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Walmart Growth

10/09/2008

“Over the weekend, I mapped the spread of Walmart using Modest Maps. It starts slow and then spreads like wildfire in the southeast and makes its way towards the west coast.”

YouTube – How Superconducting Levitation Works

08/09/2008

Well, I didn’t know! Via Wired.

Cameras set up for 100m at the Olympics

04/09/2008

Just… ridiculous…

Wedding Pix: Boardsies

03/09/2008

I won’t posts photos of ourselves just yet for fear of boring the arse off ye, so here’s a set of Boardsies. Let’s not speculate on what myself and Fysh were talking about in the first one.

Thanks once again, and once more, to Blitzkrieger for letting me drive his wonderful ’67 Lincoln Contintental to the church on the day; and of course to Rymus for taking these brilliant photos!

Mendes & Cork City Council GoCar Car Sharing

28/08/2008

This is an absolutely brilliant service. I realise it’s not new, but still, fair balls to Cork City Council for innovating at an Irish level.

Car-pool programme initiated in Cork city (Sunday Business Post)

Residents of Cork city can sign up to share a pool of cars under a new transport initiative.

Cork City Council has entered a partnership with Mendes GoCar, a company that will provide vehicles for car-sharing for periods of as little as one hour.

It is the first time the system has been used in Ireland, but it has been in operation in Switzerland and Germany for 20 years, and for more than ten years in other parts of Europe, Britain and the US.

Private users of the system sign up online and pay a once-off fee of €50, while business customers register for €100 and pay €25 for any additional drivers. All users must have a full licence with at least two years’ driving experience, and have to pay a refundable deposit of €200.

Once authorised, they get a smartcard which unlocks the cars at a particular time, and a customer identification number, which is entered into a handset to start the car. There are eight vehicles in the fleet – six Ford Fiestas, one Ford Focus and one Ford Transit.

(Thanks for the pointer Damien.)

Child-Free Film Screenings

26/08/2008

Brilliant idea. I’ll pay extra, particularly if they throw out the drunks, talkers and loud eaters too.

Tweetrush Is Here

25/08/2008

A project I would love to have been more involved with, hopefully I’ll be forgiven for opting out to get married…

Well done to AJ, Grzegorz, James, Slawomir and Walter for gettingÂ theirÂ Tweetrush proof of concept Techcrunched today. I was lucky enough to spend a couple of hours with the lads in their lair last week, and there’s been very little doubt in my mind since that this demo of their upcoming Rush Hour engine was going to get slashdotted today. (Although I notice that it is still up!) I only hope I’ll be allowed in the door again to work on future projects with them!

(Special mention to Damien and Pat for helping hands too, I reckon.)

Saakashvili’s Tie

21/08/2008

Hard-hitting political commentary from dahamsta. I’m back baby!

Italian army on the streets

20/08/2008

Italians welcome army on streets as anti-gipsy sentiment sweeps country – Telegraph: When soldiers arrived with submachine guns to fight crime last week outside Rome’s Saxa Rubra metro station, residents of the quiet commuter suburb applauded and shouted “bravo”.

Obviously the Italians have never heard of Posse Comitatus. Or done any research at all about Berlusconi.

People can be pig ignorant.