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I’m a 30 something Irish guy that works in the IT business. Inside the trade I’m interested in Linux, Internet technologies and mobile hardware and services. Outside, I enjoy a good book, a nice beer and decent game of rugby……

P.S. This is a personal blog, and while I do have a professional involvement in a lot of the technical topics I mention in some of my posts, they do not reflect company policy or ethos.

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My Jaw hurts…

I went to the dentist this morning to get some old fillings redone and somehow the dentist managed to dislocate my jaw, sticking it wide open. He must have pushed

I wish I was my kids age

Lets face it, kids toys from the 70′s and 80′s were pretty crap, but here’s a toy I want myself. Tickle Me Elmo has been re-released as Tickle Me Elmo

Bluddy ADSL Routers!

I had a nice little Netgear ADSL wi-fi router that sat on top of a kitchen cabinet and broadcasted a nice stable 3Mb internet connection all over the house. It

Wanker!

I took the kids to the local McDonalds over the weekend because we got home late, and I just needed to get them fed and put to bed. The place

Annoyance of the day

Today I bought and installed Norton Antivirus 2006 for a PC at home. My old AV subscription had expired, and upgrading to the new(-ish) shiny 2006 version was only slightly