Archive for January, 2008

Starling

January 30, 2008
Poetry

Some years ago I wrote a poem called Star­ling. It was based on my expe­ri­ence of see­ing them flock in Cham­pagne. Of course I read a lot about them, but some­how because I had seen them flock in Octo­ber, I pre­sumed they were group­ing to go south. Not nec­es­sar­ily so, it seems. In fact, depend­ing on where they are, they can migrate north, or south — or both! — or …Read the Rest

US economy is Bushed — again. But Hope is on the way

January 28, 2008
Politics

First the Kennedys endorsed him. Now a writ­ing giant has endorsed Barack Obama. Toni Mor­ri­son wrote to Mr Obama, in part: …Read the Rest

DRI condemns backdoor implementation of surveillance laws

January 25, 2008
Biometrics

Gov­ern­ment pro­pos­als to intro­duce sur­veil­lance of all inter­net users are unac­cept­able. The pro­posed law will require Inter­net Ser­vice Providers (ISPs) …Read the Rest

The Cultural Life

The Cultural Life
January 15, 2008
Art

Between OS prob­lems, ser­vice provider prob­lems, wire­less prob­lems, pay­pal prob­lems, domain prob­lems, gen­eral socia­bil­ity and the cul­tural life in cen­tral …Read the Rest

Irish Culture

Irish Culture
January 14, 2008
General

Please note that Irish Cul­ture Guide (see Sis­ter Sites in side panel) has been moved to www.irishculture.ie Thank you. Irish Cul­ture …Read the Rest