I've been looking forward to this tshirt being available for a long time. I ordered mine last night! … [Read more...] about Cool Tshirt of the Week
Oscars 2008 – Surprises?
Last night's Oscars led to the usual mixed bunch of wins.Ratatouille won. (The acceptance speech is amusing.)Atonement won, but didn't sweep the boards.Marion Cotillard won - yet another reason for me to actually watch that film! Of course the biggest award for anyone here in Ireland was that picked up by OnceI posted a couple of the acceptance speeches over on FilmReviews.ie … [Read more...] about Oscars 2008 – Surprises?
SalesOnline Semi-Offline
I've mentioned the horrific salesonline.ie site a couple of times in the past.They've now taken the site offline and are instead displaying a holder page with their contact details.At least they're not making us all suffer through that video anymore!So anyone want to take bets on whether their new site will actually comply with any web standards? … [Read more...] about SalesOnline Semi-Offline
Quick Sunday Post
Adrian Weckler's column this week doesn't mention facebook, but he does cover EULAs and the demise of HD DVDs. (I can't seem to find either article on the SBPost site)Argos has opened in Carlow, so I'm going to see how bad the traffic is shortly. Hopefully the bypass will help take some of the traffic away from the town, as the commercial centres must be suffering. I'm … [Read more...] about Quick Sunday Post
Academy Awards Go Green
It seems that even Hollywood's biggest events are trying to embrace environmentally friendly practices.This year's Oscar ceremony will have a green "flavor" (sic): -With support from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, 100% of the energy used for the telecast, the red-carpet arrivals show and the Governors Ball will be supplied by renewable wind … [Read more...] about Academy Awards Go Green