IIA Awards Nominations
September 29, 2006 at 5:11 pm
Nominations for the annual IIA love fest of who’s hot in the web in this here country of ours closes TODAY!
You can vote for best blogger (ahem!), best internet marketer (ahem ahem!), best web designer (heidi ho!), and more by clicking here: http://www.netvisionary.ie/index.html
IIA Awards Nominations
September 29, 2006 at 5:11 pm
Nominations for the annual IIA love fest of who’s hot in the web in this here country of ours closes TODAY!
You can vote for best blogger (ahem!), best internet marketer (ahem ahem!), best web designer (heidi ho!), and more by clicking here: http://www.netvisionary.ie/index.html
All Fathers Should Read This
September 27, 2006 at 7:04 pm
“On the Shoulders of Giants” is a new book published by Owen Connolly of the Nurture Institute. He’s pretty well known from the radio where he has a regular slot on parenting, and he has been running parenting workshops, particularly ones aimed at men, for many years.
He has recently published his advice, thoughts, and insights in a new book which you can buy online either as an ebook, or hard copy. Would make a great gift if you know anyone who’s expecting a baby. You know it’s always about the mum, which it should be, as she’s the one doing the physical work. .. but now there’s an option to include the dad.
Site of course was one of ours. Can’t you tell by the elegant design and flawless executiion? (And the gushy-ness of the blog entry?). Anyway, check it out.
All Fathers Should Read This
September 27, 2006 at 7:04 pm
“On the Shoulders of Giants” is a new book published by Owen Connolly of the Nurture Institute. He’s pretty well known from the radio where he has a regular slot on parenting, and he has been running parenting workshops, particularly ones aimed at men, for many years.
He has recently published his advice, thoughts, and insights in a new book which you can buy online either as an ebook, or hard copy. Would make a great gift if you know anyone who’s expecting a baby. You know it’s always about the mum, which it should be, as she’s the one doing the physical work. .. but now there’s an option to include the dad.
Site of course was one of ours. Can’t you tell by the elegant design and flawless executiion? (And the gushy-ness of the blog entry?). Anyway, check it out.
Hosting Company to Avoid
September 26, 2006 at 2:01 pm
is Webworld. They make the most simple account set up into a long-winded nightmare that is worse than extracting teeth! We didn’t select them, but have to work with them to move a client’s site over and GOD it’s taken 4 days so far, with an average of 4-5 emails and phone calls per day. (Yes, seriously!)
The latest thing we’re waiting on is for a library to be activated that will enable us to do our thing. Will it be today? Or are we looking for an end of week flick the switch? Who knows?
Hosting Company to Avoid
September 26, 2006 at 2:01 pm
is Webworld. They make the most simple account set up into a long-winded nightmare that is worse than extracting teeth! We didn’t select them, but have to work with them to move a client’s site over and GOD it’s taken 4 days so far, with an average of 4-5 emails and phone calls per day. (Yes, seriously!)
The latest thing we’re waiting on is for a library to be activated that will enable us to do our thing. Will it be today? Or are we looking for an end of week flick the switch? Who knows?
Smoking Vehicle on O’Connell Street
September 25, 2006 at 8:51 am
A bit of excitement on the way to work this morning, Gardai and Fire Officers are still at the scene…
Someone left a 1998 nondescript Japanese car outside the GPO. It’s engine was smoking and there seemed to be some kind of small fire going on below it. Most likely it’s owned by a foreign national who noticed the fire, parked it and legged it, but in this age of terror, I couldn’t help thinking ‘what if?’
What if this was some sort of attack in Dublin’s O’Connell Street? It could be some splinter group from the north taking an anti-republican stance outside the GPO. Or a gangland thing making its way from the north western suburbs into the city centre. Or maybe it’s a dodgy international terror group who wanted to make a big bold statement when the Ryder Cup was on . . but failed to organise and had to ‘make do’ with a smaller bang in a Nissan when the match was over - and not at the K Club!
I was faced with a tough decision. Avoid the drama, put my head down and proceed into work, sans coffee. Or, take my life in my hands, risk being blown apart should the vehicle blow up and the wind change direction. .. make it into Butlers, then stand around and watch the drama unfold..
The coffee option won out!
And I thought, “God it must be great being a Garda.” You get an unspoilt view at these kind of events, and for the most part, you get to stand around with your mates. Feeling a little energetic? You can pick on a few loiters blocking your view, move them on to the other side of the road.
This worker went on to the office. A busy week lies ahead.
Smoking Vehicle on O’Connell Street
September 25, 2006 at 8:51 am
A bit of excitement on the way to work this morning, Gardai and Fire Officers are still at the scene…
Someone left a 1998 nondescript Japanese car outside the GPO. It’s engine was smoking and there seemed to be some kind of small fire going on below it. Most likely it’s owned by a foreign national who noticed the fire, parked it and legged it, but in this age of terror, I couldn’t help thinking ‘what if?’
What if this was some sort of attack in Dublin’s O’Connell Street? It could be some splinter group from the north taking an anti-republican stance outside the GPO. Or a gangland thing making its way from the north western suburbs into the city centre. Or maybe it’s a dodgy international terror group who wanted to make a big bold statement when the Ryder Cup was on . . but failed to organise and had to ‘make do’ with a smaller bang in a Nissan when the match was over - and not at the K Club!
I was faced with a tough decision. Avoid the drama, put my head down and proceed into work, sans coffee. Or, take my life in my hands, risk being blown apart should the vehicle blow up and the wind change direction. .. make it into Butlers, then stand around and watch the drama unfold..
The coffee option won out!
And I thought, “God it must be great being a Garda.” You get an unspoilt view at these kind of events, and for the most part, you get to stand around with your mates. Feeling a little energetic? You can pick on a few loiters blocking your view, move them on to the other side of the road.
This worker went on to the office. A busy week lies ahead.
At Last! We can do something.
September 22, 2006 at 8:54 am
Ever hear of awful stuff going on and feel powerless because you think you can’t do anything that will make a difference?
Well, that happens to me all of the time. . .
Like last night for example. There I was nursing a nice full bodied red after a rather shitty day, when I caught an interview on Prime Time with Jan Egeland, that great humanitarian. He was speaking about Darfur and his words really frightened me. For anyone who doesn’t know what’s going on, essentially, the Sudanese government through its Sudanese armed forces and Sudanese government-backed militia known as “Janjaweed” have been fighting two rebel groups in Darfur. The stated political aim of the rebels has been to compel the government of Sudan to address underdevelopment and the political marginalization of the region. In response, the Sudanese government’s regular armed forces and the Janjaweed - largely composed of fighters of Arab nomadic background – have targeted civilian populations and ethnic groups from which the rebels primarily draw their support – the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa. At the moment it’s fairly critical - it sounds like they’re surrounding refugee camps and are about to systematically wipe out the people there.
As Jan Egeland said last night, it could be another Rwanda. The first mass genocide of the 21st century. In terms of numbers of people, we’re talking the population of Ireland.
Could you imagine how hard it would be on your family to be forced out of your home and have to walk to, say, Donegal, for example just to find shelter and safety of sorts? In our case, we wouldn’t be facing drought and extreme heat, but rain, mud and storms. Imagine you’ve managed to move your family to Donegal and have existed in a shelter for the last 8 or 9 months. . . your wife and daughters have been raped and there’s nothing you can do. And now the Government has you and your people surrounded and is shooting at you. After all that, you’re just going to die anyway. Imagine if the Government forces got so trigger happy that they shot every single last one of you? The whole of Ireland wiped out in one mass trigger happy violent bloody go?
That’s what’s facing Sudanese people at the moment.
Carnage happened in Rwanda in 1994. We’re now seeing films, plays and books coming out about the subject. It was brutal, tragic and we all shake our heads and say “never again”. Never again should mean never again.
So what can you do? Don’t just hang your head, do something about it. You’re online, get busy, sign up to this site and be active. You can read about what’s going on, keep up to date via the blog, and sign your name to petition the powers that be to get off their asses and do something.
At Last! We can do something.
September 22, 2006 at 8:54 am
Ever hear of awful stuff going on and feel powerless because you think you can’t do anything that will make a difference?
Well, that happens to me all of the time. . .
Like last night for example. There I was nursing a nice full bodied red after a rather shitty day, when I caught an interview on Prime Time with Jan Egeland, that great humanitarian. He was speaking about Darfur and his words really frightened me. For anyone who doesn’t know what’s going on, essentially, the Sudanese government through its Sudanese armed forces and Sudanese government-backed militia known as “Janjaweed” have been fighting two rebel groups in Darfur. The stated political aim of the rebels has been to compel the government of Sudan to address underdevelopment and the political marginalization of the region. In response, the Sudanese government’s regular armed forces and the Janjaweed - largely composed of fighters of Arab nomadic background – have targeted civilian populations and ethnic groups from which the rebels primarily draw their support – the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa. At the moment it’s fairly critical - it sounds like they’re surrounding refugee camps and are about to systematically wipe out the people there.
As Jan Egeland said last night, it could be another Rwanda. The first mass genocide of the 21st century. In terms of numbers of people, we’re talking the population of Ireland.
Could you imagine how hard it would be on your family to be forced out of your home and have to walk to, say, Donegal, for example just to find shelter and safety of sorts? In our case, we wouldn’t be facing drought and extreme heat, but rain, mud and storms. Imagine you’ve managed to move your family to Donegal and have existed in a shelter for the last 8 or 9 months. . . your wife and daughters have been raped and there’s nothing you can do. And now the Government has you and your people surrounded and is shooting at you. After all that, you’re just going to die anyway. Imagine if the Government forces got so trigger happy that they shot every single last one of you? The whole of Ireland wiped out in one mass trigger happy violent bloody go?
That’s what’s facing Sudanese people at the moment.
Carnage happened in Rwanda in 1994. We’re now seeing films, plays and books coming out about the subject. It was brutal, tragic and we all shake our heads and say “never again”. Never again should mean never again.
So what can you do? Don’t just hang your head, do something about it. You’re online, get busy, sign up to this site and be active. You can read about what’s going on, keep up to date via the blog, and sign your name to petition the powers that be to get off their asses and do something.
