Category: Randomess

So Close…

I got my letter from Iarnród Éireann today. The train broke down twice on my last trip home so the journey was an hour and a half longer than it should...

Round-Up

Well the last few posts have mainly been about the “oh-so-exciting” [1] move of the blog from one location to another. So I thought I may as well give a little...

Real Empathy

New Scientist report that seeing pain has the same effect on muscles as feeling it. Volunteers were shown videos of a needle being inserted into someone’s hand or foot while electrodes...

makes you wonder

Was over at Sally’s where she is talking about global warming and all the debates going on about it, (let’s not mention the David Bellamy debate) and it made me wonder...

You can’t take the sky from me

Slashdot have an article about Firefly being picked up by the Sci-Fi channel. In in response to this news comes this great reply Whedon: We will rule over this time slot,...

Lady Hare and Dog

There is a new sculpture by the Green. It is called Lady Hare and Dog by Sophie Ryder. I don’t like it. What do you think?

Canine suicide bridge

Came across this from Neil Gaiman’s journal. A bridge in Scotland has been the site of apparent dog suicides, with animal behaviourists unsure of why the animals are leaping to their...

The snow is beginning to fall…

It has been seven years since Dermot Morgan died. Can you believe it? My lovely horse, running through the field Where are you going, with your fetlocks blowing in the wind?...

Why are Ipods supposed to be so great?

Almost everywhere you go you’re bound to see those white earphones that id a person as using an Ipod, they are constantly mentioned as though they are the world’s only mp3...

GBrowser on its way

Looks like Google really is out to take over the world. First by search engine, then by email, then getting into the blogging business, and recently there have been plenty of...