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Writes simon on August 21st, 2008

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Lets go Fly a kite

Writes simon on August 21st, 2008

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

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There is not enough Meat loaf in the World.

Writes simon on August 21st, 2008

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

Why fear Ideas

Writes simon on August 21st, 2008

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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 [...]

‘Man on Wire’

Writes ck on August 20th, 2008

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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 [...]

‘Watchmen’

Writes ck on August 19th, 2008

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‘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 [...]

Blackknight

Writes simon on August 18th, 2008

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

Top 6 Friday: Pointless Olympic Sports

Writes ck on August 15th, 2008

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The pomp of the Opening Ceremony has given way to our country’s best atheletes striving for gold. A reoccuring conversation though is often whether the sports they hope to represent their country in are anything but pointless displays rather than a reflection of great sporting ability. We’ve looked through the back catalogue of discontinued sports [...]

Number 10 on wordpress

Writes simon on August 13th, 2008

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The UK prime Ministers website is running on Wordpress. Which is the same software as this site.  It is amazing how a little blogging platform is expanded to much more. Not sure it is a great idea but well done to the wordpress crowd and especially Ireland wordpress guy Donncha.
They seem to have twitter and [...]

RTE get the wrong Georgia

Writes simon on August 8th, 2008

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RTE today has the story that trouble is brewing. 
A major crisis is developing in the Caucasus where Georgian troops have begun an offensive against a breakaway republic in the region.
Russian news agencies are reporting that troops have launched a tank-led assault on the capital of the province of South Ossetia, and that at least 15 [...]