December 2007
47 posts
Was wondering why my Flickr uploads were so quick. Took them from the wrong iPhoto directory and was uploading the “thumbnail” versions. (via Twitter / fintanp)
Happy Christmas All! Hope you have a fun and peaceful one. Now to fill the wife’s new iPod with *her* music and get it off mine :-) (via Twitter / fintanp)
Lying in bed, explaining Twitter to the missus. (via Twitter / fintanp)
Ran into a very old friend at lunchtime today. Hate the way “we must meet up” usually means “next time we run into each other”. (via Twitter / fintanp)
MPAA reckons that a documentary about state-sponsored torture is “not suitable for any ages” but Hostel, Saw are: http://tinyurl.com/26wtw8 (via Twitter / fintanp)
Lakota Indians withdraw from treaties with US Federal Govt to create own country: http://tinyurl.com/2h9zvw (via Twitter / fintanp)
Chrononauts →
A quick card-based game about time travel and changing history.
Oh yeah… hangover’s kicking in now. Going to be a long morning… (via Twitter / fintanp)
BLT isn’t quite hangover food but it’ll do. (via Twitter / fintanp)
Now… off to the office Christmas party. Looks like some people made much more of an effort to dress up than me… hmm…. (via Twitter / fintanp)
Hancock movie trailer: http://tinyurl.com/2e3koe Could turn out to be one of those films where the trailer is the best bit but the whale… (via Twitter / fintanp)
Been listening to GrooveSalad from SomaFM but there’s too much repetition recently. Now I’m hearing the same samples on different songs. (via Twitter / fintanp)
Wonion: ‘Woohoo’ as spelled by Nokia’s predictive text. (via Twitter / fintanp)
Last few days working for my current employer. Just finished a functional spec that I know no-one will ever read. Stupid documentation. (via Twitter / fintanp)
Dickheads of the year, 2007 →
Twenty Major’s roundup of Irish Dickheads of the Year 2007.
Wondermark on the mark with Christmas Musak: http://wondermark.com/d/363.html (via Twitter / fintanp)
Google kicks Wikipedia in the googlies →
“[Louis Walsh is] a man who still equates artistic worth with financial success...”
– Graham Linehan (creator of Father Ted). Source: Why That’s Delightful
Listening to the BBC Radio 4 production of Len Deighton’s Bomber. Really good. (via Twitter / fintanp)
How to Import Audio CD audiobooks into iTunes «... →
Just back from Christmas party for crowd I’ll be working with in the new year. *Really* hyped about the potential…. (via Twitter / fintanp)
Seeing as @eoghanmccabe is throwing music around, check this out if you haven’t already seen it: http://tinyurl.com/yrx9j9 (via Twitter / fintanp)
Squeak →
Open-source Smalltalk implementation
Rapid acceleration in human evolution described →
Human evolution has accelerated dramatically in the last few thousand years. Except if you live in Kansas.
Value Ireland Blog: Blogosphere has some harsh... →
Andrew Keen bemoaned the Cult of the Amateur. Perhaps he was talking about amateurish journalists who just regurgitate stuff they’ve seen on the web.
AP2.0h. . .That’s Actually Interesting « Web... →
Instead of moaning about how the world is changing, AP are trying to change with the world.
Nuclear Exaggeration: Is Atomic Radiation as... →
The nuclear revisionism continues.
Beeb coughs to Panorama WiFi-scare travesty →
Media caught “sexing-up” non-story? I am Jack’s total lack of surprise.
Bah! Need beer before rugby and all my pre-match drinking buddies are thin on the ground. (via Twitter / fintanp)
Skipped free Domino pizza lunch for Milano’s pizza with some friends. Infinitely better and well worth paying for. (via Twitter / fintanp)
Left the laptop at home today. Promises to be a messy drunken evening so thought it would be safer. Miss Twitterific though. (via Twitter / fintanp)
Linux on the desktop is great. Pity I can’t seem to run *anything* reliably on it. Anyone recommend an alternative to Evolution for email? (via Twitter / fintanp)
1911 Dublin Census online (http://tinyurl.com/2uwnzc). Search is pretty fast. Looks like they’ll expand it outside of Dublin too. (via Twitter / fintanp)
National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911 →
Hmmm… just got the spam twitter follows. 9 of them. Good luck to them if they think I’m following them! Ha! (via Twitter / fintanp)
People! Make sure you give out the right email address *especially* if you’re using gmail or hotmail! (via Twitter / fintanp)
She’s applied for jobs in hospitals, received pictures of friends and has just applied for a job at Randolph AFB in Texas. (via Twitter / fintanp)
I’ve figured out she’s American, from South Carolina and works in administration… a PA I think. (via Twitter / fintanp)
Someone called Filomena Palmer has been giving out my gmail address for all kinds of stuff. Obviously doesn’t know her own email address! (via Twitter / fintanp)
Secret mailing list rocks Wikipedia | The Register →
Trouble at t’mill… Wisdom of crowd being usurped by egos of few.
More voyeurism, less commercialism that’s what I say!! (via Twitter / fintanp)
Can’t believe I’m actually being spammed through SurveillanceSaver - some of the security camera images are just advertising stuff. (via Twitter / fintanp)
Facebook's Misrepresentation of Beacon's Threat to... →
» Facebook: The canary in the social networking... →
gapingvoid: blogging is dead? according to whom? →
Just back from RTE studios in the audience for Winning Streak gameshow. Watched the brother win 20k. (via Twitter / fintanp)