Archive for August, 2006

Hope Nobody Notices the Blog Upgrade

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

I just upgraded to the latest version of Wordpress, so please let me know if you notice any strange behaviour!
I noticed an annoying bug with version 2.0.3 today. When I edited a comment, it put backslashes before any apostrophes. If I edited it again, it put even more backslashes in. Upgrading to 2.0.4 seems to [...]

Is the Irish Property Market about to Crash?

Monday, August 14th, 2006

Is the booming property market in Ireland finally in trouble? After a particular fervent Spring house buying frenzy, there was talk of the prospect of a soft landing at the start of July. However, speculation regarding the housing market has gone into overdrive throughout the traditional summer slowdown period. Can all this attention really be [...]

I must have this moon chair!

Friday, August 11th, 2006

Unfortunately, the basic camera on my phone does not do this beauty justice. I have never ever got the least bit excited about furniture in my entire life before but now I have serious chair lust!
I walked into At Home with Clerys today and I fell in love at first sight with the Fama [...]

Emergency Maxi Twist

Thursday, August 3rd, 2006

On somehow managing to crash into a handrail on a (thankfully!) half empty DART , it is extremely beneficial, if rather embarrassing, to walk around a bustling village with a HB Maxi Twist tub of ice-cream stuck to your forehead. You may get a few funny looks, but when the nasty bump on your [...]