Today thousands of Irish teenagers will be collecting / checking their Leaving Cert results (Ireland's answer to A Levels / Bac / SAT). Based on the media hype surrounding it you could be easily conned into thinking that the world actually cares. Reality - they don't. The Leaving Cert is a bit of paper. You can use the points / score to get a place in a university. That is … [Read more...] about Quick Reflections on the Leaving Cert
Archives for August 2010
Sky Player On Mac – Quick Review
Sky have been promoting their Sky Player service for quite some time.At the moment you can access it on the XBox, though for some odd reason the XBox version doesn't have access to the "premium" content ie. Sky Box Office.So if, like me, you don't have a phone line setup with your Sky box and you don't run Windows, your options are a bit limited.You can, however, watch Sky Box … [Read more...] about Sky Player On Mac – Quick Review
Find A Use For A Body Bag
I get a lot of deliveries to the office. A lot of the time it's simply because my name is on a supplier account, so the package arrives. Is checked and gets handed over to one of our staff. Of course I also get deliveries from Amazon and other places. Yesterday's delivery was a bit "different" A white body bag. The problem now is, what the hell do I do with it? While some of my … [Read more...] about Find A Use For A Body Bag
USI Whinging
Earlier today there was apparently some kind of demonstration outside Batt O' Keeffe's offices in Cork. Of course he wasn't even there .. Why? Seemingly USI are upset that the minister didn't drop everything to meet them. Or at least that's what it sounds like based on their rather whingy press release. I love this bit: Last week Minister O’Keeffe requested the help of the … [Read more...] about USI Whinging
Irish Web Awards Nominations Open
Nominations for the 2010 Irish Web Awards are now open NOTE: New shiny web address This year sees the introduction of some new categories as well: Best Mobile App Best SME/Small Business Website Best Facebook Page Best Web Only Publication Best Guerilla Social Media Campaign (Zero Budget) The event is organised by Mulley and headline sponsor is Realex Payments … [Read more...] about Irish Web Awards Nominations Open