a full moon will turn deep red as it moves into Earth’s shadow. This will be the last total eclipse that Ireland will see for another five years.
- Top ten YouTube videos of 2010 YouTube have created a channel called YouTube Rewind: The Year in Review which offers some interesting insights into the most popular videos on the platform over the past year. No big surprises exist on this year’s list with the usual viral ads, music video parodies, and of course Justin Bieber.
- An Irishman abroad tells it like it is! Denis Ryan, an Irishman living abroad tells American interviewer Jason Calibri how Ireland's debt crisis really came about!
- Fascinating BBC documentary on statistics and data visualisation The BBC will broadcast an interesting hour-long documentary next Tuesday December 7th called The Joy of Stats. The programme is hosted by internet boffin Professor Hans Rosling and will be aired at 9pm on BBC 4.
- The Copān game guide [VIDEO] A short video guide on all you need to know about Copān - the augmented reality game that takes place across Dublin. The game can be played on your iPhone or Android device, with prizes for those who earn the most points.
- E-voting without fraud [VIDEO] A really interesting talk has been posted on TED.com today about a proposed method of electronic voting that offers greatly reduced possibilities of fraud. In this video [07:03] David Bismark demos a new system for voting that contains a simple, verifiable way to prevent fraud and miscounting
- South Park and the perils of Facebook A funny sketch from South Park where Kyle has to deal with Facebook issues and associated peer pressure.
- Rainbow add-on for Firefox records audio and video In keeping with Mozilla’s vision of innovation and progression around its popular browser Firefox, Mozilla have extended the browser’s media capabilities by adding audio and video recording functionality to the browser also. Mozilla Labs have released an early developer prototype of a Firefox add-on called Rainbow that allows users to record audio and video with a few lines of JavaScript.
- An introduction to Street View in Ireland [VIDEO] This is an official video (1:49) from Google introducing Street View in Ireland. Interestingly, it was posted on Wednesday September 29th, one day before the service was officially announced!