If you wander around Cork city you'll probably walk past this statue at some point. "The Echo Boy" serves as a memory as the number of "boys" selling the local evening paper - The Evening Echo - has now dwindled to practically zero. The "boys" are now grown men if they exist at all … [Read more...] about Evening Echo Boy Statue
Archives for December 2013
Confusing “Your” and “You’re” on Signs
Spotted outside a shop in Midleton, Co. Cork: And it's not the only "bad" sign you'll come across in the town. The local supermarket is proud of its "customer's car park", which is suggests that they might not be in business for much longer or that nobody drives .. Getting it right shouldn't be hard: "your" = possessive "you're" = contraction of "you … [Read more...] about Confusing “Your” and “You’re” on Signs
A Bit of Schoolboy Nostalgia
If you went to school in Ireland you probably had one of these "maths set" cases at some point. I'd forgotten about them until I spotted this one for sale in a supermarket in Midleton. Of course if it isn't scratched and punched full of holes it probably isn't the "genuine article" :) I'm not sure when I had the last one of these, but it was probably back in 1990 or … [Read more...] about A Bit of Schoolboy Nostalgia
America Has Odd Laws
Depending on which state you are in you could end up breaking the law quite easily Via … [Read more...] about America Has Odd Laws
Gary Vaynerchuk At Web Summit
I was only at Web Summit for one day this year - long boring story, but I was delighted to see this keynote by Gary Vaynerchuk: Via … [Read more...] about Gary Vaynerchuk At Web Summit