Archive for December, 2005



The day the music died

A long, long time ago…
I can still remember
How that music used to make me smile
It’s official…my iPod has finally died.
It’s been a long time coming. Obviously when you have to squeeze your iPod like a vice grips after charging it to get it to work, you realise something is wrong.
What’s annoying about it dying […]

Once the Xerox copier was invented, private diplomacy died. There’s no such thing as secrecy. It’s just a question of whether it’s leaked or revealed openly - Andrew Young
There’s a huge debate going on around the world about things like data retention, CCTVs and national identity cards. People are afraid that their […]

A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation - James Freeman Clarke
I was rather excited to read that Fingal County Council have started to offer webcasts of their meetings, especially because it’s my local county council.
In my opinion it’s a fantastic way to learn about politics. Politicians are […]

Tagging - what’s that all about?

A library is thought in cold storage - Herbert Samuel
If you have a blog or read them, you probably know about Technorati or Icerocket, or will have probably noticed tags at the bottom of posts with different words relating to the content.
If not, you’ll probably look at the title of this post and ask yourself, […]