Some poor chappies (like me) are working today. So here’s some fluff:
Nice story from the Sunday Times on the lack of engagement in the Dail by some of our TDs. Love some of the excuses.
Nothing left to read as everyone is logging off, says Donncha. Nice quote and good questions:
A good blog, like a good book, is something you can get lost in and forget yourself in. It tickles your brain cells and gets you thinking. What blogs do you put off reading until you have quality time to really enjoy them? What are the blogs you know you can’t read by skimming over them?
This would be one of the read when less hectic posts I’d read. This is another.
A good example of reverse parking. Maith an pilot.
The Dreaming (arguably better known as ‘The Dreamtime’) is more than just the story of how the world was created as told by Aboriginal Australians. It is also the basis for their way of life and death, their source of power in life and it tells of the life and influence of their ancestors on their culture.
This is a real gravestone. The ex-wife and mistress got the final say about this guy.
The kids are alright. Seems the web and text messaging are making the kids more literate? Perhaps in some countries where literacy was suffering.
More Wii on Wii action. Using the Wii to stream movies and music using Orb.
Also control your smarthome with a Wii:
Is YouTube blocking Wii Opera browser access?
Excellent: Playing the Wii in a Movie Theater
I am not a big fanatic of video games but quite frankly, If I were given the opportunity to play the Wii in a theater I surely go for it.
Here’s the story : Jon Peck ( a programer) and a movie theater owner have decided to play the Wii on 344 inc…
I first encountered the Dreaming in the novel The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin. It must nearly 20 years ago (It can’t be actually 20 because it was published in 1987, but I would have read it when it became available in paperback).
I must re-read it; I recall it as mind-opening.