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On|V magazine is a bimonthly publication dedicated to promoting musicians, artists and culture in Meath and surrounding areas. Edition 3 is out now. Click here to view.

On|V magazine is a bimonthly publication dedicated to promoting musicians, artists and culture in Meath and surrounding areas. The magazine is available in print throughout Meath and a selection of hotspots such as Tower Records, Whelans and locations in Louth and Westmeath.

Check out the online launch issue by clicking here ››

In support of their sponsorship of the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship, Ulsterbank have created a tidy little game for GAA fanatics to play. I think this would be even better if the application was developed to allow users to play against each other online.

Give it a go by clicking here ››

Oh, I would like to see this. From next month, legendary department store Selfridges is celebrating its 100th birthday and is marking the occasion by hosting a huge festival at its Oxford Street store.Shoppers will be entertained by a programme of fashion, music, caberet, vogueing workshops and the Selfridgettes, a troupe of beautiful people dressed in yellow.

The store has also collaborated with a variety of designers to create exclusive merchandise in the trademark Selfridges Pantone 109 yellow, including a Giles Deacon dress (with eyes), Chuck Taylors from Converse, a Marc Jacobs bag and a pair of Guiseppe Zanotti heels. The limited edition collection of pieces will be available from 1 May.

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When it comes to motion graphics I have never seen anyone as good as these guys, still way ahead of the competition, amazing stuff. Their work for the Guinness Dot campaign and Audi is something else altogether.

Great short film by London Squared Productions. Urban Anthropologists, Carolyn and Andy London interview some of New York’s overlooked citizens.

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Johnny creates famous portraits using cassette tape, very interesting check it out by clicking here >>

Advance notice of a Bright Sparks event not to be missed.

Derek Landy, award-winning author of the Skulduggery Pleasant series, is coming in to talk about the creativity and ideas behind his books.

Tuesday 7th April, 5pm in The Brand Union offices.

A gentleman called Blaise Aguera y Arcas leads a video demo of Photosynth at a TED conference, he’s a bit geeky but this software is pretty dam clever. This software could transform the way we look at digital images.

Using still photos culled from the Web, Photosynth builds interesting dreamscapes and lets us navigate them. Essentially in the next few years all images published on the web will be linked. Also it may encourage searches on the web to be retrieved in a different format as opposed to the standard lists we see all the time.

Click here to watch a demo of Photosynth ››