I’m almightily cranky this evening, but have been cheered up by two things spotted while poking through my Bloglines feeds.
1. Three of me peeps from the Sunday Times won awards. Yay.
2. Derek O’Connor (aka ex-Blogorrah editor) rides again. Also yay.
The internet has a lot to answer for. I should be in bed, but about an hour ago, spotted a link on Tiny Planet to this BBC4 documentary about accents in Edwardian times. A couple of years ago, a researcher uncovered hundreds of recordings of British prisoners in German POW camps during the First World [...]
If U-turns replaced those unnecessary reversing-around-a-corner manoeuvres so beloved of driving test inspectors, the transport minister, Noel Dempsey, would pass first time. As ungainly, ham-fisted, political U-turns go, his flip-flop on provisional driving licences takes some beating. Make dramatic policy announcement, wither under clamorous public outcry, back down quickly? You’ve passed with flying colours, minister.
Dempsey [...]
October 28th, 2007
Been doing much poking lately? Been poked yourself? I hasten to say I’m not asking overly personal questions here. I’m just wondering if you’ve signed up to Facebook. Known, in Ireland at least, as “Bebo for grown-ups”, this online social network has skyrocketed in popularity in Ireland. According to research done last week [...]
October 21st, 2007
Another week, another report from the school of stating the bleedin’ obvious. A recent study has found that immigrants work harder, longer and take less sick time off than locals.
It also found that many employers prefer migrant workers because they are more reliable. The locals can be a bit flaky, it seems, whereas [...]
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