Image by symphonysid via FlickrI'm heading over to Paris in a couple of weeks to attend the ICANN meeting.While I may have booked my hotel room ages ago I still haven't organised my flights. Flying from Dublin to Paris shouldn't be hard to organise as so many of the airlines serve the route.So earlier today I decided to look into my options.Air France's rates seem ok, but I … [Read more...] about Aer Lingus’ Stealth Charges
Devil May Care – James Bond Returns – Book Review
Image by Thomas Roche via FlickrI'm not ashamed to say that I am a James Bond fan (why would I?), so I was very interested in seeing how the new Bond novel would turn out. A new novel? The concept of a new James Bond novel is probably a bit bizarre considering that Ian Fleming has been dead for quite some time, but this year, to mark the centenary of his birth, Penguin … [Read more...] about Devil May Care – James Bond Returns – Book Review
Mayo Echo – Neanderthals?
Image by 八 creatività e follia ♫♪ via FlickrIt's 2008.At least I think it's 2008 in most of the country.Unfortunately it looks like some parts of Mayo are stuck in some kind of time warp.I'm usually proud to be Irish, but when I see the kind of junk being pumped out by the Mayo Echo I cringe. If this were supported by any part of government I'd probably switch my citizenship … [Read more...] about Mayo Echo – Neanderthals?
Blu Ray Players Below 250 euro – Pre-order Iron Man
Image via WikipediaAs most people have probably gathered at this stage I'm ever so slightly passionate about films and home cinema.Over the last while I've been enjoying the glorious high definition of blu ray and HD DVD, however since the cinema studios like the idea of maintaining their monopolies a lot of blu ray releases are region encoded. Since my current blu ray player … [Read more...] about Blu Ray Players Below 250 euro – Pre-order Iron Man
House Hunting Saga Continues – Daft Introduces RSS
As readers may have gathered I've been looking into the entire buying a house experience over the last while.My experiences to date have been mixed, but I am learning quite a bit in the process.The guys behind Daft.ie have been extremely helpful and gave me access to a really nice feature before unleashing it on the public earlier today. You can now subscribe to property alerts … [Read more...] about House Hunting Saga Continues – Daft Introduces RSS