I'll be doing several longhaul flights over the next few months, which was one of the reasons why I got a Kindle. I like reading on planes (when I'm not sleeping), but there isn't much space in the seat pockets for anything more than a Penguin paperback. Lugging the Steve Jobs biography back and forth across the Atlantic in December was "fun". Next month I'm heading to … [Read more...] about Good Reads For Long Flights?
Captain Obvious Says Blogging Regularly Gets Traffic
I posted a few weeks ago about how I was going to go on a diet and change my lifestyle. Yesterday marked 3 weeks on the diet, so I posted a "status report" / "progress report" (I work in IT - you'll have to excuse the IT-esque terminology!). What I didn't go into were some of metrics related to my weight loss / diet blogging. On the technology.ie podcast Conn and I are … [Read more...] about Captain Obvious Says Blogging Regularly Gets Traffic
Dilbert Tech Support
Today's Dilbert struck a chord: (original here) … [Read more...] about Dilbert Tech Support
Irish Politics Needs To Be Less About The Party And More About The Country
The title kind of sums it up. Listening to two Irish politicians squabbling on the radio the other day it really struck me. Instead of trying to move forward and actually solve issues most of the politicians seem to be more interested in taking potshots at each other's parties. It makes me sick. Instead of trying to work together in the country's best interests, … [Read more...] about Irish Politics Needs To Be Less About The Party And More About The Country
Rubbish Online Literally
I love seeing businesses embracing the web. When an offline service goes online it can make things much easier for its users. This morning I was playing catch up on the various utility statements that had arrived over the last couple of weeks and happily dumping the useless junk that had been packed into the envelopes. I'm glad I did, as I found a rather nice letter from the … [Read more...] about Rubbish Online Literally