Happy new year! As if living through a pandemic wasn’t bad enough, and Ireland is worse than ever with more than 7000 confirmed infections yesterday. Christmas and New Year celebrations really did a number on the country. Last night the US Capitol was stormed by Trump supporters. Check out Saul […]
Youtube
Jim Jefferies on Gun Control
Jim takes on gun control in the USA in this hilarious sketch. Warning: language is NSFW or for kids!
Automattic , WordPress
Biosphere 2
Can you imagine staying inside a sealed building for two years without physical contact with the outside world? That’s what happened at Biosphere 2 in 1991. It makes an interesting story and the Wikipedia page has a lot more on that mission and a second one that followed. We visited […]
Automattic , WordPress
Blogging in Arizona
Most of the Automattic team are in the wilds of Arizona this week. Looking out the window I see an environment as alien to the green Irish landscape I’m familiar with as I’ll probably ever see. Cactus grows everywhere, dark green bushes cover the hills and the dirt on the […]
Donncha
Roaming in America
One of the problems with traveling is the cost of calling home. I enabled roaming on Meteor, but it’s a bit pricey at €1.39/minute or €0.32/sms. I checked roam4free as well but that appears to be more expensive yet at €2.50/min. Enter Skype where I can buy credits and call […]
Photography
Hurricane Frances Approaches Florida
I would not like to be in Florida right now! *gulp*
In the news , Travel
The Sunday Times – Online
Colm on #linux pointed at an article I had previously read in the Sunday Times which had reminded me of my own unfortunate troubles with the US immigration just over a year ago. That reminded me that I should look for the Sunday Times website which I did, and it […]
Travel
Oh USA, oh USA..
Today’s Sunday Times has some great articles. The front page of their “News Review” section has a harrowing photo of American soldiers praying over the body of a fallen comrade. The accompanying text is an extract from the book, “Thunder Run” by David Zucchino to be published tomorrow. The piece […]