I’m way behind on everything since last week. I’ve unanswered emails from last week, blog posts still in draft, an article to write for ENN, interviews to answer and more. Early last week I picked up some virus, or at least we think it’s a virus. It started with ringing ears on Wednesday and on Thursday I got pins and needles in my left hand and foot. This spread to my whole left side on Thursday and Friday and a nasty headache kicked in too. My concentration was wiped and I could barely answer a text message. By Sunday my whole left side was numb so I thought it time to see a doctor. Went to Southdoc and they told me not to worry, it wasn’t an aneurysm or anything so see my own GP come Monday. 60 quid for that. Cheers. Well it seems to have been a viral thing, which can’t be treated. As of today most of the numbness is gone and my concentration levels are going back up. Proper two-post-a-day blogging may resume shortly, once I sort out all the emails and other stuff.
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007Fluffy Links – Thursday November 29th 2007
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Paddy’s Valley gets better, now confirmed to visit Meebo and to go drinking with the Scobles and Loic le Meur and anyone else that wants to come along.
Via the Limerick blog. Now that’s a nice linkup, the Limerick Leader is listing local Limerick blogs on their site. All newspaper sites should be doing this.
Both Donncha and AJ point out the latest ads for eircom broadband that try and embarass people into buying broadband. ICAN are the ad agency that have done them and the ads are the most absolutely fucking moronic thing I’ve seen in a while. ICAN said at a recent conference organised by the IDMA a few weeks back that these ads are to encourage people to get broadband at home and not surf in the office during the day. Yes, cos you go red from the ad and you think “eircom is right, I’ll buy their broadband now.” Eh no, I’d try and find the idiot that came up with this ad and introduce them to a lumphammer, though, that’s how they probably managed to concoct such a stupid idea on day one.
More proof that ComReg lie. They say we talk more than the rest of Europe. OH NO WE DOESN’T. The mobile phone bankrolled TIF then say we have higher bills because we text more. Oh please.
Shrooms (the filum) very very selectively quotes from the Irish Times review of the movie. I bet if the review said SHIT, the morketing droids would quote it as HIT.
Boards of Canada – Music Is Math
Fluffy Links – Wednesday November 29th 2007
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007Mulley’s not so secret project No. 2 is live – Gastronom.ie – Irish Food and Drink aggregator. Kick the tyres but don’t twist off the aerial now!
There’s a blog for everything, like the Galway Public Libraries blog.
Burkie is also back.
Wii helps man find out his wife cheated on him. No, Mario did not say “She a cheating on you, witta me”.
Get a Bebo sim from o2. Basically it gives you a week’s free access to the mobile version of Bebo.
What the hell? Spud tourism? Don’t mention ze famine!
Nail and head. I Don’t Want To Consume Media That I Can’t Interact With.
The new Guinness domino ad, love it:
Which drug are you? Fianna Fáil’s Malcolm Byrne is Cocaine
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007Gotta love this. So you’re a Fianna Fáil councillor. You’re on Facebook, like we all are.
You install a Facebook application your mates sent which asks you what drug are you and it says you’re cocaine. Jesus, imagine if anyone saw your public profile and you left that there, they’d blog it or something. Fucking bloggers. And now we throw in the default joke about Fianna Fáil always loving their Charlie. You know, this may not be best time to do that quiz.
Above is what it looks like and below is the text.
I’m “Cocaine”!
You’re a smooth talker and a straight shooter and other cliches used by business men in the 1980s. You like the nightlife, and the morning life, and even the early afternoon life. You are upset your friends can’t party as long as you can. That’s okay – you can just buy new friends.
Saying that though, Malcolm’s mates say he is the most trustworthy of all of them. Oh and he drinks the most:
Testing out the 3 SkypePhone
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007I got one of the 3 mobile/Skypephones, the one that retail at €99 and allow you to call anyone who uses Skype and vice-versa. If you want to help me test it, add me to Skype, I’m damienmulleymobile and let’s see if this aul thing will work. Please don’t call til after 2 today though 🙂
Update: I just got two more of them in the post but these don’t come with sims so have to buy some.
Update2: Only in the past few minutes (It is now 1647) have your requests to add me to your contact details come through. 11 of you so far. 🙂 Bit of a bloody lag there. Rax, I think I accidently declined you!
Fluffy Links – Tuesday November 27th 2007
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007The next Barcamp is in Kilkenny around Feb 2008.
The EduBlog Awards have been announced. Nice one Josie et al!
In the week where grown ups showed how scared they are that their kids are rejecting privacy, the UK Govt removed a hell of a lot of it for the kids. Some week. And so Ze Frank on Privacy.
Using the Wii to teach kids maths.
Seems being featured in an iPod ad is the new movie soundtack superstardom. They just need to start a record label now and win win.
Molecular Gastronomy – A video!
A few years ago we thought these pound shop watches were shite. Now they’re cool and retro.
Via Sinéad – Bill hicks on marketing
Boards of Canada – an eagle in your mind (fan vid)
Fluffy Links – Monday November 26th 2007
Monday, November 26th, 2007BOLD FLUFFY LINKS!
This was meant to go out this morning after sneaking out last night for a few seconds and sneaking back into it’s box again. Tut tut. Here ya go.
Anyone else going to answer Sinéad’s question?
A two for one special from Dave. Dave points out that if your ad is sexist to women it will be banned but not the other way around. Not that the ad companies are obliged to listen. Dave also rants about the BT Complaints webpage and a wiley little thing that probably cuts down on submissions.
Michele points out that Camtasia or at least an older version is free. This is a great app for doing video screencasts/video tutorials.
Paul Browne has a fantastic post on why you should blog for business.
The other Paul has a good intro to Google’s Open Social. Open mehole.
Una’s Book nSupp has started. A book club done over food and booze.
If there’s one Facebook app you need to install it’s the Nothing application.
Erm, when you sang their national anthem you said they had big you know …
One laptop per child, one future.
iPhone sales in the UK are tanking?
Al Murray ripping into an American:
Ronnie Johns mocking Chopper:
Paddy’s Valley – The meets and greets
Monday, November 26th, 2007With just a few days to go for Paddy’s valley, we have visits in place with Google, Apple, Facebook and SocialText and hopefully a few more to be announced as well. As well as that, Enterprise Ireland have organised an event on Tuesday evening where some of the Paddy’s Valley companies will pitch in front of some American VCs. The event starts at 1630 and ends after 2000. The Irish Ambassador will be in attendance. On Thursday we’ll be meeting the members of the Irish Network in San Francisco for another networking event from about 5 onwards. If any Irish company wants to contribute to the bar tab for the Thu night event, let us know.
We’re also trying to meet with some Irish folks that work in San Fran and the Valley while we’re over and a few of us are inviting other Valley people to smaller dinners where we can act like rabid fanboys, ok, not really, but close. If you are in or around San Fran or Silicon Valley from Dec 2nd to Dec 9th, let us know: paddysvalley { at } gmail.com
Quick before the Best of Year Music Lists – Recommend me some stuff
Sunday, November 25th, 2007Got some recent music recommendations for me before I go though the Best Of lists and find new music that way.
Double congrats to Grandad
Saturday, November 24th, 2007Not only did the creator of the Golden Crabs win a Golden Spider he’s also gotten a book deal. That’s at least 5 bloggers I know that have gotten/are getting/were approached about book deals. I should become some kind of agent to the bloggers (just so I can get a cut :)). Well done G and really it’s unsurprising, you have a talent. Just don’t have senior citizen porn (one of the top searches to his site) in the book please!
Grandad doesn’t know it yet but he’ll be sharing a podium with Twenty and maybe a few others just before the next Blog Awards.