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Well it’s a Thursday rant having listened to the radio on the way into work this morning. Why is it in this country at the moment that everything seems to cost Eur 1 Billion? Recent events have seen things like the Luas project budget stretch to almost Eur 1bn, the national deficit was almost Eur…
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Microsoft have just released a free video on demand service for broadband users with Media Player 9. It entitles users to access free content from the Discovery Channel, NBC News and others. Great idea and let’s hope that it stays free so that people can enjoy the experience and not suffer the bills. source: MSN
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Just picked this off of Bernie Goldbach’s weblog. It’s a link to an incredible QuickTime VR panorama of New Years Eve in Times Square, NY. It’s a truly magical 360 of the spectacle and really makes you want to be there; there’s just something about the atmosphere. source: Times Square at New Year’s Eve
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Well the Luas development is sparking yet more controversy with the building of a Eur 30M terminus at Connelly station despite proposed extensions to the Point Depot rendering the terminus defunct. However, if it’s in the budget then it must be spent after all the money would only be written off some other way otherwise…
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Looks like Toshiba are stepping up the race for really small hard drives in order to increase the stroage capacity of mobile phones. The latest mobiles can store a small amount of information but the question must be asked as to why someone would actually need the capacity of a hard drive on a mobile…
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Well Happy New Year to all and may it be a god one full of exciting rubbish and career moves for all. After the Christmas madness everyone has given socks to a boss during a Christmas party or other event whilest under the “influence”, only to regret it at a later stage when the e-mail…
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Just read this article on a vague idea cast by Max Mosley (chief of motorsport in F1). He seems to be suggesting that a points system similar to that used in Ireland should be introduced into F1. Drivers would clock up points for offences and then would be suspended from races when they cross a…
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Just picked this link off of Boing Boing (indeed a directory of weird and wonderful things). It seems to be an organisation that helps supposed cousins to get married and eliminate any myths associated with traditional cousin marriages through folklore. source: CUDDLE International
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The future is… well the future is the future but here’s an article on the present and the emmergence of DVD recorders with built-in hard disk drives. Now you can record your favourite shows to the hard disk and burn them down to DVD later on. Makes sense really and I wonder why exactly it…
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In the day that we live, our world has gone from global downturn/recession to an up and coming, looking good for the future, marketplace in the space of only a few months. Testament to one of two things in my opinion, 1) the strength of recovery power that now exists between nations who can’t solve…