Whykay's happenings

That's a bit crazy..

... selling your life on ebay, I mean! I suppose if you have no qualms like this guy and want a fresh start, why not, plus the bidding is going well for him so far. Fair play to him, hope he likes his new lease of life when his former life is sold.

Naivety

A pact to get pregnant is one of the most irresponsible things to do, and these girls have no idea the enormity of what they have done to themselves. Bringing another life into the world, and the loss of their last years of childhood to became young mothers. It's not the end of the world for them, it'll be tougher. It begs to question the sex education they had, the implications of what they had done is not serious to them at all...

School officials became suspicious when girls began seeking pregnancy tests at the school clinic and seemed more upset when they were not pregnant than when they were. Some girls reacted with high-fives and started planning baby showers when they learned they were expecting.

Be careful about what you say

... when you blog especially.

Street Art in Lower East Side

Street Art in Lower East Side, originally uploaded by nickgraywfu.

Nice pic in Flickr via Reddit.

Mii Wedding

My last post about geek weddings will not be the last, seems like their video games and announced their wedding Mii style. Kids nowadays, heehee.

Anti-parent on Facebook! Now that is not right.

The article, When Mom or Dad Asks To Be a Facebook Friend, shows some young people in the States are shocked, so much so, groups for anti-parents in Facebook groups have appeared. I personally don't see this as a problem. These young people want to keep their party lives in college to themselves, but their profile is still public. Act like eejits, they would have to deal with future employers and their parents seeing what they get up to on those nights out. If you want to keep things private, don't put anything online, simple as that.

(Source: Washington Post)

First Maid Cafes, now Maid Casinos!

Came across this article, I'm just wondering will there be a butler casino? *lol

Regulations for family-friendly apartment to be extended nationwide

I mentioned before that Dublin City Council introduced family-friendly apartments to be build by developers, now it seems that this regulation has been extended to the rest of the cities and towns nationwide.

the new regulations set out minimum floor space and storage space sizes that must be adhered to in the future.

Disaster for Spears

With all the news about Britney's disastrous opening performance, I had to check it out. And boy, she was really, really bad. I read about it in the Indo and was more interested with the comments at the end of the article. People who disagree that Spears is "paunchy", and more interestingly enough, Irish guys saying it as well as women.

'paunch' ?, She looks great !. When compared to the women you see in Ireland, out on the town with their 'beer belly tops', Britney looks just fine. The poor girl just needs some dance lessons.

I told my hubby that, and he also thought the news are a bit harsh about her not in your atypical Hollywood shape.

Wierd but...

...it could be useful for brides who want a perfect smile? Well, what did I mean by that, check this out, and you will see what I mean.

More getting civil services

I'm not surprised, Mick and I opted for this also. We are not divorcees or anything, it was our own choice, coupled with the hotel that luckliy has a civil registry wedding package. So more people are getting civil services and are in their 30s before tying the knot. Interesting to see people's attitudes to marriage and having children nowadays, with focus on careers, especially for those who are paying off their mortgages.

Creationists at its best

By the way, I'm being sarcastic. So this 8th grade kid from Christian science fair disproves evolution

Using a rolled-up paper towel suspended between two glasses of water with Epsom Salts, the paper towel formed stalactites.

Now, because of this "demonstration", the quips that this means that they take millions of years to develop is wrong.

Here goes my "roll up my eyes" look. And this just reminds me of a recent reddit link to a certain picture, periodic table of elements according to creationists. What a laugh a minute.

2nd Life goes boom for one island

Haha, I like my WoW, but I have never tried (or go near) 2nd Life. But reading stories about things that happen in 2nd Life is funny, like this island setup by a broadcasting company got blown up.

I finally watched...

.. Ichi the Killer. I had always wondered how gruesome it would be, to be honest, I was not all that shocked! I even found some parts funny, that's because there's dark humour dotted all around the movie. I think most people would find it disturbing and sickening to watch. But it's only a film, and curiosity of disturbing Japanese films has always stirred an interest in me. I don't like gruesome things, but it's all fake. It's not horror, I hate ghost or monster films. Maybe I have the taste for it after watching Battle Royale. Which incidently I asked Mick (my then boyfriend, now hubby) to buy it for me in HMV as a Valentine's Day present! My excuse, there's romance in it, teenage couples and the colour red... lots of red. Heehee. Main thing is, that is not reality, and should never, ever be a reality. It's just an over-imaginative mind, and pure fantasies of whoever thought it all up for novels, mangas, animés and films.

Bouncers are to be licenced from today

(From indo)

Security men caught without a new licence could be fined up to €3,000 and face 12 months in prison.
New mandatory licences issued by the Private Security Authority come into force today.
The new rules mean that rogue bouncers will not longer be able to work without a proper licence.

Woohoo! Next time think of that when you get stopped for id.

"Stupid" ski stunt underground

So this guy decided to ski down the longest escalator in a tube station in London. Even RTE News 2 showed the clip twice last night to prove that it's stupid and dangerous.. hehe.

Here is the clip:

Tidy Town Hot Fuzziness and Cherry Blossom whoopsies

For all those who have seen Hot Fuzz ("yarp!"), what Fine Gael want is to have Tidy Towns as a reality tv show. And all I could think off is Hot Fuzz.

Japan is Cherry blossom mad! Whilst Mick and I were over in Tokyo for our honeymoon, there was 1 or 2 trees blossoming, and it was like a superstar. So many people hoarding around it. I would love to go there and check out the parks with all the blossoms open. But this is where the Japanese takes the biscuit when it comes down to how serious they are about this event. From BBC News, Japan apology for blossom error. What I like even better was the fact that this is an excuse for a party!

Salarymen and office ladies, as they are known here, get drunk under the trees each night until the blossoms fall.

Tedfest... Brilliant!

Heh, gwan gwan gwan... the Tedfest is happening this weekend at Inis Mor, Galway. There's a Song for Europe event as well... My Lovely Horse... brilliant. And much more, hope they have some quick clips of the happenings, I'm sure it's a laugh.

Heelys are dangerous

Am I getting old? Well, wearing shoes with wheels at your heel is sort of dodge to start off with. Coming down stairs, walking down an inclined slope. My fiancé mentioned today when he noticed a kid being dragged by his dad, does that mean kids are not getting excercise. Heh. He's got a point there. Plus I saw a girl with the attachable wheels to normal shoes, and she was walking around like she was wearing high heels, except the high heels are wheels. People will compare it to rollarblades, skateboards, but these are meant to be like normal shoes, and an instinct will be to walk with heel down before the rest of your foot. It's even made it to the 2006 most dangerous toys list.

Well, back in my day.... ROFL.

Everyone deserves to eat

You decide how much to pay for what you eat at One World Café in Salt Lake City and the SAME (So All Might Eat) Café in Denver. Even if you have no money, you can do the dishes, sweep etc to work up to the amount you ate. Some people are more than generous as well, even leaving money without eating anything.

A little closer to home... locals whine so much about the Polish over here, you know the usual, taking our jobs yada yada yada. But alot of the Polish who come over end up homeless, and Capuchin Day Centre helped many of the Polish. Now the Polish are returning the kindness by giving generous donations. (From Indo, free registration)

"In the early part of the year it was half Irish and half Polish, but as the Polish got jobs that number has dropped,"

Gov Phonelines Bilingual madness

Granted, Ireland is taking Irish seriously, and government public information are now all bi-lingual since July 2006. But even with telephone services (Indo onine - need registration).

PEOPLE left hanging on the telephone while a voice gives them interminable "options" are to get a double earful from Government departments because now they're going to have to listen in English . . . and Irish.

I think they are in cohoots with the phone companies to sqeeze every cent from us, while we wait for all the options bilingually.

Fried Coke

Bleurgh... it's true. The Americans have done it again, Fried Coke. And they are trying to cut down on the sugar as well. Even though it's

[...] a batter mix made with Coca-Cola syrup, a drizzle of strawberry syrup, and some strawberries.

And this just reminds me of the Daily Show, where Jon Stewart picked up on chocolate chip pancake wrapped sausage on a stick, and you wonder why they are the forerunners for obesity in the world.

The thing I learnt from visiting my fiancé's mom in Orlando was, that the American's love their corn syrup. Whenever we go food shopping, she found it so hard to find something without the dreaded corn syrup, even in the bread!

Rate my auctioneer

From Indo : Now the public can put auctioneers under the hammer

Rateyourauctioneer.com has just been launched. It invites people to give compliments or to complain about their buying and selling experiences.

Heh, it's similiar to the ratemyteacher.com and ratemysolicitor.com. Heh, there is a ratemybuilder.com as well!

Cultivate Community Multicultural Street Festival

Headed into town today, expecting nothing unusual. Until I heard some music booming out of the area at the Civic Offices. I was a bit deterred from all the skater boyz but the music was good, and I wanted to see what was going on. Apparently it was the Cultivate Community event today. And there was what seems to be half-pipes (although I thought otherwise and gave out to Mick.. whoops). And skaters of all ages were freestyling, although a bit apprehensive (much better than the grufties at Central Bank, or the 20 odd year old trying to skate at our appartment complex each eveing). There was one guy who stood out from the rest, and did some better (not awesome) tricks. And a guy on a bmx. There was some hip-hop folks (incl. kids) in the back doing their thang. Not too shabby. And the music (what drew me there in the first place) was pretty damn good.

Here are some vids:

Fight club... menlo park style

Saw this article about a real-life underground fight club in Menlo Park (it's in California, right smack in Silicon Valley). That is just crazy, all those tecchie geeks bashing each other up. Funny if that is the way you get up the ladder, by beating your boss up. *lol

Some vids at Inside The Gentlemen's Fight Club.

Leinster supporters?

Given that I back Munster, since I am from Limerick. I had to give this a go

Go to google and type in "leinster supporters club" - check out the first Line

Contractors

Funny thing about today's Dilbert strip, we were discussing how bad contractors are treated in US tech companies (just cos most stories derive from US companies, I am sure this happens to any large corporate companies) the other night at the Dublin's Python Meetup. Just pure coincidence that I stumbled onto today's Dilbert, as I don't normally check it out as often anymore.

So how was April Fool's?

My April Fool's was quiet, which is good. But wikipedia has a page listing all the April Fool's prank pages.

At least I got over my hangover!

Wonder was I like that

Hmm, this comic kinda makes me wonder if I was like that playing Mario Kart DS. Heh, must ask Mick about that one. I would not be surprised, it's quite and intensive, fun-filled game.

Surging for Paddy's

You know, I am not a big fan of the black stuff. And I am not sure about this Guiness surger. Seems like alot of trouble to get your special can of Guiness to taste like draught poured in your local.

Today's march in Dublin

Ok, I only went into town early afternoon to go to Wagamamas with my bro for lunch. Thien pick up a few things here and there on the southside. Little did I know something was amiss... cue sirens, screeching tyres towards Nassau Street direction. Heading from Grafton St. towards 90 stop on Aston Quay, I saw grufties and lots of skangers wearing Irish scarved covering up half of their faces heading the same direction as the Gardaí riot vans. Ahead past the spire, my brother points to smoke. Hmmm... the bridge has been closed off, we wanted to go home (Abbey St. was out of the question). Waiting at the 90 was a bit fruitless, so my brother prodded me to walk to Jervis to get the Luas. Heh, so we got there, Luas only runs between Smithfield and Tallaght only. Anyhoo, we manage to make our way home. My brother mentioned the Loyalist march, but I check the headlines and there it was...

The Garda Riot Squad are still in attendance and a total of 37 people have been arrested. They are being held at Store Street and Pearse Street garda stations.

And what was scarier still...

Skirmishes were reported on O'Connell Bridge and Aston Quay and there was a stand-off for a time on Fleet Street.

OMG! We got out of town just in time. My brother pointed out that it is also featured in the BBC news as well. Not sure if this was a coincidence, there were more sirens than usual last night, I thought my headache emphasised it. And geesh, I can even hear some bangs nearby, and I'm living around Parkgate St.

I'm just glad I am home now.

Wake me up at...

This is rather silly.. a wake me up at... stickers!

World Aids Day today

Dr. Who to a phone near you

Well, your mobille anyway... But tis old news now. Been busy to blog lately. Anyhoo, I just shudder with the idea how much it would cost to watch an episode?!? Given that using GPRS (and if you are lucky to use 3G without losing signal) is sooo expensive here. Prob work better in Japan with manga on phones soon (maybe I am wrong that it could be cheaper over there).

Breakbeat

Music, so many different genres. Me, I myself enjoy many types. But I still enjoy good breakbeat dance music. Trying to explain to a metalhead who just replied "I don't know anything about your breakbeat", and proceed to talk guitar to his mate.

Breakbeat (breakbeats or breaks), are a collection of sub-genres of electronic music, chiefly exemplified by drum and bass and jungle, usually characterized by a non-straighted 4/4 drum pattern (as opposed to the steady beat of house or trance).

Cops told to fine themselves

Austrian cops to ordered to fine themselves

You know, everytime I see a Garda speeding without the sirens on, or when they double-park (even triple), friends laugh at me when I say... they should fine themselves. If only I suppose. But if it was like that Austrian incident, it would be a idea. Heh!

Bring your own pub!

Well, it's an inflatable pub! Wonder how would you get a license for this? And you can smoke and play darts as well! Absolutely crazy!

Video game skills do come in handy

All those years of parents telling kids to stop playing video games as it was wating their time... well, I really hope that this is true that financial sector needs people with these skills for their hand to eye co-ordination. And if you play poker, that's a good skill to have... a poker face, of course.

Compo nation still around for awhile

Some girl got hurt working in a takeaway and sued successfully, and what happened to my aunt was worse. But she owns a takeaway, and accidents do happen. She was cleaning the side of the fryer... and her hand slipped... . She did not go to the doctor or hospital, as it was busy and she continued on working (what, ya think she was going to sue herself! It's her livelihood). Work hard and retire when times come, and save money. That is always our way of thinking. (We were all giving out to her for not going, but what can we do.). But these things happen, working in the catering business, you are bound to be burnt, I see many cooks (and my mom) with plenty of scars from cooking in the restauarant/takeaway. And the government are wondering why we find it hard to hire local folks to work in the kitchen, that is the reason, they mess you about by blackmailing you, when there are not enough people working (i.e. payrise), possibilty of being sued (i.e. cut from preparing food, slip after they mop the floor etc).

This compo nation attitude is not going to change for awhile, from criminals trying to get compo from government about slop-outs to parents of primary school kids suing the school just because their kids fell in the playground. My work collegue mentioned that he was at a school meeting, and was told not to leave the children at the playground when dropping them to school as they cannot afford the insurance.

It's lunacy.

AWol laughing all the way

Awol a new trend! What is it, you may ask... It's alcohol without liquid, yup.... you inhale it! And you thought alcopops were the worst invention! (secretly wants to try it out)

I want to go to Japan!

Boing Boing: Your Neighbor Totoro House replica planned in Expo 2005 in Japan! (Start scrimping and saving!)

Free b33r

Cool company to work for... too much free food, then go to the free gym!

Tis the end of summer...

...but there is still time for ice-cream, but I don't think I can stomach some these flavours of Japanese ice-cream! (Heh, and my friends thought I was crazy about Beer ice-cream!)

Now that is what I call a car!

Reuters - The Cops Are Chasing Me in a WHAT?... now what's that about? The Italian police now has a Lamborghini.

Those strange lights, part II

Ah yes, so slashdot picked up on the lights projects over Dublin, some very funny comments though :D Control Lightshow Over Dublin Sky From A Webpage

So these are the strange lights last night

Vectorial Elevation, Relational Architecture 4
Quite cool to look at!

All for Eu Day of Welcomes. But one annoying thing, on May 1st and 2nd, Parkgate Street will be closed, and we have no access to our appartment! No times mentioned, just those 2 days! Just great, no mention online, just the stupid piece of print out on the notice board!

And you would think Ireland hates cyclists!

Well, seems like Brighton (England), do not take cyclists safety seriously much more so!

Why did you not respond to my mail?!?

Every frantic manager would be asking. Not sure about folks out there in other companies, but emails can be very time consuming. What to ignore, did I miss out any emails that are really important... or the atitude of "if it's really important they will try and find you, ring you or mail you 50 million times!". heh.. been there, still doing that, unfortunately. Given the way our email obsessive culture of CC'ing god knows every alias out there, and I'm ended up being mailed 2 or more times whenever a mail is replied to... Argh.. Anyhoo, what started off my rant - IrishEyes's blog "Why people ignore mail". Heh, I am foolish enough to look at most of my mail.. my BF on the other hand, ignores mails sent to aliases. Many learnt that if they need him, mail him.. or better yet, just pick up the damn phone! ;)

You know...

...this no smoking ban in Ireland is great. I can wear the same clothes after a night at the pub (or a restaurant)! But one thing I noticed while I was at Mulligan's off Townsend St. (here in Dublin), and man, many came to the same conclusion, sense of smell in pubs have heighted (even for a non-smoker like me). BUT, always with the buts... BUT, you can also smell more in this new unfounded territory, that is the non-smoking realms of the pubs, obnoxious gases.... yes, I mean farts! We think that apart from the smoker's smoke hiding the smell, my friends and I think that lighting up a cigeretter burns the methane, so we don't notice as much. But in Mulligan's it's even more so. For all those who are not in the know, Mulligan's is one of the best place for a nice pint of Guinness. Now, imagine.. a pub full of Guinness punters! *pew* Exactly! Coupled with iffy toilet fresheners from the nearby johns/bogs/jacks/loos.
But nonetheless, many of us agree (smokers and non-smokers), it's all good. ;)
I find it amusing taunting my buddies who smoke everytime their urge comes around, and goes out for a puff, and comes back with a waft of smoke.
Another thing I noticed, the day of the smoking ban that came in, I was at Tara St. DART station, and I saw many empty nicotine chewing gum packets strewn all around the platform. And an announcement remind daily commuters that there is no smoking at train stations or on trains. Heh, better be careful wile waiting for the trains then, given Irish rail and DART's track record for allways being on time... *wink*

Dublin... metro... greenlight soon!

Yes... I kid you not! Metro project expected to get green light within two weeks. It's about time as well!

Philip K. Dick Official Site

www.philipkdick.com/, nice slick site for one of the greatest SF writers.

Happy Paddy's Day!

Well, slept in today, did not go to see the parade here in Dub city. Even though it will be the last year large floats go down O'Connell St because of the power lines for the LUAS will need to be taken down and put back up from next year onwards, if large floats are still a feature in Irish parades. Anyhoo, no green pints for me, but here's some bit about Paddy's day. Have a good one (although I was in town earlier today, and many were a wee bit legless ;) )

Minister launches airport internet services

Minister launches airport internet services... at Cork, Dublin and Shannon... unfortunately, it is free until the end of June till the end of the Ireland's presidency of the EU.

This is madness

Nobel peace prize nominees includes Bush and Blair! What!?! Is this going to become the oscars. Or is there some script that pulls out the leader of a country's name and submits it as a nominee... *sigh*

Snippets of ups and downs around Ireland

Yay, it's a "criminal offense" to smoke in restaurants and pubs, and fines upto €3000. Tis a different tale if this was just a fine.
An example of overcrowding in our Dublin's fair city trains, aptly titled, "Overcrowded commuter trains 'are accidents waiting to happen'". It's the same story with the DART and buses as well.
There is talk of the place I am working in of a possible payrise... but lucky Dell employess in Limerick... boooo!
And good news for all broadband users... falling prices of broadband services in Ireland, from enn.ie's Report reveals true broadband costs... dum-dum-dum!
And last but none the least, an oh my gosh blog entry from Irish Eyes about Robot tank battles in Thurles!!!

Non-smking areas don't work

You don't say! BBC online news article reports that nicotine levels are lower, but still high. Wow, I wouldn't need scientists to tell me that when I am sitting in the no smoking area, and waft of smoke filters through the invisble wall seperating us from the smokers, usually by a draught or bad ventilation. But even if it is one table that is smoking, the clothes somehow pick up this vile stench.

Nice to see Ireland mentioned as the forefront of banning smoking from restaurants and pubs. Bye-bye, smokey clothes.

Yay! Smoking ban after March

Finally, it's officially announce, smoke-free workplace, particularly at restaurants. I am happy as I don't get to smelly smokey just cos one person decide to have a puff before and after a meal in the table next to me (while I am eating), and secondly, my parents have a restaurant, and it's good that folks who work there do not have to inhale 2nd hand smoke, it has greatly damaged my father's lungs after nearly 4 decades of working in the business.

Official sites:
* Speech by Micheál Martin TD, Minister for Health and Children at the announcement of the commencement date for the smoke-free workplace regulations.

* http://www.smokefreeatwork.ie

In the news:
* Limerick Post - Health Minister to announce smoking ban date
* CNN - Irish smoking ban to include pubs
* BBC News - Ireland outlaws smoking in pubs

Irish gov BB site

Indo - Website to signpost 'cheapest' broadband article points to theconsumer information website. Thing is, it does not cover all the areas. Where is Caherdavin in Limerick, or Parkgate St. in Dublin? And why is Hosting 365 not on the list. They are cheap.

Alcho-bics

Hmm, wonder what they would taste like? Saw the article from Ananova.com - Alcohol flavour biscuits condemned.

Women buying gadgets

What's more annoying then Women treated like idiots when shopping for tech (Ars Technica).
But after the many frustrating experiences, it is still worth it a little bit to see the awestruck faces of how much I know about something I want to buy, and have researched thoroughly. :)

Heh, must pass this one to my BF's mom

..who has a beagle, and is not suppose to have any snacks.. but you know, you cannot ignore her cute adorable look before plonking down in front of you... heh!
See article from Ananova - Megan (the dog) is slimmer of the year.

Finally...

...the answer to "What is hogmanay?" (apart from that it is a big festival in Scotland!)... answers can be found here Hogmanay.net - the home of Hogmanay. Tis been bugging me since last night! :)

Woah.. you can get anything on ebay!

A decommissioned aircraft carrier! Found this on Boing Boing Blog - Best geek gift yet: decommissioned aircraft carrier. It's crazy. Well worth to go to the ebay link there and have a good laugh reading the description. :D

Oops! Is it really real?

Free diamonds stunt backfires, and while we are on the subject of oops! They are still trying to locate the Beagle, no signal for 2 days.

Tis the time to go and get spooky

Want to know more about Hallow's eve? (Well, my German flatmate was asking about it...) So here are the Google results for Halloween.

Am I reading this right?

See the price of the DVD in China!!! Hong Kong Daily - Studios hope 'Matrix' film will strike blow against China piracy

Inflation and begging has gone up

What is it with inflation nowadays? A homeless person came up to me and my BF and asked us politely to give him 5 Euro! Not spare some change, but 5 Euro. My BF took out some change and out of his good heart, gave him the two 1 Euro coins (the largest coins he had, the rest were 1/2/5/10/20 cents). The guy then had the audacity to ask for the rest of the change! My word, what is the world coming to. Money means something to us, ou know as well. We need to be able to fend for ourselves, and we don't go begging others for change, never mind 5 Euro.

Kindergarden for hubbies and partners

Nox Bar in Hamburg just started a pub that offers women to go shopping while their partners "park them at what it bills as the country's first kindergarten for men". Read the full article - German Bar Offers Kindergarten for Men from fredericksburg.com.
Wonder will this take off here? Will any shopping get done? More drinking, perhaps. :P

Should we be worried?

Yes, the economic downturn is slowly turning around (as far as IT is concerned). But here in Ireland, is the high cost hurting us more than ever? Yes, it is mainly all manufacturing that is being re-allocated (mostly), but warning bells from say Oracle's Irish boss, 3Com's re-allocation to Eastern Europe or Asia and more tech bad news from ENN. Sigh... Is it time now to move away?

Dublin's Flash Mob on Sat

I was not able to go but I heard about it... and it seemed everyone had a good laugh! Check out The Dublin (Flash) Mob Scene: Robert Burke's Photo Album on the Web

Cyborg Nation?

Just hope Kevin Warwick doesn't hear about this! Ars Technica: One step closer to a cyborg nation.

HK's parking meters to accept smart cards

Great to know that HK has embraced the samrt card technology. They have two options with your e-card, one which is just cash, while the other option allows e-card holders to transfer from your account. (I prefer just the e-card on its own, you drop it, it's just lost cash with no attachements to your accounts, yes I am paranoid!) Here is the article from HK government's news site : Parking meters to accept Octopus cards
Wonder will this ever take off in Ireland, not just for parking meters, but smart cards in general! :P

Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers

Wow, that was a good show at Collin's Barracks today. The drummers were having fun performing on a bright sunny day today (even though on of the acts was a call for rain!). The kids were having fun, expecially a young girl jumping to the beat and tempo of the drums. I loved the mega drum which was hit with a baseball bat, definately can do that with an image of my least favourite person as the drum!
Well, they have a site where you can check out their samples and video clips - www.mugenkyo.com
They have a dojo as well, but it is in England. Sounds fun, but a bit to travel to get there though! Well done, Collin's Barracks for bringing such a wonderful act to your "Lazy Sunday" event.

How to be meowlingual

Now I have seen everything...my sides hurt too much, just look at the pic when you go to the article... priceless! :D
Ananova - Bark-translator plans gadget for cat

Yu-Gi-Oh Maze of Pharoahs

This definately reflects my brother and cousin at the moment! :P
They duel nearly once a week at "The Gathering" off William Street down in Limerick...
Mac Hall Comics - Yu-gi-Oh reference

Beer Mania

Belgian beer, I love that strawberry stuff! http://www.beermania.be/

I don't have to go down to any caves now...

...all they have to do is take panoramic shots and I can see it for myself without getting mucky and cold in the deep dark caves like The tour through Nova Krizna Jama is 26 panoramas from Bostjan Burgers site And here is another cave shot.

Meow TV

I wonder if they would broadcast this here? CNN.com - 'Meow TV' to premiere this month - May. 21, 2003

It's official, Ireland's the most expensive in Europe!

McCreevy blamed as we top the rip-off list from the Indo. (Need to register - but it's free)
Check out Consumer Pricing Report for 2003 from Forfas, the State advisory board. (Even we are more expensive than Finland!)

Smart cards in Dub - Summer 2004

Ooh-ooh... smart cards are coming to Dub. Hope they make the deadline, although I know many people will have cynical views about the gov and deadlines for projects that will enhance our shoddy public transport ;P. Here is the article - Commuter smartcards to be launched in Dublin next summer from Electric News.

My previous blog : The Irish "Octopus" Card

Some comedy satire from Bremner Bird and Fortune

Some online clips from Bremner Bird and Fortune (Channel 4)
A little insight on the trio's view of the whole Iraqi war.

Interview with director of Animatrix

From Final Fantasy to Final Flight, we bring you Andy Jones.
Can't wait for the DVD to come out!

Caffeinated Soap

Shower Shock Caffeinated Soap... Why would I want caffeine in soap? And wash it away instead of intaking caffeine! WHERE'S MY COFFEE!!!

Cut, grind to make your pc...

...but will it be as simple as a cardboard PC? My friend said that it's "perverted" and also wonder if it will be quiet. I am wondering how fast this will be engulfed in flames! ;P But interesting anyway...

Wowsers...build your own BattleMech

..in your own backyard! Well, this guy did - The Making of a BattleMech By Com Star Guard (CSG)

Earth Day today

I'm no hippy, but it helps to look after our environment.
Some earth day tips - http://www.knowledgehound.com/topics/earthday.htm
Some earth day ecards - http://www.care2.com/send/catearthday1.html

An x-ray of Bush

X-RAY - link found from daypop.com

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.

Dubya as you imagine he would be

And a scary thing is, it's true... Some funny pictures of DubYa

Funny Reg article

Uncanny resemblances!?! Just read the following Reg article - US Irish in St Patrick's Day Iraqi banner outrage

Pretzels to Double-Ya