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links for 2009-08-11
Communication and Conflict (tags: alan sharland mediator mediation conflict resolution communication)
Adventures in Feedback
Messing around with a digicam, a laptop, and some video capture software, produces some interesting results. No after effects added, just simple feedback on the audio and the video to create a dynamic, recursive effect, he unashamedly says could be confused with 2001 A Space Odyssey. :) Seriously though, it's amazing what you get for free with no software.
RIP George “Boole” Fish
Alas, poor George gave up the ghost just before lunchtime today. Although his lifespan with us was 5 years longer than most Goldfish last, it still seemed very short. In his time he overcame a disfiguring bone problem and came back from near death, twice. He faught valliantly and despite every effort his short illness of the past week took its toll. Goodbye old friend - enjoy the big pond in the sky!
Old Sci-Fi makes me smile
Sitting down earlier today I was idly flicking channels when I came across Destination Moon on Film 4. One of those classic sci-fis that were truly ahead of their time. Shot in the 50's, prior to the Moon Landing it was incredibly prescriptive of Apollo 11's later voyage. Anyhow all praise aside, when the point in the movie arrived such that Earth made contact with the moon landing crew, the host of the radio show cut in and explained to the audience why there was a delay in the response received from the astronauts. He said, "It takes 3 seconds, even at the speed of light, for radio waves [...]
Marathon Cancelled
As much as it pains me to say it, my plans to run this year's Dublin Marathon have come to an end because of injury. Despite trying to battle back to fitness, even short distance runs are leaving me crippled and I cannot entertain the idea of a 10 mile or more jog. :( So with deep regret I withdraw my ambition for this year and postpone it until 2010 when I will no doubt be wrapping myself in cotton wool until the big day.
Irish Sport
Just a quick thought before I watch George Lee disect the doom and gloom of blowing the boom. This weekend has seen a truly wonderful couple of days for Irish sport. The national rugby team completed an historic grand slam victory in the 6 Nations by defeating Wales in what was truly the most tense game of rugby I have ever seen and Bernard Dunne faught through an incredible battle to win the Super-Bantamweight World Champion belt in boxing. In a time of recession and societal depression, again I turn to my TV to watch George, our nation's sports stars have not only achieved personal glory [...]
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 where possible and perhaps it should be a consideration of others who create large documents for printing too? Enjoy eco-font!
Review of My T-Shock
My T-Shock ""it doesn't tell the time but if it did tell the time then it wouldn't have been the right time, and the time it told wasn't what it meant to tell, and for that it was sorry that it told the right time even though it didn't think that it told time"" In 1997 I was given a present of a T-Shock, at first I was really happy with my T-Shock but as time went on I discovered that it was less and less pleasing. Initially I thought my T-Shock made me look good and that it made the people around me happy but then I discovered that this was down to other external factors such as an [...]
Bertie’s Constitution
Poor Bertie; he's gone to the high court to challenge the constitutionality of the Mahon tribunal's usage of his Dail statements. You've got to hand it to the man, he always makes it sound like he's protecting the country even when he's clearly got his own interests at heart. Of course he insists that he's undergoing possible personal expense to protect the constitution. I vote we change the constitution to allow this investigation and let the tribunal find out exactly what Bertie is trying to hide. Who's with me?
Review of iMac 24″
I recently purchased a new iMac from Apple computers with a 24" screen. I hoped it would be good and it is; it's really good. Review of iMac 24" Rated as 5/5 on May 16 2007 by Jonathan Brazil Some weeks ago I finally splashed out on a new iMac from Apple. After plenty of deliberation I managed to persuade myself to go for the 24" model rather than its smaller 20" and 17" cousins. I went for the real estate on the screen instead of upgrading items such as a graphics card, hard drive, as I thought it was a better investment of my cash. The base system comes with a 250GB drive anyhow so [...]
