Sky Ireland are now banner advertising their offering as being better than snow like reception of terrestrial TV in Ireland [flash banner ad not available]. it makes my blood boil. not that sky make such a claim, but that there exists a playing field that lets them claim it. doesn’t it seem a bit rich,…
birthday fake
thanks to everyone on my skype contact list that took time out to wish me a happy birthday. my birthday is in October and 05/02/’69 was a fake b’day to avoid making ID theft really easy. Now I know who my teck geek friends are – thanks. strange, some mac users might even have gotten…
you guys make the mafia look like fucking monks [part 2]
reported in the examiner today. Former Tánaiste and Progressive Democrats founder Des O’Malley yesterday recalled how a FF TD was attacked and beaten by party colleagues for daring to challenge Mr Haughey’s leadership. … It was a perceptible atmosphere within Leinster House. And a thing happened that a lot of people nowadays would tell you…
Fly the flag?
By Andrew Calleja socialistpartyaustralia.org National identity and what it means to be Australian has again become a hot discussion topic leading into this weekend Big Day Out concerts in Sydney and Melbourne. Reacting to reports that some patrons had used the Australian flag as a ‘weapon’ of hate at the 2006 Sydney BDO, organizers encouraged…
iraq exit strategy
From misc “and if your looking for a way out of – war”
riot at the a-ha concert in moskva
From misc take on me?
life on mars
life on mars (series 2) starts february 13th moving from mondays to tuesdays. series 1 x 8 was watched on a video iPod. never seen by me on TV, the dvd came out 04/10/06 but no one bought it for me birthday 2 days later or for xmas.
Rick O’Shea Bowing
from eleanor mcevoys podcast#3 “there’s a technique in classical violin called Ricochet bowing” example idea stolen from Beautifully Mad [myspace] [pic]
radio sounds better in the dark
tonight 8-10pm 103.2Mega Hertz per second; DCAL reads the RDS; you listen. they say “Brother Emmet Hand, Sister Ali Hand along with contributors such as Bootsy (the vinyl junky) host this weekly show on Anna Livia 103.2 fm. Without putting ourselves in a box, the music policy is modern urban music, with its roots in…