Archive for November, 2007
My American shopping list
Monday, November 26th, 2007Before, we went to work. Now, we go to shop.
With Ireland’s booming economy and America’s flagging currency it has become a recent Irish ritual to make a brief trip State-side to stock up on bargains in time for Christmas.
This year, a few members of my family are joining the temporary exodus and heading to […]
Wikipedia shenanigans ar an Roinne Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007This is a story that was supposed to be published in The Irish Times way back when but for some reason or another it wasn’t.
It relates to wikipedia edits made by someone in a Government department and was researched and written back when the joys of the WikiScanner was discovered by everyone.
To the best of […]
That thin line
Monday, November 19th, 2007There is a thin line between being seen as a in touch with the modern world and being seen as completely out of touch. There is a thin line between getting the joke and being the joke. There is a thin line between being seen as respectable and in tune and being seen as foolish […]
Science Week: Congratulations to the winners
Monday, November 19th, 2007Congratulations to the five winners of the Science Week competition - Kevin, Brian, Monscooch, David and Johnny.
It was a great idea by the people at Forfás/Edelman and became the talking point of the Irish blog community all last week - personally it was a lot of fun to think about my favourite gadgets from childhood […]
Don’t be a loser, get a social life (SBP - 18th Nov. 2007)
Sunday, November 18th, 2007Here’s a transcript of my article from the Media & Marketing section of The Sunday Business Post on marketing and social networking; found in today’s edition:
Pushing your products successfully on sites such as Myspace.com, Facebook.com and Bebo.com takes a savvy approach, writes Adam Maguire.
Social networking sites offer huge potential to companies willing to take them […]
Science Week: In your opinion what was the best invention in 2007?
Saturday, November 17th, 2007To celebrate Science Week bloggers are being invited to talk about the effect that science has had in their lives through a range of topics - each day the organisers will reward the best post with a Nintendo Wii console. This post is one of my entries to the competition.
“Q2 - In your opinion what […]
Science Week: Which invention has helped you most with your working life?
Friday, November 16th, 2007To celebrate Science Week bloggers are being invited to talk about the effect that science has had in their lives through a range of topics - each day the organisers will reward the best post with a Nintendo Wii console. This post is one of my entries to the competition.
“Q2 - Which invention has helped […]
Science Week: What’s the next gadget that you want to buy?
Thursday, November 15th, 2007To celebrate Science Week bloggers are being invited to talk about the effect that science has had in their lives through a range of topics - each day the organisers will reward the best post with a Nintendo Wii console. This post is one of my entries to the competition.
“Q2 - What’s the next gadget […]
Science Week: What invention do you want to see most in the future?
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007To celebrate Science Week bloggers are being invited to talk about the effect that science has had in their lives through a range of topics - each day the organisers will reward the best post with a Nintendo Wii console. This post is one of my entries to the competition.
“Q2 - What invention do you […]
Where’s Browne’s Nightly News?
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007Back in late August TV3 announced plans to revamp its nightly news broadcast (subs required), putting Vincent Browne at its helm and turning it into more of a current affairs programme than a news update.
At the time it was reported that it would start in November 5th, and Browne even got some practice in […]
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