“You should be up there Johnny, up in that spotlight, singing the blues with the best of them. Instead of giving away money in the Bank of Ireland.” I try to stay away from banks where ever possible, and so far I have been largely successful in that. Today, however, I needed to get a [...]
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I spent many hours this week trying to port the python-based network tool Scapy to Windows. After a number of slow downloads, red herrings, and lot of messing around, I finally had the end in sight. Thats when some guy posted this with everything I needed. Thanks Andrew – nice one, just wish you had [...]
I had to go up to Dublin again today for another interview – but of course, Mallow train station’s parking lot was full… even those dodgy spaces on double yellow lines and in front of gates were taken. I had no choice but to park in the County Council parking lot next door – the [...]
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I was in Dublin today for another interview. My knees are still aching from the cramped train – up and down in one day is not a good idea, over six hours without a chance to stretch your legs cannot be good. Now I know how Roy Keane must feel… I would retire myself, only [...]
There is a common misconception in Ireland and elsewhere that Americans don’t like soccer. The average American sports fan doesn’t have access to the media coverage and the soccer tradition that exists in Europe, but they can still tell Zidane from Ronaldo. I lived in Massachusetts for 7 years growing up, moved around a bit, [...]
I went for an interview the other day and I found a load of money in my suit pocket (that I hadn’t worn in months), so I splashed out on a couple of albums… two bands that, in my opinion, have the potential to make the greatest track of all time. Having spent the past [...]
Thats what they’re calling it on RTE. I call it an absolute disgrace – the “Principal Should be Sacked Incident”. I noticed it on Michele Neylon’s newly revamped site earlier, so I watched out for it on the news. Donal also gives his views on how ridiculous this haircut rule is even during school year. [...]
I was not lucky with traffic this weekend at all. On Sunday, as I dropped my sister into Cork for the 5.30 train, the city was deathly quiet. I should have known that I was dancing in the eye of a hurricane. Gardai were randomly perched like magpies in Blackpool, and on MacCurtain St., and [...]
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I had been planning on touring Eastern Europe earlier in the year – had it all mapped out, from Croatia to Estonia, but was forced to come to terms with the fact that I just couldn’t afford it. So I’m pleased to get the chance to attend the the 5th International Symposium on Parallel and [...]
This link tells how there were more votes cast in the final of this season’s than have ever been cast for an American president. Perhaps they would be better off running the presidential election in the American Idol format. Taylor Hicks, 29, emerged as the winner in the finale of the TV show on Wednesday [...]