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Life in the Archive

Mostly, you post something and unless its a particular bugbear, you just glide off onto other things and forget all about it. However, the rest of the world sometimes likes to hang about in what you might consider your sleepy backwaters.

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Seanad Phone Tap Bill Debate

I’ve discussed this previously here and here. The Seanad Debate on Thursday touched on some of the issues I mentioned regarding the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Bill. The core portion of the debate from a Digital Rights point of view comes after the 12 o’clock mark.

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Oireachtas Webcasts Rules

From the 2nd worst website in the worldPlease note that use of Webcasts and broadcasts of the Houses and Parliamentary Committees must be in accordance with the Standing Orders of both Houses and the Rules of Coverage of the Joint Committee on Broadcasting and Parliamentary Information, in particular: ". .

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Explaining Bebo

Now, I don't know about you, but I don't know anything the young folk are up to. They could be planning a total overthrow of the over 30s, and the first I'd hear of it would be the rat-a-tat of ageist gunfire raking the doorway of Renards. Or, in my case, my local library.

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Dun Laoghaire Pier

Dun Laoghaire Pier Originally uploaded by Editor_Tupp. I was out in Dun Laoghaire over the weekend. It was a very pleasant DART trip and I took a few photographs while I was there.

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Mentalism

Just because it surrounds us everyday, we ought not allow madness to go unchallenged. Fústar, in answer to my pleading, has turned his attention to one of the great mysteries of Irish life.

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Image Control

One of the unexpected offshoot discussions arising from the Blog Awards was the discomfort some of those attending felt at seeing their photographs and, to a lesser extent, discussions of them in general, appearing online afterwards. What that girl, Piaras Kelly and Damien Mulley's discussion boils down to is what degree of control a person can have over how they are depicted.

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