Snippets
All is quiet here in Tuppenceworth, but I thought I might send out a couple of flares to let readers know we haven't sunk completely. I have now received my Nokia N800. It is better than I thought it would be.
Irish Politics
Endorsing Dr. Mark Garavan for NUI Seanad Panel
Elections are moments of truth- when we get as close as we can to really hearing what other people are thinking, albeit as a collective. And one of the more interesting things I've heard from this election was the general feeling (except from some Green party members) that having the Green Party in government could only be a good thing.
Politics and Blogging- my answers
Lucinda McNally sent me this email interview as part of her postgraduate thesis research. It's long so you can use the More link to read it all, if you like how it starts to shape up. The best stuff is near the end, so I know you'll all be clicking like goodo.
Thesis Q & A on Blogging and Politics
Lucinda McNally is writing a thesis on the impact of blogging on the Irish Election. She sent me a set of questions, which I'll reproduce later today with her blessing, together with my answers. She also sent me a second set of brass tacks questions, suggested after a meeting with a supervisor cynical about blogs.
Errors and Omissions
The following is taken from my notebook. It was written on the 3rd January this year, as I tried to make a list of problems to solve or salve. I haven't changed any of it in the light of hindsight.
Aftermath
78 (FF) + (2) PD + (2) FF Inds = 8251 (FG) + (20) Lab + (6) Greens + (3) Opp Inds = 80(4) SF Untouchables. There you have it. If Eric Byrne in Dublin South Central had garnered 70 more votes, he'd have swiped a seat from SF.
Make things Different, Make things Better
Day 23 Originally uploaded by The Labour Party. It's voting day today. The sun is shining in Dublin.
FF’s Last Day in Press Releases
area (16) commitment (9) completed (7) country (11) deliver (13) development (14) enda (10) fianna (14) fine (17) funding (11) future (8) gael (17) health (11) hospital (10) fáil (13) kenny (12) labour (12) mayo (7) million (10) minister (12) north (8) party (8) people (18) plan ..
News, still imprisoned, allowed visitors
Well, Eoin's call on RTE to let us use the footage of the leader's debates has been turned down. The reason given?"The view has been taken that it would not be prudent for RTÉ to waive its rights to the migration of the debates to other sites. "Use of the passive voice, (the functionary's friend), and a reference to purdence, but no real explanation of why it might be imprudent.
Free the News!
I've written before about the problem of discussing public affairs in videos when you can't legitimately reuse portions of the RTE news- the primary source for any current affairs videos.
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