November 29, 2005
Globaleyes spammers make the list
i'm sorry folks but i'm going to deactivate another few blogs' comments systems. not on the entire internet you understand - just on p45. i just deleted about 140 spam comments from two blogs. this had stopped recently - between...
Maragold's Fancy Hooves of Clay - Super Spy Pony
Interview - Jordan Pretzel, 14, with QuasiFamous Magazine. Jordan was the instigator of the accident that resulted in the birth, as it were, of Super Spy Pony. QF: Jordan, tell us about life with a plastic pony with super powers....
Wallpaper Walls on Sunday
A little detour from my usual blog, to let you see what laws of physics rule the world of Walls. The day started normally enough, in that I planned to go to the swimming pool. I dress, stuff the gear...
November 26, 2005
Maragold's Fancy This Year It's All About Pebbledash... ow
Super Spy Pony is interviewed by Better Homes and Stables Magazine: BHS: When you first started thinking about your own home, what kind of vision did you have? SSP: I thought big. (pause) Bigger is better, in every way imaginable....
November 24, 2005
The Red Devil's Advocate 'Perhaps perhaps': how Roy almost saved the world.
Okay. First things first. I'm not a Man Yoo fan. I briefly was when I was a teenager, but mostly due to the simple fact that all my friends were. Oh, and also because Paul McGrath once signed an autograph...
November 21, 2005
The Blog Snorkeller "Incidents" in the news
Funny how different news sources cover exactly the same event in Dublin in the early hours of this morning... "Restrictions have been lifted at the junction of Park Gate St/Infirmary Rd following an earlier incident." - AA Roadwatch "Meanwhile, gardaí...
November 20, 2005
The Filthy Hack 2FM _ Clarke losing the plot?
2FM - what the hell's going on there? I've left it a while to allow for further analysis on the recent schedule changes but I don't get it.... I read somewhere on the net that John Clarke, boss of the...
The Filthy Hack Rant time - regional licences
Yes, yes, I know it’s been ages, but (1) I’ve been too busy to update and (2) F*ck all’s been happening in the world of Irish radio. Apart from 2FM aging terribly, more of which anon. As regards number (2)...
November 19, 2005
Testing 123 Death of a Dream
I've finally come to the realisation that the band is finished in its current form, and that most of my music related dreams are in tatters. It's taken a long for me to come to terms with this, let alone...
November 14, 2005
Chateau Pquarantecinq Journalists and plagiarism
Very interesting piece on a non-event that journalists created from a small un-attributed use of someone's writing. Worth reading are the links off it to the pieces written in the newspapers. Journalists eh? Not like they would ever "lift" stuff...
November 11, 2005
The Ad Man Cometh Ireland’s Very Own Wayne’s World.
TV3 is a retard station. TV3 is one step, no, a half a step up from public access cable broadcasting standards. Last night alone I noted the following:- All programmes after say 7pm start 4-6 minutes early. For example, Hells...
November 09, 2005
Globaleyes Kansas school board votes to teach Intelligent Design
Recently on Globaleyes we've been following the debate in America concerning the inclusion/exclusion of Intelligent Design from schools. Stemming from the absurd comments of President Bush, there has been a concerted effort by Creationists to ram Intelligent Design down the...
November 08, 2005
Wallpaper We Just Keep On Going
Politics US. God hates us, I think. Not only does Bush get to decide two Supreme Court seats, but Alan Greenspan’s position is now also up for consideration. The care Greenspan took over the US economy and over Wall Street...
October 31, 2005
The Blog Snorkeller A matter of pubic record
When newspapers made mistakes in the past, in one sense that was it: the papers were already in the shops and on the bottom of the budgie cage, the damage was done, and that was basically it. If you were...
October 24, 2005
The Blog Snorkeller May he rot in eternal damnation
Breaking news story on Ireland Online: "Tributes pour in following death of Liam Lawlor" Sunday Times: "Ahern leads tributes" Nenagh Guardian: Lawlor family slam media coverage of politician's death" www.rte.ie: "Editor apologises over Lawler error" Irish Times: "Mr Lawlor's family...
October 17, 2005
The Blog Snorkeller Herald AM
The Indo's answer to the Metro, "Herald AM", gets a right bashing in some Sunday papers, though it has to be said that it's brighter and better designed than the Dublin Metro. And far better than the likes of two...