Category: Blogging

I came across this website ages ago, and meant to blog about it. It’s a great online resource for students are people interested in public policy lectures. Some great webcasts in there.

Andrew Sullivan has been hired to blog over at Time.com. An interesting development.

Wondering what software to use for your blog? Slashdot link to a review of the top 3, MT, WordPress (which I use) and Textpattern.

There are a number of billboard ads on display around Cork concerning An Post staff grievances with management. The billboards are headlined: An Post management is not delivering Forgive me, and correct me if I am wrong, should that not say: An Post management are not delivering I would imagine there is more than one…

I spent my Saturday morning travelling to Millstreet to attend the Fine Gael National Conference – curiosity got the best of me and it was the first time to attend a party conference in Ireland. The last time I went to one was in 2003 in Bournemouth for the Labour get together. To compare, the…

So another article on blogging in today’s Irish Times. Brian Boyd is on the story this time. Now last time an article was published in the Irish Times, and Irish bloggers reacted, many accused critics of the article of navel gazing and elitism. I am not sure, by the way, if this is a staffer…

Finally able to blog again after a weekend of adventure and mishap. It was eventful to say the least. The server move is finally complete so I am expecting no more downtime for another while at least.

And the 800,000th visitor is, I believe, Simon. I think so because he left a comment around the right time. Your prize is in the post Simon 😉

Tom Raftery brings up the subject of blog libel, and how it applies to Irish blogs. He notes: TJ McIntyre told me that simply by publishing an article, you can lose your house. “It doesn’t matter if the article is defamatory or not – if someone decides to take a case against you, the cost…

An all time classic clip from Father Ted –WMV video file. [via TCAL]