February 2012
1 post
Greece is a smokescreen to hide the mother of all...
via politico.ie The terms of the European ‘bailouts’ - the severe public spending cuts, the onslaught on public ownership – all reflect the experience of the developing world in the 1980s and ’90s. Eurozone finance ministers who sat in Brussels and decided Greece’s future on Monday should have attended yesterday’s well-timed University of London conference on learning lessons...
January 2012
3 posts
Earthquake measuring 2.2 on Richter scale hits...
A earthquake measuring 2.2 on the Richter scale has struck north Donegal. Many listener contacted Highland Radio this moring claiming to have experienced the small earthquake overnight. Tremers was felt in areas including Kerrykeel/Fanad, Downings, Letterkenny and Buncrana. The British Geological Survey confirms that their equipment in Buncrana recorded a magnitude 2.2 earthquake...
23 and 1/2 hours: What is the single best thing we...
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You do know today’s not a public holiday, right? ·...
via thedailyedge.thejournal.ie THE CHANCES ARE that you’re among the large swathes of the Irish population for whom today is the last day of the Christmas holiday. Just to make sure you’re totally up to speed – today isn’t actually a public holiday, meaning you’re not strictly entitled to have the day off. The difficulty is that ’bank holidays’ and ‘public holidays’ are not the same thing...
December 2011
8 posts
Fresh strawberry from Egypt
after a week in the fridge ;)
On Rathmullan beach earlier today.
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Elf Yourself
Pour Vinegar Over Frozen Meat to Speed Defrosting...
Tips and tricks blog Lifehackery recommends that the next time you thaw frozen meat try pouring a cup or so of vinegar on the frozen flesh—the vinegar will lower the freezing temperature of the meat so it will begin to thaw more quickly and the acid in the vinegar will break down connective tissues that will make the meat more tender. You can always rinse the vinegar off the meat once...
School Portrait
<iframe allowfullscreen=”true” src=”http://player.vimeo.com/video/30133754?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0” height=”225” width=”400”></iframe> School Portrait (2011) from Michael Berliner on Vimeo.
British Library newspaper archive puts 300 years...
via telegraph.co.uk People will now be able to search the ‘British Newspaper Archive’, which is made up of four million pages - containing articles from local and regional papers going back to 1700, for details about members of their family who may have been eminent in their local communities hundreds of years ago. The launch of the archive is the first time people will be able to...
Microsoft enables Android and iOS users to...
via engadget.com Visit http://aka.ms/wpdemo on your phone….This is cool :)
Stradivarius violin recreated from CAT scan,...
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November 2011
19 posts
Frost Fractals
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No Arms, No Legs...Nick Vujicic
Best Door to Door Salesman Ever! Kenny Brooks
via youtube.com This is so funny ..
Party
Party
Denise's cat
Sideboard
Sideboard
Mags Orchid
John Cooper Clarke in Letterkenny - Photos
via zero74.com Some photos from tonight….ok, no more JCC. :)
John Cooper Clarke - Beasley Street
via youtube.com Recorded tonight at the Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny.
John Cooper Clarke - Beasley Street
via youtube.com Going to see the legendary punk poet tonight :)
Specsavers Ad. (better version)
Weekend pics
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Apparition in Carndonagh bar.
Multi-Target Radar System
via youtube.com Go easy on the gas, Speed Racer, because Cordon is on its way. Developed by Simicon, this new speed sensor promises to take highway surveillance to new heights of precision. Unlike most photo radar systems, which track only one violator at a time, Simicon’s device can simultaneously identify and follow up to 32 vehicles across four lanes. Whenever a car enters its range,...
Meanwhile on the 19:57 to Watford
Sylvia Plath, Mad Girl's Love Song
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A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs
By MONA SIMPSONI grew up as an only child, with a single mother. Because we were poor and because I knew my father had emigrated from Syria, I imagined he looked like Omar Sharif. I hoped he would be rich and kind and would come into our lives (and our not yet furnished apartment) and help us. Later, after I’d met my father, I tried to believe he’d changed his number and left no forwarding address...
October 2011
43 posts
Nice to have all the boys home. :)
Elvis Costello - A Slow Drag With Josephine
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Elvis Costello in Sligo
via zero74.com Some photos from last night
45 mins left to spoil your vote
Your Ballot Paper
Laurel & Hardy dance to the Rolling Stones
In a Placebo mood...they are top of my bands to...
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Placebo - Sleeping With Ghosts
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Exhibition Launch Success - LKFoto
via zero74.com The club launched it’s first exhibition tonight at the RCC. There was a large turnout and the reaction was very positive. The exhibition was launched by local photographer Fergal Megannety who spoke highly of the standard of work presented by the club. Click here to view the exhibition http://zero74.com/lkfoto/?p=1621#
Major emergency plan declared for Dublin due to...
via thejournal.ie A MAJOR EMERGENCY plan is being invoked by Dublin City Council and South Dublin County Council because of flooding in the region. The co-ordination office is based at Tara Street fire station and are holding a meeting at 9pm to decide on emergency measures for homes and roads hit by the flooding. Cabra and Kilmainham are both looking at resident evacuations. Dublin City...
Halloween Light Show 2011 - Party Rock Anthem
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Donegal VEC App
I redesigned the VEC website over the last 6 months and it’s now fully bilingual. I also created a mobile version for the iPhone. Check it here www.donegalvec.ie If you add to your homescreen, it will work jut like a standard app. let me know what you think.
Quantum Levitation
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Meet the blind Great Dane in need of a home (but...
Chattin with Tom Dunne this morning
Tom Tom presents a magazine-style talk show, covering topical news items, lifestyle, sport and entertainment…. Read Morevia newstalk.ie About 5 mins in http://media.newstalk.ie/listenback/86/thursday/1/
Hot Chocolate (I Believe in Miracles)
via youtube.com something to cheer you up on a cold wet winter’s morning..
Google Translate with Conversation Mode
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The Other Guy Who Died
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Chrome Remote Desktop - Access Any Computer...
via chromestory.com Chrome Remote Desktop BETA is fully cross-platform, extension to connect any two computers that have a Chrome browser, including Windows, Linux, Mac and Chromebooks.