Archive for July, 2008
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
In Need Of Education In The Rain…
Sorry for my reasonable absence from the blogosphere in recent days; work got a little busy and there was much to do at home in the evening to get around to doing a proper update. Not that I have very much to tell, but that’s how it goes.
Anyway, greetings from a rainy Dublin; Ciara, having [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in links, misc by Gav
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Album review - ‘Ritual’ by Jape
Continuing my renaissance in reviews for the Irish music webzine, Cluas.com, here’s my review of Jape’s latest album, Ritual, as published on Cluas last night. Click here to read it on Cluas, or find it after the jump.
No Comments » - Posted in music, reviews by Gav
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Me and Michelle, BFFs…
I think I just vommed a little. In my inbox:
Ciara –
Barack likes to tell a story about the two of us standing backstage before his speech at the 2004 Democratic Convention.
The way he tells it, he was too busy in the days before the convention to feel any pressure — but about an hour before [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in internet, politics by Ciara
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Throw me a freakin’ moan here, people
My delayed (sorry Darragh, thanks for the tag!) contribution to the irritable cause…
1. List two things that irritate you for a reason, and list the reason, and two things that irritate you for no apparent reason whatsoever
2. Give credit to the person who tagged you
3. Link your answers to the original blog, Skillett.com
4. Tag four [...]
6 Comments » - Posted in good old-fashioned rants, memes, misc by Ciara
Sunday, July 27th, 2008
Getting My Goat meme
I think this is the first time either of us have actually been tagged in a meme - chalk it down, the momentous date!
Anyway, we’ve been tagged by Darragh to participate in the Getting Your Goat meme, which has the following rules:
1. List two things that irritate you for a reason, and list the reason, [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in good old-fashioned rants, memes, misc by Gav
Friday, July 25th, 2008
An explanation upon my return…
Hello, nice people of the intraweb…
Firstly, I’m really better, and starting to feel human again. Finally. I was, in a word, riddled. Exhaustion really kicked in and my immune system packed its bags, leaving me with a pounding head, vertigo-type dizziness, a septic throat, a Dylan Moran ‘dippy tummy’ and an ear infection of [...]
6 Comments » - Posted in good old-fashioned rants, politics, the working world by Ciara
Friday, July 25th, 2008
Coldplay sell out, add second date, sell out again
Right, well, that’s that done so.
Tickets for Coldplay’s Dec 21st date at the o2 went on sale at 9am; by 9.06am looking for any one isolated ticket was unsuccessful - in layman’s terms, it was sold out.
Of course, they went and added their second date - the next Night, Monday 22nd - to the website [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in music by Gav
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
The only thing worse than being called “Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii”
…is the photo that went with the news story in RTE this morning.
Consider the case of nine-year-old K from New Zealand. Or, at least, that’s how her friends know her - that’s how she introduces herself, her actual moniker being “Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii”.
A New Zealand judge has ordered a name change for [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in FAIL, misc by Gav
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
A beginner’s guide to installing Wordpress on your own domain
Inspired by Darragh’s recent masterclass on how to leave comments on other peoples’ blogs, and guiding Scally through the following process yesterday, I thought I’d post a guide on a similar theme to Darragh’s - how to get your own webspace and install Wordpress on your website.
Though there are a couple of other downable blogging [...]
35 Comments » - Posted in Gav's Guides, internet by Gav
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Coldplay to play the o2 in December
I’m feeling much better, hurrah for concert news!
As announced on Rick’s blog in the last half hour - Coldplay will play the first gig at the new o2 Arena on Sunday Dec 21st, with tickets on sale this Friday.
/excitement
** Edit, Friday 25th July @ 9.18am: They sold the first date in six minutes; added a [...]
