April 30, 2012
by Conor O'Neill
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Hard to believe I started this in mid-Jan and we are just about to bounce into May. Plenty of activity in the past month, some good, some bad. Variety and texture remain problematic but overall, sticking to veggie and fairly … Continue reading
April 1, 2012
by Conor O'Neill
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It all kicked off in mid-Jan and here we are on April 1st, still at it. I don’t have a huge number of updates since the last one in February but a couple of interesting tidbits, including one which just … Continue reading
March 31, 2012
by Conor O'Neill
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Go to Google Maps. Zoom into Bandon. Click Quest. Gotta love a giant global corporation that allows stuff like this to be made. Quick, I’m sure it’ll be gone by April 2nd. And here’s the video that explains it. Just … Continue reading
March 30, 2012
by Conor O'Neill
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Catherine is delighted with this bumper crop of kitchen-grown chillis. Next year we hope to get upwards of 2. Sidenote: The best picture quality you’ve ever seen on this blog. Guess who finally got a proper camera?
February 20, 2012
by Conor O'Neill
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For the past few years I have been buying a variety of pharmacy products from drugstore.com in the US. Don’t worry, they’re part of Amazon, not some dodgy crowd flogging fake horse tranquillizers. There are two reasons I’ve been doing this. … Continue reading
February 18, 2012
by Conor O'Neill
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So we’re what, maybe 4 weeks into the experiment? Overall it’s going great apart from the giant hole in the ozone layer that my methane is creating I’m still picking at the odd bit of ham/turkey and I’m still doing … Continue reading
February 10, 2012
by Conor O'Neill
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A few months back I mentioned Coder Dojo which now covers the country and has recently gone international. It’s a free programming club where kids go with their parents and learn about things like web development, mobile development, games programming … Continue reading
February 8, 2012
by Conor O'Neill
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A few weeks ago I had coffee with Haydn in Urru, Bandon and we spent a good while talking about food and health. He mentioned a book called The China Study which made a very strong scientific case for a … Continue reading
December 3, 2011
by Conor O'Neill
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I recently wrote about our switch away from Sky and on to Freesat and Saorview using the Ariva 120 Combo box. After initial success I can no longer recommend that box to anyone. It crashes constantly, it loses channels and its recording … Continue reading
November 28, 2011
by Conor O'Neill
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This is probably the first and last time I’ll ever post a clip from the Late Late Show. Despite Tubbs excruciating interviewing style, Sean O’Sullivan blew my socks off. From a family of 9 with a dead-beat Dad to huge … Continue reading