APOD has an amazing picture and story today about a huge star that exploded 170,000 years ago. The gases produced are seen expanding out at huge velocities and temperatures!
Then there’s a picture of a solar eclipse on photosig. I’m jealous, because for some reason, *every* time there’s such an event over Ireland the sky is cloudy. Every single time. *grrr*
Monthly Archives: February 2004
Couple o' stories for the feens!
The People’s Republic of Cork have a couple of new articles online.. I read the feminist one in the Echo this evening and as I was nodding my head I thought it’d be good to bring to the attention of my dear readers here..
- Corkonian’s Guide to Abroad – covers such exotic locations beyond the borders of the Republic such as Ireland, London and America!
- Inside the Mind of a Cork Woman.. is not a pretty sight, but that’s not fair, I’m sure it applies equally to the rest of yer wans around the place!
- Gettin’ Flahed: Adventures in Speed Dating.. this one had me laughing out loud within shouting distance of the start! hehe.
So there you go, the combined intelligence and social engineering skills of the average Corkonian is imbued in the above writing. Read ’em and weep, err laugh, guys!
Stop! Stop! Stoppie!
Yer man on the motor bike is back and this time I had the camera ready!
He went up and down outside the office for about 10 minutes doing stoppies, trying to do burnouts (and failing miserably!), and very weak attempts at wheelies.
Let’s have some bets on when he’s going to have a blow out on that back wheel shall we?
CSS Drop Down Menus, redux
Forget the last one I posted, this drop down menu is rather better, but it does require Javascript and not just CSS. Saving that, it’ll still work in non-Javascript/CSS capable browsers because it uses HTML lists to render the menu structure!
Wrong Path.. another crash!
Looks like I’m not the only driver to have a camera handy to capture a road crash. Maybe I should have posted them to Photosig at the time?
Smoking ban is on the way!
Yay! The smoking ban is to come into force on March 29! I can’t wait! I absolutely detest the lingering smell from a night out.
Micheál Martin is on TodayFM right now playing it up for the media. I hope there won’t be any more delays in implementing the ban. *fingers crossed*
Jeremy's watching the pennies
Like many of us, Jeremy’s started doing his own homebrew financial planning. I’ve been budgeting using OpenOffice Calc since October and it’s been a great boon while trying to figure out if I can afford a house. (I can, just about!)
Anyway, scroll down the comments on that page – I posted a very brief outline of setting up a budget spreadsheet. I want to start writing a larger article soon to post here on buying a house and budgeting is a major part of it!
Stoppie!
A guy was doing “stoppies” on his motorbike outside the office a few minutes ago. ‘Course he had finished doing them by the time I thought of grabbing the camera, but it’s ready now in case he tries again. Zoom is handy.
(For those that don’t know, a stoppie on a motorbike is a wheelie on the front wheel ..)
He’s not the only one doing wheelies of course!
Damn, he’s gone.
Oh yeah, watch out Galway.. Italian friend of mine, Andrea, is visiting at Easter and me and a few lads might be joining him up there! 🙂
Speeding tickets down 100,000
Interesting spin on this story from RTE..
Niall Doyle, Corporate Affairs Manager, Irish Insurance Federation, says that the drop is due to fewer check points on Ireland’s roads
While the Garda Superintendent, John Farrelly, says that the figures are down because driver behaviour has improved.
Hehe. who to believe?
Irish Car Tax List
Here’s a handy list of the motor taxes payable in this country. There’s a popup on the page but you’re using Mozilla or a popup-killer aren’t you? 🙂
Hmm.. I need a “boring but need to know” or “When In Ireland” category don’t I? This post and the last one aren’t exactly earth-shatteringly interesting or exciting but definitely worth knowing. Oh sorry, half of you have stopped reading already. Those that get here, pat yerselves on the back for being persistent!