Making shopping super-easy

Photo owned by DanieVDM (cc) The supermarket wars are upon us. Superquinn are shouting from the rafters about their return to 70′s prices and how we all end up buying that rubber dingy from a German discount supermarket. Dunnes are keen to give us 20% off in niche parts of our basket on their Clubcard [...]

Finding our political hotties

Photo owned by thomasalsina (cc) Right, Obama has his hotties – Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Melody Barnes, Director of the Domestic Policy Council. This got me thinking who are ours? I suppose Mary Coughlan and Eamon Ryan are standout potentials. But doesn’t everyone prefer the dark horse? That hidden gem. So, in the [...]

On now

The word “now” is like a bomb through the window, and it ticks. – Arthur Miller

Red Links 21/01/09

State have a 2009 mixtape of fresh faces ready for download. Blog Awards nominations are out! Not longlists, people, * nominations *. Gavin’s pics from yesterday’s inauguration.  This THE note?  Adrian has good advice for people writing press releases and getting more coverage in the papers. Show off you online portfolio using Carbon Made. Every Single One of Us. [...]

If your eyes were looking West all day long

In the meantime:  Batt O’Keeffe speaks on bringing forward a proposal on third-level funding in April:  Quoting Batt: “Obviously, it would be premature at this stage to say exactly what we propose to do, but if you look at other jurisdictions you will see there is a student contribution by and large now to third [...]

A flavour of the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition

Almost a fortnight ago, I went along as a guest of BT to the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition at the RDS Dublin. I’m finally getting around to blogging about it. A walk around the exhibition floor is a flood to the senses. There are projects with giant props, a car door, mirrors or [...]

« go back — keep looking »