Archive for September, 2006

Country: Ireland

September 19, 2006
Eco

Yes, I know,the eyes just glaze over when peo­ple bang on about what we are doing to the earth. Every now and again one should lighten up, as Al Gore wisely did in If Al Gore Had Been Pres­i­dent *update: Google appears to have removed this video* And then… Al Gore’s Speech in NYU advo­cat­ing replace­ment of income tax with car­bon tax (text) And then.… Coun­try: Ire­land Pop­u­la­tion: 4,234,925 1000 tonnes …Read the Rest

Fingerprint technologies are secure. Right?

Fingerprint technologies are secure. Right?
September 18, 2006
Biometrics

Like the good cit­i­zen you are, you sub­mit to fin­ger­print­ing at air­ports because fin­ger­prints are unique to you and they …Read the Rest

No dogs, No Irish

No dogs, No Irish
September 17, 2006
Politics

Bernie Gold­bach over at Irish Eyes has a pow­er­ful piece about Michael McDowell’s Def­i­n­i­tion of Secu­rity, and how it pan­ders …Read the Rest

The Unbelieveable Lyre Bird

The Unbelieveable Lyre Bird
September 2, 2006
Science & Techno

I gave away my (16 year old) TV recently. Just about the same time, Marc Cole­man had a great piece …Read the Rest

Stones, Bones and Beckett

Stones, Bones and Beckett
September 1, 2006
Drama

Elaine Keogh in The Irish Times (sub­scrip­tion) alerts us to per­for­mances of two plays by Samuel Beck­ett inside the Four­knocks …Read the Rest