December 2009
7 posts
Now Is It Facebook’s Microsoft Moment?
Source: daggle.com
I came close to killing my Facebook account this week. As I delved even deeper to the supposed privacy I have or don’t have on the service, I wondered why on earth I even have an account at all. And I kept thinking of Anil Dash’s post earlier this year, Google’s Microsoft Moment. …
Crazy facebook privacy settings you probably...
Fun Biz Markie commercial for TuneUp Boing Boing
Source: www.boingboing.net
I’ve always gotten a kick out of Biz Markie. He reminds me of a cartoon character. That’s why he’s such a great fit on Yo Gabba Gabba! where he does the “Biz’s Beat Of The Day” segments! I was delighted …
Greatest advert ever...
BBC - Ethical Man blog: A flight that almost cost me my marriage
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The blog of the BBC’s Ethical Man - Justin Rowlatt - who’s travelling across America looking at efforts to combat global warming.
Dear anti-flight campaigners, STFU you short sighted prats.
BBC News - Eye fears over holy shrine ‘visions’
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
An Irish eye surgeon has said an “unprecedented” rise in the number of cases of an eye condition could be directly related to people staring at the sun at a holy shrine.
Some argue humans have stopped evolving, but this looks like natural selection at work to me.
Impotent futurism: the design of Allende’s cyber-utopian boondoggle Boing Boing
Source: www.boingboing.net
Greg Borenstein sez, “This is a video version of a paper I delivered with Jem Axelrod at the 2009 PAMLA Conference about Project Cybersyn, an early 70s socialist pseudo-internet built by British cyberneticist Stafford Beer in Chile. …
Fascinating video about Chilian...
The Boards.ie stand-up comedy night, Saturday December 5 – Boards.ie blog
Source: blog.boards.ie
Boards.ie members are having a laugh for charity this Saturday, at the second Boards.ie stand-up comedy night in aid of The Santa Strike Force. It’s on in Cassidy’s Bar on Westmoreland St, Dublin 2, with doors at 19:30 and the show itself kicking off at 20:30. …
is on stage at the Boards.ie...
Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1, Dublin City Centre - Apartment to let
Source: www.daft.ie
Apartment to let at Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1, Dublin City Centre
Still looking for somewhere to live, lots of nice 2 beds coming online for 800 euro a month (e.g: below). Get in touch if you’re interested!