#“I may have to lie down - A Lego ZX81” via Ewan. The Lego ZX81 - Finished! - HairyDalek. This guy used the Lego Digital Designer software to build a ZX81 model and then Lego generated the kit for him and sent it to him in a custom box. You know what I have to do next don’t you? Oh yes, Lego ZX Spectrum, you will be mine. »
#“This is the Irish Parliament in Action on #sopaireland” We’re all very proud to be Irish today…….. Words fail me. How many in there? 5 ? 6 ? All the rest of our “Public Representatives” are a thundering disgrace and will nevereverget a vote from me again. »
#“First ever Barefoot race in IRELAND - Ballinrobe, Mayo - March 11th” First ever Barefoot race in IRELAND, both 5km and 10km - Ballinrobe, Mayo, March 11th via Barefoot.ie. Damn and blast, I won’t be able to make this. Would be nice to come last in a shorter race. »
#“Jim Daly claiming same #mythical50 as @seansherlockTD for #stopSOPAIreland Stakeholders” I emailed the three TDs in Cork South West (2 FG, 1 Lab) two days ago about #stopSOPAIreland. Noel Harrington’s office (FG) replied within a few hours by email in a pretty generic but still positive way. This morning I got a letter in the post(!) from Jim Daly (FG) with a very detailedresponsegiving the official line as expressed by Sen Sherlock. »
#“Get a #stopSOPAIreland Plugin for your WordPress Blog” Whatever it takes to stop the Heavy Gang 2.0 from taking over the Internet in Ireland. Stop SOPA Ireland Plugin. »
#“Gina’s One Year at Her Standing Desk” Over the past 12 months, standing desks went from popular life hacks meme to eyeroll-inducing sign of a certain type of tightly-wound techie, similar to emptying your email inbox. Several people have asked me if I'm still standing. The answer is yes. Here's what I've learned from 365 days of being a professional stander. via One Year at My Standing Desk | Smarterware. Good post from Gina. »
#“Focus on the User - Supposedly a more "relevant" Google” How much better would social search be if Google surfaced results from all across the web? The results speak for themselves. We created a tool that uses Googles own relevance measurethe ranking of their organic search resultsto determine what social content should appear in the areas where Google+ results are currently hardcoded. All of the information in this demo comes from Google itself, and all of the ranking decisions are made by Google’s own algorithms. »
#“My favourite new WebApp - IFTTT - If This Then That” I saw a bunch of mentions of IFTTT a few months back but didn’t get a chance to try it out. It came up recently during a lovely lunch with @johnpeavoy in the ever-impressive Poacher’s Inn in Bandon. I suddenly realised it could do something I’d wanted for a year. The idea of IFTTT is simple but brilliant. »
#“App Inventor Source Code Now Available” Thrilled to see that thecode is now available for anyone to grab and modify. Once MIT is up and running well, they’ll start accepting contributions. My challenge to all the developers out there - port all of AppInventor to iOS. This would be far far more important and valuable for a child’s education than some overpriced e-Books on a single vendor platform. »
#“And like that, poof, he’s gone. RIP Jaiku 2006-2012” A few minutes ago, Google shut down Jaiku, just after I posted a #goodbye. My last proper post there was 3 years and 5 months ago. For a short period in 2007, many thought it would overtake Twitter during the relentless fail-whale era, but it never got the traction. I always said everything could have been different if Google had made it the Social Address Book in Android back in 2008. »