Old Sneezes

Archive for June, 2009

Courtroom drama

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Bryan Mukandi wrote an excellent post about how nascent African states tend to adopt the governmental practices of the former colonial power.
I am not going to expand on what he wrote or on the points made in the lively discussion it spawned – I have said my piece about how Ireland continues to follow Britain’s [...]

Minding kids drains your battery

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

One of these was acquired recently. It’s the best purchase ever for this lad. No more lifting, hauling or dragging – just wheel him in, clip on the belts and off you go.
Not only that but it’s a dream to drive. It has huge mirrors and the windows are extra large so the visibility is [...]

Using Twitter and a Parachute

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

Shortly after mid-day on Saturday the below Tweets showed up on my screen.

So what, you say. Some dude’s sitting in a plane, says thanks and links to a picture. Big deal!
Well it was a big deal.
Here’s the picture Darragh took.

Yep. The picture was taken and the message sent from his phone while making his first [...]

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