Archive for October, 2007
Oh Dear God; Yay!
On Sunday evening we went for an early bite to eat in a great little restaurant on Dame St, in Dublin. The food was great, plenty of good carbs, but my nerves were certainly kicking in. I could frequently get lost in the maze of Dublin's streets but somehow the marathon route was burned into my mind, like a nameless overlay from our hotel, around the city and back again. We headed back to the hotel after the meal, past Trinity College and up Nassau St, Leinster St, to Merrion Square, the same streets that I would hopefully be running along the next day. It was 9 years since I first said to [...]
Technology is root of all evil
Tongue in cheek article from The Reg with "backing" from the IMF as to how technology is the cause of all inequality in society and how we must dismantle this war machine if we are ever to restore equitable living and harmony. ;) source: The Register
links for 2007-10-18
verb2verbe - Learn the French language - French verb conjugation. Tests to learn French verbs.
Nice to know
Nice to know that there would be a demand for this service in Ireland. link: easy DNA
Great xkcd episode
If you're not a fan already and you enjoy nerd humour then xkcd is the place for you. This particularly funny episode identifies the dangers of naming your children with something that resembles an SQL injection statement. link: xkcd. Cheers Donal!
O2 Ireland, Speakeasy – What’s going on?
About this time yesterday I tried to send a text message via my phone, subscribed to O2 Ireland's Speakeasy service and it failed. I retried and it failed again. I didn't think too much of it but I did think it was odd as this was my first ever failed SMS attempt, ever. Anyhow later that day I still couldn't send SMS; I got a call from my brother asking if I was experiencing problems sending text messages as he wasn't able to send any since Monday night - I told him that the problem appeared to be widespread. Last night I received two voicemails on my phone after I had been out for a run and [...]
Apple, you have let me down
I recently acquired an iPod Touch and I was over the moon to say the least, with my new toy. Sadly after 4 days of very light usage and I mean light because I haven't had much opportunity to play with it, the screen has gone all funny. There are plenty of stories out there on the web about faulty iPod Touch screens but they all refer to an odd contrast problem while displaying the colour black in pictures and video. My problem does not seem to have been posted yet - sadly a first for me. :( I switched it on last evening and noticed that there was a yellow hue on the edge of some of the icons [...]
I’m Touched
Just over a week ago I celebrated that annual cusp again, my birthday. Little did I know on that day that the goddess of all that are nerdish gizmo gifts (i.e. Siân) would have pre-ordered an 16GB iPod Touch for me. It arrived yesterday and I have to say that I am simply blown away by it. I've been a harsh critic of the iPhone and I will remain so because some things just shouldn't be combined. However, in terms of plain entertainment the Touch is the greatest device on the market. From carefully unpacking the device to connecting to my WiFi network, browsing the web, looking at my gmail, [...]
28 days before…
Those who know me will know that I have 28 days left before I undertake my greatest physical goal ever - to run the Dublin marathon. For years I have been a regular 10K runner, mostly happy to do so but never going beyond that distance. Yesterday I went out for a run, just under 16 miles and cramp set in with a couple of miles to go - I had to walk. I think it was a combination of dehydration and tiredness that made it so bad but it hurt like hell. Thoughts flooded through my mind; would I ever make the 26.2 miles after this setback, what if I cramped up on the day? So much pressure, my goal [...]
