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  • Liveblogging FF

    I have to ask this because I was showing some of my fellow bloggers at the Fianna Fail Ard Fheis the figures. How many people were following the liveblogging exactly? It’s not an easy thing to measure, but some of the indications are pretty surprising. I was taking photos with my iPhone and tweeting them,…

  • Fianna Fail Ard Fheis (a convention of sorts)

    I hope to get up to Citywest early tomorrow and spend the day at the FF Ard Fheis. Other bloggers will be in attendance, and the tag on Twitter will be #ffaf.

  • Milestones

    Two milestones this week. Firstly the blog I started in mid 2005, originally named Irish Corruption and later renamed Public Inquiry, is a finalist in the Best Political Blog category at the Irish Blog awards. I blogged on there consistently for the first year or so before handing the reins over to my uncle Anthony.…

  • Walking the Gap of Dunloe

    I went with some colleagues to walk the Gap of Dunloe and Black Valley in Co Kerry last Saturday. I did tweet some of it, but we were soon out of coverage. I took my trusty 20D along too, here are some of the results: More below the fold:

  • What Would Google Do?

    I just got my hands on a review copy of Jeff‘s new book. I am still in the middle of reading Cyburbia and Here Comes Everybody, so Jarvis comes after. I have been reading Jeff regularly since 2001, so I’m looking forward to reading the book.

  • Christian Bale loses it

    An hilarious listen. Mr Bale loses it on the set of Terminator Salvation. Not work safe though. Very well worth a listen if you want to hear an actor throwing a hissy fit.

  • Apture for WordPress

    I first started experimenting with Apture a few months back, and have since turned it off. While I loved it, it had a habit of chewing up memory on my server. To me it was a combination of ease-of-use, along with providing readers with quick links to rich content. Indeed, I would call it the…

  • Zoetrope online archiving

    This is one of the best demonstrations of groundbreaking technology I have ever seen. Google need to start doing this yesterday. Or buy the guys who did this. Web 3.0. Details here.

  • Munich wanderings

    I never got round to posting some photos from my very brief visit to Munich during the Oktoberfest. I had better share some. Eamonn was a true gent and did me the courtesy of showing me around and buying me beer. How bad, as we say in Cork. I do rather like this platz, Odeonsplatz,…

  • Bloglines no more

    I have ended my relationship with Bloglines today, after mucho problemos. Yesterday it decided to stop loading my subscribed-to list for several hours. It was the final straw in months of poor technical service. I never really liked Google Reader, but it’s most recent redesign has made it easier to read. Google Reader it is.