Month: September 2005
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Uni
And so it begins. UCC is rather nice though.
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Today FM mention
I heard since I got back from the US that this blog was mentioned on the Ray D’Arcy show a Friday or two ago. Jenny Kelly was looking up stuff related to Eminem for Fix it Friday and came across all Isabelle’s entries on this blog. All of Isa’s stuff has since been moved over…
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Sony moves
Speculation abounds about Sony’s intentions over the next 24 hours. I have heard that the restructing will be on a scale bigger than the market expects. Word has it that all those over 50 in Sony will be given voluntary redundancy. 3000 people will be made redundant worldwide. The TV arm may be sold off.…
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GoogleNet: All your Internet are belong to us
John Paczkowski and Andrew Orlowski speculate about Google’s supposed Wifi plans, with some interestinf developments today. Update again: Seems I didn’t need to do some stuff. Try this. Wired have a good piece too. Update: Following Bernard’s tip I downloaded Google’s new Secure Access program, (that they ‘took off’ their site today) which connected on…
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Kuchma 'behind reporter's kidnap'
Who would you believe? Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma was one of the organisers of the abduction of a prominent reporter, a parliamentary commission believes. Georgiy Gongadze disappeared in September 2000 and his headless body was found in a wood two months later. The head of the commission probing the murder, Grygoriy Omelchenko, told MPs…
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Bush a disaster
[via Steve]
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Washington Post guest bloggers
So the Washington Post has started putting guest bloggers on their editorial/op-ed page. WAPO notes: Blogosphere pioneer brings his observations and commentary to the Opinions Section this week as washingtonpost.com’s first Guest Blogger. And their first guest blogger? Andrew Sullivan. They don’t actually publish the content, they just provide links all weeks to Sullivan’s latest…
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Iran 'may refuse nuclear checks'
Iran seems determined. Even with the recent agreements with North Korea, Iran seems set on a collision course with the US and Britain. Where sanctions could lead is anyone’s guess. Referring Iran to the Security Council is the first step into dangerous territory. Iran may stop allowing snap inspections of its nuclear facilities if it…
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Cut the pork
Maybe we should have a cut the pork site for Ireland. I could think of a view things the government have wasted money on – Martin Cullen for one.
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Flu vaccine stockpile faces delay
Why does this not surprise me. I suppose I should be grateful they are doing something. The Department of Health is expected to tell the Government’s Working Group on Emergency Planning tomorrow that it will be next year before it has the one million packs of anti-viral drugs which international trends suggest would be best…