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Monthly Archives: April 2007

Ireland Mid-Table for Firefox Usage

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Slashdot links to these survey results which show a 24.1% usage rate of Firefox in Europe. I’m happy to see that Ireland emerges slightly above average, with a rate of 24.9%, and experiencing a hefty increase. Slovenia grabs gold, with a score of 44.5%, followed by Finland on 41.3%. For some perspective [...]

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The Unquiet

Sunday, April 15, 2007

John Connolly’s new book, the Unquiet, should be hitting the shelves in Ireland this week. This will be the sixth in a series of mystery novels, from the former Irish Times journalist, centered around a haunted private investigator, Charlie Parker. Connolly has faced some flak or ‘breaking the rules’ of crime fiction, straying [...]

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Antique Vampire Hunting Kits

Thursday, April 12, 2007

I would get one of these if I had a few thousand quid to spare (via Boing Boing):

This box contains the items considered necessary for the protection of persons who travel into certain little known countries in Easter Europe where the populace are plagued with a peculiar manifestation of evil, known as Vampires… Professor Ernst [...]

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Joost – TV anywhere, anytime (except now)

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

I spent some time today setting up a new TV the old fashioned way, scanning through the frequencies with the remote control. I confess that I was gripped by an eager anticipation as RTE 1 materialised on the screen – a residue of the excitment from the old days when one guy would [...]

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Waterford No Longer the Worst in History

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Tonight saw a momentus occasion in the history of Waterford soccer, as they were stripped of the title “worst team ever to play against Manchester United in a European fixture”, which they have held since 1968. Thanks to BBC News for that interesting tidbit.

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A blog is a loaded gun… take the shot from the weapon

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

“Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.”
Announcing the blogger code of conduct, courtesy of Tim O’Reilly from O’Reilly Media (those computer books with an animal on the cover). The media has latched onto this story like never before – it made the front page of the [...]

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