Archive for March, 2008

Why?

Writes ck on March 13th, 2008

Read More: Movies

So the lumbering, pointless, waffling and ultimately frustrating final Harry Potter Book is to be split into two movies. I have written before of the worrying propspect - one now become a reality.
Rather than dwelling on it, take time to contemplate the latest take on the the Hulk, this time out, Ed Norton dons the [...]

The Password Issue

Writes ck on March 11th, 2008

Read More: People, Random, Science & Technology

So this ultimately useless gimmick on the Microsoft website can enable you check the strength of your password. Mine is deemed of ‘medium ‘ strength. I consider it a lazy password, based on a very obvious element in my life and sometimes it does strike me I am foolish to be of the blase [...]

Random Bits

Writes ck on March 11th, 2008

Read More: Random

Now while I can’t seem to get into a rhythm of reading consistently of late, those of you who do so may make use of the site, What Should I Read Next?, which recommends books based on the compiled recommendations of contributors - the site claims to make selections from over 47, 000 books. I [...]

The Road Less Taken

Writes ck on March 11th, 2008

Read More: Poetry, The Arts

In the midst of a road trip over the weekend from Killarney to Dublin this poem popped into my head. Studied with scant regard for its meaning in secondary school, it is a nicely accessible poem, yet one you can absolutely filter ideas of choice and larger questions through.
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And [...]

De Niro and Pacino Reunite

Writes ck on March 10th, 2008

Read More: Movies

Progressing from a much revered encounter in a coffee shop in ‘Heat’, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino will have a lot more shared screen time in ‘Righteous Kill’. Despite the prospect to relish of these two boys working together, the film looks worryingly mediocre and not very interesting.

Does Leo Varadkar believe in ghosts.

Writes simon on March 10th, 2008

Read More: Economy, Politics

From Fine Gael
February saw the biggest ever monthly increase in the live register in absolute terms, proving that Fianna Fáil has killed the Celtic Tiger. The crucial 5% barrier has been broken with unemployment now running at 5.2%, the highest since August 1999. The spectre of mass unemployment has returned to haunt the country.
The [...]

We Like mondays

Writes simon on March 10th, 2008

Read More: Monday Cheer Up

A 1995 what a year I have the greatest on tape at home somewhere this song was one of the biggest hits of the year and also a forgotten classic. Breakfast at Tiffeny’s by deep blue something.

Perhaps the most interesting celebrity endorsement of the campaign to date (for me at least - I realise Oprah choosing race over gender has been a talking point also) has been Larry David’s support of Obama. Here he contributes an opinion piece to the Huff Post stating how he doesn’t want such a histronic woman, [...]

Movie Tickets .com

Writes simon on March 7th, 2008

Read More: Cult

This might mean much to anyone but it does to us.

All in the name of climate change

Writes simon on March 7th, 2008

Read More: Random

It started with towels. You go to a hotel now and there is a sign on the door saying something like.
Please reuse towels as by cleaning them we are using more energy. So to help us fight climate change reuse.
Now I doubt the hotel really cares about climate change the purpose is to get people [...]