I get on reasonably well with some of my ex-girlfriends. I wonder how well this would have worked.... (via XKCD of course..) … [Read more...] about Relationships
Auctioneers Rewrite Language
Anyone who wants to master the art of euphemism should spend time with an auctioneer, or just perusing listings of houses for sale. While I might expect someone to "upsell" a house's assets, some of the adverts are either written "tongue in cheek" or by someone with a very weird view of reality. This one amused me: Uninhabited for a number of years this detached … [Read more...] about Auctioneers Rewrite Language
ICT Excellence – Obviously Not In Web Design
The ICT Excellence awards have been announced. Unfortunately they have a website. I say unfortunately as it is truly horrendous.If this is one of Ireland's premier awards I'd hate to see what the bad ones are like.... … [Read more...] about ICT Excellence – Obviously Not In Web Design
House Hunting Fun
I was househunting again last night via DaftI work in Carlow, so I need to find somewhere that is close to Carlow, but not necessarily in the town.Unfortunately none of the property sites seems to offer a "radius" search function and I also can't filter out "sites for sale", which is really annoying.There are some nice properties for sale under 200k, but I'm still trying to … [Read more...] about House Hunting Fun
SixApart Expands Services and Acquires Consultancy
Blogging company SixApart announced a major expansion earlier today. (They also quietly unveiled a new look for their main corporate site)The company announced its acquisition of New York based Apperceptive who will form the core of their new services division. Apperceptive's team have not only worked on a lot of very high profile projects but have also developed … [Read more...] about SixApart Expands Services and Acquires Consultancy