Author Archives: Donncha

Warnings about energy drinks – Thomas Quigley, Scientific and Technical Director of the Stimulant Drinks Committee of the Food Safety Promotion Board, says that stimulant drinks should carry a clear label warning that they should neither be consumed with alcohol, nor be used as a thirst quencher by people during exercise or sports activity

Following on from the link “You don’t have to be..”, there’ll be a security conference in TCD tomorrow, thanks John.

NYPD Blue star goes naked for anti-fur campaign.

MPs vote for outright hunting ban.

A&E Nurses have been striking for better conditions for the past 7 days. Employers are calling on them to stop their “work to rule.”

Heathrow robbery: $3m taken from security van.

Final Oscar votes due in tonight

Virtual keyboard unveiled at world computer show

Irish government to ban the use of mobiles while driving – AFAIK, it’s already illegal because it’s covered by the more general “driving without due care” law.

Running a corporation in an open source world – Good article by the founder of TheKompany.

Mandrake 8.2 is out and there’s plenty of discussion on /.

Aol History – but what happens if AOL move to Mozilla?

You mean, you don’t need to be a computer expert to hack computers?

I bought Sonic Advance on Saturday. It’s not bad, well, it’s Sonic, exactly like the old versions. Graphics are amazing, sound is good, I haven’t played it much yet though, (as ever, I always get up to something else..)

I played Pitfall while waiting for Martina in a shop, it was strange hearing the chirping atmospheric sounds in that scene, and I’m sure I got some bewildered looks from some customers *grin*

Oh yeah, the only light for the GBA which works well is one I bought in a shop in Barcelona. It saps battery but it’s well worth the money. Those ones on stretchy wire aren’t much good IMO. 🙁

If you run PHP on a Windows box then the PHPConfig may come in handy for configuring your php.ini file. (from Evolt.org)

The Wrong Way to Use CSS

2012 – an excellent blog I found through blogsnob!

Wow! Big screen debut for Scooby Doo – The Scooby Doo character has been digitally created using CGI. This could be a lot of fun!

I watched Muppets Treasure Island on Saturday evening. Nice, entertaining stuff!