Archive For February 23rd, 2004
Amazing image of an emergency ejection from a low flying plane. Be warned that it’s a huge 3008×1960 pixel image and you probably don’t want to download it if you’re only using a modem!
Jeremy’s contemplating the purchase of a robotic vacuum cleaner called Roomba. I wonder if you can buy these things in Ireland? heh. Looks like it’s not all there yet but it I’d love to give it a go. Anyone want to buy me a house warming present?
The Onion has an “interview” with the CEO of Gillette who says, “We’re Doing Five Blades.” Remember Frank in the Comedy Club? “Gillette spent years in development, working hard at their new razor.. What did they come up with? The 3 blade razor!” Ah yes, you had to be there. I bet he wishes he [...]
My father’s finally in the market for a digital camera. After many years using a Pentax SLR he has seen the light and wants to take the plunge into the digital world! He saw that the Nikon Coolpix 3100 was available from Argus at a knock down price of €320 or so. I have no [...]
Archbishop Desmond Tutu is in Ireland for a major conference on AIDS this week. There’s been a huge increase in the number of cases in Russia and elsewhere in Europe and Asia and delegates from 55 countries are meeting to discuss this. Desmond Tutu was just interviewed by Marian Finucane this morning and it’s the [...]
