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GalwayFirst.ie: Lost in Galway / Stars at Galway Film Fleadh

Posted Thu, 06/26/2008 - 13:58 by John Breslin

From Galway First:

Star Trek fans are called Trekkies, but watch out for the Lost-ies. Fans of the inexplicable and never-ending TV series are planning to come to Galway this week to honour the conferring of the star of several episodes of the series, who is receiving an honorary degree at NUI, Galway.

"Made in Japan: What Makes Manga Japanese? And Why Western Kids Love It"

Posted Wed, 11/21/2007 - 22:10 by John Breslin

Since I'm interested in manga through running the boards.jp / Manga to Anime site, I found out about a talk when I was in Tokyo last week entitled "Made in Japan: What Makes Manga Japanese? And Why Western Kids Love It".

Brewster Kahle's (Internet Archive) ISWC talk on worldwide distributed knowledge

Posted Tue, 11/13/2007 - 08:57 by John Breslin

Universal access to all knowledge can be one of our greatest achievements.

The keynote speech at ISWC 2007 was given this morning by Brewster Kahle, co-founder of the Internet Archive and also of Alexa Internet. Brewster's talk discussed the challenges in putting various types of media online, from books to video:

Ruairi Robinson tipped to direct live-action Akira

Posted Tue, 10/30/2007 - 17:48 by John Breslin

From horror news site Bloody-Disgusting.com on Sunday, Irishman Ruairi Robinson is being touted as the director for a forthcoming live-action version of the classic manga (and anime) Akira.

Fan-edited films

Posted Thu, 05/17/2007 - 18:18 by John Breslin

Unhappy with the way Kirk died (or appeared) in Star Trek: Generations? Didn't like the comedy sequences in Superman 3? You can put an end to your frustration through the magic of fan-edited films... See those movies in a whole new light!

DM110 - Week 7 - Online Games / Machinima

Posted Tue, 02/20/2007 - 21:00 by John Breslin

Today's lecture was about online games and machinima, the art of making movies with games.

Back in the fold...

Posted Wed, 01/10/2007 - 16:19 by John Breslin

...and off the antibiotics - yay! Some nasty bugs going around this Christmas, and really virulent too.

I've been nominated in the Digital Media awards "Content / Blogging Award" category. Thanks to my nominee (Brendan) and I'm looking forward to the event!

I'm teaching an "Emerging Web Media" module next year

Posted Tue, 12/12/2006 - 18:05 by John Breslin

I not sure if I've mentioned it here before before but I'll be teaching a new module to Masters students in Digital Media at the Huston Film School in NUI Galway next semester (as referenced by Haydn in last month's Irish Times article).

Martin Sheen, NUI Galway (and Ireland's) most famous mature student

Posted Tue, 12/12/2006 - 18:01 by John Breslin

I've been seeing lots of Martin Sheen in the Irish media recently. For those of you who don't know, the West Wing actor and movie star is currently finishing up his semester as a mature student at the National University of Ireland, Galway, where he was studying English literature, philosophy and oceanography.

Al Gore hired by British government to lobby US on climate change

Posted Tue, 10/31/2006 - 16:04 by John Breslin

Happy Hallowe'en!

Al Gore, who recently produced the film "An Inconvenient Truth" about greenhouse gases and the unfolding impending climate crisis (saw it recently, it's good, like going to a plenary lecture about doomsday), has been hired by the British government as a lobbyist to combat global warming.

More at the Irish Times.