practicing what he is preaching Michele Neylon blogs that he has set up his company’s corporate blog for Blacknight Solutions. Michele led a talk on blogging at the Hilton in Dublin for the IIA (interim Iraqi administration / no Irish Internet Association) . The talk took the format of a talk which mingled as a…
protest restrictions in Dublin
Reports this morning said city manager John Fitzgerald urged councillors last night to support restrictions on protest marches on O’Connell Street, saying the right to protest had to be balanced with the rights of businesses and shoppers. – [via TCM] I think the right to protest is greater than right to shop. Read in conjunction…
Podding for profit
sunday biz post has CiB article on podcasting. see it here
real audio reception reports
Any blog readers up late this weekend? reception reports welcome [by way of comment] for the following real audio broadcast rtsp://www.wxtc.net/broadcast/tests.rm?pfd thanks in advance
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.