April 2011
1 post
Guardian Readers 'Fix' the Fukushima Power Plant →
March 2011
5 posts
The iPad Destroys Journalism →
Matt Waite: To build a digital future for news,... →
Newspapers Need to Be Of the Web, Not Just On the... →
“The price you pay for asking people to pay the... →
UK's Biggest Regional Paper Flipping The 'Paid'... →
February 2011
3 posts
Apple’s Digital Newsstand Just Disrupted The... →
Washington Post Announces Personalized News... →
Hyper, Hyper
Rather irritatingly, there’s a pirate radio station in Cork broadcasting between two Radio 1 frequencies. Grr.
This means that when I retune on my crappy radio on my commute, I hit the ‘boom-boom-tish-tish” of their Scooter-themed playlist far too often.
Thought occurred as I tried to figure out how long it will take the BCI to raid them: a remote-controllable payg device that...
December 2010
12 posts
Yes, Finds Pew Study, People Will (and Do) Pay For... →
The iPad Not a Savior of Magazines, as Digital... →
Amazon Brings Newspapers, Magazines to Kindle... →
The Waybaloo Menace
Waybuloo, which seems to have heavy influences from eastern mysticism, Yoga and even levitation (from Tibetan Buddhism). Surely, this is inappropriate programming for very young (pre-school) children and inappropriate for CBeebies or the BBC?
Just look at ‘em. They MUST BE STOPPED.
Oubliette
That particular dungeon is gone, but not forgotten. Especially by the Revenue Commissioners, bless ‘em. :)
Build a better nation →
We need to heal our psychological connection with the future. And the best balm is that provided by story: especially one that paints a compelling picture of how these dark days can become the early days of a better nation. And our children and grandchildren will wonder at the amazing things we achieved in the face of such adversity.
via Turbulence Ahead.
I am entitled to my anger.
‘Universal social charge’ will rise to 7% of income
Govt to maintain single aircraft for ministers
Govt to cut cost of State cars by a third
FAS training allowances hit with €8 cut
Govt brings in new €2,000 higher education charge
Govt reduces school capitation grants by 5%
Govt increases school transport charge to €350
Online betting to be taxed at betting-shop level...
JSON vs. XML →
Content Farms and the Exploitation of Information →