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
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…
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…
DRI Launch recording
It’s a week today since Digital Rights Ireland Launched, me being who I am and DRI being what it is, I decided to ask permission to release a recording of the launch event, in case the ringsend secret service missed anything. I supplied a deep link to recording online and made two separate attempts to…
w800i the drawbacks
1. It has crashed 4 times in 10 days; usually between camera and calls; 2. Data (podcasts, songs) placed on the Duo, not always makes it into the TOC of the player; 3. RDS display stopped working, I cant find the setting to restart it; 4. head set sucks at being comfortable, slides and sticks…