Genius
30/01/07 22:54
I do a bit of
faffing about with Photoshop every now and then, but
my efforts are like a child's finger paintings when
compared to the masterpieces that appear at
The Snackbox Diaries.
I loved these two in particular:
Who Keeps An Eye On The Bad Guys?
The Story of Jimbob
I loved these two in particular:
Who Keeps An Eye On The Bad Guys?
The Story of Jimbob
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How Good Is Your Typong?
28/01/07 22:30 Filed in: General
Nonsense
I only ask,
because mine is shite. In the piece below, I must
have made more erroneous keystrokes than correct
omes. So for this entry, I am going to eschew the use
of the backspace key altogether.
Somethines I start to type something adn it's as if I have grown ten thumbs. After the spacebar, I'd recon the bakspace key ids the most used eky omn my compyter. My most common tyhriock ids to press rtwo keys at once. Or the otherone id to make a mistake, and then go to hit the backspace key but hist the equals key by mistake, so I end up with somethas==ign==ng like this.
I fequently type 'and' as 'adn' or 'abd', and 'the' as 'thr'. I seem yo have a cplete blindspot for the 'L' key, as I constanyly hit either the 'k' ot the ';' key nuy mistake.
I relanny should learjk how to type properly.
Somethines I start to type something adn it's as if I have grown ten thumbs. After the spacebar, I'd recon the bakspace key ids the most used eky omn my compyter. My most common tyhriock ids to press rtwo keys at once. Or the otherone id to make a mistake, and then go to hit the backspace key but hist the equals key by mistake, so I end up with somethas==ign==ng like this.
I fequently type 'and' as 'adn' or 'abd', and 'the' as 'thr'. I seem yo have a cplete blindspot for the 'L' key, as I constanyly hit either the 'k' ot the ';' key nuy mistake.
I relanny should learjk how to type properly.
Wedding Web 2.0
28/01/07 22:13 Filed in: Blogging
A couple of
years ago, I did up a simple website for my sister,
who was getting married. I used a Blogger template,
and put a load of links in the sidebar for things
like accommodation and wedding list. I hosted the
photos and a couple of movie clips on my .Mac
account, and overall, it looked fine.
Today, my wife's brother and his fiancée have announced the date for their wedding, and I have offered that I would do something similar for them. Things have moved on a bit since 2005, so I reckon I could do a much better job this time round. What I plan to do is as follows:
- Set up the site in Wordpress, with a blog as a home page, for them to update as they wish.
- Use Google Maps for directions to the venue
- A page for accommodation details (including nearby hotels and B&Bs)
- A link to wherever their wedding list is kept
- A special Flickr account for their photos.
Any more ideas?
Today, my wife's brother and his fiancée have announced the date for their wedding, and I have offered that I would do something similar for them. Things have moved on a bit since 2005, so I reckon I could do a much better job this time round. What I plan to do is as follows:
- Set up the site in Wordpress, with a blog as a home page, for them to update as they wish.
- Use Google Maps for directions to the venue
- A page for accommodation details (including nearby hotels and B&Bs)
- A link to wherever their wedding list is kept
- A special Flickr account for their photos.
Any more ideas?
Killeen Must Resign
25/01/07 23:21 Filed in: Politics
The saga
surrounding Minister Tony Killeen is disturbing.
He says that the letters making representations on behalf of a convicted paedophile and a convicted murderer, sent from his constituency office, were sent without his consent. He claims he did not sign the letter.
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He says that the letters making representations on behalf of a convicted paedophile and a convicted murderer, sent from his constituency office, were sent without his consent. He claims he did not sign the letter.
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Using Truth As A Weapon
25/01/07 22:45 Filed in: Politics
The report
concerning RUC collusion with loyalist terrorists by
the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland, published
this week, has brought the expected reactions from
both sides of the sectarian divide. Nationalists are
happy, and say that it vindicates everything they
have been saying for years. Unionists are furious,
casting doubt on the veracity and independence of the
inquiry, and claiming that it vilifies the brave RUC
officers who were at the frontline of the fight
against terrorism down the years.
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Not Another Bloody Mac Blog?
25/01/07 00:01 Filed in: Blogging
Never content
to rest on my laurels, I have just added to the
burgeoning publishing empire that is gerryos.net.
This time it's about Apple and the Mac (well, it will be), and it labours under the title CmdNotCtrl.
Once again, I have gone the WordPress route.
This time it's about Apple and the Mac (well, it will be), and it labours under the title CmdNotCtrl.
Once again, I have gone the WordPress route.
Eyes Closed
22/01/07 23:05 Filed in: Music
Today's
"Pricewatch" in The Irish Times was all about music
purchasing, and comparing the price of downloading
with buying a physical CD.
While Conor Pope was happy enough about the value available for those seeking to buy singles, he felt that album purchases weren't such good value.
While Conor Pope was happy enough about the value available for those seeking to buy singles, he felt that album purchases weren't such good value.
"While a CD single costs in the region of €4 - for which you also get the B-side and other material - often of dubious merit - a song can be downloaded from iTunes for just 99 cent. It is not a lot to pay for a single. The price of a full album downloaded from iTunes is not quite such good value, however, particularly when you consider how little it costs to make the music available."Wait! There's More…
Fantasy iPr0n
18/01/07 22:18 Filed in: Mac
The geekiest
of Mac geeks are the ones to post up their
"unpacking pr0n" photos the minute they
get their new Apple goodies out of the box.
But this has to be the best pisstake of the process ever.
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But this has to be the best pisstake of the process ever.
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Is This True?
17/01/07 00:00 Filed in: Politics
The Break-Up Of Britain?
16/01/07 23:10 Filed in: Politics
Today marked
the 300th anniversary of the Acts of Union between England and
Scotland, when the Scottish and English
parliaments were abolished to be replaced by a new
parliament of Great Britain, sitting in
Westminster. Some have celebrated this date, some
have mourned it, and many more have asked if it is
now time to revisit this relationship.
Firmly in the pro-Union camp is Gordon Brown, destined to be Britain's next Prime Minister, and MP for the Scottish constituency of Kirkcaldy. Over the last couple of years, Brown has been keen to promote an homogenous Britishness, although some suggest that this might just be a ploy to make his premiership more palatable to Middle England.
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Firmly in the pro-Union camp is Gordon Brown, destined to be Britain's next Prime Minister, and MP for the Scottish constituency of Kirkcaldy. Over the last couple of years, Brown has been keen to promote an homogenous Britishness, although some suggest that this might just be a ploy to make his premiership more palatable to Middle England.
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Tales From The Tabs
16/01/07 22:34 Filed in: General
Nonsense
When I was a
kid, I always wanted to be a headline writer for a
tabloid newspaper. Unfortunately, I didn't get enough
points in my Leaving Cert to do tabloid headline
writing, and had to do wine merchantry instead, so
here I am today.
I still like to keep my hand in at the old headline writing, but one of the problems I encounter is that sometimes I think of a headline, but the story to go with it just doesn't materialise. That's never stopped a few tabloid newspapers, I suppose, though.
Anyway, the ones below the fold have been thrashing around my head for a while, so I thought that in best tabloid fashion, I'd make up the stories to go with them.
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I still like to keep my hand in at the old headline writing, but one of the problems I encounter is that sometimes I think of a headline, but the story to go with it just doesn't materialise. That's never stopped a few tabloid newspapers, I suppose, though.
Anyway, the ones below the fold have been thrashing around my head for a while, so I thought that in best tabloid fashion, I'd make up the stories to go with them.
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BBC Not Interested
15/01/07 23:16
One thing I
noticed about the coverage of the awful Wexford
trawler tragedy is the almost complete lack of
interest in the story from the BBC's online news. I
just did a search through the entries for the
BBC's main news
feed, and not one
reference to the story came up. (There are 562
entries in the reader going back to 2 January.)
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Posh Fish & Chips
13/01/07 23:17 Filed in: Personal
We do this every now and again for our tea, and it's
dead tasty I tell thee.
Get some spuds and peel them. Cut into strips vaguely resembling what you might get in a chipper. Dry them off and lay them in a single layer in a roasting dish. Glug some olive oil, salt and pepper on them and chuck into a hot oven for 20 minutes or so.
In the meantime, take a fillet of monkfish and cut it into chunks. In a bowl, mix together about 200 grams of flour and a half a can of Smithwicks or any other ale or lager (not stout). It should have a good runny consistency, if not add more beer. Heat up a deep pan of cooking oil. Immerse the monkfish in the beer batter, and when the oil is hot enough, drop the battered chunks of fish in using a slotted spoon. Fry until the batter is golden brown.
Serve with the oven-roasted chips and some tartare sauce. To be really posh, accompany with chilled fino or manzanilla sherry or even better, a glass of Champagne.
Get some spuds and peel them. Cut into strips vaguely resembling what you might get in a chipper. Dry them off and lay them in a single layer in a roasting dish. Glug some olive oil, salt and pepper on them and chuck into a hot oven for 20 minutes or so.
In the meantime, take a fillet of monkfish and cut it into chunks. In a bowl, mix together about 200 grams of flour and a half a can of Smithwicks or any other ale or lager (not stout). It should have a good runny consistency, if not add more beer. Heat up a deep pan of cooking oil. Immerse the monkfish in the beer batter, and when the oil is hot enough, drop the battered chunks of fish in using a slotted spoon. Fry until the batter is golden brown.
Serve with the oven-roasted chips and some tartare sauce. To be really posh, accompany with chilled fino or manzanilla sherry or even better, a glass of Champagne.
Hands Back In The Ruck
13/01/07 23:14 Filed in: Sport
I have finally gotten the finger out and moved
Hands In The
Ruck
over to the gerryos.net domain.
I've decided to go the Wordpress route this time.
I've decided to go the Wordpress route this time.
T.D.F.K.A.iTV
11/01/07 23:59 Filed in: Mac
In a comment
over on Machead, Jimbo
asks how we should
articulate the name of the new device
called
tv.
Apple tv? Symbol tv?
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Uh-Oh!
11/01/07 00:03 Filed in: Mac
It seems
that Cisco aren't happy
about
Apple using the name 'iPhone' for their new
all-singing-all-dancing
handheld-multimedia-internet-communication-phone-thingie
after all, and have engaged the services of Messrs
Sue, Grabbit and Runne.
(via Mac Rumors)
(via Mac Rumors)
New Widget UnLaoised!
10/01/07 23:27 Filed in: Mac
One of the
announced features of Mac OS X Leopard
will
be Dashcode, an app that allows
you to create your own Dashboard Widgets. This is
something I have been keen to do for ages, so I
was delighted to see that Apple have released a
beta of Dashcode that works in Tiger.
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Ryanair Talking Bollocks
10/01/07 00:03 Filed in: General
Nonsense
Ryanair have
been in the news a bit in the last week or so (when
are they ever out of it? you may ask.) Last week, the
company was singled out by a British politician,
criticising their environmental record. Today, they
came out against the Fine Gael idea of a second
airport for Dublin.
On both occasions, Ryanair spokesmen came on to The Last Word to bat for the company. On Friday it was Michael O'Leary himself, and today it was one of his underlings, whose name escapes me at this moment. As well as making their point about the main topic at hand, the discussion on both occasions got around to the issue of a rail link from Dublin city centre to the airport. You might think that Ryanair might support this proposal, but in fact they are quite trenchant in their opposition to it.
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On both occasions, Ryanair spokesmen came on to The Last Word to bat for the company. On Friday it was Michael O'Leary himself, and today it was one of his underlings, whose name escapes me at this moment. As well as making their point about the main topic at hand, the discussion on both occasions got around to the issue of a rail link from Dublin city centre to the airport. You might think that Ryanair might support this proposal, but in fact they are quite trenchant in their opposition to it.
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iPhone
09/01/07 22:51 Filed in: Mac
Macworld
today was pretty much all about one product - iPhone.
For months the speculation was rife that Apple were
working on a phone, but no-one had an inkling just
how advanced this thing appears to be. (Incidentally,
I queried the iPhone name yesterday, and would be
interested to find out how Apple got around the fact
that Cisco already have a product called
iPhone on the market.)
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Apple - The Year In Review
09/01/07 07:00 Filed in: Mac
Apple's year
started as always with Macworld in San Francisco.
This is the show where the company sets out its stall
for the coming twelve months, and is often the
showcase for new product lines.
While there weren't any completely new goodies on offer last January, the big news story was the launch of the first two Intel-equipped Macs - the iMac and the MacBook Pro. Both sported the Core Duo chip, and the MBP came equipped with a built-in iSight. iLife '06 was released as well, and it included a new app - iWeb, a basic, template-driven web-publishing platform.
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While there weren't any completely new goodies on offer last January, the big news story was the launch of the first two Intel-equipped Macs - the iMac and the MacBook Pro. Both sported the Core Duo chip, and the MBP came equipped with a built-in iSight. iLife '06 was released as well, and it included a new app - iWeb, a basic, template-driven web-publishing platform.
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iPram
04/01/07 23:14
A while back
I wrote a piece about a new pram that we'd bought for
the babby, and commented about all the engineering
involved:
"There is an incredible amount of engineering in one of these things. They have to match several criteria, such as being easy to fold up, being compact when folded, adaptable, sturdy, having an integrated iPod dock so that baby can sleep to the dulcet tones of her favourite music (OK, I made that one up.)"
I should have friggin' guessed that someone, somewhere would do exactly that.
"There is an incredible amount of engineering in one of these things. They have to match several criteria, such as being easy to fold up, being compact when folded, adaptable, sturdy, having an integrated iPod dock so that baby can sleep to the dulcet tones of her favourite music (OK, I made that one up.)"
I should have friggin' guessed that someone, somewhere would do exactly that.
Web 2.0 Was Developed For This Sort Of Thing
03/01/07 23:55 Filed in: General
Nonsense
If you don't
have broadband, then you don't get to enjoy some of
the quirkier aspects of the web.
Like seeing if you can blend an iPod
Like seeing if you can blend an iPod
New Year Joke
01/01/07 01:05
Let's start
the New Year off with a joke:
Jesus and Saint Peter are golfing. St. Peter steps up to the tee on a par three and hits one long and straight. It reaches the green.
Jesus is up next. He slices it. It heads over the fence into traffic on an adjacent street. Bounces off a truck, onto the roof of a nearby shack and into the rain gutter, down the drain spout and onto a lilly pad at the edge of a lake. A frog jumps up and snatches the ball in his mouth. An eagle swoops down, grabs the frog. As the eagle flies over the green, the frog croaks and drops the ball. It’s in the hole.
Saint Peter looks at Jesus, exasperated. "Are you gonna play golf?" he asks "Or are you just gonna fuck around?"
From "100 Funniest Jokes Of All Time" via Daring Fireball
Happy New Year!
Jesus and Saint Peter are golfing. St. Peter steps up to the tee on a par three and hits one long and straight. It reaches the green.
Jesus is up next. He slices it. It heads over the fence into traffic on an adjacent street. Bounces off a truck, onto the roof of a nearby shack and into the rain gutter, down the drain spout and onto a lilly pad at the edge of a lake. A frog jumps up and snatches the ball in his mouth. An eagle swoops down, grabs the frog. As the eagle flies over the green, the frog croaks and drops the ball. It’s in the hole.
Saint Peter looks at Jesus, exasperated. "Are you gonna play golf?" he asks "Or are you just gonna fuck around?"
From "100 Funniest Jokes Of All Time" via Daring Fireball
Happy New Year!