Bertie Ahern, the Irish prime minister (Taoiseach), has announced a €34 billion scheme to upgrade transport infrastructure in Ireland. The term "upgrade" is probably a misnomer if you consider that in many instances there is no infrastructure to upgrade. Problems: - the figure of 34 billion although high will probably end up being a lot higher. The Irish government has a … [Read more...] about Infrastructure politics and Ireland
Cyrano de Bergerac – eloquence at its best
My addiction to DVDs is documented. I know, as I was the one who documented it. … [Read more...] about Cyrano de Bergerac – eloquence at its best
Practical Business Blogging
Business blogging is one of those strange concepts that seems to have "appeared" over the last year or so and seems to have captured the public's imagination. … [Read more...] about Practical Business Blogging
IEDR Updates WHOIS Service
The IEDR, as mentioned here in the past, has been making changes and improvements to their systems and services on an ongoing basis. … [Read more...] about IEDR Updates WHOIS Service
Wine Snobbery?
Geoff has a nice post about wine over on his blog: A Wine Peasant will proudly proclaim the virtues of their €6.99 bottle of South African Chardonnay. “…really easy to drink, and 14% alcohol…” as if drinking alcohol is a challenge and not something to enjoy and that extra few percent alcohol is just what we need to further remove us from our mundane reality. In fact the … [Read more...] about Wine Snobbery?