Year: 2004


  • The Wedding

    Well, Siân and I got married and the whole day was great. I think I managed to keep face with the speech but I’ll have to wait for the video. […]

  • I laughed yesterday when I heard this; the e-voting machines in the Florida voting area for the presidential election have crashed causing a wee bit of excitement amongst those interested […]

  • Articles like this are great. Somebody has made a mistake but doesn’t want to tell anyone about it and then the story leaks without all the details making the whole […]

  • Google Text

    Google have just announced the release of a new search interface. This time it’s not a Google toolbar type thing but rather the ability to perform searches via text message. […]

  • Sadly today marks the passing of a great comic, Rodney Dangerfield. Maybe not everyone’s cup of tea but as an appreciator of one-liner genius he’s way up there in my […]

  • Interesting snippet about how girls are often mistaken to be non-geeks when the opposite is frequently true. I personally wouldn’t classify it as a revelation given that manufacturers have in […]

  • Spinach Power

    No it’s not related to Popeye but spinach power may soon be available to help power traditional battery devices such as mobile phones and laptops. Thanks to Sven for the […]

  • Just read this little snippet and accompanying photo on Mรญcheรกl’s weblog. It’s amazing, funny and frightening to think that people actually thought this back in 1954. When did the whole […]

  • On This Day…

    It’s good to know that on this day that I celebrate the passing of one year and the start of another (i.e. my birthday) that the status quo of common […]

  • It appears a recent attack on Irish internet consumers, by some deviant software offerings, is set to bring about the biggest clamp down on telecoms that the country has ever […]