>> goingTo Edinburgh Festival and Fringe. Well, some of us are, and looking forward to Alec Baldwin projecting himself into a version of Hamlet as well as the usual four comedy shows a day.
>> reading Things We Didn't See Coming. Steven Amsterdam's black but funny tale of post-apocalyptic life is a good addition to a crowded genre.
>> blubbing
At a screening of Casablanca in the National Concert Hall. With a live accompaniment from the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Bergman and Bogey have never looked better. It’s showing again tonight at 8pm.
>> peakingToo soon in excitement for Errol Morris's latest documentary, Tabloid.While you're waiting, watch the excellent interview with Morris on motherboard.tv.
>> watchingAn online doc, Spatial Awareness in 'The Shining', by Rob Ager. It starts with Duke Nukem and takes it from there. See it, and read Donald Clarke's response, at the Irish Times Screenwriter blog.
>> agapeAt TV3's My Monkey Baby.While RTÉ1 went with a tough docu-drama, Betrayal of Trust,the commercial channel had Americans and their primate pals.
>> curiousAbout Facebook's purchase of the pioneering e-book company Push Pop Press.A farewell statement on its website says: "We're taking our publishing technology and everything we've learned and are setting off to help design the world's largest book, Facebook." Push Pop Press specialises in taking huge amounts of content – text, images and video – and making them easy to navigate, particularly on the iPad. This could change the face of, um, Facebook. Publishers beware.
>> all earsFor the next gathering of the wonderful Milk and Cookie Storiesnight at Exhange Dublin in Temple Bar, this Tuesday from 6pm. This non-profit collective have been on the go for nearly two years, hosting charming storytelling nights, complete with, you guessed it, free milk (and tea and coffee) and cookies; milkandcookiestories.com.
>> listeningTo the sampler for Cover and Flood, the upcoming album from Waterford's Katie Kim, at katiekim.bandcamp.com.
