Year: 2009


  • “Question my attitude? I’ll show you f**kin’ attitude!” I was very fortunate to grow up in Ireland’s oldest city, Waterford, while even at times of recession and underdeveloped localities, kids […]

  • Yes for the last week or so, I’ve been conducting my own Louis Theroux style documentary, hence the title chosen for this blog posting. They say that you should never […]

  • Just a few of the things on my mind today: 1) People who walk into warzones with the ambition of refusing to let people fend for themselves and get into […]

  • This Friday the people of Ireland will go to the polls and at this moment in time I have no doubt that the Lisbon Treaty will be approved by a […]

  • Gobs-Mac’ed!

    Today I turned a day older; I’ve decided to celebrate each day of life from now on rather than waiting 365 days in between birthday celebrations but yes, they do […]

  • A couple of weeks back I was talking to Siรขn about what I perceived as the shameless pro-YES campaign being run for the Lisbon Treaty. I’ve been taking notes of […]

  • Stack Overflow Useful resource of quick and snappy tech questions and answers with a focus on programmers’ needs. (tags: programmer programming resource answers questions faq)

  • Yes, today is 09/09/09 and for many it will be remembered as the day that The Beatles’ catalogue was re-released with remastered tracks for all to enjoy. Not me however. […]

  • Making Movies: More about music, copyright, and fair use Making movies and adding music, copyright issues and buyout alternatives (tags: music movie film production buyout song royalties copyright options)

  • A clever and appropriate nomenclature coined by John Murray Brown of FT.com to summarise Ireland at the moment. Our Emerald Isle is looking more like a junk shop, jade dragon […]