Archive for February, 2009
IRMA proving they are idiots..
http://blog.blacknight.com/irma-threatens-irish-isps.html
Yep, lets show our ignorance in technical matters by blanket-bombing FUD-filled letters to entities that cannot perform what they are said to be able to within that letter. Blacknight are not an ISP, so IRMA shouldn’t have sent them a letter…
Gran Canaria – Anniversary!
To celebrate our being together for the past 5 (yes – FIVE) wonderful years, myself and Sarah are temporarily heading to a warmer clime for a few days soon. Puerto Rico, the Gloria Palace Amadores **** and hopefully a little bit of sunshine.
Rest and relaxation, a few Mojitos by the pool, a trip to the centre of the island, a visit to Las Palmas, Carrefour, Maspalomas dunes, are all on the plan.
I’m really looking forwards to this!
I love secrets!
Yes, it’s great knowing a secret sometimes
Roll on September 11th or so, in 2009 when all will be revealed….
Rant titles
I’ve been accused in the past of having ‘favourite’ rants – so here are a few of the titles of the common ones :)
- Microsoft and how their business practices make for bad products, making more work for me.
- Microsoft and how they make it so hard to interoperate with, even with non-core items .
- Apple and the attempt to control such things as iPhone jailbreaking. My phone, my choice.
- EULAs and how they are absolutely meaningless.
- RIAA and *stupid* business methods, and their perversion of justice.
- MPAA being idiots with filesharing. It’s free advertising you muppets.
- Attempts to restrict free access to the Net – see Eircom rolling over for IRMA.
- Fianna Fáil and their continuing to drive this country into the ground (again), taking a lot of value with them. Get out of the way and stop being part of the problem!
- Road cameras in private hands – <sarcasm>Yep, this will make the roads safer <\sarcasm>. Be more precise about the blackspots..
- The state of the roads in the country, you’d swear we haven’t had a cent to put towards infrastructure recently (see previous rant about Fianna Fáil)
- The overuse of txtspk or IRC abbreviations in out-of-context situations e.g. web forums.
There are a few essays’ worth of stuff there, for another time perhaps..
Clutch :(
My car decided to throw its springs out of the Dual Mass Flywheel, making me a poor boy.
It’s the first time that the car has let me down, but I can’t complain. The extra torque that the engine delivers coupled with the 143k miles on the clock didn’t help. The car did give me warning that it would go with some squeaking and some strange clanking on under and overrun, and fun sounds at idle.
I was overtaking a car and a slow articulated truck when it went *clunk* leaving me to idle down in speed, and gentlpull over at the Ballydine bar between Ennis and Crusheen. I got recovered with my comprehensive insurance to the house in Galway, and Dave with Mike’s trailer was really nice and brought my car to Bansha where it was fixed.. €1000 lighter, I’m happy to havethe car back.
Now to investigate that little clunk from front right…