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Tuppenceworth's main page and site have been unchanging for so long some of you may have wondered why. Well, for once, my laziness is not the full answer. I don't seem to be able to access the site through dreamweaver- I can open up the connection, upload files etc.
Last night was Flying Ant Night in Amsterdam. I'm told, by Councillor Eric Byrne no less, that South Dublin had Flying Ant Night on July 16th. This would be significantly earlier than the 9th August 2005, which was last year's Flying Ant Night.
There are those who might think that here at tuppenceworth we're all about public policy, digital rights and old paintings. But wait, there's more. We're also about tiny snippets of homemade animation.
Well, what now?It’s all very well to issue a single sustained clarion blast. It’s a little tougher to actually gather forces and have a clear idea of what to do with them. Nonetheless the last few days have seen the bare, tentative sketching of the kinds of things a push for change would involve.
Colm MacCárthaigh gives an overview of the timeline of events surrounding the evoting fiasco. Here's an interesting snippit. We come in just as the Oireachtas has formed a committee to look into concerns about evoting.
A recent post here by Simon sent some ripples around the bloggersphere. Some responses were reasoned, some less so. Some were temperate, some less so.
There will be an election within the year. People who claim knowledge of these things say it will most likely take place around next Easter. Lots of bloggers have been commenting on the political parties’ maneuverings as they try to position themselves.
I'm sure that the DRI people will be all over this, but I just thought that people might be interested to know that an objection to the Data Retention Directive was lodged today by the Irish Government with the European Court of Justice. Today was the last possible day to lodge such an objection. The contents of that objection aren't clear yet.
Elmer Fudd Gets His Originally uploaded by Editor_Tupp. Bystander Looks On Aghast.
I stood in the shop and looked at all the HD TVs showing HD channels. Now I can give you the full, in-depth story. High Definition Television is a way of almost, but not quite, making the picture on a giant flat screen TV (€2000- €infinite) match the quality of the picture on a normal telly (from €75).
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