January 2012
1 post
Top 40 of 2011: The Top 5 →
Here come the heavy-hitters.
5. Pumped Up Kicks – Foster The People
Back in March, I described this as ‘music to wander around Shoreditch in the sunshine, mingling with hipsters’. I may…
December 2011
1 post
Top 40 of 2011 : 10 – 6 →
Apologies for being a bit of a tease. I thought it might be better to split the post as I have outdone myself in attempting to justify my no. 6.
Be gentle with me; I am but a music nerd…
10….
September 2011
1 post
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July 2011
2 posts
Dear punters and salespersons at Whitechapel... →
“Where else can you get a box of 10 mangoes for 3 pounds?” asks Sean D in his enthusiastic review of East London’s Whitechapel Market.
This was a question I failed to consider as I…
Practice 10K run – what happened? →
Well, we just did it…!
Only a week to go to the real thing and my friend Yusuf and I report back after our 10K practice run. We managed it in less than an hour (!)
The running over the…
May 2011
2 posts
It’s Mix Time!: Superinjunction →
So, here’s why there’s been silence on here for the last few weeks…
It turns out out that someone (who must remain unnamed – it’s definitely not Freemasons *giggle*) took out a superinjunction…
The New Inquiry: Comfortably Alone →
thenewinquiry:
(via Javier Rodriguez)
Social media puts an end to shyness by generalizing its pathology
By Rob Horning
As a shy person, I’ve believed for most of my life that being among new people required an elaborate social disguise, one that would allow me to feel both present and absent,…
April 2011
2 posts
It’s Mix Time: Asthma Attack →
Thankfully, I’m not badly afflicted with the asthma; my inhalers remain for the most part stowed away until my lungs start to disintegrate in winter. I blame the bout of pneumonia I got…
September 2009
13 posts
Delusions and Grandeur →
I’m quite jealous of M. Ward.
You can visit the link to see how sickeningly prolific and successful he has been. The guy has churned out nine albums in ten years, five of which are…
Crookers: Put Your Hands On Me (feat. Kardinall... →
Flicking through the music channels at a certain time of night, you’ll think that you were watching softcore lesbian porn [there’s the hit count gone up for this week]. You know the type; some…
How to DJ →
I’ve watched only two of these lessons from DJ Download and I’ve already learned tons (OK, I was starting from a low position, smarty pants).
It’s not often I see both my profession…
Thank You For The Music: Kylie, Chaka & the Orsa... →
So, there we were in Hyde Park with 35,000 other pleasant punters on maybe the last lovely Sunday summer’s evening for quite a while.
The whole BBC Radio 2 spectacle was good fun (even…
Paddy McAloon BBC Radio 2 Radio Interview →
Good catch by the good folk over at PrefabSprout.net. A very delf-deprecating Paddy on Radcliffe & Maconie’s BBC Radio 2 show.
In other news, Let’s Change The…
Daddy’s Mp3reets! Prefab Sprout, Susanna and the... →
Some old, some new and some kinda old/kinda new.
Lost: Susanna and the Magical Orchestra
Oh Susanna! Blessed with a powerful voice so understated and so utterly, utterly melancholy….
A Very Yellow Partnership →
Feargal: Man should not lie with man. It says so in Leviticus!
Natalie: I think many men should lie with many men…. next to me.
If you have a spare 25 mins, you could do a lot worse and watch…
RSS in the Clouds →
Clouds from my trip to WordCamp Dallas
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and it’s a way for people to subscribe to updates to your blog using a client like Google Reader…
Air France: Current Affaires →
I don’t have anything bad to say about Air France (or Cityjet). I fly with them twice a week. The service is very good. I can pitch up at 7:15am on Monday morning at City airport…
Dublin in 3D on Google Earth →
Yes, they are evil, but looking at the 3D maps of Dublin on Google Earth just make me that bit happier that we have teh interwebs.
August Wrap-Up →
I’m back in San Francisco after a trip to London for the Happiness Engineer meetup. It’s serious business, but the group has managed to have a little fun along the way.
Our…
New Basement Jaxx: Feelings Gone feat. Sam Sparro →
Yet another great single from Basement Jaxx (totally underrated singles band IMHO). And a video which is Just. Too. Kyoot.
419 scams go seriously meta →
Thank goodness this got through my spam filter. Those 419ers have truly come of age….
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August 2009
14 posts
Support Hours and Updates →
In the coming week, the Support crew (seen among the lovely faces here) will be meeting in London to brainstorm new ways of providing you with the resources you need. While us Happiness…
Marriage Equality Ireland Ad: Cleverz! →
More at MarriageEquality.ie
UPDATE: Had to include this snippet from the always-reliable It Was Ever Thus:
As regards the rest well he [Brady] may, or may not, be correct that a…
Cardinal Brady tells us what’s not good for the... →
The Primate of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Sean Brady, has problems with the erosion of the idea of family in Ireland should civil partnership be introduced.
Thanks for your…
Sand Animation: Ukraine’s Got Talent winner =... →
The UK got, em, Diversity, and the Ukraine got this astonishing portrayal of it’s WWII history through the medium of sand.
Amazings.
New Theme: Sandbox 1.6.1 →
Sandbox 1.6.1 is now available to all WordPress.com blogs.
Alongside Sandbox 1.6.1 you’ll also find the older Sandbox versions. We’ve left them intact. If you’ve been using them, don’t worry,…
Channelling Patsy Gallant →
This is what happens when one is permitted to play camp old 70’s disco in searing Spanish heat. Credibility, ¡te odio!
“Fiercing harder than Sasha Fierce times... →
Holy sheeeeeeeeeeit! Absolutely fluhlawless…
Vogue Evolution via Dlisted.
Toby! Tobi! Tobé! →
Happy 40th Birthday, T.
Looking forward to this Barcelona weekend of Bad Taste Pool Parties and the like.
http://www.mediafire.com/?zyvykm22bgj
No need to…
WP.me — shorten your links →
Check out this address:
http://wp.me/sf2B5-shorten
If you visit it, you’ll end up right back here. The nice thing about it is that it’s a short link, about 70% smaller than the …
SoundCloud →
We are big fans of SoundCloud, a really useful service that is part Flickr for music, part professional music collaboration hub. Artists such as Beck, Moby and Sonic Youth now use the…
Homeopathy, Nutritionism = Ridiculous Nonsense →
I’m shamelessly nicking this from Miss Panti’s blog but it’s all worth it.
I have some friends who are/have been into stuff like homeopathy etc over the years and it’s always a struggle to…
New Theme: iNove →
iNove by mg12 is one of the top themes used for self-hosted WordPress blogs, and a commonly requested addition to our offerings here on WordPress.com. We’re always doing what we can to…
July Wrap-Up →
We kicked off July with an open vote on new media features. Thanks to all of you who voted and submitted comments. Your feedback determines the future of WordPress.
Later in the month we…
Mental. Actual Email Exchange with Unnamed Friend →
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July 2009
18 posts
How to do the Fourth Plinth thing →
Fourth Plinth july 28th 10am, originally uploaded by Lilac Bonzai.
I haven’t been selected for Anthony Gormley’s Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square yet, but this guy will…
Archives Shortcode →
You publish a lot of quality content (trust us, we know). And so we understand that making it easily accessible to your faithful readers is very important for you as a blogger. Sure, our …
New Prefab Sprout: Let There Be Music →
Six, count ‘em, SIX weeks to a new Prefab Sprout album and judging from this exclusive preview given to the flag-bearing folk at PrefabSprout.net, the album could be a stormer. I do…
Gravatar Widget →
Say goodbye to messing around with HTML in a Text widget just to get an “About Me” in your sidebar. With the new Gravatar widget it only takes a few seconds to achieve this and stamp…
Three more unrelated, but very good for you, songs →
1. Love’s The Only Drug Ultra Naté
Turns out she’s got more under her belt than the admittedly magnificent Free. Listen to this gurgling synthy goodness as presented by DJ…
Experimenting with Pod-o-Matic →
As the second of my mixes got pulled from Medi@fire, I’m experimenting with alternative platforms. Pod-o-Matic seems to have potential. It even sends things through iTunes [RSS]…
PollDaddy ratings and polls →
PollDaddy joined the Automattic team last year, and we have been working on adding some of our great features directly into the WordPress platform ever since.
Ratings
The PollDaddy rating…
Meet GUBU the Clown… →
The very talented Garvan Gallagher (well, he made my old kitchen look good) has a new video installation opening tonight in Limerick. The poster for the show above has the text of…
Flirt by kuriakonz on flickr →
Flirt, originally uploaded by kuriakonz.
I love this guy’s photos on flickr. Technically excellent , a bit saucy and plenty of humour.
Neko Case: Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth →
I just can’t stop listening to this*.
I had never heard the original Sparks version, but this rather kicks it to touch. I know when I really love a song when I find myself almost…
Brenda Power vs Panti →
I’m aware that my readership includes some non-Irish residents, so the current furore about Brenda Power, Pride and marriage equality may be lost on you. So, here’s my cut out and keep synopsis…
It’s Mix Time: Dirty Article →
If it’s 128bpm funky house you’re looking for, go no further, because I’m back to doing what comes easiest: blending dancefloor friendly chunks of house from current and future…
Proof that the gays won’t applaud just anything at... →
Ouch. Poor Jeremy Hunt, Conservative MP. Not only does he have a surname that lends itself to all sorts of nasty rhymes, but he was selected to address the spangly crowd in Trafalgar Square at…
Vote for Media Features →
Here at WordPress.com, we always run the most recent version of the WordPress open source software. In addition, we do custom development so that we can offer features not included in the open…