Bhuail mé léi ar líne – mar a gheall mé!

ireland.com – The Irish Times – Wed, Jan 23, 2008 – Ní aithne go ar líneNí aithne go ar líne Roseanne Smith(This is the text of the article that I wrote for The Irish Times last week. Basically wonders about why people are so surprised by friendships that grow online when nearly all the world [...]

Stamp, stamp, stamp I’m doing the Post Office run

This article about Interactive Barcodes in Newspaper Ads: The Next Frontier for Google? from Mashable reminded me of a conversation that myself and Himself had yesterday about stamps. I wasn’t sure what type of stamp a particular size envelope would require. Not an uncommon query I would imagine and I’d figure I’d find the information [...]

Squandermania and other foibles: The Fifty Minute Mermaid

Squandermania and other foibles: The Fifty Minute Mermaid

Where there’s smoke there’s fire…

Minister has 'no problem' with ex-IRA killer in top job – National News, Frontpage – Independent.ie My gut reaction on reading this article was “Oh the Independent is so biased about the Irish Language!” As I thought about it further I decided that I think it is good that somebody is questioning how Foras na [...]

Wacky tobacky

Bhuaigh sí! She won! Beidh an Ghaeilge an-fheiceálach anois! RTÉ News: Tobacco warnings to be made bilingual: “From October, cigarette packets on sale here will have to carry warnings in Irish as well as English.” Well at least Big Tobacco will be paying for it. Nobody can complain about it being a waste of taxpayers [...]