Tornado in Leitrim!?

>> Written on March 22nd, 2010 by Leon

Very strange thing happened this morning in Keshcarrigan, Leitrim. Was in the toilet and there was a crazy rumbling noise all around me and the extractor fan looked like it was gonna pop out and hit me in the face. My partner started shouting at me that stuff (big stuff!) was flying around the garden… READ THE FULL POST

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O2 Mobile Call Divert Codes

>> Written on March 18th, 2010 by Leon

I just moved to a village in Leitrim (Keshcarrigan) with virtually no coverage on the O2 network, yeh I know I shoulda checked coverage before we moved in or at least believed the previous tenant who pointed it out to us when he was showing the house! Anyhow, I’m here now and I’ve tried a… READ THE FULL POST

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Web Designer Versus Client

>> Written on March 11th, 2010 by Leon

Every now and then a situation comes up for me whereby a web design client will question a website graphical element or logo I’ve designed and suggest something different.

Fine normally, I’m open to different views and criticisms but what if they want something that is clearly wrong or what if they presume to… READ THE FULL POST

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Moving House Checklist and Tips

>> Written on March 4th, 2010 by Leon

We are in the middle of our 5th house move in 7 years so are well practiced! It occurred to me while ticking off things that I needed to do that I should document the process both for my own benefit (we may well be moving again soon!) and for the benefit of others. I’d… READ THE FULL POST

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Twitter Poll: About People or Search Engines?

>> Written on February 25th, 2010 by Leon

This post was prompted by something I read on an email list and on Linkedin the other day where the author seemed to have the view that Twitter was more about Search Engines than People. His argument was that Twitter is far too ‘noisy’ for people to actually read and interact but… READ THE FULL POST

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Social Networking, Ego and Religion

>> Written on February 17th, 2010 by Leon

I’ve recently been thinking about Social Networking in terms of Ego and Religion of all things!

I believe Blogging, Tweeting and Facebook status updating is one big ego trip. What better validation of one’s self can there be than sending out a message to hundreds of listeners and having them ‘Like this’, Retweet or… READ THE FULL POST

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