digg_url = ‘http://nabidana.com/2010/01/11/when-is-a-water-cut-not-a-water-cut-when-its-water-throttling/’;
digg_title = ‘When is a water cut not a water cut? When it’s ‘Water Throttling’.’;
digg_bodytext = ‘
My local authority, Fingal County Council, has take the exciting step of ‘throttling’ the water supply.  The people of Castleknock and Clonsilla (nice areas, North West Dublin) will not be happy.
Check this out for an exciting [...]

digg_url = ‘http://nabidana.com/2010/01/08/kirk-mccambley-attacks-and-the-tnf/’;
digg_title = ‘Kirk McCambley attacks and the TNF’;
digg_bodytext = ‘The young man caught up in the Iris Robinson affair story is currently at the centre of a serious attack storm on Facebook.
Back at Queen’s University, we had a concept known as the ‘TNF’ which people used to guess the political views of a [...]

With the PBR in the UK and the Budget in Ireland, most of the readers of this blog consider themselves a little f**ked at the moment.

But consider how f**ked these people feel.

This post will look at some of the Lisbon Treaty referendum posters from two groups, Cóir and ‘We Belong’ critically assessing some of them and then making fun of the rest.

digg_url = ‘http://nabidana.com/2009/09/03/lisbon-referendum-diary-1-a-history-of-mutual-smugness/’;
digg_title = ‘Lisbon Referendum Diary 1. A history of mutual smugness.’;
digg_bodytext = ‘The most amusing thing about the nascent referendum campaign in Ireland is the approach of the two sides. It’s not as oppositional at least in spirit as you might think.
The Pro Lisbon lobby are smug. They got a second referendum, [...]

digg_url = ‘http://nabidana.com/2009/07/29/too-many-twits-might-make-a-twat/’;
digg_title = ‘Too many twits might make a twat’;
digg_bodytext = ‘David Cameron is trending strongly on Twitter today, in what looks to me as an indication to Labour that DC can dominate social media without any effort whatsoever, and make it look effortless.
And he can; most people tweeting about Cameron’s ‘gaffes’, which I [...]

digg_url = ‘http://nabidana.com/2009/06/26/i-can-haz-iphone-3gs/’;
digg_title = ‘I can haz iPhone 3GS?’;
digg_bodytext = ‘So here goes, prepare to hear the sound of the world’s smallest violin playing. I am on the way to Dublin City Centre to queue for an iPhone 3GS.
O2 official policy is ‘no preorders’ but it seems very many stores have taken allocation lists. The [...]

I am moved by the lovely and fragrant @sharonashambles on twitter to tell a story about people advising others on how to vote.

digg_url = ‘http://nabidana.com/2009/05/26/the-beermat-of-extreme-danger/’;
digg_title = ‘The Beermat of Extreme Danger’;
digg_bodytext = ‘Obviously, the bars near the BBC website HQ are a bit dodgy. Otherwise, how would one explain the warnings of extreme danger for people being encouraged to send photos of their favourite beermat to the BBC News site?

Related Posts:A disgrace from the BBCWhen is [...]

digg_url = ‘http://nabidana.com/2009/05/11/libertas-an-unfortunate-shower-of-cretins/’;
digg_title = ‘Libertas – An unfortunate shower of cretins’;
digg_bodytext = ‘Just posted this over on the Libertas.eu website blog, guessing it won’t see the light of day. To put this in context, I’m responding to the ‘historic opportunity to vote for the ‘exciting and positive vision’ put forward by Libertas:
This all pretty [...]