Nike + The Nike+ add-on for your iPod Nano is not just some fancy gimmic that iPod developers want you to buy. It’s a seriously cool, accurate and informative running aid for those into their long distance jogging. I do a lot of running on a weekly basis and I’m constantly looking for things that… Read More »Review of Nike +
Nice one Steven Floyd & co. that is. A group of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are developing a robot that will be able to walk on water. The robot is designed to mimic the abilities of a type of lizard that has mastered the art of water running. Move over rubber ducky, bath-time just… Read More »Nice one Floyd!
We Irish could do with a bit of help from our fellow planet dwellers in China at the moment. Absurd as it may sound the Chinese are investigating plans to help control the weather for the next Olympic Games. Normally they provide rain for crops in times of drought but this time around they are… Read More »Blue skies, China style
Before this weekend I had been to Hook Head lighthouse in Co. Wexford tonnes of times as a kid. Up until recently however (approx. 6 years), you were not permitted access to the building. Yesterday that changed for me and I took a guided tour of the lighthouse with a fantastic tour guide who was… Read More »Something I didn’t know
… no actually that’s not right. If somebody wrongs you then you make a complaint and it should be dealt with, especially if they are a professional services company. Sadly this doesn’t appear to be the case for Damien Mulley. Damien’s baggage was lost recently on a flight and he made his complaint to the… Read More »If somebody wrongs you, thank them…
Strange as it may sound, the idea of a robot parking your car is not all that bizarre. The basic idea is that you put your car onto a platform that moves horizontally and vertically around a multistorey carpark. The result is no more ignorant folk who like to bash their doors against yours when… Read More »Robot Parking
So, here we are Summer in Ireland after a general election. Voting for change, shaking up the cabinet, so on so forth. Well none of it has happened, it’s the same old Ireland and the more I think about it the more I want to move to Provence and enjoy life with a community that… Read More »Another Day, Nothing Changes…
Just sitting down relaxing to start the long weekend: Watching Miami Vice on the movie channel and despite not really getting into the story or being sold on Colin Farrell’s interpretation of Don Johnson’s character from the hit TV series, I am strangely compelled to keep watching. What has me so hooked? Well it’s simple,… Read More »Michael Mann
I’ve always admired Bob Geldof as a man who is never afraid to say the words that come into his head. He’s a tireless human rights campaigner with strong beliefs and the balls to back it up. Today however, I have even more respect for him having just been conferred with an honourary fellowship from… Read More »I’ve always admired…