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!
Are you paying too much for health insurance?
No, this is not a spam! I read a comparision between VHI and Bupa in the Irish Times Health supplement this morning and it’s worth mentioning here.
It appears that 50% of Irish people have private health insurance, but that only 6% of them ever change their insurance provider. Of those that do, most cite cost-savings as the main reason for the move. I’m one of those 6% and that’s the reason I moved to Bupa too.
A PDF file comparing both services is available from the Health Insurance Authority on this page but it’s not very friendly and hasn’t been editorialised. I’ve no idea where the original article is on the Irish Times website. Check out the dead-tree version for that!
Ask an Irish woman about drink?
So, TodayFM have a competition to name as many “things” as possible in 15 seconds. Most people don’t get more than 10, some are lucky with 12 or 14.
What happens when you ask an Irish woman to name as many alcoholic drinks as possible in 15 seconds? She gets 30..
Kernel Source Here!
It looks like Microsoft went after Linux kernel downloaders. Unintentionally perhaps, but there was a lot of users looking for the Windows source code, so perhaps Microsoft were desperate. Like the original author, I also wonder why nobody figured out how to break open a partially downloaded tar.bz2 file within 3 to 4 days..