Moving to a foreign country is strange, here are the chronicles so far. It’s not easy, especially when you feel like a dinosaur out of sync with the rest of the world! Sunday 12th I was far too tired from the long flight, the age it took to get through the airport, as well as [ Read More ]
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Been quiet for a while, going to throw down some stuff I read and liked recently. SAFE SEX Afterwards, from one or both of you, will come a whispered Are you OK? as if you had just been in an accident and were checking to see who’d survived. By John Boland FIRE AND ICE Some [ Read More ]
Having a music-listening-day in work today, drowning out all the background noise. Going to add my list of good songs of the day. REM – At My Most Beautiful Arcade Fire – Born on a Train Michelle Branch – Goodbye to You Ingrid Michaelson – Keep Breathing Vega4 – Life is Beautiful Snow Patrol – [ Read More ]
Clocky is the alarm clock that runs and hides when you press snooze, so when your snooze time is up, it’s now on the other side of the room, forcing you to get out of bed to find it and turn it off. Clever, simple and effective. (not available in Ireland though) I also think [ Read More ]
This is brilliant. Salvador Dali appeared on the old “What’s My Line?” TV show, where the guests are blindfolded and ask yes or no questions in order to identify the person on stage. The quote I like best is “So this man can do anything, except sport?!“ Also, I didn’t realise he was such a [ Read More ]
Okay, so I’m a girl, and, despite my occasional claims to be a nerd, I delight in beautiful things, some functional, like these adorable measuring spoons (“Bird Measuring Spoons“): Or some not so practical, like my obsession with Carlton Pottery “Walking Ware” series: (I only have one piece (well 2) so far — adorable bookends… [ Read More ]
I’ve always been a fan of the despair.com take on inspiration posters: I’ve even tried my hand at one or two in my time, helped by the fd’s flickr toys: But these are pure nerdy for those who know far too much about the show, check out the posters on echosphere. PS. I hope the [ Read More ]
I enjoy finding cool sites online, here’s a bunch for today: Convince Me – A website devoted to debates, you can add your own, join in, rebut arguments, add your own and be convinced. It’s nice, also it’s all tagged and catagorised and things. Interestingly, but unsurpisingly, Religion seems to be the hot topic of [ Read More ]
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There’s a whole world of keywords and syntax tips out there that can help you maximise your google searches, take a look at this summary from googleguide.com. And if you’re particularly interested, I wrote an article once about using google for my college magazine, available here (see page 8).
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Project Cartoon is a nice little site, with a few nice images that you can rearrange and post your version of. My favourite version so far is “How Projects Really Work” — check it out. Also nice is this NHS Version
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