March 31, 2003
Woohoo
Got my Palm Tungsten-T! Got it at a special price from my company. And it rules! Although my BF has been using it more than me (he ordered one as well, but has not arrived yet). But TNT is the best, I ordered it last Thurs, got it today afternoon, and it was easy to track, much better than DHL. But hey! That's just me...
March 30, 2003
Go Ireland!!!
Yup, Ireland v England in the grand slam today. Check out latest results and other info on the teams in the 6 nations tournement - http://www.rugby.ie/
March 29, 2003
Absinthe...mmm...nice
Continuing from my earlier blog about LAN party and alcohol. This is how much absinthe was used since 8'ish (I think!)... Remember, it was an unopened bottle...
And yes, that is absinthe all over the cooker hob! better clean that up before we use the cooker! :P
March 28, 2003
LAN party!!
w00t! But I am not playing. I am not a pc gamer. But this is a LAN party, and as LAN parties go, there should be alcohol. My bf just got back from Prague, and brought back a bottle of absinthe. So I went online and searched how to prepare it to drink properly (unless I want to hullucinate!) and found the following site: Absinthe -Wilde green fairy liquid Where I got instructions, after I read most of the history of course, and proceeded with friends of mine to make the concoction! Panic attack to douse the flames in the beginning, but Oish managed to get the fine balance of absinthe and water. So I have shared 3 glasses of absinthe mixture so far. And I don't think I will be in a state to go to the pub to meet some friends of mine in town later, when this stuff kicks in. I am planning to make some more in a mo... w00t!
More sites:
Absinthe the great equaliser
ABSINTHE - THE SHOCKING TRUTH
March 27, 2003
More on the art theme
I love this style used in the cartoons drawn - http://www.shag.com/gallery.html ou'd propb seen some of his works in ads, well they do look familiar somehow. Although this type of desgin is sort of the rage at the moment.
Um, unfortunately, the title of his site is not what it seems, it's the last 2 letters of his first name and the first 2 letters of his last name - His bio.
Man! If only I can draw like this! - http://www.excelsiorstudios.net/ And check out the links to other cool artists sites as well. So much talent!
Who likes Art Deco?
..." I do!!!" Just watched this cool documentray on BBC tonight. Did not realise that it was an Open University programme. It was really interesting, following from it origins to artists drawings, architectural designs to appliances... my fav is the Crysler Building in New York. The OU site is - BBC - Art of Glamour.
March 25, 2003
Batteries run on vodka
Yippee, enzyme batteries are getting nearer. Cheap (I like the sound of that), and it runs on vodka! Read article - Bio-battery runs on shots of vodka (from newscientist.com)
March 21, 2003
Eircom's ADSL prices looking a bit better
The prices are getting better at EUR27 wholesale price for other telecom companies like Esat ~ Eircom sets wholesale DSL price (from electricnews.net)
Creating MT plugins from O'Reilly Network
Cool intro in Developing Movable Type Plugins from http://www.oreillynet.com/.
March 20, 2003
Funny Reg article
Uncanny resemblances!?! Just read the following Reg article - US Irish in St Patrick's Day Iraqi banner outrage
March 19, 2003
Pretzels to Double-Ya
French site to send Bush peace pretzels, this will be interesting to find out what happens, if it does get through...
And who can leave out Michael Moore's message to Double-Ya.
March 18, 2003
Look what can happen to you baggage if you are anti-war!
Passenger finds 'chilling' note from bag handler
On another note, a tragic incident of mother and sons die of suffocation from sealing themselves in against a chemical attack in Israel. Goes to show how awfully wrong some suggestions are for people in these type of situations. And to think of it, that sealing all doors and windows were advised to US citizens!!!
Mmm... future toys
Don't mind the title... it's tech stuff, honest! ~ http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.04/fetishwish.html
Walkout protest against war in Iraq...
... is so well planned that we stop working on the time that most people have their lunch breaks anyway! And the best one would have to be when they thought that the war was starting on Paddy's day, that they were staging a walkout! For us in Ireland, it's a Bank Holiday. Maybe it is the thought that counts! http://www.unison.ie/breakingnews/index.php3?ca=9&si=32191 (from The Irish Independant - free registration)
March 16, 2003
Happy Paddy's Day
(Got this from some site I can't remember. Just google search for "St Patrick's Day picture" and you will find it.)
March 15, 2003
Cute, so cute...so many cute piccies
This is cute. (So Kieran, perpare yourself, the state of cuteness will start almost immediately once the URL is opened..heh!) ~ http://www.e-michael.jp/gallery.htm
This of course follows on from one of my blogs ~ Rate my pooch
A cool barcode art site
Yes, you read right, a barcode art site, and the site is nice as well. ~ http://www.barcodeart.com/art/art.html
March 12, 2003
Another Grand Design House
This is a big.. I mean really big ambitious project. An ultra modern see throough house built with the latest contemporary design. Yes, I quite like watching Channel 4's Grand Design. But this week's house brief overview can be seen here The guy who owns and manages this building site has no previous experience in building. You can see where this is going. The guy is actually quite down to earth, but a bit too ambitious. A very subtle sense of humour as well. :) I like the part where he screamed at a supplier, but when he was talking to the camera recounting his experience so far, he mentions that the person whom he was scream at might not have an eardrum at all. And he was still furious. But he also has his own website, which is good since his house is still being built! Started 2 years ago, and his online diary was only updated a few days ago. Here it is : Could 8 project.
March 11, 2003
Ghibli Museum
I would love to go to Studio Ghibli's Museum! But the site will do for now, even if it is in Japanese...
Cute (?!?) flash cartoons
Dunno where I found these, but these are quite good, and quite short. The site does not have an index page, so go to each ep via the links below:
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
March 09, 2003
Brill comic site
to get you latest kung fu comics and manga. Plus you can get DVDs, and the model replicas of the cool swords. - http://comicsone.com/
New mobile social behaviour
Interesting how on social behaviour of using mobiles in Japan - A New Set of Social Rules for a Newly Wireless (from Japan's Media review)
Roogle
No, I did ot mistype google! It's a search engine for RSS feeds. - http://www.fuzzygroup.com/roogle/
March 08, 2003
March 05, 2003
Crap! Another Sims Game!
The Sims SuperStar preview from gamers.com
Gigs of the machine down at home is just filled up with The Sims installs and saved games! No more pleeeeaaassse!
Coffee Freak
This strip from Angst Technolgy is brilliantly funny, and yet disgusting at the same time! - Coffee Freak!
March 04, 2003
Another great colour finder
Find the most complementry colours, the harmonial colours, you name it, for you web page. I have found mine, now to get a design down on paper (and online!) - http://www.easyrgb.com (Thanks Mick for that link.)
20 Questions game against AI
Teehee, it could not get "mooli"! But it came close nonetheless. Trying to throw it off nearly worked a few times. But it is pretty good. 20 Questions AI game
Digital Colouring Tutorial
Digital colouring tutorial from Steel Dolphin Creative Graphic Design. Got this link from machall.com, actaully, my BF saw it in machall and then told me about it. Thanx Mick! Cool link...
March 03, 2003
How much?!?
Argh! The cost of RDRAM nowadays. Ok, ok, they have dropped in price. My BF brwsed the web when I was on the phone to him over the weekend to check out the prices of PC800 RIMM RDRAM at komplett.ie and Compustore. The difference in price!!! It costs 107 euro in komplett.ie and 128 euro in Compustore. Since I was planning a trip to my local PC world, I thought the worse scenario would be the top of that price range. Boy, was I wrong! I made a bee-line for the sheves that has the mems, and guess how much they were? 250 euro!!! EEK! So I am going to order the mem online now.
My BF has ordered my RDRAM, it costs 98Euro now from komplett.ie (2 x 128MB instd of the single one). And looky what I found about world chip price - World chip sales rise despite seasonal dip. (from The register)
March 02, 2003
Cool gallery of world banknotes
From Cartoonist's blog. Just thought it was cool to see all the different currencies from around the world.
And I have never seen old Irish currency (oldest I have handled were ha'penny!) - Irish currency gallery
Silliness, closer to home this time
Just heard from my BF about the mystery of the ATM disappearance from our local newsagent across the road. Apparently it was stolen! Yup, since it was a convenient size (fit through the door), and an even more convenient location in the shop, uh-huh... just in the door, it was just waiting to be dragged off. Well the shop is getting another ATM machine, but hopefully they would locate it in a more secure part of the shop, or bolt the thing down more securely at least! :)
Grand Design House that you must see for yourself
Out of the many ridiculous house designs which do not suit its surroundings, or/and inappropriate investment of large amount of money, and luck! But this one house really was worth it, and it is beautiful: The wooden house in the woods (funnily enough).. It is environmently friendly, running water from spring and rainwater, solar power for electricity, and the guy who eventually lives in the really nice. unique house, did a lot of the work himself with volunteer workers. It is like a fairy-tale house.
Other houses (ok, the warehouse looks cool as well!), but the box shaped one is truly awful! - Rest of the houses.
Miyamoto talks about...
...new GC Zelda, Pokemon, Donkey Kong and more! The article from gamers.com
(BTW, I find the site can be heavily overloaded, and hard to get to, but it is a good read, and a good site)
March 01, 2003
Comic taken off shelves because of toy gun
Yup, Dandy was taken off the shelves because apparently, the "bright blue-and-yellow plastic 'punch-gun' toy" could be used as a weapon to hi-jack planes. Read more on this ridulous stance by Birmingham International Airport - Comic's free toy banned in airport security crack-down (from ananova.com)
KDE 3.1 vs. GNOME 2.2
What does Mick think of this? (I know the answer! ;-P) But here are further comments on an article that someone linked about in osnews.com - KDE 3.1 vs. GNOME 2.2
M$ getting desperate to gain China's market
What do they do? They reveal their source code to them. Comments on the article from osnews.com - Gates Reveals Windows Source Code to China
Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution trailer
Yes, Neil will be hopping up and down about this one! Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution Trailer
Sega takeover saga
Follow on from I wonder what Neil makes of this?, more information about the Sega take over from Home Lan Fed - More Sega news and rumours.