Road Deaths and Denial
I’ve got a great idea for a book. It’s a diet book. Maybe I’ll call it the F-plan (or is that already taken?) The regime is simplicity itself, and it is absolutely guaranteed to work.
VoteTube Competition Announcement
A competition for the most entertaining, most persuasive and most effective political and civic message videos made about Ireland. (UPDATE: See VoteTube. org for much more)There are two categories for entry.
I think…
I might be up to something again.
Can you sue for losing your place in Google?
Is loss of Google juice an actionable loss of reputation?This is an odd question, but one I was prompted to think about today. In the normal run of things, I don't think I have a legal, enforceable right to a google listing. I certainly can't think how I'd have a right to sue for a prominent listing.
Journalists: Here Is An Actual E-Voting Story
Damien Blake, a FF County Councillor from Donegal appeared in today's Sunday Times for stating the obvious- that the electronic voting system the government spent €52 million on buying and continues to spend €2000 euro a day storing should never be used.
Blogs banned in Leinster House (and Blackhall Place)
Dick O'Brien tells us today that staff at Leinster House have been asked to sign a web usage policy banning them from looking at all 'weblogs'. (I can add to this that the Law School in Blackhall Place, while I was there, decided to take more direct action by blocking access to any address with 'blog' in the URL.
Dundrum Shopping Centre Gift Cards: The Futility of Small Print
My wife received an email today. It was a round robin warning potential patrons of the Dundrum Shopping Centre that their gift token cards might not be all they seem. I usually ignore email round robins, on the grounds that they're rarely accurate.
Ripples from McGarr v Dept of Finance
My challenge to limiting job opportunities to people with a set number of years' service (about which more here) has bubbled up in an unexpected place.
Blogging the Election talk now online
My talk on Defamation for online publishers is now available from the Tipperary Institute's Podcasting. ie site. Some speaker's observations-Bernie and Co have credited me with a professional qualification I haven't fully achieved.
The Four Courts Doors: The End
The Four Courts: Keep Out Originally uploaded by Editor_Tupp. Despite my efforts, the Office of Public Works, at the instigation of the Court Service, have started to put up the ugly black railings across the portico of the Gandon designed Four Courts. I've set out my reasons for opposing this development before.
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