Archive for June, 2008
Fido Dido starts blogging
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Update : Site is now fully up and can be found at http://www.7upfreeforum.com
Not 100% sure if 7UP have actually launched this yet (blog name is in a directory called test). If they haven’t they are now duly notified that the world of Irish bloggers is now watching them – ok, just a handful then.
Presumably it’s going to be backed up with some sort of advertising campaign on how to keep the kids occupied during the summer. They could do with a few links to the national parks on this post though.
Thinking caps on
Posted by: | CommentsHere’s a quiz question I heard last night and it’s sure to get your brain into gear on this lovely summer morning 
What links the following 3 :
- A clown that claims to be the second most recognised figure in the world
- A writer that inspired an egg dish
- A rodent that was once a common site in the early mornings
If you do get it, let me know in the comments as I need to know who’s a clever clogs. Don’t reveal the answer though, that would spoil the fun. No googling either.
Update : Answer is posted at http://tinypaste.com/bf5e2
When I’m cleaning windows
Posted by: | CommentsFlicking through the local paper this evening the headline “Driver drank window cleaner” caught my attention.
Basically, the guards were called to a bit of an argument going on outside a pub. Guy is seen driving car by guard. Guy stops the car, jumps out, gets in to the passenger seat while the passenger gets in to the driving seat. The classic “quick, you’re sober, lets swap places and the guards won’t see” trick.
Guy is taken to the garda station where:
“during an attempt to get a breath test, Coughlan sprayed window cleaner into his mouth”
Yes, window cleaner. I’m trying to picture it in my head –
“Blow into this Mr. Coughlan”.
Coughlan surveys the room, beads of sweat forming on his brow. He knows he is drunk and that anything he does now is just futile, but he doesn’t care. Out of the corner of his eye, he spots it. A gleaming bottle of Windolene with added vinegar. While the guard is distracted by a doughnut, Coughlan makes like a mouse and heads for the bottle.
Tip toeing across the room, he grimaces ever time his new Nikes squeak on the lino. After what seems like an eternity he reaches the other side of the room. Bottle in hand now, the guard still hasn’t copped what’s going - someone just sent her a really funny youtube video. Lucky for Coughlan that the bottle nozzle is “ready to fire”.
Opening wide he releases the deadly cocktail of chemicals and vinegar which induces a violent coughing fit. Hearing the commotion, the guard has to hang up in the middle of ordering a chinese take away and is in no mood for messin’…..
Anyway, they all lived happily ever after. Apart from Windolene man – he got banned for 6 years and fined €750. No mention of any adverse affects from the Windolene though
Viewbook – a top notch way to present images on your blog or website
Posted by: | CommentsViewbook is an application I’ve had my eye on for a long time now. It is, I think, the simplest and most elegant way to display photographs on a website or blog.
The control panel is where you upload all of your photographs and then sort them into presentation folders. So lets say you have just done a photowalk and have 10 or 15 photographs you would like to show. You will probably spend a fair bit of time sizing the images, uploading them, placing them in your blog post and so on. At the end of your efforts, you will have a post which (in my view) takes up far too much space.
With viewbook, all you need to do is select all your photos, add titles and comments to them, and finally copy & paste a bit of code to your blog post. The result is much cleaner and easier in the long run. Sample below shows “one I created earlier” using le craic header images for demonstration. Every presentation you create has its own url so you can email it or post it on twitter.
Sign up for a free account and try it for yourself, I think you’ll like it.
Can you spare 99c for the brave crews of the RNLI?
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One of my favourite charities is the RNLI. I think the volunteer crews are extraordinary, dedicated and brave. They basically put their lives on the line every time they respond to a call.
Living in a seaside town with an RNLI station, during really stormy weather the thought always enters my mind “I hope there’s no one in trouble at sea today”. Sometimes, if there is a launch, the sound of the launch flares boom reverberates around the town and draws me to the door to look out to sea.
This doesn’t happen so much now though, as the crew all have bleepers to call them for a launch.
There are 43 lifeboat stations around Ireland and they rescued 8,000 people last year. That’s an average of 22 per day.
Sean Olohan is a resident of Wicklow Town and heads the folk band ‘Avoca’. Sean and the band have released a single called ‘Saving Lives’. All the proceeds from the sale of the single will go to the RNLI.
The single is at Number 6 in the Downloadmusic.ie charts right now and it would be amazing for it to get to number 1. It’s only 99cent to download.
Pay by credit card (or laser) on Downloadmusic.ie
Or text music 1231 to 57501
There is also a full CD single available for €4.99
