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Blogfodder Link Dump Part 9 Sun 04 Sep 2011
The ninth and final entry in this series, for now. It’s been good to dig into my bookmarks and get this stuff up here, random as it is, so it’s searchable and readable and hopefully edifying for any visitor who...
Blogfodder Link Dump Part 8 Sun 28 Aug 2011
The penultimate link dump. This selection comes from the first half of 2007, a year when I didn’t really blog at all. I regret that. Anyway, enjoy: Crappy Sound Forever! / David Byrne on how recording technology changed the way...
Blogfodder Link Dump Part 7 Fri 29 Jul 2011
Last items from the 2006 file: Every Jeopardy! question ever Ten Thousand Statistically Grammar-Average Fake Band Names / Some of these must be real band names by now. Shiberu Ban’s paper house / A house made out of paper. For...
Blogfodder Link Dump Part 6 Sun 24 Jul 2011
Forgot to post these after the last batch. That was four months ago. Oops. Anyway, some more linkage from 2006: Wayfaring / Web service for creating personalised maps (of walking routes, etc). Completely forgot about this! Tom Coates’ notes on...
First Braai of the Summer Sun 24 Apr 2011
Blogfodder Link Dump Part 5 Thu 24 Mar 2011
In lieu of weeknotes (late again, I know), here’s the first of three – three! – batches of links from 2006. I saved a lot of stuff that year: Come home and make this place poor again / Written five...
Blogfodder Link Dump Part 4 Tue 15 Feb 2011
The rest of 2005, condensed into hyperlink form: The Universal Packing List / Generates a custom packing list for any journey, based on a few simple inputs. Good work! A ridiculously large collection of fonts by Dieter Steffmann Baffling Cuteness...
Blogfodder Link Dump Part 3 Wed 09 Feb 2011
Weirdly, 2005’s ratio of dead links was much higher than the previous two years. But with a bigger overall volume of links, I salvaged enough to make up two posts. Here’s the first: Baseball stadium tour via Google Maps /...
Blogfodder Link Dump Part 2 Tue 01 Feb 2011
More links from the archives, this time 2004: Tufte Vs. Bloom / Paul Ford’s thoughts on Franco Moretti’s Graphs, Maps, Trees, which I never got around to finishing at the time; it’s about evaluating literature in context, the kind of...
Blogfodder Link Dump Part 1 Wed 26 Jan 2011
The ‘Blogfodder’ folder in my bookmarks is a bit of a catch-all location for any interesting links I find and might want to explore later in more detail. That was the intention, anyway — over the years it’s completely outgrown...
The Royal Canal Way Wed 29 Dec 2010
From a set of snowy views at the Royal Canal on Flickr....
Telegraph Cable Sun 05 Sep 2010 | 0 Comments
From a set of Bull Island views on Flickr....
Holiday Recon Fri 07 May 2010 | 0 Comments
I’ve been exploring Manhattan with Google Street View ahead of our short trip to the Big Apple at the end of the month. Big cities like New York can be overwhelming, so it’s fantastic that we now have a tool...
Some Good Advice Wed 05 May 2010
A tweet about an unfortunate typo...
Big Smoke, Here I Come Tue 20 Jun 2006
A week from tomorrow I will be popping over to London for a short three-day visit, ostensibly to see the Modernism exhibition at the V&A, and to hang out with my good buddy Dave R who’s escaping from Redditch for...
Eclipsed Wed 29 Mar 2006 | 1 Comments
This morning most of Northern Europe experienced a partial eclipse of the sun. And seeing as I don't happen to have a telescope and a piece of card handy, I missed it.
Four Things Fri 24 Feb 2006
It seems that in my absence I was tapped by both Mat and Matt (aren’t I the popular one?) to participate in the ‘Four Things’ meme which, it being late Feburary as I write this, is so over and totally...
Best of 2005 Sat 31 Dec 2005
I didn’t bother with any end-of-year ‘best of’s’ on the site last December. In fact, I barely posted here at all, and with good reason: Benitha was here, so why would I waste those precious moments making silly lists for...
Blog Day, Belatedly Wed 31 Aug 2005
So yeah, I’ve been quite busy finishing my thesis over the last week or so, and will be until the deadline in mid-September, so this site has taken a backseat for the time being. But that being said, and though...
Mommy, What's a Folksonomy? Thu 24 Mar 2005
After mulling over the idea for the past few weeks, I recently got around to adding folksonomic tags to my individual weblog entries. Don’t know what a folksonomy is? The quick and easy definition is ‘folk taxonomy’, but Wikipedia has...
Out Of This World Sun 20 Feb 2005 | 4 Comments
I was about to post this to the Linklog, but it really deserves highlighting here. According to this BBC News report, 50 planets outside of our own solar system could have life: Astronomers estimate about half the planetary systems so...
Hand Car Washing Sun 13 Feb 2005
It was the last day of our flying visit to London in January when Benitha and I noticed this, just around the corner from our hotel (on Holland Road, from Kensington High Street): If you can't make out what the...
Blogging from the Apple Store Wed 05 Jan 2005
I’ve been away for a while (lots more to come on that) but right now I’m at the Apple Store on Regent Street in London, with the lovely Benitha in tow, and I couldn’t resist the opportunity to post a...
Jacques Derrida, 1930-2004 Wed 27 Oct 2004
I'm a couple of weeks late to the party, but I couldn't let this site go without any tip o' the hat to that remarkable philosopher and cultural provocateur Jacques Derrida, who died on October 8th aged 74. It goes...
Woeful Wednesday Fri 22 Oct 2004
Well I was supposed to stay up for Taboo Tuesday last night, but tiredness got the better of me and I fell asleep on the sofa for an hour before dragging myself to bed. I then awoke a few hours...
I'm Sorry I Lied Mon 04 Oct 2004
Didn’t I say the posting drought was supposed to end? Don’t mind that. I’ve been busier than expected, and it’s bloody tiring. The hours, it seems, are slipping away with alarming rapidity. Meanwhile, my mind is shifting hard between bouts...
Back to School Thu 23 Sep 2004
The posting drought ends today. More than two years since my last college class, I began my postgraduate degree course in journalism earlier this week. No, it's definitely not a dream any more. My observations thus far: The classes are...
My First Notebook Tue 07 Sep 2004
Apologies for the lack of content this week, but I’ve been busy playing with my latest toy: a brand-spanking-new Apple iBook G4. Isn’t it beautiful?...
Major at the Pond Thu 02 Sep 2004
Major at the pond in the park beside Dollymount, Dublin.
Crumbling Mon 16 Aug 2004
Crumbling foundations of now-demolished changing rooms, St. Anne's Park, Dublin.
A Pause in Proceedings Fri 23 Jul 2004
I haven’t been very productive here lately, have I? It’s a far cry from last summer, that’s for sure. I wrote some of my best stuff this time last year. Then again, I did have a lot of time on...
Parrot Wed 07 Jul 2004
Parrot in an aviary near Benitha's apartment.
Gecko II Thu 01 Jul 2004
Gecko on a wall in Brooklyn, Pretoria.
Gecko Thu 24 Jun 2004
Gecko on a wall in Brooklyn, Pretoria.
Burnett & Hilda Tue 15 Jun 2004
A somewhat glary shot from the shade at the corner of Burnett and Hilda in Hatfield, Pretoria....
The Other Brooklyn Mon 14 Jun 2004
No, it’s not that Brooklyn. It’s the other Brooklyn; the one in Pretoria, South Africa....
LUAS on Abbey St. Sun 13 Jun 2004
I happened to be in town running errands on Friday afternoon while one of the new LUAS trams was parked on Middle Abbey Street for a ‘safety awareness day’, presumably in preparation for the opening of the first phase...
Big Sky Wed 09 Jun 2004
The sky over Dublin looked exceptionally wispy this morning, so I grabbed a couple of shots for my personal edification.
Eoin & Joana Tue 08 Jun 2004
I had dinner at Wagamama on Monday afternoon with Eoin and Joana, and snapped this quick photo of them on the way out.
AIDS/LifeCycle Sat 05 Jun 2004
This week, Mat Honan (the man who got me into weblogs back in the day) is participating in AIDS/LifeCycle, a seven-day-long bike ride organised to help beneficiaries providing services to people — people just like you and me — living...
Movable Hype Fri 14 May 2004
It’s been a busy time on the web this week, what with all the commotion about the Iraqi prison abuses and the allegedly hoaxed photos and the Nick Berg tragedy and all. But enough about that; what’s really gotten the...
Checking In Tue 27 Apr 2004
I’m back. I arrived home yesterday afternoon. I wish I was still away. Regular posting will resume shortly, unfortunately for me. Benitha, I miss you....
Checking Out Tue 06 Apr 2004
After months of waiting, I finally leave for South Africa in the morning — and finally get to spend some quality time with the incredibly wonderful Benitha — so this place is going on hiatus until my return on the...
Self Portrait, 13/01/04 Sun 14 Mar 2004
This is my second favourite seat on the bus.
Vapour Trail Wed 25 Feb 2004
You ever look up at an aeroplane thousands of feet above and wonder where it's going? What the passengers are going to do when they get there? Whether they wonder if people like me are looking up, wondering about them? I know I do.
The One Where MacDara Has A Job Interview Wed 11 Feb 2004
I had an interview for a job this morning, my first for a while. I don't want to go into details, since I'd rather keep employment specifics out of the weblog from now on; let's just say that the line...
Paint the World Red Mon 02 Feb 2004
==== You can probably tell from the above map of the world (you can make your own travel map here) that I haven't been around much. Even that big red splodge over North America is slightly misleading since I've only...
Perspectives on Mill Wed 28 Jan 2004
From the desk calendar version of Schott’s Original Miscellany (25th of January, in case you were wondering) comes a quote from the 19th century British philosopher John Stuart Mill on that most divisive of subjects, war: ==War is an ugly...
Friday Five #59 Fri 23 Jan 2004
*At this moment, what is your favorite...* *1. ...song?* At this very moment it's Pretend I'm Sleeping by The Sick Lipstick, from their unbelievable debut album Sting Sting Sting. Ask me this same question a few hours from now, however,...
Photo of the Year Wed 31 Dec 2003
It's for protection... Protection from death...
If Derrida were a Superhero... Wed 03 Dec 2003 | 7 Comments
A couple of questions... If Derrida were a superhero, would deconstruction be his super-power? Would Baudrillard be his partner in crime-fighting? Would he conjure simulacra to confuse and confound their enemies? ...just something to think about....
South Africa Snaps Thu 06 Nov 2003 | 4 Comments
==== At long last, I present a modest selection of the many photos I took when I spent a week in what used to be the Transvaal region of South Africa at the end of the summer, divided loosely between...
Kids Show Sun 02 Nov 2003
What do you get if you cross Sesame Street with Chris Morris' Jam? Why, you get Kids Show, a fourteen minute masterpiece of good ol' fashioned subversive sickness from some of the more damaged brains behind South Park and Late...
I've Got My Eye on You Thu 23 Oct 2003
Seen along the Howth Road, Raheny, 23/10/2003
Omnivore Mon 20 Oct 2003
Today brings the debut of Omnivore, a new creative writing site based on the theme of taste. Now I know that might seem very restrictive at first glance, but let the editor, Tom at Infovore, explain things more clearly: ==...
Pope Beautifies Mother Teresa Sun 19 Oct 2003
==== Oy! I know the Catholic Church is pretty fucked up, but giving makeovers to the dead? _Is nothing sacred!?!_...
Red Sky in the Morning... Sun 12 Oct 2003
Sunrise over Dublin in mid October.
Thinking Out Loud About Presence And Extelligence Fri 10 Oct 2003
Matt Webb has recently posted a great string of entries on extelligence (the sum of the cultural sphere that we, as intelligent beings, both experience and contribute to) and its relationship to presence — that’s presence in terms of telepresence,...
Friday Five #58 Fri 26 Sep 2003
*1. Who is your favorite singer/musician? Why?* Who? Mike Watt. Why? The answer is impossible to explain adequately. The best I can do is this -- read his website, listen to his music, and make up your own mind. *2....
Beginner's Luck Tue 16 Sep 2003
Right now it's either very late or very early. It's that time of night. I got home less than an hour ago, after spending the evening with friends playing poker. Yes, poker. A real man's game. And we played for...
It's My Weblog And I'll Rant If I Want To Sat 06 Sep 2003 | 3 Comments
I found a protest notice clogging the letterbox on Wednesday afternoon. When I first read it, it made me laugh. Then it made me angry. The following is a recreation of said notice, with most punctuation errors intact: ==== Now...
The Absentee Landlord Returns Wed 03 Sep 2003 | 3 Comments
I'm still here. I've been home for over a week now. No, I didn't spend _another_ week abroad. I just didn't have anything interesting enough to write about. It happens. Not that I haven't been busy. As it happens I've...
Flash Mob Incorporated? Wed 03 Sep 2003
From the New Media Diary in Monday's Guardian: ==[The London Evening] Standard gets its four stars for coverage of this silly season's cause celebre, flash-mobbing. After an earlier event at a sofa emporium, the Standard reported a follow-up incident at...
Postcard from South Africa Wed 27 Aug 2003 | 4 Comments
Dear All, I'll probably be home before you get this, but anywho. Having a great time in South Africa -- still can't believe I'm actually here! Weather is more than fine, even though it's supposed to be winter. Temperatures are...
On Making Connections Fri 15 Aug 2003 | 0 Comments
(or, Beyond The Chinese Room) Paul Ford has recently posted an introduction to The Chinese Room Thought Experiment, John Searle’s infamous refutation of the possibility of truly artificial intelligence. (As a matter of interest, here is an essay I wrote...
Friday Five #57 Fri 08 Aug 2003
*1. What's the last place you traveled to, outside your own home state/country?* I haven't been out of the country since I went to Canada in the spring of 2002. That might sound like a long time to you, but...
God, Religion and Bad Faith Wed 06 Aug 2003
There’s an excellent, thought-provoking post from Tom Coates over at plasticbag.org regarding issues of the religious kind, sparked by the recent Vatican proclamations condemining the ‘sin’ of homosexuality. (Before I go on, I suggest that you read what he has...
Excerpt from a Conversation On Joining the Army Sat 02 Aug 2003
Him: So dude, when are you joining the medics with me? Me: I'm not. Him: Ahh why not? Me: I'm a pacifist. Him: But we're _medics!_ Me: Dude I know you wish we were like the guys in Scrubs but...
26 Things Fri 01 Aug 2003 | 6 Comments
31 days. 26 things. 26 photos. See them here....
Friday Five #56 Fri 25 Jul 2003
*1. If your life were a movie, what would the title be?* I was thinking _It's Not Easy Being Me: The M. Ellis Conroy Story_. But on second thoughts, that's a bit too movie-of-the-week-ish, dontcha think? Okay, howsabout _Being MacDara...
College Green, 05/03/03 Sun 20 Jul 2003
College Green, Dublin, as seen in March 2003.
Powered by Movable Type Thu 17 Jul 2003
Spurred on by recent musings on the subject by Jason Kottke, and especially by Matt Haughey's helpful walk-through essay, I am currently in the process of am now publishing my entire website (well, almost) through Movable Type. That's right. If...
Family Photo, 08/06/03 Mon 09 Jun 2003
Taken yesterday at my mum's birthday party (that's her in the middle).
Friday Five #55 Sun 08 Jun 2003
*1. How many times have you truly been in love?* Truly in love? Just once. Right now. 2. What was/is so great about the person you love(d) the most? I couldn't even begin to put my finger on it exactly....
Friday Five #54 Sat 31 May 2003
*1. What do you most want to be remembered for?* I want to be remembered for having contributed something of note to the cultural sphere, having earned and gained the respect of my peers. I would also like to be...
Friday Five #53 Fri 16 May 2003
http://fridayfive.org/ *1. What drinking water do you prefer -- tap, bottle, purifier, etc.?* I like my water chilled and filtered, but I don't drink straight water very often; I usually drink it in cola form. When I was working though,...
Friday Five #52 Fri 09 May 2003
http://fridayfive.org/ *1. Would you consider yourself an organized person? Why or why not?* Yes, and no. I go through spurts of super-organisation, then I kind of let the fields grow fallow for a while, and then get all super-organised again....
Friday Five #51 Fri 11 Apr 2003
http://fridayfive.org/ *1. What was the first band you saw in concert?* I remember when I was very young, like 5 or 6 years old, at some free music festival in St. Anne's Park. The Lark in the Park or something...
View from the Food Hall, 05/03/03 Sat 05 Apr 2003
Grafton Street, from inside the entrance to the M&S Food Hall.
Clouds Above The Abbey, 31/03/03 Wed 02 Apr 2003
Clouds obscuring the sun above the Abbey Theatre.
Friday Five #50 Fri 28 Mar 2003
http://fridayfive.org/ *1. What was your most memorable moment from the last week?* My most memorable moment was probably the Blood Brothers gig last night. (More on that later.) *2. What one person touched your life this week?* Since the weekend,...
Somewhere within St. Anne's Park, 23/03/03 Wed 26 Mar 2003
A grove deep within St. Anne's Park.
Friday Five #49 Fri 21 Mar 2003
http://fridayfive.org/ *1. If you had the chance to meet someone you've never met, from the past or present, who would it be?* There are so many. I would love to meet Mike Watt. If I could go back in time,...
Waiting for the Picture Show Sat 15 Mar 2003
I brought my camera when I went to see The Happiness of the Katakuris last week, so it was basically mandatory that I took some photos of the theatre before the show began. I was actually quite surprised at how...
Friday Five #48 Sat 15 Mar 2003
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. Do you like talking on the phone? Why or why not? I used to hate talking on the phone. I particularly hated calling people I don't know. I don't feel that way so much anymore, but I do...
Naniken River, St. Anne's Park, 09/03/03 Tue 11 Mar 2003
The Naniken, flowing from the park tennis courts.
Trees, St. Anne's Park, 09/03/03 Mon 10 Mar 2003
Looking up at the trees in St. Anne's Park.
Friday Five #47 Sat 08 Mar 2003
http://fridayfive.org/ *1. What was the last song you heard?* 'We Like Having These Things' by Numbers, from their debut album Numbers Life on tigerbeat6. Numbers are a great art-punk band from San Francisco with a Moog for a bass. If...
View from Aston Quay, 30/01/03 Sat 01 Mar 2003
==== Dublin does _not_ look like this today....
Friday Five #46 Fri 28 Feb 2003
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What is your favorite type of literature to read (magazine, newspaper, novels, nonfiction, poetry, etc.)? I don't really have a particular favourite. I would indulge in every type listed here except for poetry, but that's only because I've...
View from the 29a, 27/02/03 Thu 27 Feb 2003
A roadsign, near corner of Howth Rd. & Brookwood Ave.
The Spire, O'Connell Street, 04/02/03 Wed 26 Feb 2003 | 5 Comments
==== I finally got my hands on a full version of Photoshop Elements this morning, and spent the afternoon retouching some photos I've been meaning to post here for a while, one of which you can see above. I know...
Friday Five #45 Fri 21 Feb 2003
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What is your most prized material possession? This is a tough one. It might be better to think in terms of, say, if there was a fire in my house and I was given a short window of...
Friday Five #44 Fri 14 Feb 2003 | 1 Comments
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. Explain why you started to journal/blog. I'm not sure exactly why I started. I initially happened upon the concept of blogging sometime towards the end of 2000, and around that time I sort-of started a weblog that didn't...
Friday Five #43 Fri 07 Feb 2003
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What did you have for breakfast this morning? If you didn't have breakfast, why not? I didn't have breakfast because I didn't wake up until 10:30am, didn't get out of bed until some time around 11am, and decided...
Friday Five #42 Fri 31 Jan 2003
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. As a child, who was your favorite superhero/heroine? Why? I was never really into the classic superheroes that much as a kid, but when Batman came out in 1989, I was hooked. 2. What was one thing...
Stereographic Photography Tue 28 Jan 2003
Jason experiments with stereographic photography. The effect is similar to those 'Magic Eye' things that were really popular a few years ago; one is supposed to cross their eyes and they'll focus automatically on the intended object. However -...
Friday Five #41 Fri 24 Jan 2003
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What is one thing you don't like about your body? Its size; I'm working on it. 2. What are two things you love about your body? Well I can't say I love anything about it, but I...
Foreign Visitors Thu 23 Jan 2003
So we were in the park this afternoon, and we came upon a large congregation of foreign visitors: ==== As you can see, I didn't get close enough for a great shot; believe me, these brent geese are big. Maybe...
Friday Five #40 Fri 17 Jan 2003
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. Where do you currently work? Right now I'm unemployed, having quit my job at the end of last month. But I am using the time I have now to write and read a lot. 2. How many...
Friday Five #39 Sat 11 Jan 2003
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. Where are you right now? I'm at home, in my room. 2. What time is it? Right now it's 1am. 3. What are you wearing? My usual, pair of blue jeans and a t-shirt, and my skater-type...
"I KISS YOU!" Mon 06 Jan 2003
Mat just got an e-mail from the 'I Kiss You' guy. Better three years late than never, eh?...
Friday Five #38 Fri 03 Jan 2003
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. Do you wear any jewelry? What kind? I don't wear any, unless you count my watch as jewellery. (Note the correct spelling of jewellery.) 2. How often do you wear it? I wear my watch whenever I...
Friday Five #37 Fri 27 Dec 2002
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What was your biggest accomplishment this year? Doing well in my final year exams and getting my degree was probably my biggest personal accomplishment this year. 2. What was your biggest disappointment? I didn't really have any single...
Appendix to 'Deconstructing Warrior' Thu 26 Dec 2002
In a post-script to my piece on the Ultimate Warrior last week, here's someone else with something to say about this Daniel Flynn character. And here's the referenced article by Flynn that serves as further evidence that he doesn't really...
Friday Five #36 Sun 22 Dec 2002
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What holiday or holidays do you celebrate this time of year? We celebrate Christmas, but in the secular sense. Which probably defeats the whole purpose, but that's the way it is. While I may not be a...
Deconstructing Warrior Tue 17 Dec 2002
A few days ago I came across this piece on a website owned and operated by one-time WWF superstar the Ultimate Warrior. (Excuse me, that should be sans-definite article, seeing as he changed his actual name by deed poll...
Farewell to the Porn Clerk Sat 30 Nov 2002
So the porn clerk is no longer a porn clerk. Nineteen months is a fairly long tenure, even for a part-time gig. Added up, I think I've spent ten months part-time and seven months full-time at my store, over...
Hyperlinking Fri 29 Nov 2002
It's strange where the internet will lead you: I hopped onto Google News to browse the stories, found one about alleged fakery re: The Osbournes, which lead me to Dannii Minogue having a problem with Asians, and from there...
Friday Five #35 Fri 08 Nov 2002
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. Did you vote in your last elections? Yes I did. Since I've been eligible to vote I've only missed one, a referendum, and I was out of the country at the time. 2. Do you know who...
Friday Five #34 Fri 01 Nov 2002
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. Were you raised in a particular religious faith? I was raised a Catholic, ostensibly. Religion was never a major thing in my home, it just was, if you know what I mean. 2. Do you still practice...
Friday Five #33 Mon 28 Oct 2002
Yep. Late again. http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What is your favorite scary movie? That would be Ring, followed in second place by A Nightmare on Elm Street. 2. What is your favorite Halloween treat? I don't have one. That's not to...
Happy Birthday Mat Thu 24 Oct 2002
I just remembered it's Mat's birthday today, so If you happen to bump into him somewhere in South-East Asia, wish him a good one for me, will ya? Much appreciated....
Friday Five #32 Fri 18 Oct 2002
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. How many TVs do you have in your home? Four, but only three are used. 2. On average, how much TV do you watch in a week? I watch less TV now than I used to, mainly...
Friday Five #31 Sun 13 Oct 2002
Yes, it's two days late, but I haven't been running at 100% capacity this weekend. http://fridayfive.org/ 1. If you could only choose 1 CD to ever listen to again, what would it be? If I can't choose an mp3...
Friday Five #30 Fri 04 Oct 2002
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What size shoe do you wear? It depends on the type of shoe; normally size 10 or 11 UK (size 11 or 12 US). 2. How many pairs of shoes do you own? I currently own something...
Friday Five #29 Sat 28 Sep 2002
Late again. I don't care. http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What are your favorite ways to relax and unwind? Listening to music, reading magazines, watching TV. 2. What do you do the moment you get home from work/school/errands? Usually, I take off...
Friday Five #28 Fri 20 Sep 2002
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. Would you say that you're good at keeping in touch with people? No, I'm actually pretty bad at the practical side of keeping in touch with people. It's a little easier these days, what with text messaging...
Friday Five #27 Sat 14 Sep 2002
Yeah, it's late. Sue me. http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What was/is your favorite subject in school? Why? Oh that's easy. Art, Craft and Design wins, hands-down. It was fucking sweet, getting do do stuff that you actually enjoy during school hours....
Friday Five #26 Fri 06 Sep 2002
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What is your biggest pet peeve? Why? People in public places, on the street or in a store, walking too slowly, not watching where they're walking, not moving aside even when you're so close behind them that...
Friday Five #25 Fri 30 Aug 2002
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What's your favorite piece of clothing that you currently own? I bought a black t-shirt today with a Decepticons logo on the front which is pretty cool. I am a child of the 1980's, after all. 2....
Friday Five #24 Sat 24 Aug 2002
Better late than never. http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What is your current occupation? Is this what you chose to be doing at this point in your life? Why or why not? I'm a sales assistant at a large music store on...
Friday Five #23 Fri 09 Aug 2002
Well, this is gonna be a short one. http://fridayfive.org/ 1. Do you have a car? If so, what kind of car is it? Nope. 2. Do you drive very often? Nope, because I don't have a car. 3. What's...
Friday Five #22 Fri 02 Aug 2002
(This is going to suck since I'm not American, but for completion's sake I'm doing it anyway.) http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What is your lineage? Where are your ancestors from? Being from Ireland, and having Irish ancestors, means that my answers...
Friday Five #21 Fri 26 Jul 2002
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. How long have you had a weblog? Since the 1st of November, 2001 (although I had an aborted attempt about a year before that so I'm not a total bandwagon-jumper). It seems ages ago now. I guess...
Friday Five #20 Fri 19 Jul 2002
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. Where were you born? Right here in Dublin. That's Dublin, Ireland. 2. If you still live there, where would you rather move to? If you don't live there, do you want to move back? Why or why...
Friday Five #19 Sun 07 Jul 2002
Yes, I know it's Saturday night, but here it is anyway: http://fridayfive.org/ 1. Where are you right now? At home, in my room, sitting at my computer. 2. What have you lost recently? Nothing that I know of off-hand....
Friday Five #18 Fri 28 Jun 2002
http://fridayfive.org/ When was the last time you... 1. ...sent a handwritten letter? Sent one? Some time last year, I sent one to Griet (I think). It was quite a while ago. Written one? I wrote two just before my...
Friday Five #17 Fri 21 Jun 2002
We were playing the new Guided By Voices album over the sound system in work this afternoon. I must say, it's much more interesting than Do The Collapse (I haven't heard Isolation Drills yet, but I'm sure it's much...
Friday Five #16 Fri 24 May 2002
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What's the last vivid dream that you remember having? It was a long time ago. Probably the last lucid dream I had (see #5). 2. Do you have any recurring dreams? No. I'm not really a dreamer....
Friday Five #15 Fri 17 May 2002
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What shampoo do you use? Head & Shoulders. So ordinary, I know. 2. Do you use conditioner? What kind? No I don't. I don't have enough hair. 3. When was the last time you got your hair...
Photo Essays of Toronto Sun 28 Apr 2002
Here's a cool site with photo essays of Toronto. I've been to some of these places. Others I wanted to but just didn't have time. But I'll be back there again some day. Toronto's a great city....
Friday Five #14 Sat 27 Apr 2002
I don't know why I do this - it's not very punk of me to conform in such a manner, is it? - but on the other hand, it wouldn't be very punk of me to stop just because...
Friday Five Triple Bill Fri 19 Apr 2002
Because I was so preoccupied the last few weekends, I forgot to do the Friday Five, so here's a special triple-bill for ya, numbers 11, 12 and lucky 13: 1. If you could eat dinner with and "get to...
Friday Five #10 Sat 23 Mar 2002
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What is your favorite time of year? I don't know really. I like the summer when it's not humid, but when it is humid I despise it. I dunno... since the greenhouse effect has fucked up our...
Friday Five #9 Fri 15 Mar 2002
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What's your favorite animal? Dogs. Besides the ape family, they are the most anthropomorphic of animals. 2. What pets have you had in your lifetime? Without going into specifics, since I was born we have had four...
Friday Five #8 Fri 08 Mar 2002
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What makes you homesick? Just being away. It takes me a little while to adjust to a new place, even if I'm just there for a few days. But I get used to it. I've never been...
Friday Five #7 Fri 01 Mar 2002
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What's your favorite vacation spot? Jeez, what the hell is this? I'm not the Million Dollar Man! What do you want to hear? That I summer in the Hamptons and winter in Aspen? 'Cause if you do...
Friday Five #6 Fri 22 Feb 2002
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. Hey, baby, what's your sign? Do you think it fits you pretty well? I'm a Gemini. I think I fit the sign very well, rather than the sign fitting me. 2. What's the worst birthday gift you've...
Friday Five #5 Fri 15 Feb 2002
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What was the first thing you ever cooked? Honestly I have no idea, but it was probably a toasted cheese sandwich. I used to cook them all the time when I was a young 'un. 2. What's...
Friday Five #4 Fri 01 Feb 2002
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. Have you ever had braces? Any other teeth trauma? When I was 7 (I'm sure I was 7, it was before I went to St. Brigid's, when I was 8, and after my holiday to Nottingham when...
Friday Five #3 Sat 26 Jan 2002
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What cologne or perfume do you wear? Don't wear cologne. A good anti-perspirant (Sure, of course) is enough for me. 2. What cologne or perfume do you like best on the opposite sex? Well I'm not up...
Friday Five #2 Fri 18 Jan 2002
Friday Five #2: 1. What do you have your browser start page set to? A blank page. Minimalism, you see. 2. What are your favourite news sites? I've been visiting the Guardian website a lot recently. I can't believe...
Friday Five #1 Fri 11 Jan 2002
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What was your first job? I had a paper round once a week from the autumn of 1992 through till just a few years ago (I can't remember now exactly when I finished). My first 'proper' job...
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