January 19, 2006
by Conor O'Neill
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My old friend and classmate from college Dee Burke read my review of The Four Seasons and sent me her review of La Maison Troisgros in France. I asked if she’d mind if I posted it here due to the … Continue reading
January 18, 2006
by Conor O'Neill
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We brought the rain with us from Cork and it lashed down as we were driven out to the Salt Lick BBQ which is, as they (and probably Ned Flanders) would put it “a heck of a long way out … Continue reading
January 17, 2006
by Conor O'Neill
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Last time in Texas I was in a compact car. I was nearly crushed to death several times each day. This time, it was going to be fire with fire. You lookin’ at me? I said are you lookin at … Continue reading
January 16, 2006
by Conor O'Neill
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January 16, 2006
by Conor O'Neill
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Yer, I want dat wun: So we only got a massive SUV instead of a planet-sized one on our arrival in Texas. We’re here for the week and I hope I keep my wits about me and take plenty of … Continue reading
January 14, 2006
by Conor O'Neill
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We didn’t have a “formal” family holiday in 2005 – a week in Rosslare with the extended family was it for us. As year-end approached, weariness grew. So we threw caution to the wind, threw the children to their granny … Continue reading
January 13, 2006
by Conor O'Neill
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Few useful words for Network Operations in Eircom: Active/Passive Clusters, RAID, RAC, Multi-Pathing, Redundancy, 24*7*365 Network Monitoring, investment, SLA. €33 per month ex-VAT for this? Next time Eircom, maybe don’t double the download speed, just halve the price. This wasn’t … Continue reading
January 13, 2006
by Conor O'Neill
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Dirk, who has written the most excellent Postie plugin for WordPress is putting a ton of effort into tracking down why I can’t send an MMS picture message from Vodafone to the blog using his plug-in. We are now testing … Continue reading
January 9, 2006
by Conor O'Neill
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If anyone who worked for me ever attempted a double simultaneous software upgrade, I’d fire them. But as I’m the boss of me, I can do whatever I like on my blog. Last night I upgraded the blogging software to … Continue reading
January 5, 2006
by Conor O'Neill
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After walking quite quickly from the car to the office today in order to burn those extra 4 calories, I suffered slight dizziness at the bottom of the stairs with the thought of walking up them. Luckily I came to … Continue reading