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Author: Brian Greene
So cold the night
Temperature in Dublin dipped to -2 degrees Celsius at Dublin Airport over night. On this day two years ago give or take a leap year, on 29/02/2004 temperatures dipped to -6°C over night (about 4am) so in the 3-4 years Ive been recording Dublin temperature, the worst its been is only 4° worse than this…
Show Racism The Red Card
Launched in Dublin this morning – Show Racism The Red Card. The group launched their new web site & the DVD for distribution in Irish Schools. The morning kicked off in Tolka Park home of Shelbourne FC at about 11:30 (30 minutes late) when Niall Quinn was welcomed by the crowd on over 120 to…
I predict a riot
If Mc Dowell hadn’t listened to Garda Chiefs but the Kaiser Chiefs they could have told him about their prediction regarding rioting. We live in a City where we are free to March, any day, any time with a permit (if granted) but we can not advertise these events on posters on city streets. BUT…
breaking breaking news
QUESTION: Do Irish breaking news services [online] alter the timestamps of news stories without renewing the content of a story? ANSWER : Yes this is really annoying, it servers to dilute the importance of breaking news just like Sky News / BBC 24 and CNN do. Flashing breaking news every 15/20 minutes is aggressive, but…
Little Robots
saw this in the guggenheim last week and had to to buy it; buy the postcard not the installation! Nam June Paik – Family Robot – Grandmother left Grandfather right [1986] single channel video sculptures with vintage television and radio castings and monitors; colour silent.
RTÉ w i d e s c r e e n
RTE has a aertel page that explains wide screen, on pg 192. [they should have used the unused pg 169 aka 16:9 ah well] what I don’t get is WHY cant I get RTE on Digital Satellite for free, I have a licence, I have had one since 1993, I don’t have $ky, dont want…
things that worry me
that the Irish Justice Dept. thinks Extraordinary Renditions are songs on ‘Your A Star’. ER has no sponsor on RTE1 on sundays. [George Lee where are you to explain the down turn in Ad spend] iTunes music store does not stock Teenage Kicks by the Undertones, what would John Peel say. the Bush administration. [i…
DX pedition to Leitrim
Last weekend I retreated to Leitrim away from QRN (electrical noise) for a SWL (shortwave listeners) dx-pedition. It was to also double as a Star Gazing weekend but cloud cover did in any chance off deep space or stars, as did the just larger than half moon in the South West sky. so the trusty…