Know anyone in the Whiskey Industry here?
Kate Hopkins from the legendary food blog Accidental Hedonist is visiting Ireland from Feb 15th to the 22nd and is looking for contact names. Head on over to her blog and let her know.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Two Tits and a Vote
Sabrina Dent, a wonderful web designer based here in Cork, has launched an important web-site and initiative called “Two Tits and a Vote”.
Women’s voices count in politics. Two Tits and a Vote is an online Irish Women’s Health Campaign empowering you to advocate for better women’s healthcare in Ireland. You can be part of improving Irish women’s health care from the comfort of your very own chair. Learn how to take part now!
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Top Google with the LouderVoice Reviews Competition
We kicked off a competition recently over on LouderVoice for the most popular review each week. Your reviews can be via SMS, blog or microblog and it looks like the winner in the first week is a two line SMS review. Not only that, but it is the number one result on Google for its subject!
In fact, we are seeing more and more LouderVoice reviews manage this trick. Here is one I did recently:
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Sunday, January 20, 2008
Review of The Poacher's Inn
The Poacher’s Inn is the nearest eatery/pub to our house. In a previous incarnation as Ted Amber’s it was an ok pub and a pretty poor restaurant that was barely above the level of a carvery.
The place was bought maybe 18 months ago (or even longer?) and reports have been steadily good. I had a pub lunch there recently and was very impressed so we decided to try the full restaurant last night.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Saturday, January 19, 2008
Review of Hugh's Chicken Run
This is less of a review and more of a vote of support. Last week Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall kicked off a campaign to get people eating Free Range Chicken. He did this through a series of compelling programmes comparing intensively raised chicken production with Free Range.
Because no-one would let him film in a “normal” chicken production unit, he was forced to build his own. He split it down the middle with half as free range and half as intensive.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Sunday, January 13, 2008
Review of Buddha Bar Paris
We all know to expect snooty service in Paris but I’ve rarely found that and have enjoyed most meals that I’ve had there. So I was a bit gobsmacked by the Jean Marie Le Pen supporters running Buddha Bar in Paris.
The “evening” unfolded like this.
We’re at Le Web 3 conference in Paris and we want to get some food. We also want to do so near the NetVibes party later on Rue de Rivoli Tariq Krim says that it isn’t a good area for food but Buddha Bar is ok.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Sunday, January 6, 2008
Where is this Greece place you speak of?
BBC online reported an earthquake in Greece. They felt the need to locate it.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Sunday, January 6, 2008
Irish Blog Awards Nominations Now Open
You can now vote over on the blog awards site for your favourite blogs and posts in a bunch of different categories. Sad to see that some of my fave bloggers like Sweary pretty much stopped in 2007 but glad to see some great new voices out there. In my nominations I tried to pick as many new people as possible. Here’s hoping 2008 will see even more great writing.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Review of Science Museum London
[Science Museum London](http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/), 25 Exhibition Road,London,SW7 2DD,UK"You need two days to do this properly. I felt like a small child runnning around looking at some of the incredible displays. "On our yokel trip to London recently we spent an afternoon in the Science Museum. One Elec Engineer and one Mech Engineer had an incredible day bouncing from exhibit to exhibit.
There are too many things to describe but a few of the highlights for me were.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Sunday, December 16, 2007
How to render me speechless
Hand me this receipt in a bar in Paris after I order four bottles of beer:
Next time I’ll order wine.
Full review of the worst service I’ve encountered in 39 years coming soon.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Thursday, December 13, 2007