Skycon is a computer society conference that punches well above its weight. In just two weeks, Skycon ‘09 will take place so book your train tickets now!
Speakers include Randall Munroe, ex-NASA contractor and creator of the famous xkcd comic, and David Malone, who works on IPv6 and Wireless Networking in the FreeBSD operating system.
Other speakers will [...]

I arrived at Tara St Station to see a commuter train waiting at the platform (16:00) and hopped on to get to Dun Laoghaire. As the train left, the guy in the seat across from me asked if the train would stop at Lansdowne Road and I directed him to the map above the door [...]

I had a friend ask me to fix their computer, which is a regular occurrence as I’m a computer engineer and I know how to fix everything of course.
This request was special though in that the symptom was that as soon as this person tried to stream from RTE, the Internet connection dropped! The problem [...]

We had a visitor from San Francisco via couchsurfing.com and I offered to do a little tour of Limerick. I was pleasantly surprised, but also disappointed. In short, Limerick has a few attractions that I have never heard of, but they are only open weekdays or by appointment!
The tourist office sells tourist maps for €1.50 [...]

I read RTE this morning and was delighted to see the headline “Hi-tech cable to link US with Ireland” but incredulous when they stated that it was the first transatlantic telecommunications cable to directly link Ireland with the US. I got over it until I saw an even bolder claim in the Metro paper – [...]

I might have mentioned that I was in Barcelona before and now I’m going to elaborate a bit. My sister always thought I’d love BCN and she was right. It’s up there with Berlin as my all-time favourite cities and that’s saying a lot if you know how much I like Germany! The pick-pockets are [...]

In ‘08 a few things happened. I finished my thesis, got a sweet job despite the recession and moved to Dublin. It’s my first time living in the city proper and I’m still getting used to it. The job and the people at work are great. Next year, I hope to get stuck in with [...]