Image via Wikipedia Well the youtube clip I posted yesterday resulted in one destroyed keyboard so I think I’ll refrain from posting them in future. 1. GCN updates us on when we can expect the Civil Partnership Bill.2. Bernie has some ideas to dig out Ireland3. XKCD newest comic is hilarious4. CentreRight has a post explaining the Credit Crisis5. Dizzy has an interesting take one a Hazel Blears quote enjooy!
Well, I think I am finally recovered after my trip to Brussels and it was amazing. I met amazing people! There was fantastic talks and I will share some of my thoughts on them in later blogposts. My only problem with the event was the fact my baggage didnt arrive till Monday!! Luckily a friend of mine had recently moved to Brussels and actually had a shirt that fitted me! The two days of the event were great (when...
Yes, I know I promised I’d do this yesterday, but I fell asleep! So its back today and I have 1000+ posts to choose from! So here it goes. 1. Tony Barber of the FT’s Brussels Blog experiments with Google Translate after talking with us at Think About It2. Robin has a good post about Eircom giving into the Music industry3. Meanwhile UnaRocks reports that other broadband providers wont be doing a similar deal.4. CentreRight tell us of how...
Image by Roger Smith via FlickrI didn’t think I’d be doing this today, but as I have time I will. Though I doubt there will be any tomorrow or Tuesday! Wednesday is doubtful, but we will see! So for some Sunday reading. 1. Bernie has a post on the Irish Economy and is calling the recession here an “Econopalypse”, I agree with him2. There is a post on Slugger about a new Newspaper as Gaeilge3. Joe G has an...
Image via WikipediaJust note, I doubt there will be a five-a-day tomorrow and there will definitely be none on Monday or Tuesday (unless I am very bored in the Hotel). Normal service will resume on Wednesday, now for today’s recommended reading. 1. Anthony on Public Inquiry has a piece on Marian Finucane’s reaction to what happened Brian Lenihan on newsnight2. Gav has a brilliant piece on Young people and politics and raises the issue of lowering the voting age....
This is one of the most asked questions about my upcoming trip to Brussels for the Thinking about it competition so here goes an idea of what I will getting up to. Monday sees me in a hotel all day at talks from fascinating people. After a welcome, Tony Barber of the FT, Mark Mardell of the BBC and Stefan Happer of Politikportal (German) and Brussels Media (English), will be talking to us about blooging about the EU and...
Image by andthenpatterns via FlickrMore reading from my reading list. 1. Sully has a great post about how to use your girlfriends. Does it work for boyfriends too?2. Damien has a post about the National Broadband Scheme Launch. Hes a Broadband Commentator don’t you know.3. GayPatriot has an interesting post on how the “No on 8″ Committee hid who was on the Committee so they could transfer the blame.4. Guido wonders when the IMF will be called in to...
In trawling through the Think About It blog, there is a interesting post on News Sources. I had heard of most of them before like EUobserver, International Herald Tribune Europe, Euractiv, BBC – Europe, Financial Times, European Voice and The Economist – Europe. Most of these I am subbed too or visit on occassion. But the post also points in the direction of ones I didn’t know existed! One of those is Euro¦Topics which presents a daily round up...
The tune for the weekend is a collanoration between two Belgian artists, Tom Helsen and Geike Arnaert. It is a song for Music For Life which is a charity intiative to support the Red Cross organised by the Flemish Station Studio Brussels. The Song is called “Home”. Enjoy
Remember the post earlier today about copyright extension? Will I got my first response. Its from Kathy Sinnott. She did her research she told me and will not be voting for the Directive. She also thanked me for my advice on the consumer side! So thanks Digital Rights Ireland for giving me the details! Yes, I do consider the fact that I was emailed back five hours later to be fast, considering I have yet to hear from the...
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