by nabidana | Jul 11, 2010 | gadgets, technology
So, all things being well, tomorrow I will have an HTC Desire mobile phone instead of my much loved and lamented iPhone 3GS. The iPhone went missing, and stock was not available at my insurer, so I opted to switch to the Desire. On paper, the Desire is a better...
by nabidana | Mar 10, 2010 | commerce and trade, Europe, politics, Racism
Next week begins European Week Against Racism, a week when organisations opposed to racism host events to highlight racial prejudice and discrimination, and to celebrate the existence of societies where discrimination on the colour of a person’s skin or their...
by nabidana | Feb 27, 2010 | podcast, politics
I’m watching the rugby today, and as Ireland’s most obnoxiously proud England supporter, despite having been born in Londonderry, brought up in Co. Down and educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution,(whose former head coach is now the Ulster...
by nabidana | Feb 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
Irlande, Nul Points First the mildly funny story. It emerged this morning that since 2003, more than 18,000 people cases of serious road traffic offences have been brought to court in Ireland and convicted of. Of those, it would appear that just over 700 of those...
by nabidana | Jan 28, 2010 | Diplomacy, Hoons, politics, stupidity
Tuesday, 26 December 2009 4.15am Castle woken by intrusion alarm, as Lord Alderdice tries to ram-raid his way through the security cordon in a JCB. Eventually talked down by David Forde, and was immediately tazered by angry PSNI officers. Eventually claimed that...
