We’ve been busy calling to relatives and making our home baby proof over the last week, so we went down to Kinsale and Garrettstown this afternoon to get away from it all. Even though there was a strong cold wind blowing in off the sea Garrettstown Beach wasn’t deserted. People were out and about walking their dogs, some with kids, others with tiny babies. Oscar, our Shih Tzu, had lots of fun chasing after a tennis ball that seemingly had a mind of it’s own as it arced through the air! Back in Kinsale we met a friend for lunch […]
Ireland
Do any real charities collect clothes?
Those with a long memory may recall my do not delay post from November 2006. In it I exposed a fake charity that collected clothes at people’s homes and then sold them for profit, without a penny going to a legitimate charity. Because they’ve pissed me off so much, I’ve set up a new site to expose the rest of the fake charity crooks. So, are there any real charities collecting clothes? Yes, there are two. Dochas Nasamu in Galway run an orphanage in Kenya. A quick search reveals lots of positive reports about them. Their last collection in this […]
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Bertie's yellow hair and pierced nose
The Irish Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, Sunday Times, Dec. 23 2007 I really would love to know how the Minister for Finance survived so many years without a bank account. Linkies .. Photo Phlow presents your Flickr stream in a new Flash interface. Cute. Here’s my stream there. GIMP FX repository is now up to 90 scripts for everyone’s favourite graphics program! Terms of service come under the spotlight. I received a Spock invite from Ken a few days ago, sorry, too many social networks, not enough socialising. Toni is up for best CEO and WordPress is in the running for […]
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Long term review: Sony Ericsson W810i phone
A year ago I pondered buying a Sony Ericsson K750i but eventually bought it’s big brother, the Sony Ericsson W810i instead. At the time I was impressed, especially with the panorama function of the camera, but I’ve grown to loath this piece of technology in the year since I bought it. Here’s why. “Message waiting, Too many messages. Delete some from any folder. Delete now? Despite the fact there’s a 512MB memory stick plugged into the side, the phone can only store about 130 text messages. My old Nokia 7650 spoiled me. I rarely deleted any text messages but this […]
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Need backlinks?
Build High PR Backlinks On Demand Free PDF Reveals All. Download Now! Google Adsense Advert spotted on iwebtool.com The best Irish horror movie? The Irish dickheads of the year 2007 as picked by Twenty Major. Hard to fault that list. Mind mapping for new blog post ideas. Someone stumbled upon my CFMB tag when they searched for that phrase. I wonder do the Canadians in that radio station realise what CFMB stands for .. Old photos of Cork and Corkonians: Patrick St Cork 1946, Posing on Lavitt’s Quay, Cork (see where “Larry Tompkins” pub is?), Anderson’s Quay where Jury’s Inn […]
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We dated on Facebook
The Facebook “Friend Confirmation” page always unsettles me. I have never met some of the people who send me a friend request. Sometimes I don’t recall those I have met or bumped into at a conference. I knew a small minority before the whole “Internet” thing took off. Of the rest, I read their blogs and meet a couple of times during the year. And Facebook keeps asking if we dated? How many of your Facebook friends have you gone out drinking with or socialized with or sent baby photos to or talked with about “ordinary things” besides Web 2.0? […]
WordPress
20f1aeb7819d7858684c898d1e98c1bb
What is the significance of “20f1aeb7819d7858684c898d1e98c1bb”? It’s the MD5 hash of the name “Anthony” and was the password used by someone who broke into lightbluetouchpaper.org. Searching for the md5 hash was clever, but it won’t work for long because Ryan is working on securing the WordPress cookies and passwords. In case you’re wondering, the hacker got in because the blog was running an outdated version of WordPress. Tips to help keep your blog safe: Keep all your software updated, not just WordPress. Make sure your plugins are updated. Use a strong password. Don’t use words or sequences of characters like […]
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Spy on your visitors with Blog Voyeur
Do you ever wonder what pages your regular visitors look at? Do they dig deep into your blog exploring old posts or do they sit in their feed reader and only read your latest posts? By using my Blog Voyeur plugin you can find out. This is the first release of the plugin. It appears to work well on the couple of blogs I tried but your mileage may vary. Download link is on the Blog Voyeur homepage above.
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Two million Blogs
The number of blogs on WordPress.com passed 2 million late last night. I think that’s just amazing and wonderful! Links … Frank asks for the facts behind the cocaine deaths in Ireland recently. I wondered what the odds of dying from cocaine are. Is it really as low as between 0.1% and 1%? How does that compare to road deaths? Can you heat a room with a 100w bulb? Sounds too good to be true … Dickie Rock looks scary! Red Mum found a Far Too Much Bertie sticker. Haven’t seen any myself but I haven’t been in town in […]
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Zardoz – Sean Connery in red speedos
Did I forget the knee high boots? Offthemeatrack resurrects this unusual 1974 film. I think I saw a few minutes of it on tv a few years ago. Just goes to show what an impression it made. Warning, don’t click the link unless you want the Sean Connery as James Bond image to be ruined for you .. How to price prints? Paul Butzi considers this question, and again. I’ve been asked by two people about prints from Inphotos.org as Christmas presents so this is on my mind. Must get back to them this evening .. Gordon took a great […]