Peak Heat in Ireland
Planning for the hottest day of the year in Ireland. It may hit 86F under clear blue skies. No rain for the past week. My sunflowers are objecting.
Peak Heat in IrelandMy Current Pen
I found a clever Mont Blanc knockoff. 🖋
My Current PenThe Value of Breaks
There is something fractal about rest. Looking back on my own experiences, I think having several short breaks beat having elongated holidays.
The Value of BreaksListening to the voice of reason
I never thought I would see the rise of populism and the demise of expertise enshrined by the White House.
Listening to the voice of reasonMap Cases, Side Doors, and Stories
I have a catalogue case filled with memories.
Map Cases, Side Doors, and StoriesSnapped at OEB08
My first visit to Online Educa Berlin was in December 2008 where I joined a meet-up of microbloggers in the Marlene Lounge of the Intercontinental Hotel. When I posted this image, I used Photosynth to produce the group from a set of overlapping pans with my Nokia E90. Things have changed a lot as …
Snapped at OEB08Cutting back on
AS A THIRD LEVEL lecturer with occasional duties to care for some students who need a little boost in their access to education, I have been fortunate to draw down funding under the Strategic Innovation Fund from the Irish Minister for Education. We used a few hundred euro every month from that fund …
Cutting back onMemories of a wannabe videographer
Thinking about how Stephanie would have been as a videogrpaher.
Memories of a wannabe videographerAll-expenses pod
MY PODCAST LISTENERS from the States want a free trip to Ireland this fall. I have 11 American backpackers who download our stuff and they say in USA Today that “Tourism Ireland is looking to send three Americans on a weeklong trip.
All-expenses pod10 Questions on an August Sunday
EVEN THE alleged terrorist bombing threat last week does not generate enough newsworthy material to justify the purchase of an Irish Sunday paper today.
10 Questions on an August Sunday806400000000000
That sequence number represents a K-loader transit number of coal destined for West Berlin from OPLAN 4307 that I used during a four-year period as a strategic airlift planner.
806400000000000Remembering Chuckie
Chuckie, our friendly Pomeranian, died on April 6, 2005.
Remembering ChuckieAmazon on track with top search engine
by Bernie Goldbach in The Irish Examiner, October 1, 2004 I started dabbling with Amazon’s A9 search engine a few weeks ago and soon discovered I had earned a 1.5% discount for my Amazon purchases just because I had searched with A9.com-a special offer that Amazon does not advertise. Amazon …
Amazon on track with top search engineThe internet in the Iraqi Conflict
With a few clicks of a mouse, you can remove layers of security from the Pentagon’s war plans for Iraq.
The internet in the Iraqi ConflictTemple Bar Webstats March 1997
ERE IS A REVIEW of the Temple Bar Website from March 1997.
Temple Bar Webstats March 199715,000 Hits a Month
BACK WHEN “HITS” were a thing, I ran around Temple Bar on the heels of a special letter of introduction from the Temple Bar Properties Marketing Manager.
15,000 Hits a Month