Streets, squares and other public venues get named after famous people and events all the time. But it's a bit odd to discover that there's a square in the centre of Madrid bearing the name of Margaret Thatcher. It's bizarre, but it's true: Apparently the square was named after Thatcher last year. I've no idea why Madrid would do this, but apparently it's a … [Read more...] about Thatcher Lives On .. In Madrid
Voting No #MarRef
Friday May 22nd 2015 Ireland goes to the polls. I've posted about the referendum a couple of times in the past few weeks, both on a personal blog and on the company blog. My position on this referendum is 100% clear. This video from the "yes" campaign sums up the feelings of a lot of people, myself included. I am voting "yes", but I am also voting "No" to many … [Read more...] about Voting No #MarRef
Jet Lag Visualised
When you travel across multiple timezones your body is unhappy. You end up suffering from "jet lag". Essentially this is because your body hasn't had a chance to adjust to the new rhythm of the new timezone. So when you from Ireland to Seattle, for example, you end up 8 hours out of sync. Sure, after a few days your body's internal clock will adjust and you'll be able to get … [Read more...] about Jet Lag Visualised
And Now With Custom Short URLs
Hopefully - assuming this works - all new articles posted on here will be automagically tweeted out via Feedpress using my custom URL shortener - michele.cat Fingers crossed! … [Read more...] about And Now With Custom Short URLs
Dumping Feedburner
I've finally dumped Feedburner. If you're subscribed to this site's RSS feed you should *hopefully* be reading it via Feed.press I'll post more about why I switched over to Feedpress, but suffice to say that Feedburner is probably going to be killed off by Google at some point and I'd prefer not to be "stranded" :) … [Read more...] about Dumping Feedburner