boards.ie is opening up their archive of 10 years of discussions as part of an SFI-funded competition. boards.ie has an enormous breadth of discussion and whilst much of it is inane, it’s also a great resource for Irish-specific subjects or even just local product reviews. So what might I do if days were longer, work [...]
Random thoughts that deserve more than a Twitter, and that I need to get off my chest (to no one in partcular, just blogging catharsis): When people ask me how I am, I say “I’m fine“. When they ask me if I’m in pain, I say “No“. But the truth is that I haven’t had [...]
A few months ago I gave up on Facebook. My page is still there but I don’t update it any more since the only 4 “friends” I have probably already know what’s going on in my life. To be useful you would need a bigger network of friends but that seems to cheapen the notion [...]
This post might be written in a tone that gives you the impression that this is advice about your PhD. It’s not. It’s overly pessimistic and specific to my situation. These are (largely unedited) notes I collected between 2003-2006 when I was working on my PhD in Computer Science. I eventually admitted to myself that [...]
I’m finally getting started on Shutter Scouts, a website for photographers to share and discover interesting locations. Initially my principle tool was a blank pad of A4 paper and a biro for sketching out the data relationships, templates and pages. After searching for a good cheap website template I decided to make my own — [...]
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