Things have been very quiet on here lately, mainly because work has been nuts and we’ve been prepping for our honeymoon. Unlike most couples who head off for a few weeks on a beach, we’ve decided to do things a little differently.
Tomorrow at 6am we set off on our European Odyssey for the next three [...]
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Firstly, I won’t be going as I’ll be on honeymoon.
With BarCamp Galway less than a month away, the usual blogstorm has broken out about how to make BarCamp better, how to break the cliqué-ness of it, how to avoid wikis, make sign up easier, all the usual stuff that we’ve heard at each one since [...]
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I was skimming through my news feeds today and spotted one “Man quizzed after dismembered body find“. A rush of adrenaline hit my heart and I was suddenly catapulted back to December 1999.
Working in the Student’s Union at Paisley University one Friday evening, I picked up the phone when it rang. It was J, a [...]
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How’s your grammar? For a lot of people I know, it’s not very good…
Test your knowledge here.
I got 100%.
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Yup, and it’s Communications Minister Eamon Ryan yet again!
Breakingnews.ie reports today that Minister Ryan has postponed ‘indefinitely‘ the effort to create a system of postcodes for Ireland. Quoting from Breakingnews:
Two reports have already been compiled and an extensive public consultation process has been carried out.
However, reports this morning say Minister Ryan has now ordered another [...]
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Yes, it’s 2am.
Yes, I am drunk.
Yes, I am pissed off.
But that’s why “born-again christians” should not be allowed to acquire taxi licenses within Ireland.
I’ve just had to put up with 20 minutes of RANTING from a taxi driver while I was being driven home. I was paying for a service, yes - but a service [...]
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Should have posted this earlier, but I’ll be attending the first inaugural Dublin TweetUp tonight.
Full details can be found over on Olivier’s blog, he’s done a great job in organising this at short notice. Only criteria is that you need to be a Twitterer, but you can resolve that in 5 mins [...]
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Nokia have announced a battery recall for some BL-5C phone batteries manufactured between Dec 2005 and Nov 2006. In very rare cases the affected batteries could potentially experience over heating initiated by a short circuit while charging, causing the battery to dislodge.
Since so many people carry Nokia phones, I though it might help to post [...]
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All evening I’ve been doing everything I can to put off writing this post… reading RSS feeds, catching up on twitter, emailing people, even housework, just ‘cos I didn’t want to put these words down on the screen.
A few weeks ago, the hubbie George acquired himself a new car. We’ve had a few issues [...]
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I’ve been himming and hawing about whether I should write this post or not - the last time I opened my mouth to stand up for girl bloggers (choosing of categories for the las Irish Blog Awards) I was shouted down quite vociferously!
But I think I can get away with this one…. K8 recently [...]
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