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Just now, I issued the magic SQL command 'DELETE FROM wp_posts WHERE 1=1' and brought to an end, the existence of jbwan.com/ as a weblog. To be fair, it has been dormant for a long time but now the archive is removed from the public domain. I was a blogger for a long time, circa…
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When you find yourself stranded on an island, it is water that defines the rock you will perish on… Since the very initial murmurs of water charges coming back to the Republic of Ireland, back in 2009 when ‘the people’ were still suffering from Fianna Fail can do no wrong syndrome, there was inevitable unrest…
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History is such an important thing: recounting of the path chosen to arrive at the destination is perilously in danger of reconstruction, in favour of a pathway that sounds better or has important meaning for the storyteller. #136644927 / gettyimages.com “The Lemon is yellow because I painted it that way!” We examine the night sky,…
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The problems facing higher education in Ireland are widely debated. More often than not, debated from the same old norms and trite arguments of seasoned academics and polar opposites alike. What is sadly not debated as much, is not the problems facing higher education but rather the problems of higher education in Ireland. There is no other way to say…
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It’s that time of year again, when we all get a little sentimental and start to reflect on the events of the past twelve months (possibly even beyond) and begin to forge new commitments for the new year ahead. I typically write a blog post at this time of year, acknowledging some happenings of the…
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Everyday I marvel at what the world has achieved as a collective of minds operating together, for either the greater good or simply to beat the other guy. I marvel but I also lament this reckless approach towards “improvement” that seems to have picked up many developed cultures and is sweeping them towards the precipice…
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As the cat is out of the bag in the last couple of weeks: yes, I am running the Waterford Viking Marathon on June 30th. Persuaded to run due to the local nature of it and a chance to raise some funds for the local Alzheimer’s Society. If you can spare anything at all, please call me,…
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Such a great weekend for full moons. Just looking out through my living room window, committing the cardinal sin of shooting through the window glass. Who cares? Sometimes a shot is just worth capturing because it lifts your spirits in the wake/advent of less happy moments.
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Now, if ever there was a title that sounded self-indulgent, here it is. However, its coinage is not of my own doing, albeit my activities and that of millions of others, indirectly led Intel to create that phrase and its associated Facebook analysis. Yes, the Pentium Pushers have hopped on the Facebook bandwagon by creating…