Archive for July, 2007
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
Via That's Ireland , comes the disturbing revelation that the spirit of Haughey is alive and well in JK Rowling's Harry Potter series.
Don't believe me? Follow the link and be amazed.
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Monday, July 30th, 2007
Stumbled upon this over at b3ta, it's totally pants until the counter reads 2:52, but after that, it's, well, proof that when you're unemployed, you can do just about anything.
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Saturday, July 28th, 2007
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Saturday, July 28th, 2007
One for the Road posted a piece on a website he found called God Hates Ireland.
I'll leave you to read OFTR's thoughts, as well as the website is question, because my only thought is seriously, what the fuck is this guy smoking?
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Friday, July 27th, 2007
So, Apple have offered a breadcrumb or two.
The report from El Reg quotes a Q3 financial report from Apple. It says that whilst "Major" EU markets will recieve the iPhone in Q4 2007, Asia and other EU markets will have to wait until 2008. Also, network announcements will have to ...
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Friday, July 27th, 2007
As part of it's exhibition on WB Yeats, the National Library released 250 copies of assorted Yeats books all over the greater Dublin Area as part of a giant book crossing.
Each book was tagged and details given on the crossing and how to register that you'd picked up the book. ...
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Friday, July 27th, 2007
What with all the lotto fever going around (reminder: must buy ticket!), I came across this.
I'm loaded.
It's official.
I'm the 120,956,522 richest person on earth!
How rich are you? >>
So, how rich are you?
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Friday, July 27th, 2007
A nod to all the SysAdmins around the world, including of course my own SysAdmins at Blacknight.
Enjoy your day, and insist on time and a half for working through this special occasion!
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Thursday, July 26th, 2007
Japanese TV, and by extension the Japanese people, are really weird sometimes...
Proof comes from UnaRocks in the form of a youtube video..
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Thursday, July 26th, 2007
So, the Lotto wasn't won again.
Damien seems to be under the false impression that it's because he hasn't done it. But of course, he's wrong. It's simply because the random number generator that runs the "Quick Pick" in my local Lotto agent once again randomly chose the wrong numbers for ...
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