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Israel - A summary
60 years ago (1948 to be exact) a large body of people of the Jewish faith decided to claim their own patch of land and subsequently invaded the lands of others to enlarge their patch. When others fought back the Israeli’s sought the support of another super power (the good old Jew S of A) [...]
Happy New Year All!
A bit late I guess but hopefully you all had a good celebration of the annual cusp that is New Year’s. Started the year with a brisk walk/climb through the Comeragh Mountains in Co. Waterford on New Year’s Day - start as I aim to finish and all that.
This year presents many challenges [...]
Save the environment, ink, and money!
Yes, the recession busting font is here. A new eco-friendly font that uses 20% less ink when printing documents is now freely available to all. Just what we need in times of recession and also in terms of our environmental conscience. It’s a simple yet brilliant idea. I’ll definitely be using it for future printing [...]
Schmap it up!
Baby Giraffe
Originally uploaded by jbwan
Just received confirmation that one of my Flickr available photos was included in the recent Schmap guide to Dublin. Sometimes I spend so much time fussing over lighting, exposure, and other things with my SLR that it’s quite humbling and satisfying to have a no-thought shot with my compact Olympus c-750uz [...]
Wordpress 2.7 - don’t you look pretty?
Recently upgraded to Wordpress 2.7 and I have to say that the developers have done a very nice job on the admin interface. Everything looks really impressive and there are plenty of new features that I’m looking forward to investigating further. Nice work WP folk!
Scrap the Dublin Metro Project!
Join the Facebook group.
Despite Ireland being in recession and despite an emergency, early budget to try to deal with the crisis, and despite a projected shortfall in taxes of €7.5 billion the government of Ireland still sees fit to proceed with a €4 billion plan to develop a small metro system in Dublin. This proposed [...]
Things get steamy in drink driving case
I just followed this article via Damien Mulley’s Fluffy Links and could not believe what I was reading. Talk about an open-minded judge. Apparently, two drink driving cases recently heard in Kerry, were thrown out of court because the judge felt that in the legally required 20 minutes before taking the “final” breath test, the [...]
Knightrider fever as Mercedes team up with KIT
Well that’s not entirely true and it doesn’t have anything to do with Germans and “The Hoff”. The KIT in this instance is the Karlshrue Institute of Technology and Mercedes has teamed up with the IT to establish a centre for research into the area of electric car development. This is a great move by [...]
Super, clever, genius!
Three words that certainly do not describe the text message that I just got from O2.
Hi, here’s a great way you can get your hands on a prepay iPhone. Why not ask family and friends for prepay iPhone vouchers this Christmas. From O2
Wow! Simply wow! In these times of recession and supposedly all retailers are [...]
I’m Dreaming of a Tight Christmas…
I’m dreaming of a tight Christmas,
Just like the one in ‘84.
When the minister’s gone fishin’
and people start wishin’
To the sound of an economy gone below.
I’m dreaming of a tight Christmas,
With every pathetic government slight.
You may take a ferry, or flight,
And leave Ireland long out of sight.
I’m dreaming of a tight Christmas,
A Christmas when the future’s [...]
