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
Irish Water Doesn’t Quite “Get” Online
Over the past year there's been a very heated debacle around the entire subject of water charges in Ireland. Personally I think the government managed the entire thing really badly, but it looks like it's been more or less resolved now. Sure, some people are still very unhappy and are continuing to demonstrate against the charges, but I suspect quite a few people have simply … [Read more...] about Irish Water Doesn’t Quite “Get” Online
Hillary Clinton’s First Presidential Campaign Video
As someone who reads quite a bit of US media (ie. Time magazine, Fortune and more) I suspect I'll be completely sick of the US presidential elections months before they actually happen. Earlier today Hillary Clinton announced that she was running for president. That's not a surprise - as some pundits have put it it was probably the worst kept secret in politics. I was … [Read more...] about Hillary Clinton’s First Presidential Campaign Video