Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Where is the news business going?
I see the Government published the report of the Advisory Group on Media Mergers today. It’s pretty lengthy. I wonder should I bother reading the whole thing. As everyone knows by now the newspaper industry globally is having a bad time of it. Even a cursory look at my links will tell you how often…
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Irish banks are well capitalised
“The Irish banks are so well capitalised compared to any banks anywhere across Europe that I am confident they can absorb any loans or any impairments that emerge in the ordinary course of business.” Sigh. This is what Neary had to say on October 2, 2008. Just a few short weeks later and the Government…
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Munich wanderings
I never got round to posting some photos from my very brief visit to Munich during the Oktoberfest. I had better share some. Eamonn was a true gent and did me the courtesy of showing me around and buying me beer. How bad, as we say in Cork. I do rather like this platz, Odeonsplatz,…
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Burj Dubai 2008 (Google Earth)
I see Google Earth have updated some of their satellite imagery of Dubai. The update included recent photos of The World island complex, the Burj Dubai and the Palm Jumeirah (with the Atlantis hotel half built). The Burj Dubai is pretty tall in this photo, with the newly completed Dubai Mall to the north. It…
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Time Capsule 500GB sterling, euro or dollar
Same company, same product, different price. This probably exemplifies the current price disparities thanks to exchange rate fluctuations. Airport Time Capsule UK: £195 (€199) Airport Time Capsule Ireland: €299 (€299) Airport Time Capsule US: $299 (€211) Where would you buy it? 🙂
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Bloglines no more
I have ended my relationship with Bloglines today, after mucho problemos. Yesterday it decided to stop loading my subscribed-to list for several hours. It was the final straw in months of poor technical service. I never really liked Google Reader, but it’s most recent redesign has made it easier to read. Google Reader it is.
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Morning papers
Business consortium bids to ‘save’ 2,000 jobs at Dell Outsource to Limerick? We must be ready when the global upturn comes Coughlan talks an awful lot of shite Haughey’s Irish solution to an Irish problem Elaine Byrne on 1978 Lifting the tent flaps to reveal the warm air and half truths of Irish politics Conor…
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Another year…
Happy Christmas to all of my very nice readers. Here’s to a joyful and IMF-laden… oh wait no doom and gloom (or reality). Things are grand Ted, sure everything will be just grand. 🙂 On the bright side, it’s not raining.
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Cork in 1799
Sean O’ Faolain wrote of the city that, “as you soon find the city is not merely built on marsh but on islands in the marsh, and that the streets are, often, covered canals or rivers. Patrick Street is winding merely because the river under it winds- one winter the river burst through the wood…
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The DDDA cabal
I see new Anglo Irish chairman Donal O’Connor has seen fit to resign from his position at the Dublin Docklands Development Authority. John Gormley accepted his resignation today. Mr O’Connor served as Chairman of the DDDA since the middle of 2007. In a statement the DDDA said: He has made this decision in light of…
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