Archive for June, 2005

Cá ba mhaith leat dul inniu?

Thursday, June 30th, 2005

Via Rob Burke, Microsoft made Windows XP available as Gaeilge (in Irish) on Tuesday.
So now you can press the Tosaigh button instead of Start and rith rather than run your programs! This is the result of a 12 month effort. I’d rather Microsoft had put more effort into making their programs less buggy and more [...]

Well done Mish!

Wednesday, June 29th, 2005

She is too modest to blog about it so I guess big sis will have to do the honours!
Congrats to Mish who got a First in her TCD Penguin Studies Economics finals yesterday!
She put so much hard work into it that we are all delighted that she got her reward. Well done Mish!

Freecycle in Ireland

Sunday, June 26th, 2005

I read an interesting article in today’s Sunday Tribune magazine (no free online version alas) about freecycling.
This concept was new to me but I think it’s a great idea. Like most good ideas, it’s pretty simple. If you want to get rid of some junk you post a message on a site and anyone [...]

Colourful USB Keys

Saturday, June 25th, 2005

If you are looking for one of those cute tiny and incredibly handy USB memory drives, I can highly recommend Shop4Memory. They have a big selection in many colours (very important!). The prices are good and delivery is fast and free within Ireland and the UK.
The best bit is the great customer service. I [...]