Sorry if you didn’t see the blog for a few days. I just updated the server and I was a bit tardy putting things back in place.

Last year, I went snowboarding in Kilternan on a synthetic slope with our  sports and social group at work and figured out that I could do this snowboarding lark.  Friends of mine went to France and loved it so we decided to organise our  own trip for Winter 09/10.  Tom had books on the various [...]

Our bath was out of comission until I rolled up my sleeves, headed to Woodies/B&Q and googled furiously. In the end, I just needed to re-seal the waste water fitting with some sealant. These websites came in handy:
http://www.practicaldiy.com/plumbing/bath_waste/bath_wastes.php and
http://www.victoriaplumb.com/bathroom_DIY/Fitting-a-bath.html
I did this a couple of months ago and still no leaks so happy days!

Here are some snapshots from my travels. First up, Belfast and the reason I have a cold this weekend:

The ceiling in the Tesco near Castle Court Shopping Centre, Belfast

Some photos from the beach in Ballyb – beyond the men’s beach:

and my feet…which appreciated the salt-water after the soccer/tag rugby the previous weeks:

The poster I first [...]

if you like listening to Irish nerd-talk and squeeky old me, tune into the IT Freely podcast over on IAN. This week there was some chatter about twitter and in interesting interview with someone called Emmanuel from 2600 – Episode #7

Despite the weather forecast, this afternoon and evening was gorgeous and I took the opportunity to walk on the western pier of Dun Laoghaire Harbour. The first photo is actually of the Commissioners of Irish Lights – the people that look after the lighthouses. There is quite a nice map of the harbour and its [...]

okay, the last post was very serious so how about I remind you of Great Friday! From the website: www.greatfriday.ie
Great Friday Festival 2009. Great Friday, Limericks original and best music festival returns on the 10th of April. Following on from the huge success of last years attendees are once again invited to hop on the [...]

I’m not good at dancing but I was shocked to hear that public entertainment like nightclubs, football and sporting events are forbidden in several states in Germany, not just on Good Friday but on other religious holidays depending on state law. Don’t think about washing your car in a car-wash in Bavaria on Good Friday [...]

Didn’t get to the first talks as I was at a Jason Byrne gig but Skycon was worth the early-morning drive.
The first talk I attended was by Ciarán Maher of daft.ie who explained the evolution of the site and the supporting architecture. Interesting use of Amazon S3 services and now there is a API – [...]