Category: Life in General


  • Thanks to Ray C for this link. The spectometers have revealed the presence of methane in the Martian atmosphere. As is the composition of methane gas (CH4) containing carbon, this […]

  • Well, when Rob O’Connor sent this link onto me I couldn’t believe what I was reading. Seemingly David Blunkett is trying to claim ยฃ3K per year, from those who were […]

  • Heard about this on the radio this morning on the way into work. Looks like Fr. Ted will be remade for American audiences. Steve Martin has been lined up for […]

  • Co-founder of Microsoft, Paul Allen, has just donated $13.5M to the SETI team in order to fund a new radio telescope for their research. Just when I thought that I […]

  • On the way into work this morning, listening to the radio as usual, I heard an advertisement for “National Mortgage Week”. Indeed it makes sense; Ireland has become so money […]

  • Love it or hate it, the debate over e-voting will not go away for some time. This rough and ready article publicises the latest weighty protest against the system. Oh […]

  • With all the talk in recent weeks about Eircom coming back to the stock market there have been numerous shows on Tv and radio about the whole spectacle. Matt Cooper […]

  • Well for those of you who haven’t heard yet Peter Jackson’s last installment of Lord of the Rings (Return of the King) cleaned up at last nights ceremony winning each […]

  • Just announced in this mornings paper. Hibernian are pushing the boat out again by saying that insurance premiums for motor policies are set to fall soon. I say not good […]

  • Yup rest and relaxation were the order of the day again this weekend. Siân and I made a break for Kinnitty Castle just outside Birr, Co. Offally. Wonderful place and […]