Getting a tablet into my cat...

So how do I get my cat to take his worm tablets! We've tried wrapping the tablet in ham, in smoked salmon, hiding it in steak, to no avail. Leo deftly eats around the offending article or discovers it in his mouth and carefully spits it out, again and again.

I feel the only choice is the grab and insert technique, they way the Vet does it so seamlessly where the cat seems almost willing, grab, spread the jaw and place the pill at the back of his throat. Like so.

Just so, but first, let's see what the Internet says... Give a cat a pill

Sourcing a prism for a camera lucida

So this little exercise records my attempts at recreating a camera lucida for a budding artist. I was inspired to do this after briefly sponsoring the NeoLucida kickstarter project (link). Unfortunately the price point for shipment to Europe was quite high; shipping costs accounting for a large part. But the idea stayed and so I figured I could source the central element locally. A small glass prism. Sounds simple (that's what Oisin said)... The essential design elements as below (from Wikipedia)

Thus began a small voyage of discovery as I sought to uncover who, in Ireland, has the skills and tools, to work with glass.

Some remaining possibilities:

• Blackrock Glass, a local glassier known for custom cutting glass shelves and the like (link) 
• Jerpoint Glass, an artisan glass studio in Kilkenny (link)
• Karl Harron Studio in Strangford (link)
• The Glass Society of Ireland (link)
• and perhaps other artisans through Craft Ireland (link)

Out of consideration.

• Dublin Crystal (link)? No, they source their stock from international suppliers, they only cut and engrave in Dublin.
• Heritage Crystal in Waterford (link)? Similar story except they do blow glass and cut it into crystal but the production director wasn't interested in doing anything bespoke like this.
• Scholer Crystal from Austria? One of Europe's biggest contract crystal products producers (link) but they don't really do bespoke.