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The Widget has Arrived!...
I’ve been busy this morning! I’ve created a Mac OS X 10.4+ Widget for...
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In a typical diarmy-style move, I forgot to blog the weekend report. But to be honest,...

Wordpress 2.0 for iPhone...

A massive improvement on it’s predecessor, Wordpress for iPhone 2.0 is a fast, functional and, more importantly, stable application for managing blogsites. I’ve used a few blog apps before but this one seems to be a good tool for those who use or run a Wordpress-powered blog. Features include comment management, post and page management, category creation and photo uploading also. Finally something to give...
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Sneak Preview: New Year’s 2009 – Dingl...

Dingle is as good a place as any to ring in the New Year, and this year we welcome the dawn of a new decade. In 2009, as has been since 2005, I will create, design, program, install and unveil the next generation of the digital countdown clocks I’ve been doing for the town for nearly half a decade. With the help of a friend to provide the powerful equipment needed to project the clock across a whole sodium-lit street,...
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Oppressed Speech...

While in the USA recently, I took some time to check out American television. Not for any other reason other than it’s something that always fascinates me. The mixture of mild-mannered newsreaders in pristine wax-like condition, informing their viewers of the day’s events (some in their own slant!). The personable talk-show hosts and the outrageously silly self-help gurus. The madness of the high regard and...
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Magic Mouse...

Apple’s recently released Magic Mouse, the successor to the popular and critically dividing Mighty Mouse is a great leap forward for the humble aid of Human Computer Interaction. On a trip to the USA recently, I stopped by the Apple Store in Palo Alto to purchase one. A new stock of about 20 were delivered during my 15 minutes in store and I grabbed the last one before I left the store. That’s not the whole...
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Vote YES!...

I just have to do my bit for the Republic today. So I urge you if you have a vote today in Ireland, vote. And I’ve voted YES! diarmy
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A Year With iPhone...

It’s been over a year since I got an iPhone. I moved to the platform from an old Blackberry 8300 Curve on the O2 network in Ireland when it was first launched in Ireland. The model is a 3G variety which heralded the dawn of the App Store, Apple’s crowning differentiation in the mobile smartphone market which is already crowded by defunct and useless devices from the Palm Treo to the Blackberry Storm (possibly...
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Higgins’ Failure...

Joe Higgins, former Teachta Dála and now Member of the European Parliament, has failed in my view to connect with the Irish people at a time when he should have converts in their droves looking to join him on his Socialist quest. The Oxford English Dictionary describes Socialism as: “A theory or policy of social organisation which aims at or advocates the ownership and control of the means of production, capital,...
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Fishing from the Past...

I’ve always been a fan of old computers. New ones too, but there’s something about old computers that I think we all see talent and ability in them all. The Baz Lurhmann song ‘Sunscreen’ has a nice line which I use to describe what I do sometimes with old machines: “… fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s...
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Eoghan Harris Tells it Like it Is...

I’m off to commission a bust of Eoghan Harris to be mounted in every urban centre in Ireland. What a legend. By EOGHAN HARRIS Sunday June 14 2009 Last Thursday, on Newstalk 106, Eamon Keane asked me to look back at the elections. You can pick up my pearls of wisdom on Newstalk’s podcast. Today, as a member of the anti-stupidity party, I want to take the pundits to task in three areas. First, I was baffled...
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