Archive for January, 2008

Jan 31 2008

Be patient and watch

Published byKarlin under general weirdness

This is just wonderful and worth waiting for! (thanks GMSV.com)

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Jan 30 2008

Wire as you build

Published byKarlin under internet,ireland

This call by Fine Gael to require builders to include wiring for broadband in new builds would be so easy to implement that I hope it happens. And given the grotesque profits within the industry for years, it should have been a requirement long ago. Some builders have offered broadband-ready homes and apartments in the past [...]

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Jan 25 2008

A perfect 100

Published byKarlin under Uncategorized

Today I went shopping for a birthday card for a very special birthday: 100 big ones! My grandmother, a truly extraordinary woman, turns 100 next weekend and I was hoping to find a card that wasn’t too sentimental or silly or full of bad jokes. So I went into Eason’s, which certainly has more cards [...]

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Jan 22 2008

Yet another ‘best of’ list

Published byKarlin under tech

AlwaysOn has released its Top 100 companies for 2008. Why 100? That’s really too many for the list to be meaningful for most people, I think; give me the top 5 in each category instead. Nonetheless the whole swarm make an intriguing group and no doubt a few of these will be bought, funded, and/or get their [...]

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Jan 22 2008

John Muir’s mountains, woods and streams

Published byKarlin under arts

At a recent Irish Times staff book sale I came across a copy of naturalist John Muir’s My First Summer in the Sierra, which I immediately snagged. You cannot grow up in California without knowing something about Muir, even if only that he has given his name to a beautiful spot like Muir Woods redwood [...]

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Jan 19 2008

Ireland becomes a surveillance nation

Published byKarlin under internet,ireland,privacy,rants

Time to start encrypting and using anonymisers, folks! Saturday’s Irish Times: E-mail and chat data to be stored ‘within a month’ Karlin Lillington Records of e-mails and internet chat messages sent and received by Irish residents – and the times they log on and off the internet – will have to be stored for three [...]

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Jan 15 2008

Macworld blog — could a blog be uglier?

Published byKarlin under Apple,blogging

Come on guys, at bare minimum, I’d expect something that at least renders properly on a Safari browser, but neither the Macworld blog nor the main website do. And that is the most butt-ugly blog I have ever seen — sheesh, use iWeb at least to spare embarrassment! And what is the all-caps business for posts? Could anything be [...]

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Jan 15 2008

The Men of BonBon… er, Rohan

Published byKarlin under general weirdness

A scale model of Minas Tirith during the Battle Of Pelennor Fields made out of sweets. God, how I love geeks with time on their hands (though they say, not really, we just found the time —  in this case, seven days. They add, “…if you’re not using your free time to do stuff like [...]

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Jan 08 2008

Had your fill of Phil?

Published byKarlin under general weirdness

Then you will enjoy this pithy response to the self-help guru’s decision that Britney wasn’t yet suffering enough mental torment — it was time to pay an unexpected, uninvited hospital visit: “It’s true people sometimes need to be placed under involuntary mental health treatment because they can’t take care of themselves,” veteran psychiatrist Dr. Jeffrey [...]

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Jan 08 2008

Xerox changes its brand ID

Published byKarlin under technoculture

Wow, that’s a change all right. I don’t remember any other logo than the old one (which is on the Xerox printer I took delivery of only last week, thus missing out on this new branding opportunity. Oh no, everyone will know I have an ‘old’ printer now…!). Xerox has this to say about the [...]

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Jan 04 2008

Taking Pärt

Published byKarlin under arts

I was ridiculously excited to read in the Irish Times this week that Estonian composer Arvo Pärt would be present in Ireland for RTE’s Living Music Festival this year in February. Like many, I find Pärt on the accessible side of contemporary music (though I do like quite a bit of contemporary music in a [...]

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Jan 04 2008

The secret sauce made all the difference

Published byKarlin under Uncategorized

I met my old friend Gerry today at the Chinese restaurant on Parnell Street where we often grab lunch when he is in town. This is one of the fantastic little authentic Chinese places all around Dublin these days that have decent prices and delicious food. They also almost always have two menus — a [...]

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