Author: Gavin Sheridan
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Podge and Rodge videos
Given their insane popularity, why can I not find videos of Podge and Rodge’s new show on YouTube or Google Video? I know the stuff is copyrighted but people upload copyrighted stuff all the time, at least temporarily. RTE could make a fortune selling individual episodes over the internet… Update: Some have appeared on YouTube.
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Gardai bug your conversations?
You are arrested on suspicion of something. You are at the Garda station. After your questioning you ask to speak to your solicitor in private. You have a relationship with your solicitor that is entirely confidential. How would you feel if the Gardai were listening in? In my months of tracking corruption stories in the…
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Arabic phrase of the day
Bukra Insha’allah! = Tomorrow, if God wills it
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Rubicon
I am reading Rubicon by Tom Holland to prepare for an essay question for Roman History. He gives a quote that I put in the blog last year from Caesar’s account of his campaigns in Gaul. Human nature is universally imbued with a desire for liberty, and a hatred for servitude. Of course the Gallic…
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Arabic phrase of the day…
Sabah al-khayr = good morning.
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Installing…
I’m tempted to do some testing to distract me from studying…so I’ve decided to install Ubuntu, Windows Vista build 5432, and Windows XP Home. Partitioning the drives..
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US Discretionary Budget 2004
A very interesting picture.
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New York Times
New York Times site redesigned…I like it.
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Pic of the day..
Hubble’s Sharpest View of the Orion Nebula
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Simpsons Movie Trailer