Prince Charles appears to have stuck his foot in it yesterday. When giving time for the media while skiing in Switzerland, an annual event, Charles was heard to mutter to his sons “I hate these people,” and “Bloody people. I can’t bear that man anyway. He’s so awful, he really is.” Matters not, when he’s [...]
Just noticed on my gmail accont my storage capacity is now up to 1550 Mb! A quick check of the New Features page and I see that Googles plan is to extend their service to over the 2Gb mark!! “To celebrate our one-year birthday, we’re giving everyone one more gigabyte. But why stop the party [...]
Just got a new external hard drive yesterday. Cash is tight and since I didn’t need that much storage space anyway I just went for a simple option, the Lacie P2 80Gb [link shows the firewire version]. It does the job … for now. I’m still dreaming of winning a few pound and buying the [...]
Pope John Paul II has suffered another blow to his health, yesterday afternoon he experienced septic shock and heart failure after developing a urinary tract infection. His condition is being described as “very serious” and last night he was read the last rites. Looks like it’s the end for our 84 yr old Pontiff. Update: [...]
We had a discussion last week on Slugger, actually an old discussion (Nov ’04) on rights for gay couples in Ireland which was re-opened leading to a somewhat heated discussion on homosexuality and how “unnatural” it is (according to some). Anyway today I chanced upon this relevant article in the Guardian about necrophilia among ducks. [...]
The worlds largest seal hunt got under way 1 day, 7 hours and 03 minutes ago (at time of writing), an estimated 25,200 seals have been killed so far. The hunt will bring in approx. €13m for the local communities (compare than to the $3 billion in seafood which the Canadians export annually to the [...]
After their brutal result against Israel Ireland (sorry, Republic of …) bounce back with a win in a friendly over China, thanks to Clinton Morrison again.
There’s been another earthquake just off Indonesia, this time measuring about 8.2 in the Richter scale. Tsunami warnings have been issued but no news yet if there have been any waves. Unconfirmed reports say “dozens” have been killed on the Indonesian island of Nias. Update 1: Magnitude 8.7. And BBC reports hundreds killed. Update 2: [...]
Cian O’Connors and Irelands only 2004 Olympic medal has been taken away. Showjumper O’Connor lost the glad medal yesterday after the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) ruling that his horse had tested positive for banned substances. We seem to be better at losing medals than winning them!
From today signposts in the Gaeltachtaí will only be as Gaeilge. No doubt there will be whingers complaining about this, highlighting the difficulty it will cause for tourists etc. (as discussed on Slugger a while back). But God only knows how these same people manage when they go to France or Spain where they can’t [...]