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Surprise, Surprise

Paul — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:24:59 +0000

Convicted paedophile with a history of fleeing justice is refused bail.

For Angela

Paul — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:11:42 +0000

I sit here thinking of you,
I know the truth, but hide from it,
I can but see your smile, your laugh, your love of life.
All may be gone, but I will not admit
That your goodbye was the last.

For Angela. Died 6th June 2009.

BizCamp Limerick

Paul — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:33:33 +0000

The 21st March will see me heading to BizCamp Limerick.

It looks like it should be an interesting day, and as David tweeted “I might learn something”.

Come along and say hello!

Moving House – Again

Paul — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:47:40 +0000

Here we go again. I’m moving house for the third time in a year. Just got everything unpacked, and it’s time to move on. The reasons are varied, but it’s the right time.

I hoping to move within the next week. It will probably take a couple of weeks after that to get everything sorted out – Internet access being a priority. Which reminds me, I must get on to my broadband provider and see about moving the connection.

Why do I do this to myself?

On This Day…

Paul — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:04:31 +0000

In 1838 Samuel Morse successfully tested the electric telegraph.
In 1907 the first Montessori opened in Rome.
In 1912 New Mexico became the 47th US state .
In 1938 Thomas Edison submitted his last patent application.

The following people were born on the 6th of January:

1367, Richard II, King of England.
1412, Joan of Arc, French heroine.
1920, Sun Myung Moon, Evangalist^[1].
1925, John De Lorean, Car Manufacturer.
1943, Terry Venables, football manager.
1946, Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd.
1954, Anthony Minghella, Director.
1955, Rowan Atkinson, Comedian.
1956, Angus Deayton, TV Presenter.
1960, Nigella Lawson, TV chef.
1964, Mark O’Toole of Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
1980, Steed Malbranque of Sunderland and France.
1986, Paul McShane of Hull City and Ireland.
1986, Alex Turner of The Artic Monkeys.

The following people died on this date:

1884, Gregor Mandel, Father of Genetics.
1918, Georg Cantor, Mathematician.
1919, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the USA.
1945, Edith Frank, mother of Anne Frank.
1993, Dizzy Gillespie, jazz player.

The following events take place today:

Sherlock Holmes birthday.
The BT Young Scientist Exhibition starts in the RDS.
Black & White 2 is released.
Download Day for Hillary Duff new single.^[2]
vBulletin 3.7.5 is released.

And why am I posting all of this? Well today also happens to be my birthday.

Read nutjob
It hurt to type that.

Circle of Hell for 2008

Paul — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:43:36 +0000

Need I say more?

Splogs
Circle I Limbo

Celebrity “News”
Circle II Whirling in a Dark & Stormy Wind

Reality TV
Circle III Mud, Rain, Cold, Hail & Snow

MySpace
Circle IV Rolling Weights

Internet Explorer
Circle V Stuck in Mud, Mangled

River Styx

Flash Based Websites
Circle VI Buried for Eternity

River Phlegyas

George Bush
Circle VII Burning Sands

Fundamental Religious Nutjobs
Circle IIX Immersed in Excrement

Spammers
Circle IX Frozen in Ice

Design your own hell

Karma – You Gotta Love It

Paul — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:19:15 +0000

Just as I posted this, I came across this on RTE News.

Like I said: Karma – you gotta love it!

Say What You Like About Students…

Paul — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:30:45 +0000

… but raising €15,100 for charity over three days has to be applauded.

George Orwell Goes On-Line

Paul — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:51:02 +0000

Today sees the first post from George Orwell’s diaries to go on-line. Exactly 70 years after they were first written, you now have the opportunity to follow the daily thoughts of the man that gave us 1984, and Animal Farm.

Stress

Paul — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:21:56 +0000

It’s been a tiring couple of weeks. First there was moving house, then there was my MacBook problems, and then RAG week came along. It’s just been one stressful event after another.

I’m still not fully unpacked, but for various reasons out of my control, it looks like I’ll have to move again in the next couple of weeks. I’m not happy about having to move again. In fact, I’m pretty pissed off about it, so I’ll have to carefully consider where I want to go.

My new MacBook arrived last week. It has a slightly different keyboard layout to my previous one, so I’m still trying to get used to that. Thanks to Time Machine I was able to copy all my data, settings and applications from the old machine to the new one with very little fuss. All I really need to do now is remove the extra memory from my old MacBook and put it in to this one. Maybe tomorrow.

The replacement keyboard I ordered arrived the other day. As I had already removed the original keyboard, I had the new one on in a couple of minutes. So that’s another problem solved. But it has raised another issue: I now have two MacBooks, and seeing as I can only use one at a time, I think I’ll sell the old one. It’s just about a year old and now in perfect working order. I also have a top of the range Windows desktop that I want to get rid of. If anyone is interested, drop me a line.