Global warming... I never want to hear it again.

Living in Ireland we here alot about global warming but I really want that term to be consigned to the recycle bin of life. Let's call it climate change. Global warming may be happening but climate change is what what effects us every day.

76mm of rain in 3 hours, in August in Dublin is a record breaker.

Fireworks about fireworks.

I just read about the fireworks at the Olympic ceremony, some of which were fake. Personally that doesn't bother me, i don't feel cheated but I am impressed that the graphic designers put in a camera shake to mimic the event being filmed from a helicopter. Now that is dedicated to deception!!!

Monkey Business

There were massive traffic jams on the N11 last night. There is nothing new about that but this time the reason was a bit different.

There was an escaped monkey loose on the road!

The AA thought there were a lot of crazy people ringing in last night, but no there was a real monkey on the loose.

If only all traffic jams were caused by monkies!!!

Website Updates

I just made some updates to my friend's website. It's for the Greendoor Accommodation in Drogheda. I added some new pictures of the outside of the house.

It's a great spot for a good session! Oh and you are close to all the tourist spots!!!

Dublin Paranormal Convention 2008

My bro-in-law 6th, is organizing a Paranormal Convention in Dublin. It's going to be on on October 11th in Clontarf Castle. It looks like it is shaping up to be a great event. There will be stands and there will be talks by some paranormal celebrities!!!

I wonder will the dead walk the earth and pay for some tickets?

Oh and you can even buy tickets online! How cool is that?

Leaping Lizards!

This lizard has just become a father at the age of 111. And I thought Julio Iglesias was old :o)

Cuil, not so cool yet!

You've probably heard the hype about Cuil, the new search engine to rival Google. It has somehow gotten into all the papers and even the television news, not to mention The Register.

I thought I would take a look and see if it was worth using and so far the answer is a big resounding no, not yet at least.

I did some random searches, one for Ruud Gullit and it comes up with his wikipedia entrance but beside it is a picture of a dog! Hmmm. The images they show with the results can be peculiar to say the least. A dog and Ruud Gullit, it's not as bad as Jonathon Grattage.

I did a search for "using xml with .net" and got no results about XML or .Net but lots of links to poker sites. I do like the alternative categories it gives you to the right of your results but that's about all I like.

I'm going to come back in a few weeks and see if it has indexed some technological websites and has sorted it's images out.