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Tweets on 2007-03-30

Should be a good day. OpenCoffee followed by a meeting about Coworking # Top Irish Web Apps including LouderVoice profiled over at Read/WriteWeb! http://tinyurl.com/2662aa # Another super OpenCoffee with a bunch of new faces and a person from Corporate Finance. This is the mix I had hoped for. # Badger on The Apprentice after-programme. “You have to do more than step up to the plate, you have to eat too”.

Posted by Conor O'Neill on Friday, March 30, 2007

Tweets on 2007-03-29

Up and at them (done in the voice of Rainier Wolfcastle). Slow start to day. One call, tons of specs. # AnthonyC having non-stop pop-up blocking on FF and IE7 for GMail. Anyone know why? # Baby’s first solid food not rice but Jelly Bear from her big sister. Grin on face says it all. # LazyTwit asks if any of our active LouderVoice Beta Testers use Movable Type? If not, any Movable Type users want to be a Beta Tester?

Posted by Conor O'Neill on Thursday, March 29, 2007

Tweets on 2007-03-28

Worked until 1.30am, now my brain is mush. What can I do? Read a backlog of 20 must-read PDFs? # Doing the upgrade from WPMU1.0 to 1.1.1 plus our customisations. Delicate stuff. I should have been a brain surgeon. # Looking into Google Apps for your domain. Apart from yesterdays glitch, interested in existing user feedback. Also any news on JotSpot? # Any way to get your Google Calendar reminders via GTalk?

Posted by Conor O'Neill on Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Two children have TB in that creche

In a more litigious country, the HSE would now find itself on the end of a class action suit due to the non-administration of the BCG to children in the Cork region. The only region in the country that does not do it. The HSE now have a moral duty to to provide the BCG to every single person born in this region who was never given it. Or maybe it would be cheaper to fill the Cappagh and Blanchardstown again.

Posted by Conor O'Neill on Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Tweets on 2007-03-27

John Allsopp just release microformats book http://tinyurl.com/2b6mbg. Looks excellent but 4-6 week delivery on amazon.co.uk? # Interested to know how any Wordpress users have Rich Text Editor turned on? We need it turned off to stop the RTE converting div’s to p’s # Google = Global. Google Blog = Valley. “Simply text your flight number to 466453”. Hmm, wonder if that works in Cork Ireland……… # @imeallach - I know the technical angles on the editor (I’ve hacked it).

Posted by Conor O'Neill on Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Rashers

At what point in the 1980’s/1990’s did back bacon take over from streaky bacon? I assume it was all the low-fat food nazis who caused it to happen. Go to Tesco Wilton now and in an entire row of bacon, you may see one crappy pack of “pale streaky rashers” on special offer. Oh and pancetta of course, which is tooooooootally different. I always look forward to bacon in US hotels when I travel because they still understand the art of the streaky rasher.

Posted by Conor O'Neill on Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Tweets on 2007-03-26

Brutal nights sleep with the sore elbow. Allegedly slept with arm in air for part of the night! Quiet night on twittersphere. # Great way to do Twitter Technorati claim via Mr Messina http://tinyurl.com/2aqbtm. Pity T’rati bombed out 4 times before working. # Health Board does it again. After “Sibín O’Neill”, then having TWO children called “Sibéal” they now name Catherine “Mrs Grainne Sheehy” # @fergusb - WIll there be a red carpet in Cannes?

Posted by Conor O'Neill on Monday, March 26, 2007

Tweets on 2007-03-25

Just watched the departed. Superb. Which Hong Kong movie was it based on? Infernal Affairs? # @tomraftery - Hope babba is recovering well. Kids and hospitals always scary. Shout if you need anything. # Hmm, none of my kids like “Happy Feet”. First half an hour comes across as subtle as a sledgehammer. I also rate “tap” down near “mime”. # Fair weather gardener. Set foot out there for the first time this year.

Posted by Conor O'Neill on Sunday, March 25, 2007

Review of The Departed

Great acting, great story, Scorcese is back, even it it is a remake Review of The Departed Rated as 4/5 After the dire Streets of New York, I didn’t have high hopes for The Departed but I loved every minute of this movie from start to finish. This despite the fact that both Damon and DiCaprio usually annoy the hell out of me. However they both delivered the goods, as did Mark Wahlberg who was fantastic, Martin Sheen who was good and Alec Baldwin who I’m always happy to watch whispering.