This Irish Life

The Barrier Is Down

blogone — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:14:56 +0000

I come to work and pass through the M50 Toll Bridge. I got an easy pass gadget for my car to allow me to pass through without having to look for change. There is a dedicated lane for cars that have the easy pass gadget and my understanding is that any car that use this [...]

So you think your life is hard?

blogone — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:46:36 +0000

As I drove work this morning in my 1.9 Turbo Diesel German engineered car I listened with interest to Morning Ireland on RTE radio one as I do each morning to catch the news headlines. The section ‘it says in the papers’ was on and Caroline Murphy was talking about the usual things in [...]

good copy bad copy

blogone — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:04:00 +0000

More on this later. clipped from www.goodcopybadcopy.net

That isn’t cool Bra…

blogone — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:15:18 +0000

TV bounty hunter Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman has been axed from TV due to a Race Rant in a private conversation. Fishbowl NY runs a partial transcript from the tape, where Chapman asks the film crew to not record the girlfriend: “I don’t care if she’s a Mexican, a whore, whatever. It’s not because she’s black, it’s because [...]

Over The Brainbow

blogone — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:08:07 +0000

Neuronal circuits, that’s the brian wiring to you and me, can now be seen in a multicolour ‘brainbow’. Next stage an idiots guide to brain circuitry! This story appeared in this months Nature. Worth checking out…here.

Caturday Morning

blogone — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:38:10 +0000

Andrea found this and described it as my mornings with the the Count.

Radiohead - In Rainbows

blogone — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:01:56 +0000

Radiohead have offered their new album ‘INRAINBOWS’ at a ‘pay-what-you-want’ price on their website. They are not officially signed to any company so they can do this. You can purchase the album from 0-100 GBP. I chatted with a colleague about this sort of thing some time ago. The colleague mentioned that if the music [...]

Some Sharp Advertising

blogone — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:40:05 +0000

Bravo to the team that put this web advertisment together. I fell of my seat watching the trailer. Click the link below, its well worth a look. Thanks to Liam for sending it. http://www.ffk-wilkinson.com/

Hacking the iPhone

blogone — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:39:57 +0000

Some pretty nifty toys for the phone. Apple and Steve Jobs are none to happy about it. Although with updates from Apple to the firmware it could turn the phone from this: into this

Ireland’s new Rugby strip for the big game on Sunday

blogone — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:30:57 +0000

http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/teams/team=36/index.html

The world has lost another mime

blogone — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:58:45 +0000

Marcel Marceau, mine, who silently passed on at a grand old age of 84. I knew his name but I didn’t know he was a mime until I heard on the news that he passed.

The Count Von Cuddlebum III

blogone — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:47:10 +0000

Here’s a short video, including images, of our kitten ‘The Count’.

Pale Blue Dot

blogone — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:56:20 +0000

Enjoy your weekend - whatever it is you do.

Why don’t you tell us what you’re really thinking?

blogone — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:27:23 +0000

German ambassador to Ireland doesn’t hold back and tells it like he sees it and delivers funny anecdote. Ireland is a coarse place with a sad history where the natives are obsessed by money Junior ministers earn more than the German Chancellor 20 per cent of the population are public servants Health service chaotic Hospital consultants turn down ‘Micky [...]

Five Star Hotel Policy - No Sharing Allowed.

blogone — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:07:06 +0000

Sure isn’t it one of the things that makes the Irish…well Irish. Tea. Mrs Doyle, Lyons, Barry’s they all make a nice cup of tea. A well know five star hotel, Herbert Park, has a hotel policy that dictates that customers who order a pot of tea are restricted to just one teacup with [...]

What are the guys over at MS Zune thinking?

blogone — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:31:07 +0000

Probably something like “Awww Crap!” or “I wish I worked at Apple” Ever hear a song on the radio and make a mental note to look it up or wonder what the name of it was or tell yourself you’ll try and get a copy of it, then forget all about it and wake up at [...]

Who signed off on this?

blogone — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 22:19:57 +0000

Recently I started watching a show from Comedy Central called ‘Frisky Dingo’. A very entertaining yet insane show about something (or someone) called ‘Killface’ who wants to send the earth into the Sun using a device called the Annihilatrix. The large rocket cost 22Billion to make and because of the large cost Killface can’t [...]

So long and thanks for all the fish

blogone — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:52:43 +0000

BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6935343.stm “One planet. One experiment”, Edward O. Wilson, The diversity of life. A freshwater dolphin found only in China is now “likely to be extinct”, a team of scientists has concluded. The researchers failed to spot any Yangtze river dolphins, also known as baijis, during an extensive six-week survey of the mammals’ habitat. I’ve just finished listening to [...]

Pepperoncini where art thou?

blogone — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:38:00 +0000

When I was in San Diego most restaurants, including the one I worked at always used Pepperoncini with side dishes or with Pizza etc. They are really good with salads or Pizza. The thing is, since I’ve been home I’ve not been able to find them in any store large or small. I ordered a pizza [...]

Final viewing only one week left.

blogone — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:21:39 +0000

So a year or so ago a buddy of mine, let’s call him PC, brought back a bottle of hot sauce from a trip abroad. The sauce was called ‘Colon Blow’. No, you haven’t misread. Colon Blow. It advertises itself as “Colon Blow A Red Habanero Enema!“ This is not for [...]