#“This crap is why people infringe copyright” A few weeks back, Leonard Cohen’s new album was pre-announced and I went to the “Leonard Cohen Global Store” to buy it. They had a special offer of an extra free track available for download immediatelyif you pre-ordered the MP3s. Which I duly did. Unsurprisingly, I couldn’t find a link to download the free track anywhere but I wasn’t that bothered and waited for the album to be released. »
#“Ah feck it, one more - Sh*t Entrepreneurs Say” Starts badly but comes into its own as soon as it pivots :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alZqXA4R2dI M…..V…..P »
#“Last one I promise - Sh*t Barefoot Runners Say” Even a plodding came-last-in-Bandon-half-marathon obese blob like me has said nearly everything in this video in the past year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPdb7ZDJKS4 »
#“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. »