Shame
February 22nd, 2006
What a shame to kill such a beautiful car - see the news report, NOT the crash here http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_052110615.html.
While I’m at it this is a warning to all you RPG players out there http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7521044027821122670
and finally - those of you in dorms
a) eeeew
or
b) nice prank
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PS apologies if this post apears over and over again on an [...]
Online banking
February 22nd, 2006
As a student I’ve moved around a bit and I’ve had experience of a few banks and their online banking schemes. Let me just make a few points:
Bank of Ireland - freephone number for students to do telephone banking - 1800 365 000 - great for checking balances. However you need to ring an 1890 [...]
Up and down
February 18th, 2006
I’m sorry to say that my aunt passed away this day last week. It was very sudden and my heart goes out to her family and my aunts and uncles. I went to the funeral of course and met all the cousins, heard some more stories from people who knew my mother and met some [...]
Mapping and Old UL
February 10th, 2006
I’ve been a fan of mapping online especially the site www.map24.com since co-op, then of course google earth came along and I was very impressed, especially becuase our house was in high-resolution and you could indentify individual cars.
Now, I’ve come accross Mappoint - they sell mapping software to companies but you don’t necessarily need to [...]
Don’t cod yourself with “health foods” and probiotic drinks
February 9th, 2006
Thanks to one of my friends for pointing out this article in The Guardian. It basically shows up some of the myths and tricks of foods like Actimel, Yakult and Benecol.
probiotic foods claim to act by restoring the balance of microflora in the digestive tract. Many of the dairy-based functional foods contain lactobacillus and bifidobacterium [...]
Rockall and Fitness
February 7th, 2006
Interesting how some people get worked up over a rock (literally). I was doing the crossword in the Indo and one of the clues referred to a disputed island off the coast of Donegal which really surprised me: Rockall. Interesting points - the island was annexed by the UK, just to be sure in 1955, [...]
Scam in Limerick
February 3rd, 2006
A friend of mine was recently talking in a shop when he was offered a “job” - fair enough you might think. But then he has to go to this seminar thing in the South Court…. sounds suspicous - I mean what job starts with a seminar rather than an interview. To cut a [...]