Damien Mulley

World Economic Forum show Ireland is at 22nd place. WEForum Press Release. This ranks how Ireland is exploiting global ICT (information and communications technology) developments. In other words: we’re crap and we could be doing a lot more about it.

Spike Jonez Adidas Ad. Great music. Music: Composed by Squeak E. Clean and featuring Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I really want to get hold of it.

RentAGerman – Everyone needs a German from time to time.

Queer Eye for the Straight Guy tackle Sadaam.

Tips for Mastering E-mail Overload Very handy. Via 43Folders.

How to never miss an episode with BitTorrent and RSS. This guide makes it easy for me to leave my BT client select what I like. It’s far better than an irc client waiting for a torrent or one of the standalone clients.

That famous Buster the Rabbit episode that the US Secretary of Education condemned as the Rabbit met a kid with two lesbian moms. PBS withdrew it but you can download it online now. Download and distribute.

The above is a clip from an anti-landmine ad that TV stations in America refuse to air. The ad opens with a scene of idyllic suburban tranquility. A young family cheers on their daughter who has just scored a goal in her soccer match when she suddenly, violently explodes. Chaos consumes the scene while the mother of the victim shrieks hysterically and her father cradles her lifeless body. A simple graphic reads: “If there were landmines here, would you stand for landmines anywhere? Help the U.N. eradicate landmines everywhere. View landmine clip here. or Get the torrent. Found this on World Changing and Boing Boing.

Another lot of Public Service Announcements are ones dealing with AIDS in Russia. Again found on Worldchanging, these ads are really well done and should be downloaded and distributed. HalfCity deals with a city missing so many people as a result of HIV/AIDS. Kutuzovsky, shows AIDS is like a traffic jam, it doesn’t discriminate. Old City shows a city where only old people are left. It ends with the caption “4 out of 5 Russians living with HIV today are under 30.”

Looking at the Technorati Top 100, Donncha comes in at No. 46. Well done Donncha. Hopefully we’ll see more Irish Bloggers gain a foothold in the top 50 soon.

WaveHunt

Citywide Wireless Cat and Mouse Game to be held in Dublin

WaveHunt is a high-tech treasure hunt using a moving wireless computer network, with a first prize of two hundred euro!

Claiming a first for Ireland, this new wireless network tracking competition will be witnessed in Dublin City on Saturday, March 5th. Inspired by a similar event in Las Vegas, WaveHunt is a fun event for Ireland’s technical community that will test their network and direction finding skills.

A cross between orienteering and a manhunt, entrants will be armed only with a laptop, which will serve as a compass enabling them to follow the person carrying a wireless access point. Once entrants are close enough, they will receive a series of clues leading to the identity of the carrier. The entrant with the fastest time in registering the identity of the carrier wins the first prize.

RedBrick committee member Charlie Von Metzradt, organiser of this game commented, “We’re hoping to get as many people as possible to come out and play this game. It tests an individuals with and fitness while incorporating modern technology in the shape of a PDA/laptop and wireless card.”

Kindly sponsored by Esat BT, WaveHunt is being run by RedBrick (DCU’s Networking Society) as part of Tech Week in DCU which has various groups and societies running events and talks that are IT related. WaveHunt is adding a physical dimension to these events. Individuals and teams, including companies are all encouraged to the partake in this, its inaugural year.

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This place sucks. Mixing Justice League with Office Space.

Cool DJ

Thrift Deluxe – Make your own clothes and household ornaments.

GQ on Google – Journey to the (Revoltionary, Evil-Hating, Cash-Crazy, and Possibly Self-Destructive) Center of Google.

The 48 Laws of Power

Banksy takes on Brighton – Two coppers snogging.

Overlinked English Rugby Joke

United Nations definition of ‘family’:
“The family is technically defined as ‘any combination of two or more persons who are bound together by ties of mutual consent, birth and/or adoption or placement and who, together, assume responsibility for, inter alia, the care and maintenance of group members, the addition of new members through procreation or adoption, the socialization of children and the social control of members.’ “

BlogTorrent – BitTorrent and Blogs Ideal for fan sites who want to host content but don’t want to get hammered by downloaders.

Spellchecker for FireFox

The Game
To know The Game is to play the game. One can never stop playing.