Bandon Summerfest
The Bandon.ie crew have the full skinny and there is a dedicated site too. August 1st to 6th. Check it.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Sunday, July 15, 2007
Sustainably Slow Event on July 28th
Anthony and the gang in Ummera are hosting a Slow Food Event on the 28th. All the details over at their blog. In a nutshell:
There will be a number of small artisan producers displaying, tasting and selling their products. There will also be several organisations and companies who are involved in matters of a sustainable nature, solar panels, wetland construction, vermicomposting, permaculture, wind and hydro power.
Well worth a trip down to a beautiful location and a fabulous building.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Saturday, July 14, 2007
Review of Steorn Orbo
This super device which breaks fundamental laws of physics is sure to be a huge success with those who give their bank details to strangers.
I was thrilled and delighted to get the only surviving video footage of the Steorn Orbo machine. This incredible machine can generate energy out of nothing and just goes to show what those with no knowledge can achieve when they put their minds to it.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Saturday, July 7, 2007
Review of Apollo Stunt King Kid's Bike
[Apollo Stuntking BMX 16" Boys Bike](http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_264611_langId_-1_categoryId_165602)
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Second eldest’s bike kept getting “borrowed” by the older kids in the estate until it finally fell apart so we recently decided to get him a replacement at the same time as his older brother.
He is only 5 years old and could not handle gears so it had to be single-gear bike.
The choice in Halford’s (Mahon Point, Cork) generally for kids isn’t great.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Thursday, July 5, 2007
Give Donncha the vote in the PhotoBlog Awards
The fabulous Donncha is not just a new dad, the creator of Wordpress MU and from Cork, he is also a great photographer. Head on over to this site to give him the vote.
Between this and telling everyone at Soho Solo to setup their blogs on wordpress.com, he owes me at least a bottle of babycham.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Thursday, June 21, 2007
Possible fraud and libel by City Jet Handling employee(s)
My good buddy Damien had some harsh accurate words to say recently about City Jet Handling (previously known as Sky Handling Partners). It now appears to someone in that organisation has been using Damien’s details to sign up to gay dating sites. He has not received a satisfactory response from them and wonders what to do next. I think a Solicitor’s letter should be the first step. Anyone else?
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Think you can review something in 140 characters or less?
Then LouderTweets are for you.
After a few late nights we’re now ready to let you send reviews from Twitter to LouderVoice. We’re calling them LouderTweets and they are 140 character mini-reviews you can send using Web, SMS or IM via Twitter to LouderVoice.
So far we’ve had reviews of chocolate, couscous, a conference, a lawnmower and many others. Make your Tweets Louder!
An important point is that you don’t have to be a LouderVoice member to send LouderTweets but you should join if you want to rate, bookmark and build/share useful collections of reviews and mini-reviews.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Review of Jacques Restaurant
[JACQUES Restaurant](http://jacquesrestaurant.ie/menu/night.html),
Phoenix Street,
Cork City,
Co Cork,
Ireland
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My birthday meal out this year was to Jacques in Cork City. I’ve heard lots of complimentary things about it over the years and both my sister and parents have had great meals there.It’s a little awkward to find being on a side-street of a side-street and it turned out to be much smaller than I expected and jammed full.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Sunday, June 10, 2007
Anyone know who owns/controls the old Orange/Masonic building in Bandon?
Someone has just suggested an awesome forward looking idea to me for it. Will collect my thoughts and blog it later.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Sunday, June 10, 2007
Tons of peaches and no salad
I’ll admit I thought the wife was a bit mental when she bought a peach tree a few months back but I stuck it in the ground anyway. Yesterday she pointed this out to me:
I’m gobsmacked. Must get a lemon tree now!
Apples coming along nicely:
Goosegogs are flying:
Strawberries not too bad:
But what in the name of god is going on with my veg patch?
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Saturday, June 9, 2007