Archive for May, 2009

Blogger visit to the Dáil. Thanks to the Green Party.

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

I know what you’re asking. Was he wearing sandals? No, no sandals but he still had his superpowers with him. A few bloggers and an unexpected 79 members of Boards.ie came along to the Dáil yesterday evening and got shown around the Houses of the Oireachtas by Ciarán Cuffe, after which we had a chinwag with John Gormley, Ciarán, Deidre De Burca (a very pretty lady I must say) and Damian from Green HQ. The conversation was mostly polite too but was far too short. Another time.

Free Fun Colorful Retro Rainbow Sprinkle Ice Cream Cone Creative Commons
Photo owned by Pink Sherbet Photography (cc)

After that we headed to the public gallery to watch a vote or two. Jesus, but John O’Donoghue’s head could really explode soon. After that we headed off to the Dáil bar. Hilarious the way the bar is like some sectarian place where all the parties have their own sections. Is the Dáil always full of hacks and wannabe pols? I’m sure people will complain about the Greens trying to influence the bloggers or some bullshit like that. I can happily say I’m still not a fan of the Green Party, I respect a lot of what they do however and as someone who has already stated he was a fan of Ciarán, I’m a bigger fan now. So watch and learn Fianna Fáil, this is how you to “that thing with bloggers”.

Darragh has a far more detailed post here. Worth reading and looking at. Update: Post from Mark too.

Fluffy Links – Thursday May 14th 2009

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

We found Brian’s very small one.

Some gold here in details about the New Yorker.

You can still be a winner with Komplett.

The next Facebook Garage in Dublin is on the way.

A noble pursuit. Finding and saving documents that might get destroyed.

Via Buildings and Food – Amazon’s blog on books.

Want a discount for the iQ BootCamp?

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

iQ Content have offered those that read Mulley.net a discount of 20% on tickets to their Bootcamp. This is probably the best web training event in Ireland every year and covers everything that a business that’s serious about the web needs.

So you get 20% tickets for this three-day event but because there is an early bird offer on right now, you can actually get a 40% discount. The event is on June 9th-11th 2009. I think I might be doing something at it too, not sure, if not I’ll still be going.

To avail of it all you need to do is enter Fluffy as the discount code when booking online.

Fluffy Links – Tuesday May 12th 2009

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

10 people better than Tubridy for his new job.

New blog: The Gospel according to Seán.

Oooh a Food Writing Workshop.

Treasa does some digging.

Brian Crowley’s Fianna Fáil logo is where?

Mark Simpson on the wrong fight for gay marriage.

What the internet was made for: Nice results you get back when you do a search on Twitter for that phrase.

Legalising drugs. Did the Portugese model work?

David Lynch. Batshit crazy but still lucid. Ideas are like fish.

Tobacco with a redbull type kick. Good lord.

Practices to make ideas happen.

DM Stith – Isaac’s Song

DM Stith – Pity Dance

Last Paris pic … for now

Monday, May 11th, 2009

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Package design is great

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

All the same product:

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Without the Enda voice

Friday, May 8th, 2009

If you look at this website from Fine Gael and read the message from Enda Kenny, can you read it without your brain doing the “Enda Voice”? I honestly can’t.

Fluffy Links – Friday May 8th 2009

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Alan Foran is now a-blogging.

Eddie Hobbs’ sham resignation.

The Evening Standard says sorry. How utterly interesting. Relaunching and moving away from their negative past?

Chart of time spent eating per day versus rate of obesity. I’m not sure I have any faith in this chart.

Just enough is more and toxic friends.

Obvious I suppose but good for those selling domains. Generic domains outperform non-generic domains in ads.

Going all the way to the Top in the Eiffel Tower.

A frequent occurrence in Paris Metro stations:

Taken in Tipperary today

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Dear Fianna Fail

Via Laura

Lucozade Bloggers comic book workshop on Saturday 9th

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Open invite to Irish Bloggers or bloggers who are not Irish but could qualify for Ireland using the conditions in the Jack Charlton era might work too…

Got this via email:

EVER FANCIED BEING A SUPER HERO?!?

We would love if you could make it along to our Lucozade Bloggers comic book workshop next Saturday 9th May to celebrate the launch of the new Lucozade digital campaign called ‘Energy Guy’.

The workshop will take place in The Science Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin and will be hosted by the guys behind the Lucozade Energy campaign, illustrator Eoin Coveney and animator, Jason Butler.

Eoin and Jason will talk through the whole process of creating a comic book, illustration and the transfer to animation when creating a comic strip…and then it’s your turn!!!

Eoin will be on hand to do very flattering caricatures and you’ll even get to be a bad guy or superhero in your own comic strip for your Blog!

Starts at 1pm. Lunch provided too. Email Cliodhna Lamont, cliodhna.lamont < at > ogilvy.com with the subject Comic Workshop and tell her I sent you. (I just want to see how many sign up via this post, I get nothing for this)