Hat Tip Sliabh for this video. Kit flying is fun but don’t do it in a tropical strom.

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I have played this before but the world needs Mr Loaf even more now.

There is a gra among alot of people of Party List systems. The idea is that instead of you voting on a constituency basis you vote for a party on a national scale. So say that 35% of people voted Fianna Fail giving them 55 seats Cowen would then go and pick 54 guys or [...]

Ever feel you had to do something even though you really don’t want to do it. You know you see an opportunity and oh it is just so good you can’t resist but then you pull back and let sense prevail. I had one of those moments when Fine Gael TD Brian Hayes and Senator [...]

I’m not sure what the necessary criteria are for a documentary to get a cinematic release – the Discovery Channel and the BBC, the production houses behind ‘Man on Wire’ can surely lay claim to consistently rich and varied output when it comes to documenting the earths wonders, historic events and the achievements of man [...]

20.08.2008

I have been meaning to write so many posts lately but can’t find the time. But I think I might be able to squeze a few words in honour of Fintan O’Toole’s article yesterday.
The reason our young people don’t care about maths and science is that we have smugly neglected ICT education, writes  FINTAN [...]

The subject of David McWilliams column today is how the GAA transfer index shows a growing trend of immigration from Ireland.
According to the GCTI, emigration is on the increase from all over Ireland and it is recurring in precisely the age group that we need most — our young, fit people. What makes the change [...]

‘Who Watches the Watchmen’

It’s an insidious game, this comic book adaptation lark. Zack Snyder, the man behind ‘300′ has taken on the difficult task (one abandoned by the likes of Paul Greengrass and Terry Gilliam) of adapting ‘Watchmen’ for the screen. I’ve written before on my impression of ‘Watchmen’, I picked it up because of [...]

Just emailed our hosts there about something and got a reply 2 minutes later. Can’t beat that.