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What’s with NTL and Blogger?

March 3rd, 2007 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

Getting ready for blogging the awards tonight and I now know it’s all NTL users who cannot read blogger/blogspot blogs and not just me. All those blog awards nominees who use blogger can’t be read by me.  And what are NTL doing about it??

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The columnist who’s name I dare not mention….for the moment!

February 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

It would seem a contributor to the Irish Examiner is most anxious to take over from David Quinn as expert commentator (and know nothing at all) on lesbian and gay relationships. Legal threats are being issued to Irish lgbt forums and blogs which discuss his work. It’s interesting to know that the finer reaches of […]

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Need a chair or a desk?

January 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Blogging, Consumer blogging, Uncategorized

It’s January so it must be consumer complaint and compliment month. Before reading Damien’s post about consumer opinion blogging etc. I was thinking this afternoon about blogging my experience with an office furniture company. Officechairs.ie was my port of call when looking for a specialist 24 hour chair with ergonomic how’s your mother features. No […]

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Obligatory Irish Blog Awards Nominations are now open post

January 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

See here – Nominate early and often or something like that – well done to Mulley for getting every category sponsored, even more categories than last year and the new Bebo profile category too to lure in those who don’t think they are bloggers but are or could be.

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Who’s funding the Iona Institute?

January 8th, 2007 · 13 Comments · David Quinn, Iona Institute, Irish Media, Irish Politics, Religious Right Dressed up as research institutes, Uncategorized

Come on David Quinn spill the beans? Otherwise I expect Michael McDowell and Bertie Ahern to make similar statements querying the modus operandi of your new institute. This time last year they were busy sinking the Centre for Public Inquiry because they didn’t like money from outside Ireland funding a private body investigating the state […]

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