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June 4, 2008Price of a Pint
June 4, 2008
One of the most important questions asked while organising or booking a holiday in any part of the world these days is
“Will i get Aids in this country?”
And a close second to that would be, ‘How much is it going to cost me to get completely trollied off my face’? Well someone on the wide expansys of the interweb has heard your calling and has put together a site that collects the prices of your average pint in various countries around the world.
Pint Price is a database of World Beer Prices. Use this site to find the best watering nation. Pint Price has also been described as an important economic iindicator… Help us complete the beer price database!
Good in theory you might say but what it actually is is a walter mitty’s guide to acting like shane mcgowan in a meth clinic, bottom line , a fucking disgrace!
The price of a pint in Ireland varies drastically from 1.85 euros to over a tenner. . horse flaps and toffee tosh is what i say to that! A nice idea, a nice site, just abused.
The priesthood’s loss is our gain!
June 4, 2008
Mucho congrats to Darragh Doyle who won May’s Blog Post of the Month for his excellent post about commenting! A well written post and with screen shots for how to comment on different blogs he’s put it together flawlessly. Having only known of Darragh’s existence since Elly’s Tweet Up I have to say his blog is an exciting read, be it chasing down comedian’s for an off the cuff interview or up and coming actresses to see what metal she’s made of!
To any blogger comments are important, it’s like feedback that really justify’s and makes posting all that more worthwhile and it is an essential part of the blogosphere and Darragh captured that beautifully with his post!
Also on an aside note, it is a tribute to Darragh who is running a Blogger blog (as I did!) to have so many comments on his posts. Blogger is notoriously linked with the hassle that is involved in leaving comments and in my opinion stands in the shadow of WordPress’s commenting system. All you have to do is take a look at the volume of comments that people leave on his blog and it’s a testimant to the quality of his writing!
Visit his site today, visit it again tomorrow! Add it to your reader and add to your blogroll immediately if not sooner!
Latest Addition
June 4, 2008
Here she sits my new pride and joy! Actually I say she but I’m not sure how you can tell . . anyway! Gateway M-Series notebook, all singing / dancing / gleaming! It’s a great machine and unlike my old laptop it runs effortlessly and without question! Well it is running Microsoft Vista so it does ask you questions like a curious 8 year old :
“Did you really want to run that program? Windows wasn’t sure if you sneezed and clicked by accident? Oh you did sneeze? Do you still want to run it? Maybe you should decide later if you want to run this program because you’re not in full health? Oh it’s only hayfever? Have you medicated? Well go on then, let’s run this program together just the once, you are my friend right? YES / NO / CANCEL”
Unlike my old HP Pavillion Series Laptop you don’t have to bring it out for dinner and drinks to convince it that it wants to use the internet. The start up for my old laptop involved the following sequence:
- Power On
Make Tea (5 mins)
Double click Firefox
Let it Hang (7 mins)
Decide you want more sugar in tea (8.5 mins)
Press Ctrl-Alt-Del
See whats on telly (12.5 mins)
Once task manager loads up run Firefox again
Let it Hang (15 mins)
Firefox Loads but with no connection
Repeatadly clicking F5 and waiting for the wireless to kick in
Will I have more tea? Why not! (18 mins)
God I didn’t think Fair City was still on telly, that’s gas
Mozilla Start Page Loads(22 mins)
Try load twitter
Something technically wrong? (27.3 mins)
Hard time finding the F5 button as its worn down
What did I need to do online again? Ah sod it there’s a film starting
For anyone that’s interested here’s what was thrown in!
- AMD Turion™ 64 X2 mobile technology TL-60* for AMD dual-core technology in a thin-and-light design; HyperTransport™ and AMD PowerNow!™ technologies and improved security with Enhanced Virus Protection**
- 2GB DDR2 memory for multitasking power; expandable to 4GB
- Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW drive with double-layer support records up to 8.5GB of data or 4 hours of video using compatible DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL media; supports DVD-RAM; also supports Labelflash direct-disc labels using compatible Labelflash media
- 15.4″ WXGA TFT-LCD widescreen display with Ultrabright technology and 1280 x 800 resolution
- 250GB SATA hard drive (5400 rpm)
- ATI RADEON X1270 graphics with up to 256MB HyperMemory (total of local and shared memory used by GPU); high-definition audio (2-speaker support); HDMI connection
- Metal-style multimedia control panel provides quick access to and control of multimedia and other applications
- Built-in 1.3-megapixel Web cam makes it easy to chat with or send video mail to friends and family
- 5-in-1 digital media manager supports Secure Digital, MultiMediaCard, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO and xD-Picture Card
- 3 high-speed USB 2.0 ports for fast digital video, audio and data transfer
- Built-in high-speed wireless LAN (802.11b/g); 10/100 Mbps Ethernet LAN with RJ-45 connector; V.92 high-speed modem
- Weighs 6.3 lbs. and measures just 1.5″ thin for portable power; lithium-ion battery and AC adapter
- Brushed metal keyboard surround and Pacific Blue finish for a stylish look
- Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition operating system with Service Pack 1 (SP1) preinstalled; software package included with Microsoft Works 9.0, Gateway BigFix, CyberLink Power2Go and more
What I <3 about it the most is, the oodles of hard drive space, the fact the egg timer is a thing of the past and that I no longer have to use a PCMIA card to use wireless!
Proudly brought to you by the downturn in the American economy, the fantastic exchage rate and Delta airlines! I salute you!
Help Firefox Create World Record
June 2, 2008
Firefox 3 should be up for release in late June and the people at Mozilla have very cleverly set up a unique buzz around the final release. They intend creating a world record for the most software downloads in 24 hours. You visit the site and ‘pledge’ that you will download FF3 on the release date and they will send you a reminder about your download date.
According to the map there are nearly 600,000 pledges to download FF3 and a healthy 1,769 from Ireland alone! I’ve been using Firefox 3 Release Candidate now for the past couple of weeks and have to say I am well impressed. With the use of plugins and add-ons i can’t see why anyone should use Internet Explorer anymore.
Home Sweet Home
June 1, 2008
The week away just seems to have just flown in. It only seems like yesterday that i was delayed in Dublin Airport and then again in JFK Airport for countless hours and missed flights and dumb people at check in desks etc. The theme parks have been explored, experienced and mostly definitely enjoyed!
Instead of just blurbing on in one long post about the whole experience what i intend to do is disect it into smaller parts and work my way through what I thought of it all! I’m more and more determined to get back on the blogging wagon that i’ve almost certainly fallen off. Alas with some helping hands and supportive words and lots of life experience to blurb on about I should be back right on track!
