Archive for March 2008

Bertie Ahern’s Lawyer Threatens Irish Political Website

Mar 31st, 2008 | By Bock | Category: governance, politics

Somebody calling themselves Saul of Tarsus started a new thread on Politics.ie entitled “Grainne Carruth”. (You’ll remember Gráinne Carruth as the secretary who presented such damaging evidence against Bertie). In the first post on that thread, Saul of Tarsus included comments about Frank Ward & Co, Bertie’s lawyers.
Some people replied to the [...]



Essential Parenting Skills

Mar 30th, 2008 | By Bock | Category: Humour

At long last, we leave the dark days of winter.
We change the clocks: spring forward, fall back.
That’s one of those traditional stories people use to terrify children, isn’t it?  Spring forward, get impaled on an enemy’s spear and fall back screaming with blood pouring from a gaping wound as you gurgle your last [...]



Things are looking up

Mar 29th, 2008 | By Bock | Category: My life

Well, I collected the Nut’s old BMW, which means I have wheels again.  I also decided not to bother replacing the turbo myself.  Why the hell would I when I have a maniac mechanic who’ll happily do it for me?  Really, you know, those days are gone, though there was a time when I spent [...]



Bertie Ahern: Coalition Begins To Crack

Mar 28th, 2008 | By Bock | Category: governance, politics

At last, the Progressive Democrats and the Greens have started hinting at misgivings over Bertie’s money dealings, as well they might. In any civilised country, they’d have been screaming months ago, but I suppose it’s better now than not at all.
Is this the end for Bert? The long goodbye?
Does the Fianna Fáil Homo Ignorans [...]



Limerick Teenagers Earn Millions in Software Deal

Mar 27th, 2008 | By Bock | Category: technology

Two local lads, Patrick and John Collison, have become millionaires after selling their share in the web-based application they founded. You might remember Patrick (19) from the BT Young Scientist Competition in 2005, when his development of a web programming language won him first prize. John (17) is still in school.
They amalgamated [...]



Search Engine optimisation? Moi?

Mar 25th, 2008 | By Bock | Category: internet

I seem to be getting onto Google’s front page a lot these days, though I haven’t done one single thing that all these SEO gurus advise, like fiddling and twiddling with fiddly twiddly little files in a terrible place called Server.
How odd.
Out of idle curiosity, I tried a few things I’ve been ranting about and [...]



Turbo Trouble

Mar 25th, 2008 | By Bock | Category: Home, My life

Turbo wrecked.
Car stopped.
Big decision.
Replace turbo or replace car?
Any experts out there?



Brian Rossiter — Report on Death of Child in Custody Due Shortly

Mar 25th, 2008 | By Bock | Category: gardai, police

In 2002, 14-year-old Brian Rossiter came home with a black eye and headaches after being attacked by a man in Clonmel. Two days later he was arrested on a public order charge. His father, Pat Rossiter, received a phone call from the gardai asking him to come to the station where they told him that [...]