Eh, ok, this isn’t weird at all
September 5th, 2007From Damien’s Fluffy Links, comes a website that makes me ask one question - What, the, f**k?
Sound is a must-have for this link!
One day down, two to go!
September 1st, 2007
(Photo is of a crazy zebra tree over by Bollywood Bar!) So, the first day of Picnic 07 is over. Started the day off with a few cans at the tents. Pitched in red camping. Headed to the arena for some grub, I had a bowl of chilli, the rest opted for fried rice from Wok and roll. Food was of the usual high standard you’d expect from picnic! Then it was over to the b-live tent for some mojitos and dancing, followed by ukulele orchestra and a great set by Hot Chip! Other highlights included manics, pieminister, bollywood bar and LCD Soundsystem. Anyway, back to the festival, sorry for atrocious layout, blogging via mobile!
Picnic here I come..
August 30th, 2007Right, so off to the Picnic tomorrow for 3 days of fun and frolics. If the mood takes me (and the network is ok), then I may upload a few photo-posts.
Otherwise normal service will resume on Monday/Tuesday.
If you’re there and you see me, give me a shout and we can share a Mojito at the b-Live tent..
Electric Picnic - Full Lineup & Map
August 29th, 2007Right, so this fell off a lorry that’s been driving near a lot of Irish Blogs recently.
It’s a big file at 3.4MB, so if you’re not on a fast connection, I wouldn’t even bother.
The reason it’s so big is because it’s not just the map or the line-up, it’s the Artist’s Info Booklet which is sent to the bands. It’s got stuff about all the various things at Picnic, so enjoy.
And finally, just to cover myself, if anyone from POD Promotions wants this taken down, email me.
Dublin Anti-Litter Ad Video
August 28th, 2007Seriously, kudos to whoever in Dublin City Council commissioned this ad!
It’s got it all, funny concept, important message and disturbingly catchy tune…
Shite Drivers
August 28th, 2007If you haven’t already heard, Niall O’K has setup a new site called ShiteDrivers.com on which you can register and vent about the idiots we all see driving.
He’s been getting some serious coverage for it, in everything from the Sunday Tribune (including a photo from one of my posts) to 2FM, the Star and beyond.
So, fair play Niall and I’d encourage you to check it out..
That old Mayo (hot) air…
August 24th, 2007So Brian Cowen gave a few words up at John Cooney’s Humbert Summer School today, one section of his speech discussed the Media’s treatment of Bertie Ahern coming up to the General Election. One section stood out to me -
”after 10 years, the public know him pretty well by now and they understand that he is not motivated by personal gain”
Listen, Brian, old buddy old pay, it’s not that people don’t think he’s crooked as a corkscrew & motivated by his personal gain, it’s that the Irish Electorate (or a least a percentage of it) are just as motivated by personal gain as we all know he is.
Vodafone Business Email
August 23rd, 2007Just for the record, Vodafone (Ireland) Business Email is a waste of time.
As I’ve mentioned before, I recently got a new mobile. With it came the possibility of access to said email service.
So, like a good little Vodafone bunny, I called them up and asked to be setup. No bother they said. Go here and register. And you’re done. Push email for you. 100Megs a month they said. €10 a month they said.
So, here’s what happened.
- The website was down.
- When I got registered, 24 hours & 3 calls later, the push email was only every 15 minutes (Pedantic I know, but time is money and all that jazz)
- Then, much to my irritation (and screwing with my Blog by Email plan) the Vodafone server appended “Sent using Vodafone Business Email” to the bottom of all my messages. Come on, what good is pretending to be in the office if it rats you out?
- It wasn’t 100MB with €10, it was 10MB for €10!
Anyway, having rung customer care (again) to clarify these points, I was told that the “Sent using” bit was added by the server and couldn’t be removed. This wouldn’t have annoyed me (as much) had the Vodafone guy not phrased it “Well Mr.Doyle, that bit is added by our email servers and can’t be removed, so you’re stuck with it“. Listen here mate, I may not be a 5 grand a month client, but when a customer complains about a flaw (cause that’s what it is), you don’t shrug your shoulders and tell them they’re stuck with it. My perfect reasoned response (Right Manuel?) was that I was stuck with nothing and he was going to go right ahead and cancel my business email subscription. This caught him a little by surprise I can tell you.
Anyway, since I still like the idea of email when I’m out and about, I’ve used the built in email client to fetch my email every 5 minutes. The best part is, if it sees a open WLAN or a previously registered one, it’ll use that, and only after that will it try use the Vodafone Data Network. Which is good given the frankly Don Corleone inspired data tariffs.
Another one bites the dust
August 23rd, 2007
Herr McDowell quit, then Sargent, now Pat*..
So it’s official, Pat Rabbitte has stood down as leader of the Labour Party. Whilst not unexpected, it is, as one person I know put it, “Weird”. I like to think I’m quite informed on the politics front, but I didn’t really get into it until college (Damn you Layne Aston 
). As such, I can’t really picture the Labour Party without Deputy Rabbitte at the helm.
Personally, I can’t see anyone else who can fill his shoes. Love him or hate him, he’s one of the more intelligent and articulate TD’s and I’ll certainly miss seeing him rant at that gombsheen Taoiseach of ours.
So, the race for Leader is now on. Who wins, you (don’t) decide**.
*Did Joe Higgins resign as Socialist “Party” Leader?
**Unless you’re a Labour member
